Senator Patrick Leahy will deliver commencement remarks and receive an honorary doctorate during ceremonies honoring the first class to graduate from the Albany College of Pharmacy’s Vermont campus.
Sunday, May 19, 2013, Expo North Building, Champlain Valley Fair, Essex Junction, 1 pm.
Leahy, the Senate’s most senior member, and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, will discuss the role of pharmacists in preventing prescription drug abuse and related crime, the problem of counterfeit medications, health care costs, and the growing importance of pharmacists in public health policy and delivery.
· Albany College of Pharmacy was founded in 1881 and opened its Colchester campus in 2009. It is the only pharmacy college in Vermont, with 270 students -- 74 of whom will receive Doctor of Pharmacy degrees after completing the school’s four-year program. In addition to instruction, research is a key component on the Vermont campus, where two professors have been awarded nearly $2 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health.
· The students on the Vermont Campus are active in the community, volunteering their time to assist with organizations such as the Special Olympics, the Alzheimer’s Association, Toys for Tots, the Colchester Food Bank, Ronald McDonald House, Hope Lodge, and Hurricane Irene disaster relief.
Leahy on Sunday to address first class to graduate from Albany College of Pharmacy’s Colchester campus
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