Professional Meeting Opportunity

Students are invited to join an Upper Piedmont Area Diabetes Educators (UPADE) meeting held at PC School of Pharmacy on Thursday, February 11th from 6-8PM in Room 271. This will count as your required professional meeting!  This is a group of diabetes educators of various clinical backgrounds who hold quarterly meetings to stay up to date on topics related to diabetes education.  The event is being sponsored by BD and will offer dinner and a speaker on the topic of "Updates in insulin injection technique and insulin infusion: clinical data and innovations."  If you would like to attend the meeting, please RSVP with Dr. Ward at edward@presby.edu by February 5th.  Space is limited.

Spring Pharmacy Nights

Spring Pharmacy Nights are just around the corner.

2016 :Legislative and Advocacy Update: Civics for Pharmacists, Pharmacist Students and Pharmacy Technicians
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Registration and Dinner, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PMProgram (2 hours of Live CE) 

$20 for SCPhA Members $30 for Non-Members $15 for Pharmacy Students

2016: Legislative and Advocacy Update: Civics for Pharmacists, Pharmacist Students and Pharmacy Technicians

February 2: Greenville

Location: Virginia College; 78 Global Drive, Ste. 200, Greenville, SC

Register Online

February 11: Columbia

Location: SCPhA Office;1350 Browning Road, Columbia, SC 

Register Online 

Or  Download Printable Registration Form   and mail or fax to SCPhA

at 803-354-9207

 

Please call SCPhA at 803.354.9977 for questions

Pharmacy Day

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for
Pharmacy Day at the State House!

RSVP ONLINE HERE!
(This event is free for all pharmacy professionals)

Join us on February 17
for what we hope will be our biggest year yet!

Already planning to attend?  

What to expect at Pharmacy Day at the State House:Schedule: same as 2015
• Meet at 8 am
• Presentations about the current issues, what advocacy is and why it is important, how to talk to your legislator etc.
• Meet with legislators, drop off gifts/cards to offices
• Group photos
• Get introduced to House and/or Senate (if possible)
• Wrap up around 12 pm
**All of this is subject to change based on the House/Senate schedule. We will keep you posted on specifics as we get closer to the event.
Dress Code: business casual; wear your white coat and SCPhA pin

Pharmacy Nights:We will be having Pharmacy Nights in January and February, all taking place before Pharmacy Day. The topic is advocacy and will also contain information about current legislation. Feel free to arrange for a group of you to come early and ask questions, practice talking to legislators etc. We will be in Columbia, Charleston, Greenville and Florence.

*Please visit our website for other great resources and to RSVP for this event.

We are looking forward to another successful Pharmacy Day at the State House!

SSHP

February Meeting

Our next meeting will be Feb. 8th: speaker is TBA

More information will be provided for lunch later on.

SCSHP Annual Meeting

The annual meeting will be Mar. 13th-15th at the Hilton Head Marriott Resort & Spa.  This is a great opportunity for networking and to be involved with our organization at the state level.  We strongly encourage our members to attend if you can!

Pharmacy Day at the State House

Mark your calendars: February 17th! 
This is a great way to make a mark in your profession.  Students will spend the day in Columbia representing the pharmacy profession and supporting the legislature we hope to see put into action

Red Heart Gala

Hello Everyone! February is quickly approaching which means the Red Heart Gala will be here soon!  For those who haven't been, the Red Heart Gala is a formal dress event that PSGA puts on every year to raise awareness for Heart Health Month.  There will be a live DJ, finger foods, a cash bar, a valentines themed photobooth, and a masquerade mask competition! Faculty and students are both invited to come. 

This year the Gala will be at 7pm on Saturday, February 20th at Lakeside Country Club.  Tickets will go on sale Monday, February 8th. For the first week, tickets will be $10 for single tickets and $15 for couples tickets.  For the second week and at the door, tickets will be $15 for single tickets and $20 for couples tickets so buy your tickets sooner rather than later! 

New this year, the Red Heart Gala will be a Masquerade Ball!  There will be masquerade masks at the event but if you want to participate in the best mask competition, you get to decorate your own!  PSGA will be selling blank masks for you to use your creativity on during the second week of sales($2 each or 2 for $3).

Red Heart Gala T-shirts will also be on sale from February 15th through the 19th. T-shirts will be on sale for the low low price of $14 each. If you buy a T-shirt along with a mask, you can save big and get both for $15! T-shirt Design Attached.

The DJ has requested that attendees send in their song requests prior to the Gala instead of making requests during the actual event. So if there is something you really want to hear just email your song requests to PharmNews with the subject "Gala Song Requests."

Members of the advertising team will be putting up flyers and coming to talk to the classes with more details. We hope to see everyone there for a great time with great people!

CPFI

Join us for Bible study Wednesdays at 8:00AM in room 141. Breakfast is provided.

Please submit any prayer requests to the link below:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZZ7ZSKT

Verse of the WeekWhoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out - Proverbs 10:9 (NIV)

NCPA

NCPA Spotlight

NCPA would like to congratulate our Member of the Month, Zack Simpson! Thank you for all your hard work on the Compounding Competition!

Upcoming Events

Fundraising Week: Feb 8th - 12th

• We plan to sale: short sleeve pocket tees, coffee mugs, white coat pocket clipboards, and portfolios
• Chic-fil-a biscuit sale 
• Feb 10th - Hot dog sale from 12-1 pm

Compounding Competition

• If you have signed up to participate in the Compounding Competition, be on the look out for an email from Zack Simpson about your next meeting date.

Elections are coming up

• Nominations should be emailed to Josh Stamps (jlstamps@presby.edu)
• Positions that need to be filled for the upcoming academic year are:
• President-Elect
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Historian/Publicist 
• Fundraising Chair
• Service Chair

Walk for Wishes

Walk For Wishes®March 26, 2016 | April 23, 2016 | April 30, 2016

Walk For Wishes is a family-friendly community walk that benefits Make-A-Wish South Carolina. Participants may walk individually, or form a team with friends, family, and colleagues while raising money to support Make-A-Wish's mission to grant the wishes of local children. Participants will celebrate their fundraising successes by walking arm in arm with wish children and families to celebrate the hope, strength, and joy that a child's one true wish creates. This year we have three walks taking place across the state.  LOWCOUNTRY March 26, 2016, Hilton Head Island UPSTATE April 23, 2016, Travelers Rest PIEDMONT April 30, 2016, Fort Mill

To choose a walk and register as an individual or team visit:  walkforwishessc.org

We hope you will join us at these events. With your support as a participant, donor or sponsor, we can grant more wishes for children in South Carolina with life-threatening medical conditions.

APhA

Upcoming Events:

February 15 (Monday):  Discuss policy, provider status, a Hill visit, breakout sessions, and a letter writging campaign.  Free pasta dinner with RSVP.  Contact Zach Princell at zhprincel@presby.edu if you are interested in representing our school's chapter.

February 17 (Wednesday):  This was the original date for our Chapter meeting, but was changed due to the fact that this is State Day and we want everyone to attend this event in Columbia, SC.  Don't forget to register and get permission for missing class if you plan on attending.  Please consider going, this is our profession and we can change it for the better!

February 22 (Monday):  This is the new date for the February Chapter meeting.  The change of date is due to February 17th being State Day.  Please remember to bring your own food for this meeting for food will not be provided.

February 23-24 (Tues-Wed):  Healthy Heart...Healthy life Event for Operation heart.  Volunteers will be going to elementary schools to teach about heart heath.  Contact Charity at cmnora@presby.edu for more info.

Please see website calendar for more information....https://sites.google.com/a/presby.edu/apha-asp/calendar

Red Heart Gala

Hello Everyone! February is quickly approaching which means the Red Heart Gala will be here soon!  For those who haven't been, the Red Heart Gala is a formal dress event that PSGA puts on every year to raise awareness for Heart Health Month.  There will be a live DJ, finger foods, a cash bar, a valentines themed photobooth, and a masquerade mask competition! Faculty and students are both invited to come. 

This year the Gala will be at 7pm on Saturday, February 20th at Lakeside Country Club.  Tickets will go on sale Monday, February 8th. For the first week, tickets will be $10 for single tickets and $15 for couples tickets.  For the second week and at the door, tickets will be $15 for single tickets and $20 for couples tickets so buy your tickets sooner rather than later! 

New this year, the Red Heart Gala will be a Masquerade Ball!  There will be masquerade masks at the event but if you want to participate in the best mask competition, you get to decorate your own!  PSGA will be selling blank masks for you to use your creativity on during the second week of sales($2 each or 2 for $3).

Red Heart Gala T-shirts will also be on sale from February 15th through the 19th. T-shirts will be on sale for the low low price of $14 each. If you buy a T-shirt along with a mask, you can save big and get both for $15!

The DJ has requested that attendees send in their song requests prior to the Gala instead of making requests during the actual event. So if there is something you really want to hear just email your song requests to Pharmnews with the subject "Gala Song Requests."

Members of the advertising team will be putting up flyers and coming to talk to the classes with more details. We hope to see everyone there for a great time with great people!

CPFI

Our chapter meeting will be held on January 25, at 12PM in room 141. Lunch will be provided.

Join us for Bible study Wednesdays at 8:00AM in room 141. Breakfast is provided.

Verse of the week

"I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed" (Malachi 3:6 ) - New International Version

Please submit any prayer requests to the link below:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZZ7ZSKT

NCPA

Upcoming Meeting

NCPA will be having their first meeting of this semester this Wednesday, Jan. 27th at 12 pm. If you haven't RSVP for lunch the link is below:

http://doodle.com/poll/g3xcmae8h45i4nzs

Upcoming Events

Also, if you would like to participate in NCPA's AIM (Actively Improving Me) Project, please sign-up by contacting Sara Harling (seharling@presby.edu) or Abigayle Davis (ardavis@presby.edu). 

• AIM is a project to help students and faculty to stay active.
• Last day to sign up for AIM is this Friday, Jan. 29th by 12 pm.
• In order to participate you must make it to a weigh-in/measurement time slot and those are:
• Tuesday (26th) 12 pm - 1 pm
• Thursday (28th) 12 pm - 1 pm
• Friday (29th) 12pm - 1pm
• Where: Wellness Center 
• All measurements will be confidential
• Actual Start Date to begin recording miles/activity: February 1st
• Prizes will be awarded for most weight/inches lost and most miles ran/walked. Prizes will be gift cards to Health or Athletic Store TBD. 

Finally, NCPA's Compounding Competition is underway. If interested in participating or for more information, please contact Zack Simpson (ztsimpson@presby.edu).

       Compounding Competition informational meeting is on Tuesday, Jan 26th at 4:30 pm. 

• A video will be posted on Moodle for those who are unable to make the meeting.
• Contact Zack Simpson if have any questions. 

• Teams will consist of 3 pharmacy students. 
• There will be monthly meetings up until the competition to discuss various compounding techniques. 
• The local competition will be held on Saturday, April 16th.

SSHP

February Meeting

Our next meeting will be Feb. 8th: speaker is TBA

More information will be provided for lunch later on.

SCSHP Annual Meeting

The annual meeting will be Mar. 13th-15th at the Hilton Head Marriott Resort & Spa.  This is a great opportunity for networking and to be involved with our organization at the state level.  We strongly encourage our members to attend if you can!

Pharmacy Day at the State House

Mark your calendars: February 17th!
This is a great way to make a mark in your profession.  Students will spend the day in Columbia representing the pharmacy profession and supporting the legislature we hope to see put into action

Student Volunteer Services

Student Volunteer Services

Thank you to everyone who volunteered for MLK Service Day!  Volunteers helped clean and organize the Humane Society while getting to play with some of the most adorable puppies and kittens. 

If you are interested in volunteering with the Laurens County Humane Society please visit http://www.laurenshumane.org/ to fill out an application. 

APhA Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events in January:

-January 25-29: 

• Fundraising Week - we will be selling athletic shorts with pockets and the PC School of Pharmacy logo, Krispy Kreme gift cards all week and will be taking orders for coffee and doughnuts that will be delivered on Friday.

• Policy Week - An information booth with trivia will be set up all week, Pizza and Policy on Monday (with SCPhA), Cupcakes for Commitment on Tuesday and Wednesday, and wrap-up and trivia winners announcement on Friday.

-January 27: Dr. Ward will be providing Blood Pressure Training and Carbon Monoxide training to APhA-ASP members which will start at 11:30 AM in the Wellness Center.

-January 28: Operation Heart Event - From 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM in the Wellness Center, volunteers will provide blood pressure readings (training required) and heart disease education to patients in the Wellness Center. (3 Professional hours approved - Volunteer opportunity only open to APhA-ASP members)

-January 30:  Operation Diabetes will be holding blood glucose testing from 10AM-2PM.  Professional hours are approved.  Please dress in lab attire (professionally) if you plan on attending.  Sign up using this link:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/apha-diabetes-awareness-table-tickets-20930987146

-For more information on these events, visit the website --> https://sites.google.com/a/presby.edu/apha-asp/calendar

Pharmacy Day at the State House

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for
Pharmacy Day at the State House!

RSVP ONLINE HERE!
(This event is free for all pharmacy professionals)

Join us on February 17
for what we hope will be our biggest year yet!

Already planning to attend?  We are also asking you to PROMOTE for your profession!  A flyer is attached. Feel free to post it in your pharmacy, around campus, on Facebook etc.

What to expect at Pharmacy Day at the State House:Schedule: same as 2015
• Meet at 8 am
• Presentations about the current issues, what advocacy is and why it is important, how to talk to your legislator etc.
• Meet with legislators, drop off gifts/cards to offices
• Group photos
• Get introduced to House and/or Senate (if possible)
• Wrap up around 12 pm
**All of this is subject to change based on the House/Senate schedule. We will keep you posted on specifics as we get closer to the event.
Dress Code: business casual; wear your white coat and SCPhA pin

Pharmacy Nights:We will be having Pharmacy Nights in January and February, all taking place before Pharmacy Day. The topic is advocacy and will also contain information about current legislation. Feel free to arrange for a group of you to come early and ask questions, practice talking to legislators etc. We will be in Columbia, Charleston, Greenville and Florence.

*Please visit our website for other great resources and to RSVP for this event.

We are looking forward to another successful Pharmacy Day at the State House!

Spring Pharmacy Nights

Spring Pharmacy Nights are just around the corner.

2016 :Legislative and Advocacy Update: Civics for Pharmacists, Pharmacist Students and Pharmacy Technicians
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Registration and Dinner, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Program (2 hours of Live CE)

$20 for SCPhA Members $30 for Non-Members $15 for Pharmacy Students

2016: Legislative and Advocacy Update: Civics for Pharmacists, Pharmacist Students and Pharmacy Technicians

  

January 26 : Charleston   

Location: Roper St. Francis Hospital, 2095 Henry Tecklenburg Drive, Charleston, SC   

 Register Online

  

January 28: Florence

Location: Virginia College; 2400 David H McLeod Blvd., Florence, SC 

Register Online 

February 2: Greenville

Location: Virginia College; 78 Global Drive, Ste. 200, Greenville, SC

Register Online

February 11: Columbia

Location: SCPhA Office;1350 Browning Road, Columbia, SC 

Register Online 

Or  Download Printable Registration Form   and mail or fax to SCPhA

at 803-354-9207

 

Please call SCPhA at 803.354.9977 for questions.

Dress Down Day

The new dress down day for January is going to be this Friday, January 29th.  The cost will be $2. As usual, give your money to your class president during the first class of the day and they will give you a sticker. The money from this dress down day will be benefiting StopHungerNow. This organization delivers food to people in need across the globe. They typically send out 10,000 meals but if they can get enough money they will be doing 20,000 this year. You are more than welcome to donate more than $2 help them reach their goal

Make-A-Wish Trailblaze Challenge Upstate

Make-A-Wish South Carolina grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. Make-A-Wish South Carolina has never turned a qualified child away and granted 177 wishes last year, averaging 3 wishes a week.  Make-A-Wish South Carolina is funded through private donations, individuals, companies, and special events.  An upcoming event is the Trailblaze Challenge Upstate, scheduled for May 6-8, 2016, on the Foothills Trail located in upstate SC and western NC.  This endurance event offers participants the choice of a 28.3-mile or a 16.4-mile hike.  For registration information, go to http://www.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=1151165&lis=1&kntae1151165=D6C924E4B0004A529BEE4B64334CF2C7.

BUT if you're not up to hiking 28.3 or 16.4 miles at one time but still want to help a child with a life-threatening condition, please consider donating to one of the participants.  Doug Hendrick (formerly of Steamer's Cafe) is Mrs. Carbonneau's son and he will be hiking for this cause.  Doug's personal hike page is 

​

https://shar.es/1hXJ0M.  At that site you can donate any amount of money and leave Doug some words of encouragement.  Thank you for your consideration.

Diabetes Education Meeting

Students are invited to join an Upper Piedmont Area Diabetes Educators (UPADE) meeting held at PC School of Pharmacy on Thursday, February 11th from 6-8PM in Room 271.  This is a group of diabetes educators of various clinical backgrounds who hold quarterly meetings to stay up to date on topics related to diabetes education.  The event is being sponsored by BD and will offer dinner and a speaker on the topic of "Updates in insulin injection technique and insulin infusion: clinical data and innovations."  If you would like to attend the meeting, please RSVP with Dr. Ward at edward@presby.edu by February 5th.  Space is limited.

APhA Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events in January:

-January 20:  Our Monthly Chapter Meeting will be held from 12 PM to 1 PM in room 104 with guest Speaker Dr. Gayla Rivers, PharmD who is the Pharmacy Clinical Services Manager at Walmart. Lunch will be provided  by Subway.  If you plan on eating please fill out the SurveyMonkey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/C5FTGLQ.  Nominations for executive officer positions will be accepted at this meeting.

-January 22:  Deadline to submit letter of intent to Dr. Shealy for sponsorship to attend the 2nd Annual Session of the APhA Institute on Alcoholism and Drug Dependencies held in Salt Lake City, Utah. I encourage you all to look into this meeting!

-January 25-29: 

• Fundraising Week - we will be selling athletic shorts with pockets and the PC School of Pharmacy logo, Krispy Kreme gift cards all week and will be taking orders for coffee and doughnuts that will be delivered on Friday.

• Policy Week - An information booth with trivia will be set up all week, Pizza and Policy on Monday (with SCPhA), Cupcakes for Commitment on Tuesday and Wednesday, and wrap-up and trivia winners announcement on Friday.

-January 27: Dr. Ward will be providing Blood Pressure Training to APhA-ASP members which will start at 11:30 AM in the Wellness Center

-January 28: Operation Heart Event - From 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM in the Wellness Center, volunteers will provide blood pressure readings (training required) and heart disease education to patients in the Wellness Center. (3 Professional hours approved - Volunteer opportunity only open to APhA-ASP members)

-For more information on these events, visit the website --> https://sites.google.com/a/presby.edu/apha-asp/calendar