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Annual Chapter Report – 2018

Please complete your Annual Chapter Report, adhering strictly to the format below, and submit it to the National Office via e-mail ([email protected]) by May

15.

Date of Report Submission: May 5, 2018

Name of School/College: University of Saint Joseph School of Pharmacy

Chapter Name and Region: Epsilon Alpha Chapter – Region I

Chapter Advisor’s Name and E-mail address: Dr. Steven Lemieux ([email protected])

Delegates who attended the Rho Chi Annual Meeting:

Lena DeVietro – delegate

Brian Walker – alternate

Noelle Bianculli – attendee

Daniella D’Aquino – attendee

Analise Tenney – attendee

Jessica Yee – attendee

Date Delegate’s Name submitted to Rho Chi: February 16, 2018

Past year’s officers and E-mail addresses:

President: Gina Heffern ([email protected])

Vice President: Eric Davies ([email protected])

Secretary: Stephanie Forgette ([email protected])

Treasurer: Ngumbah Chumbow ([email protected])

Historian: Hillary Kuzaro ([email protected])

The Rho Chi Society

National Office Contact Information

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: (919) 843-9001

Fax: (919) 962-0644

New officers and E-mail addresses:

President: Brian Walker ([email protected])

Vice President: Christine Agudosi ([email protected])

Secretary: William Eighmy ([email protected])

Treasurer: Vaishali Patel ([email protected])

Historian: Lena DeVietro ([email protected])

Number of Rho Chi Student Members at college or school, listed by class year and program:

Class of 2014: 11 members






Meetings:

Date Attendance Agenda Action Steps

12/07/2017 Class of 2019: 15

Class of 2018: 0

Class of 2017: 0

Faculty: 1

Total: 16

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of Agenda

III. Approval of Minutes

IV. Old Business

V. New Business: Goals for the year

a. Monthly Chapter meetings

b. Tutoring services

i. P2 Rho Chi members volunteer to tutor P1 students

c. Community service

i. Building Healthy Families program with Brian’s

father

1. Provide childcare/education to young

families; typically happens in the spring

(OTC safety program)

d. Fundraising – required to receive SGA money as organization

i. Last year – 50/50 raffle, split proceeds w/ autism

speaks

e. Annual newsletter

i. Goal is start inaugural year → release by late spring

ii. Point person: Christine

iii. Subcommittee interest: Analise, Priyanka, Seun,

Vaishali,

1. Patrick: Faculty research

VI. Treasurer’s Report

Establishment of monthly

chapter meetings first Thursday

of every month from 3 to 4PM

Establishment of master list with

tutors for each subject and

contact person(s) with possible

e-mail or office hours

Community service ideas

discussed: set up of committee

to organize Building Healthy

Family patient education

Establishment of USJ SOP

Annual Newsletter Committee

Fundraising ideas discussed:

brainstorming of different ideas

compared to last year

VII. Announcements

a. Next meeting January 18, 2018 at 3-4 PM

b. Location: TBD

VIII. Adjournment 01/18/2018 Class of 2019: 15

Class of 2018: 0

Class of 2017: 0

Faculty: 0

Total: 15

I. Call to Order



IV. Old Business

a. Building Healthy Families Update

i. Pending approval by Dr. Skyers for community

service hours

1. Potential dates Saturday mornings 9-12PM

starting 3/10

ii. Contacted Executive Director Peter Tullson

1. Need definitive dates, times, number of

people needed

iii. Subcommittee: Jess Y, Daniella, Priyanka

V. New Business

a. Tutoring Program

i. Thank you to the writing and ANS tutors!

ii. P1 Survey results

1. 35 responses, 57% students prefer to study at

USJ SOP

2. About half study by themselves and half with

a small study group

3. Most popular times: Monday and Wednesday

immediately after school

iii. Upcoming course tutors

1. ANS: Patrick, Vaishali, Lena, Jess Y, Seun,

Bill

2. Cardio: Patrick, Jess Y, Jess D, Analise

iv. Create email for tutoring/writing services

b. Additional Community Service Opportunities

i. Autism Speaks Walk: 6/3/2018

1. Dr. Lemieux has POC

ii. Co-sponsorships

iii. Lorna; Health screening at her local church

1. Organizing/manning event: BP measurements

2. On Sundays between services

a. Topics pertinent to population: high

diabetes, low levels of insurance

c. Test Taking Workshop with AMCP

Establishment of possible dates

for Building Healthy Families

community service with

subcommittee

Successful start to Rho Chi

tutoring program and separate e-

mail account set up for P1s or

P2s to ask questions on study

material

Co-sponsorship with AMCP

student group for future testing

taking workshop for students to

attend

Establishment of document to

draft Rho Chi recognition

reward for a P3 member

Annual Newsletter ideas

discussed: Faculty spotlight,

Research spotlight, Alumni

spotlight, and Preceptor

spotlight

i. Date TBD

ii. Speakers (2): Noelle, Jess D

d. Fundraising

i. 50/50 raffle with Autism Speaks

ii. Still entertaining other ideas

1. Chipotle, Moe’s, Panera, Krispy Kreme

e. Rho Chi Award

i. Recognition of a P3 member

ii. Need to determine criteria for the award, how to

nominate/select candidates and winner

1. Trophy or Plaque

2. Criteria: community service, participation,

continued academic excellence

3. Reach out to P3s with survey

iii. Draft a document with criteria

f. Newsletter

i. Christine -- taking point on the subcommittee

g. Dinner

i. Involve both classes for a farewell to P3s

h. Banquet


a. Vaishali

i. Current budget: $5,509.82 (includes SGA)

ii. $665 received from the SGA

iii. P3 fire fund donation

iv. Money being spent for graduation cords and induction

ceremony

VII. Announcements

a. Next meeting date: February 2, 2018 at 3PM

VIII. Adjournment

02/02/2018 Class of 2019: 14

Class of 2018: 0

Class of 2017: 0

Faculty: 1

Total: 15

I. Call to Order



IV. Old Business

a. Building Healthy Families Update

i. BHF is interested in our service

1. Waiting to hear back about number of

families enrolled

ii. 30-minute lecture with Q&A

1. Medication safety, available OTC items and

dosing

iii. Family handout

Establishment of relationship

with Building Healthy Families

for a 30-minute lecture with

handout for patients to take

home

Establishment of community

service hours to the tutors

approved by Dr. Skyers

Possible expansions of tutoring

program to P2s during

remediation week

1. Summarized presentation → take home

information

iv. Potential dates: 3/24 or 4/14 (Saturdays)

v. Potential times: TBD

b. Tutoring for Community Service

i. Approved by Dr. Skyers

ii. Submit hours via Hannah Smith

iii. Writing: 0.5 hours/paper

iv. Possible expansion to P2s for remediation week

V. New Business

a. Tutoring Program

i. New central email: [email protected]

1. Email for questions, schedule tutors outside

the set hours

2. writing papers will be submitted to this email

ii. Writing tutoring results

1. Average grade increase: 6.8 points

2. Final revisions due date: March 6th

b. Test Taking Workshop with AMCP

i. Monday 2/5

1. Revised slides from last year

2. Reached out to Dr. Henkel about

practice/dummy test on Examplify

ii. Reach out to AMCP for their contribution →

refreshments/food?

c. Fundraising

i. Need a solidified plan

d. Rho Chi Award

i. Criteria → send out criteria to P3s and have them

nominate their peers

1. Professionalism, participation in outside

organizations, community service, service to

school

2. Based off mission statement: encourages

intellectual achievement, stimulates critical

inquiry, contributes to development of

intellectual leaders, fosters collaboration

ii. Draft a document by next meeting → need to get to

Dr. Rudraiah in time for graduating

e. Newsletter


Establishment of date for

Testing Taking Workshop

cosponsorship (March 25)

Establishment of assignments

and deadline for Newsletter

draft as March 1st

Rho Chi Annual Meeting in

conjunction with APhA

National Meeting (Nashville,

TN) delegate selected with

additional attendees

a. Donated $100 to a student’s family as part of a school-wide

initiative to help them in a time of need

VII. Announcements

a. Next meeting date: March 1, 2018 at 3PM

VIII. National meeting: Lena as delegate

a. Need 2 members → delegate, alternate, attendee on record

b. Open to all members

c. Potential reimbursement

IX. Adjournment

03/01/2018 Class of 2019: 15

Class of 2018:

Class of 2017:

Faculty: 1

Total: 16

I. Call to Order



IV. Old Business

a. Building Healthy Families

i. 42 Prospect St, Manchester, CT

ii. Will need approval from Dr. Lemieux

iii. Brian, Jess Y, Priyanka, Daniella are working on

presentation for medication safety focusing on OTCs

1. Any other people would like to join →

participate in setting up presentation

b. Rho Chi Award

i. Brian has drafted a document

ii. In the process of being approved

c. Additional Community Service Opportunities

i. Lorna - no new updates

1. Community meal every Saturday

2. 2 month advanced notice (roughly May)

V. New Business

a. Writing Tutoring

i. Final P1 revisions due Sunday 3/4

1. Some are in the email that have not been

addressed

b. Course tutoring

i. Communicate with professors since they are the ones

who will be signing off on hours

ii. Dr. Skyers confirming w/ Dr. Szollosi that she has

approved hours

c. Newsletter

i. Christine

1. Possible interviews of newer faculty members

(Dr. Rotelli, Dr. Comee)

2. Pictures to include the columns

Progress made with Building

Healthy Families patient

handout and set date on March

24 from 9AM-12PM

Progress made with USJ SOP

Annual Newsletter with content

and set-up; Deadline moved to

March 30th

Tutoring program community

service forms should be signed

by professor that teaches the

particular course

Rho Chi Annual Meeting in

conjunction with APhA

National Meeting (Nashville,

TN) delegate and alternate

selected and will be getting

reimbursement for registration

price with proof of purchase

3. Once all content is together, explore avenues

for design of final product

4. All content deadline: Friday March 30th

d. Fundraising

i. Possible 50/50 raffle during Autism speaks

e. Nashville Annual Rho Chi Meeting

i. Sunday March 18th 3PM

ii. Omni Nashville Hotel, Ballroom C

iii. Delegate: Lena

iv. Alternate: Brian

v. All are encouraged to attend

1. P1s and other non-Rho Chi members should

be invited to attend

f. Membership Appreciation→ May 4th, after PCOA

i. Contact P3s

ii. Noelle taking lead


a. Nashville Reimbursement

i. Lena and Brian - representatives on record

b. $7.90 given to AMCP for refreshments

VII. Announcements

a. April 19, 2018 at 3PM

VIII. Adjournment

04/19/2018 Class of 2019: 14

Class of 2018: 0

Class of 2017: 0

Faculty: 0

Total: 14

I. Call to Order



IV. Old Business

a. Writing tutoring

b. Course tutoring

c. Building Healthy Families presentation

i. Jess, Daniella, Brian

1. Discussed basic medication safety, proper

OTC use, general safety precautions in

children

d. Rho Chi Award

i. Unfortunately will not be awarded this year

1. Talk to Dr. Lemieux in regards to Honorary

reward

ii. Will start with the class of 2019

V. Nashville National Meeting

a. Award presentation

Gathered information on

tutoring programs for how many

hours and what courses each

Rho Chi member participated in

Rho Chi award not approved in

time by committee; continue to

work on it for next year start

Delegate and attendees relayed

information about Rho Chi

Annual Meeting

Expansion of tutoring program

on Facebook

Contact with USJ main campus

for distribution of annual

newsletter

Fundraising event Monday April

23rd – Bake Sale

b. Dr. James T. Dalton (Dean of University of Michigan School

of Pharmacy)

c. Voted on New National President: Emmanuelle Schwartzman

d. New chapter established: UNT System College of Pharmacy,

Fort Worth, TX

e. Minor revisions in bylaws

f. Transition of new officers

VI. Ongoing business

a. Remediation Course Tutoring

i. P1 Remediation schedule

1. Questions to be asked/answered with direct

messages

ii. Sign up via rho chi email

iii. Interest in P2 remediation tutoring?

1. Interest: Seun, Brian, Noelle

b. Newsletter

i. Christine

1. Content is all in

2. Research spotlights, pharmacists in practice,

faculty, P3, residency spotlight, Dean’s

message (pending), pharmacy/health topic

(possible: opioid crisis, antibiotic

stewardship, recent major journals, Shingrix,

Praxbind)

3. Christine has contact w/ main campus media

content to design/format for publishing

4. Print or web based

c. Fundraising

i. Chipotle

1. Reach out to manager

ii. Bake sale Monday 4/23

1. Google Doc

d. New London Health Screening 5/5 Saturday (5-7PM TBD)

i. Church of the City, 268 State St., New London, CT

ii. Volunteers

VII. Treasurer’s Report

a. Nashville Reimbursement

i. Lena and Brian

ii. Need to clarify responsibilities before hand

VIII. Announcements

a. Next meeting: May 31, 2018 at 3PM

IX. Adjournment

Strategic Planning:

Planning the initiation of new members for the coming year and accompanying banquet.

Fundraising event (Bake Sale); a requirement to receive allocated funds from USJ’s Student Government Association

Establishment of annual newsletter publication that represents the USJ School of Pharmacy. It will be primarily organized by Rho Chi Epsilon Alpha

Chapter with collaboration of faculty, students, preceptors, and alumni.

Activities:

Tutoring Service – Continued Initiative – A tutoring service where P2 members (Rho Chi members) are made available to other students for academic

support in various areas. We established a tutor coordinator and e-mail service to set up students in need. A survey was sent out in the beginning of the

semester to inquire about where students are struggling, what type of environment they study in, and how interested they were in receiving course tutoring.

About 50 hours were spent tutoring lecture material and revising term papers for the P1 students. It was shown that the average grade increase was 6.8

points for those that received tutoring for term papers.

Annual School Publication – Continued Initiative - The chapter’s newsletter subcommittee has planned and organized the publication of an annual

newsletter publication to represent the USJ School of Pharmacy. It will include student and faculty achievements, student activities and organizations,

academic topics, specific student biographies, and article publications from student organizations. We will be collaborating with the other school

organizations, Dr. Joseph Ofosu, Dean of the School of Pharmacy, and the school's marketing department.

Community Service – New Initiative – The chapter worked with Building Healthy Families, located in Manchester, CT. A patient take-home hand out

was created based on the presentation given to attendees. Students educated 16 parents of young children about OTC medication safety and product

selection, proper oral dosing, and medication administration tips.

Fundraising Events – New Initiative – To fundraise, the Rho Chi members homemade baked goods to sell during exam week to P1 and P2 students. We

were able to raise $72 for our organization.

Financial/Budgeting:

This year’s budget and dues structure was developed by our chapter treasurer and adopted by current membership. Chapter funding has been achieved

through collection of chapter dues, the induction ceremony, and budget appropriation from USJ Student Government Association.

Initiation Function:

The initiation took place on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at the Pond House Cafe in Elizabeth Park, located in West Hartford, CT. In attendance were

numerous Rho Chi members from various initiation years, friends and family, faculty, and representatives from the various other organizations from the

USJ School of Pharmacy.

Evaluation/Reflection:

Rho Chi Epsilon Alpha has been able to achieve steady growth in its 3 years of existence. We continue to make great strides with the creation of our first

USJ School of Pharmacy Annual Newsletter, and involvement in various community service events. We established a new relationship with Building

Healthy Families and look forward to more events with them. Additionally, we maintained success we achieved in previous years with services such as our

tutoring program. We anticipate further growth and involvement in subsequent years.

Other Information: N/A

Appendix I

Chapter Activities Report Template

Category of

Activity

Title of

Activity

Brief

Description

How Does

This Activity

Align with

the Rho Chi

Mission

Statement

Years the

Activity has

Been

Ongoing

If the Activity

has Been

Ongoing for >1

Year, What

Evaluations Have

Been Done to

Assess the

Success of the

Activity and

What

Improvements

Have Been Done

Over the Past

Year?

How Many

Members

Participated in

the Activity?

How Many

Students

(non-

members)

and/or

Patients

Were

Impacted by

the Activity?

Financial

Information

for the

Activity

(Budget

Required,

Fundraising

Amount)

Intellectual

Leadership

Activities (i.e.,

tutoring, sponsored

lectures, poster

sessions, etc.)

Rho Chi

Society

Tutoring

Service

Organized a

tutoring

service where

P2 students

would be

available to

tutor other

students in

various subject

areas

Students had

the

opportunity

to work with

fellow

classmates to

advance

professional

relationships

and

intellectual

achievement

3 Improvements that

have been made

are a dedicated e-

mail for students

to request tutoring

services or simply

ask a question via

e-mail. This has

led to increased

utilization of the

tutoring program

by pharmacy

students

8 Rho Chi

members were

tutors this

semester

Tutoring

services were

available to

the entire P1

class; about

75 students

N/A

College of

Pharmacy Events

(non-academic,

non-patient

outreach)

Test Taking

Workshop

co-

sponsorship

with AMCP

Lecture given

to pharmacy

students

regarding

skills to

navigate tests

on our current

Working with

another

student

organization

fosters

collaboration

with peers

1 N/A 2 Rho Chi

members were

responsible for

giving the

lecture

About 20 P1

and P2

students

attended the

event

Money spent

($7.90) for

refreshments

during lecture

software,

Examplify

Patient Outreach

Events/Community

Service

Building

Healthy

Families

Members gave

a lecture about

medication

safety, with a

focus on OTC

products, that

accompanied a

patient take-

home handout

Students had

the

opportunity

to build

relationships

and educate

members of

the

community to

promote

patient

education

1 N/A 3 Rho Chi

members were

responsible for

content and

presentation

About 16

parents of

young

children were

impacted by

medication

safety

presentation

N/A

Fundraising Events Rho Chi

Bake Sale

Members

made baked

goods and

sweets to raise

money for the

chapter

Baked goods

provided to

pharmacy

students

during an

exam week

1 N/A 9 Rho Chi

members

brought in

various sweets

and 3 Rho Chi

members were

responsible for

selling them

N/A We raised $72

for our chapter

Appendix II

Rho Chi Epsilon Alpha Chapter Annual Report Template

Item Amount Debited ($$ spent) Amount Credited ($$ raised) Balance Comment

Last Year Chapter Balance -- -- $4354.82

Dues/Ticket Income $0.00 $5890.00 $5890.00 National and Chapter Dues,

Guest Ticket Sales

SGA Funds $0.00 $665.00 $6555.00 Organization Funds from

SGA

Banquet Expenses $3756.64 $0.00 $2798.36 Induction Ceremony

Dinner, Photographer Fee,

Speaker Gift

Payments to National Office $1265.00 $0.00 $1533.36 Dues, Graduation Cords

Miscellaneous $663.09 $0.00 $870.27 Student Reimbursement for

Attendance at Rho Chi

Annual Meeting, Test-

Taking Seminar

Chapter Fundraiser $0.00 $72.00 $942.27 Bake Sale

$5297.09 Current Balance as of

05/05/2018

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