OXFORD, Miss.\u2014The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy is inviting all its graduates to return to the Oxford campus March 22-23 for Pharmacy Weekend 2013.<\/p>\n
Celebrating reunions in conjunction with the event are the school\u2019s classes of 1963, \u201873, \u201883, \u201988 and \u201993, and the Pharm.D. class of 2003.<\/p>\n
Friday\u2019s events begin with the School of Pharmacy Scholarship Golf Tournament. One-hundred percent of the tournament\u2019s proceeds fund the Pharmacy Alumni Chapter\u2019s Scholarship.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter our third tournament last year, we raised enough money to fully endow the PAC scholarship,\u201d said Scott Thompson, assistant director of Alumni Affairs. \u201cProceeds from this year\u2019s and future tournaments will build that endowment, so we can either award more scholarships or increase the amount we give to the recipients.\u201d<\/p>\n
Player registration for the tourney, which takes place at the Ole Miss golf course, is due Thursday, March 14.<\/p>\n
Friday\u2019s events close with the dean\u2019s reception at 6 p.m. in Brevard Hall, just off the Circle in front of the Lyceum. Hosted by David D. Allen, the pharmacy school\u2019s dean, this year\u2019s reception is sponsored, in part, by Bob Broadus and Allergan.<\/p>\n
Saturday\u2019s events begin at 8 a.m. with the annual Pharmacy Alumni and Continuing Education Breakfast in Gertrude C. Ford ballrooms A&B at The Inn at Ole Miss.<\/p>\n
Continuing education programs begin at 9 a.m. in Gertrude C. Ford ballrooms C&D:<\/p>\n
Activities Saturday evening include a 6 p.m. reception and awards banquet and reunion dinner in the Ford Ballroom at The Inn. In addition to honoring reunion classes at the banquet, the school will present its 2013 Distinguished Alumnus Award to Montez Carter of Athens, Ga., vice president of operations for St. Mary\u2019s Health Care System Inc., and its 2013 Distinguished Service Award to John and Wendy McKinney of Moss Point, community pharmacists who filled prescriptions for Katrina survivors at a card table in the storm\u2019s aftermath.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast year\u2019s alumni weekend was memorable for me, because it was my first at Ole Miss,\u201d Allen said. \u201cThis year\u2019s event will be even more so, because I have met dozens (hundreds?) of our graduates since becoming dean. It\u2019s going to be awesome to reconnect with them, and I trust it will be just as enjoyable for them to reconnect with each other, our faculty and our students.\u201d<\/p>\n
To register for alumni weekend, visit www.olemissalumni.com\/event<\/a> or contact Jo Von Reed at 662-915-7375 or jovon@olemiss.edu<\/a>. Onsite registration for weekend events, except the golf tournament, is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Inn\u2019s lobby Friday and from 7:30-11 a.m. Saturday at the doors to the Inn\u2019s Ford ballrooms.<\/p>\n To register a team to play in the golf tournament, contact Thompson at 662-915-1878 or Thompson@olemiss.edu<\/a>, or send your registration form to the Alumni Affairs Office, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677. Registration forms were mailed mid-February.<\/p>\n Those wishing to sponsor the tournament, a hole or contest should also contact Thompson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"