Annual Chapter Report
May 15, 2015
St. John Fisher College Wegmans School of Pharmacy
Delta Zeta Chapter – Region I
Chapter Advisor’s Names and E-mail Addresses:
Andrea Traina
atraina2@gmail.com
Melinda Lull
mlull@sjfc.edu
Delegates who attended the Rho Chi Annual Meeting: Steven Rush
Date delegate’s name submitted to Rho Chi: March 2, 2015
Past year’s officers and e-mail addresses:
President…………… Jamie Stanton
Vice President…… Matthew Yacobucci
Treasurer……………Tram Nguyen
Secretary……………Jenna Clark
Historian ……………Marwa Amer
jrs03442@sjfc.edu
mjy04821@sjfc.edu
tan03083@sjfc.edu
jc07797@sjfc.edu
mra02834@sjfc.edu
New officers and e-mail addresses for next academic year:
President…………… Lauren Bowers
lab08842@students.sjfc.edu
Vice President…… Alexandra Mancuso
amm03505@sjfc.edu
Treasurer…………… Jessica Saxum
jls00174@sjfc.edu
Secretary…………… Stephany Wong
cw00751@sjfc.edu
Historian …………… Nishit Shah
nhs00434@sjfc.edu
*Elected to office: February 27, 2015 @ 12:00pm EST
*Sworn into office: March 31, 2015 @ 7:00pm EST
Number of Rho Chi student members at college or school, listed by class year and
program:
WSOP class of 2015: 16
WSOP class of 2016: 15
WSOP class of 2017: 16
Total Rho Chi Student members: 47
Meetings:
Date
August 29, 2014
Attendance
All officers
September 19, 2014
All members and
advisors attended
January 16, 2015
All officers attended
January 17, 2015
All members and
advisors attended
February 27, 2015
February 27, 2015
Agenda
Discuss trivia night,
fundraising ideas, and
community service
ideas
Discuss planned
fundraising and
service ideas, trivia
night details, signing
up for tours
Discuss the induction
ceremony,
volunteering and
trivia night, tours,
finances, and funding
Rho Chi members to
the annual meeting in
San Diego, California
Discuss volunteering,
tours, approval of
new Rho Chi
Inductees, induction
ceremony details and
planning, suggestions
for new advisor,
finances
First meeting for
2015 inductees,
discuss volunteering,
potential community
outreach for 2015,
tours, trivia night,
induction ceremony
details and planning,
finances.
Elections held for the
next academic year’s
officers.
Action Steps
Reserve location for
trivia night and
advertise event
Send out sign up for
tours
Send out an email to
determine who will
go to annual
meeting. Reserve
location for trivia
night and advertise
event
Plan induction
ceremony. Invite
speaker for
ceremony.
Start planning for
Rho Chi poster
symposium. Make
final plans for
induction ceremony.
Strategic Planning
The goals that were set by officers this year were to:
1. Continue and expand service to the community for Rho Chi members
2. Continue and expand service to our school for Rho Chi members
3. Plan induction ceremony and poster symposium
4. Plan fundraising events in order to send Rho Chi members to the Annual Meeting
Activities:
Fundraising Events:
This year our chapter was able to organize several fundraising events in order to send one
member of Rho Chi to the Annual Meeting in San Diego, California. We held two Trivia Nights
at a local restaurant in which teams of students and faculty were able to complete for various
prizes.
Poster Presentation:
The 4th Annual Rho Chi Poster Symposium was held on April 30, 2015 at St. John Fisher
College. There were 14 posters presented at this year’s event from students and faculty from
within our school. The posters represented both student/faculty research collaborations and
health outreach posters. The posters presented this year were as follows:
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Altered cell-surface receptor levels result from fructose advanced glycation end productinduced inflammation.
Educating Pharmacists and the Public about the Role of Over-the-Counter Medications in
the Management of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Development and implementation of peer-led weekly review sessions and the assessment
of their impact on student learning.
Safety of Popular Herbal Supplements in Lactating Women: An Evidence-Based Review.
Analyzing pain medication use and adherence in patients with myotonic dystrophy (DM)
and facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD).
An Examination of the Effects of Atorvastatin and Parathyroid Hormone on Osteoblast
Activity.
Guest Satisfaction Survey on Programming and Guest Services Provided at Hope Lodge
Hospitality House: A Service Learning Project.
Refugee patients at risk for hypertension in Rochester, NY: a comparative study.
Identification of plant-based environmental neurotoxins towards understanding the
etiology of neurodegenerative disorders.
Impact of a pharmacist and nurse led clinic on patient blood pressure control.
A Look into the Future of Vaccines.
Novel Cancer Therapy.
Therapeutic and Prophylactic Vaccines against Cancer.
Molecular Pharming.
School Service:
This year, Rho Chi members were able to provide service to our school during the interview
process for potential new Doctor of Pharmacy students. Rho Chi members gave interviewees
tours of the school and then took the interviewees to lunch while they were visiting the school.
This provided a good opportunity for Rho Chi members to answer questions and discuss our
school with potential students.
Financial/Budgeting:
Wegmans School of Pharmacy has a standardized budget allotted for each student organization.
As the Delta Zeta Chapter of the Rho Chi Honor Society, we receive $855 each academic year.
As of May 7, 2015 our current balance is $1,821.18. This year the major expense included Rho
Chi cords for our graduates and paid annual dues ($1,317.50). We received standardized budget
($1,040.00 and $855.00) from Wegmans School of Pharmacy. In addition to major funds, we
raised $350.00 from Trivia night and $36.00 from raffle donation event. To help offset the cost
of the induction ceremony, guests, faculty and current Rho Chi members paid $12.00 to attend
(no fee for inductees and current officers).
Initiation Function:
The induction ceremony was held on March 31, 2015. We inducted the new members of Rho
Chi and the incoming officers were sworn in. Our keynote speaker was Lauren Gashlin,
Pharm.D., who holds the title of a pharmacist at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Dr.
Gashlin graduated from The Wegmans School of Pharmacy and was a member and officer for
our inaugural Rho Chi class. Dr. Gashlin was able to share her experiences as a pharmacist,
having a memorable impact.
Evaluation/Reflection:
This past year has been a busy year for our chapter. We continued past activities such as the
induction ceremony and the poster presentation. We held several fundraising events, we had
active involvement in our school and we laid the groundwork for upcoming Rho Chi members to
continue to build our chapter. We were able to send a Rho Chi member to the Annual Meeting
and we hope that more members will attend next year’s Annual Meeting. The hard work of our
officers, as well as commitment from all our current members has helped to make this an active
Rho Chi chapter and we look forward to its continued growth.
Appendix 1
Chapter Activities
St John Fisher College Wegmans School of Pharmacy Activity Table
Category of
Activity1
Title of
Activity
Intellectual
Leadership
Activities
(i.e., tutoring,
sponsored
lectures,
poster
sessions, etc.)
College of
Pharmacy
Events [nonacademic,
non-patient
outreach]
Brief
Description2
How Does
This Activity
Align With
the Rho Chi
Mission
Statement?
Years the
Activity has
Been Ongoing?
If 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?
Rho Chi
14 posters
Poster
presented at
Symposium this year’s
event from
students and
faculty from
within our
school.
Encourages
and
recognizes
intellectual
achievement
4
Informal feedback
from faculty
members and
participants was
gathered. This
year, the
communication
between presenters
and Rho Chi
members was
restructured to
help the event run
better.
Approximately Approximately
20
100
School tours
Contributes
to the
development
of
intellectual
leaders
3
None. In future
years we may
require members
to undergo a short
training prior to
giving the first
tour.
Approximately Approximately
15
75
Rho Chi
members
gave
interviewees
tours of the
school and
then took
the
How Many
Students (nonmembers)
and/or Patients
were impacted
by the Activity
interviewees
to lunch
Fundraising
Events
Trivia night
We held
two Trivia
Nights at a
local
restaurant in
which teams
of students
and faculty
were able to
complete
for various
prizes.
Contributes
to the
development
of
intellectual
leader.
3
The event has been
very successful
each year, and
brings
involvement of
students from all 4
years of the
program, as well
as faculty and
staff. We have not
assessed the event
or made changes.
Approximately Approximately
20
100
Appendix 2
Rho Chi Chapter Annual Report Budget.
ITEM
Amount
Debited
($$ spent)
Amount
Credited
($$ raised)
Balance
Comment
Balance forward
$932.66
$932.66
Balance from last year
Raffle donations
$36.00
$968.66
May 23, 2014
$875.68
Sep 19, 2014
$1730.68
Nov 17, 2014
$1700.68
Oct 30, 2014
$2050.68
Oct 30, 2014
$1959.68
Jan 29, 2015
$2999.68
Feb 17, 2015
$53.50
$2946.18
Feb 27, 2015
$1,317.50
$1628.68
Mar 18, 2015
$756.40
$872.28
April 6, 2015
$1430.28
Apr 9, 2015
$980.28
April 10, 2015
$1420.28
April 22, 2015
$1254.49
April 22, 2015
Lunch meeting
$92.98
2014-15 Allocation from reserve
Trivia Night Fall 2014
$855.00
$30.00
Trivia Night Fall 2014
Lunch Meeting
$350.00
$91.00
2015 Induction Dues
Lunch Meeting
Rho Chi Society Dues and Honor cords
(invoice)
Dinner: Rho Chi Induction Ceremony
$1040.00
Rho Chi Induction Dinner
Travel Reimbursement for APhA Meeting
$558.00
$450.00
Trivia Night Spring 2015
Induction Ceremony Supplies & Speaker
Gift
Remaining Balance as of May 15, 2015
$440
$165.79
$1254.49