Chapter Information
The AAPS-University of Kansas Student Chapter was initiated in 1995 and has existed continuously since then. The chapter is highly active in the recruiting of new students to the department, nominating departmental faculty for awards, planning social events to encourage student interaction, and organizing lecture series. Chapter goals are:
- To increase pharmaceutical, and other discipline, student participation in AAPS, now and in the future;
- To better familiarize traditional pharmaceutical and non-traditional pharmaceutical discipline students with the AAPS organization on a local and national level;
- To reach out to undergraduate pharmacy and non-pharmacy students interested in a career in the pharmaceutical sciences;
- To provide a stronger sense of belonging to students who are not always afforded the opportunity to attend the national and/or regional meetings;
- To educate students about the pharmaceutical industry and career opportunities through invited speakers who are experts in their area;
- To educate students about pharmaceutical research, including the regulatory aspects concerning research conducted in industrial labs, through invited speakers and presentations by group members at meetings.
Activities
2004-2005
Late Summer 2004
New Student Welcome Picnic
Fall 2004
Lecture Series: Student-run series features a different sub-group of the department each year (i.e., drug development, bioanalytical, etc.).
October 2004
Chemistry/Pharmaceutical Chemistry Halloween Party
November 2004
Pre-lims Lunch: Students who have just passed preliminary exams counsel those about to take them.
February 2005
Student Recruitment
June 16-18, 2005
Host PGSRM 2005
Early Summer 2005
Undergraduate Research Program (URP) Summer Student Welcome Picnic
November 6-10, 2005
AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition
2003-2004
August 2004
Enz Lectures: Student-organized annual lecture series. Dr. Stephen Byrn, Purdue University, gave three talks on solid-state chemistry of drugs.
Annual Events
- TGIF Ice Cream Socials
- Baseball and softball games, and ice-skating
- Discussion dinners: Students interact with industrial scientists.
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