The University News (Irving, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 13, 2007 Page: 3 of 15
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The University News
News
November 13, 2007 — 3
College Republicans sponsor pro-troops party
Irish Beutler
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The University of Dallas College
Republicans sponsored a pro-troops
party on Thursday afternoon next
door to the Cindy Sheehan lecture.
The event began earlier in the day with
students passing out yellow "support the
troops ribbons" on the mall. At 3 p.m. over
110 students, most donning their yellow
ribbons, entered Gorman Lecture Hall to
hear a lecture about "The Liberal Biases on
Other College Campuses."
The room was decorated with the
colors of the American flag and balloons
carpeted the floor. Shortly after 3 p.m.,
the room overflowed with people talking,
eating pizza, and drinking from the
root beer keg. Junior Joanna Paredes
described the atmosphere as "powerful,"
saying, "Everyone was so enthusiastic and
supportive."
Paredes continued, "Even though many
people came in with opposing political
views, everyone wanted to demonstrate
their support for the troops, which is the
most important thing."
Jason van Dyke gave a short speech
on "The Liberal Biases on Other College
Campuses." He emphasized the
uniqueness of the University of Dallas
by describing protests on the majority of
college campuses across America.
According to Van Dyke, the liberal
inundation occurring at countless
universities has changed the actions of the
administrations. He explained that in the
name of academic freedom, these liberal
universities have been able to promote
the most extreme views while stifling any
opposing viewpoints.
Van Dyke gave examples of
inappropriate methods of protest that
were intended to give
encouragement for more
appropriate and more
effective methods of
conveying views. Van
Dyke applauded the
club's efforts to turn
what might have been
a negative event at the
campus into a positive
message, as well as
creating a medium for
students to become more
politically active.
Mitch Boersma,
treasurer of the College
Republicans, said, "The
event captured the
true identity of the UD
community that could
have potentially gone
unnoticed."
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UD Board of Trustees approves School of Pharmacy
Inaugural class to arrive in fall of 2009 academic year
John Corrales
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The University of Dallas Board of
Trustees affirmed the addition of a
School of Pharmacy in its October
meeting and has begun searching for a
Dean of Pharmacy.
The school is scheduled to open in the
fall of 2009 and its dean must be chosen
before the fall of 2008 in order to be
accredited by the Accreditation Council
for Pharmacy Education (ACPE).
"Two summers ago, a faculty committee
looked at areas of UD that could be added
on to," Dean of Constantin College Charles
Eaker said. "We considered everything
from engineering, architecture, nursing
and Catholic ministry. Brian Murray from
the Business School suggested a school of
pharmacy and we thought it would be a
good opportunity."
A group of graduate students in
the School of Business researched the
possibilities of a School of Pharmacy for
their "capstone" requirement, which is
a Business Administration requirement
also known as "Management Policy and
Practice." They presented their data to
the faculty committee who approved the
pursuit of a School of Pharmacy in May.
Currently, five
universities in Texas
have pharmacy
schools: Texas
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A&M University-
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Texas
Southern University, Texas Tech University,
University of Houston, University of
Texas at Austin, and the University of the
Incarnate Word.
UD's pharmacy school will be the
first fully fledged program in the Dallas/
Fort Worth metroplex.
Eaker said he expects approximately
300 students to attend the School of
Pharmacy. Plans for creating space for
those students vary, according to Eaker.
"We could handle having the pharmacy
classes in Lynch (Auditorium) or Gorman
Room A for one or two years," he said.
"But, we hope to add a 40,000 square foot
building in the future. We could also find
a building in the medical school district of
downtown Dallas where the Southwestern
School of Medicine and other schools
are."
Criteria for hiring the candidates for
Dean of Pharmacy include past experience
as a pharmacy school administrator,
according to Eaker. "We would I ike to hire
someone who has previously either been
a dean or associate dean of a pharmacy
school," he said.
The school has hired a pharmacy
consultant whose job is to identify potential
deans. The consultant has discerned two
possible candidates whose names are
undisclosed due to the sensitivity of their
current occupations.
Hiring the faculty for the pharmacy
school follows a formula, according to
Eaker. -'The rule of thumb is that there should
be one professor for every 10 students.
We expect the pharmacy school to
hold 300 students, so
we're looking at hiring
26 to 30 new faculty
members," he said.
The projected
student body of UD's
school of pharmacy
is approximately the
same as that of Notre
Dame University of
Maryland, a women's
liberal arts college with
an undergraduate body
slightly larger than UD's,
which plans to open a
pharmacy school the same
H year.
Enrollment at pharmacy
programs at state universities
in Texas is slightly higher; in 2006, Texas
Tech had approximately 550, University
of Houston had 530, and the University
of Texas at Austin had almost 650 students
enrolled. I he total enrollment at UT Austin
is almost 50,000, as compared to UD's
almost 3,000 students.
Some students like the prospect
of a Catholic pharmacy school. "I'm
excited about the possibility of a School
of Pharmacy. I don't know of any Catholic
pharmacy schools, so I'm interested,"
junior Colleen McHugh said.
McHugh has worked as a pharmacy
technician at Walgreen's for three years
and said it would be ideal to attend the
School of Pharmacy if it opens in the fall
of 2009.
"I think UD's School of Pharmacy
would have a different perspective on the
role of pharmacy," she said, "I'm interested
in pharmacy because I see it as a way to
promote the dignity of life and I would
think UD would teach to promote the
dignity of life by not participating in giving
contraceptives."
The new School of Pharmacy would
betheeighth Catholic pharmacy school in
the nation. Currently, accredited programs
exist at Creighton University in Nebraska,
Duquesne University in Pennsylvania,
University of the Incarnate Word in San
Antonio, St. John Fisher College in New
York, St. John's University in New York,
and Xavier University of Louisiana.
According to its website, "ACPE is
the sole accreditation agency recognized
by the U.S. Department of Education to
accredit professional degree programs
in pharmacy and, therefore, ACPE's
directory is the only directory of accredited
professional degree programs in pharmacy
recognized by the U.S. Department of
Education."
The ACPE's current Accreditation
Standards and Guidelines for the
Professional Program in Pharmacy Leading
to the Doctor of Pharmacy Degree states
that "The college or school should select
faculty and staff in accordance with a
policy that ensures nondiscrimination,
as defined by state and federal statutes
and regulations, on the basis of, for
example, race, religion, gender, lifestyle,
sexual orientation, national origin, or
disability. The college or school should
strive to achieve diversity in its faculty,
administrators, and staff through its
recruitment policies and procedures."
Dr. Scott Sigwart, dean of St. John
Fischer College's Pharmacy School, said, "I
do not believe the accreditation standards
create any difficulties with establishing
or maintaining a pharmacy school at a
Catholic college or university. Some of
the other faith based schools will only hire
Christian faculty and staff. The pharmacy
accrediting body has the ability to allow
exceptions for some things, such as the
hiring practice I mentioned, that are well
established at many institutions."
"I do not believe the accreditation
standards create any difficulties with
establishing or maintaining a pharmacy
school at a Catholic college or university,"
he said. "Specific topic areas such as birth
control and the morning after pill would
almost never create an accreditation
problem. You can teach students the
pharmacology, side effects and monitoring
without supporting the use of controversial
therapies and still be able to meet all
accreditation standards," Swigart said.
Appendix B of ACPE's Accreditation
Standards, entitled "Additional Guidanceon
the Science Foundation forthe curriculum
material be addressed adequately," lists
ethics as atopic which ought to be covered.
While it lists biomedical, pharmaceutical,
social, behavioral, administrative, and
clinical sciences as the specific areas
study in science necessary for the degree,
the Accreditation Standards does not offer
more specific examples.
Eaker said he hopes that UD's
School of Pharmacy could comply with
UD's ethics, but "because only one
agency accredits pharmacy schools,
they pretty much dictate its standards,"
he said. "There's also a national test
called the 'licenser exam,' so the School
of Pharmacy's curriculum will have to
prepare students to pass it."
In Texas, as in most other states,
applicants for Pharmacist licenses must pass
the North American Pharmacist Licensing
Examination (NAPLEX) and the Multi-State
Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination.
According to the Texas State Board of
Pharmacy, the NAPLEX is primarily scenario
based. The three general areas that the test
covers are 1) assurance of safe and effective
see PHARMACY page 7
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Crotty, Sarah. The University News (Irving, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 13, 2007, newspaper, November 13, 2007; Irving, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth201462/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting University of Dallas.