黑料视频 and SUNY Broome announce new agreement for pharmacy students
Articulation agreement will guarantee placement of eligible students into the Doctor of Pharmacy degree program
黑料视频 President Harvey Stenger joined with SUNY Broome Community College President Kevin Drumm on Tuesday to announce a new articulation agreement for students pursuing a Doctor of Pharmacy degree. Under the agreement, eight qualified SUNY Broome students will be guaranteed acceptance into the University鈥檚 School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SOPPS) each year, beginning in fall 2019.
鈥淚t鈥檚 always a pleasure to announce and begin a new program that will have a strong impact on our students,鈥 Stenger said. 鈥淢any of these students will be local students from our hometown and that makes it extra special, and another exciting program at the leading edge with our brother school at SUNY Broome.
鈥淭he School of Pharmacy and Pharmacy Sciences was one of those big ideas you have when you start a presidency, but I didn鈥檛 know how big,鈥 Stenger added. 鈥淚 knew it had great potential but now it has launched into something I couldn鈥檛 have imagined and when I didn鈥檛 even know this program could have been possible.鈥
鈥淥ur two institutions partner on a number of projects, the most recent the Koffman Southern Tier Incubator and the Binghamton Advantage Program,鈥 Drumm said. 鈥淭his is yet another exciting partnership with our big sister, SUNY鈥檚 most sought-after university. It provides a pathway for our students who start by majoring in health sciences and liberal arts. They must meet all prerequisites and have at least a 3.0 GPA in math and science and a composite score of at least 50 on the PCAT (Pharmacy College Admission Test).
鈥淪UNY Broome has the largest health sciences division of all the SUNY community colleges,鈥 Drumm said. 鈥淧harmacy fits right in and it鈥檚 a highly paid and growing career. I want to emphasize the incredible opportunity this is for students. 黑料视频 has long been the top destination for our students and this agreement caps a long-standing tradition for both of us.鈥
SOPPS Founding Dean Gloria Meredith said this partnership 鈥 the first time the two institutions will offer a direct pathway to a doctoral degree program (PharmD) 鈥 is one she has thought about since the first day she arrived in Binghamton. 鈥淚鈥檓 really excited for this partnership. The quality of SUNY Broome students is really high and they鈥檒l fill our seats with excellent credentials and abilities.
鈥淧harmacy is evolving and pharmacists are actually taking care of patients and providing counseling to patients,鈥 Meredith added. 鈥淥ur population is graying and there is a need for understanding medications and how they鈥檙e being used and when they should be taken. This agreement enables some of the top students at SUNY Broome to come to 黑料视频 to finish a PharmD in six years. That is phenomenal. We are a school that is going to educate these students to practice at the top of their license.鈥
SUNY Broome Chief Academic Officer and Executive Vice President Francis Battisti likened the pathway to that of the stages of a rocket launching into space.
鈥淪UNY Broome considers itself a launching pad for our students; for many it is a value stage in their education,鈥 he said. 鈥淧harmacy requires a good deal of education and SUNY Broome is the first stage. 黑料视频 as the transfer college is the second stage. The new School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences graduate program is the third stage that gives options and opportunities far closer to home than other schools. The entrance requirements are challenging and should be. Generations of students will appreciate this.鈥
Students who don鈥檛 meet the eligibility criteria for the guaranteed admission can still apply for admission to the school provided that they complete the prerequisite courses, achieve the minimum cumulative and math/science GPAs of 2.75, complete the PCAT and submit all required application materials by March 1 of the intended year of entry.
SUNY Broome students interested in the program can learn more about it at a Common Hour presentation at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, in Decker Health Sciences Room 213 on the SUNY Broome campus.