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FAC U LT Y N EWS
THE AMPUL
A MAGAZINE FOR ALUMNI & FRIENDS OF THE
RUDOLPH H. RA ABE COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
SPRING 2016
John A. Armitstead
ASHP President
2016 Sebok Lecturer
Many Facets of
Pharmacy Leadership
Dinstinguished
Alumni Awards
Bringing the
Classroom to Life
Alumni Supporting the
College of Pharmacy

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In this edition of The Ampul, we
feature some of the outstanding
alumni from the Raabe College of
Pharmacy.Withnearly7,000alumni
living across the country and the
world, Polar Bear pharmacists are
leaders in education, health care
and business, and they serve as
outstanding role models for our
students.
My many conversations and inter-
actions with alumni have helped
me recognize that ONU gradu-
ates feel a sense of loyalty and
dedication to our mission, and
they strive to give back to ONU
in any number of ways. Alumni
return to campus to teach classes
and mentor students, to interview
and interact with prospective
students, and to introduce new
recruits to our program and our
unique ONU community. Alumni
visit their local high schools to
talk about careers in pharmacy
with teens, and they make sure
the students are aware that Ada
is home to the best college of
pharmacy in the nation. Alumni
offer shadowing opportunities
for prospective students, and
they provide internships and
other training experiences for
our current students. Alumni
hire our graduates, and they
help them network, make con-
nections and achieve success in
their practices. Alumni give back
to ONU financially, helping to
provide scholarships for current
students and supporting the
growth and new initiatives for the
college. Alumni are our lifeblood,
and we are blessed to have the
most loyal and generous alumni
in the nation.
In this edition, you’ll read about
John Armitstead, BSPh ’79, and
his career providing leadership
for our profession. Our Distin-
guished Alumni Award winners
Armitstead, Leonard L. “Bud”
Lance, BSPh ’70, and Timothy
Tracy, BSPh ’83, ae recognized.
MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN
The Ampul is a publication of
The Rudolph H. Raabe
College of Pharmacy
Editors:
Josh Alkire
Sheila Baumgartner
Design:
Toma (Grothous) Bomser, BFA ’96
Photography:
Trevor Jones
Contributors:
Hayley Stratton
Mary Wilkin
Scott Wills, BSBA ’87
The Ampul is published by Ohio
Northern University, 525 S. Main St.
Ada, OH 45810, 419-772-2000.
If you have comments about this
publication, please send them to
h-stratton@onu.edu.
The R.H. Raabe College of Pharmacy at
Ohio Northern University has long been
recognized as one of the premier colleges
of pharmacy in the nation, continually
meeting the high standards of pharmaceu-
tical education. Throughout its prominent
history, thecollegehasgraduatedpharma-
cists who now have successful pharmacy
practices and who are active in local, state
and national health-related organizations.
More than one-fourth of all pharmacists in
Ohio are Ohio Northern alumni.
www.onu.edu/pharmacy
You’ll also read about ONU
HealthWise and the leadership in
health care that it has provided
for our campus and surrounding
community. I also would like to
congratulate Rick Keyes, BSPh
’92, for recently being named
president of Meijer in recogni-
tion of his vision and ability to
positively influence people. ONU
pharmacy alumni are leaders
across the country.
I invite you to come back to
campus for a visit. I am always
happy to see alumni and friends
on campus, and I welcome the
chance to talk with you personally
about our programs, our students,
and our future.
Go Polar Bears!
Steven J. Martin
Dean

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CONTENTS
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ONU HEALTHWISE
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MANY FACETS OF
PHARMACY LEADERSHIP
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DISTINGUISHED
ALUMNI AWARDS
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ALUMNI SUPPORT
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A HURSH FAMILY HISTORY
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STUDENT SUCCESSES
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BRINGING THE
CLASSROOM TO LIFE
Designed as a health and well-
ness program to help ONU’s
employees and their families
with complicated health issues,
ONU HealthWise continues to
develop as an outreach program
within the community.
John A. Armitstead, BSPh ’79,
American Society of Health-
System Pharmacists president
and ONU alumnus, speaks at the
2016 Sebok Lecture.
Distinguished Alumni Award
winners John A. Armitstead,
BSPh ’79, Leonard L. “Bud”
Lance, BSPh ’70, and Timothy
Tracy, BSPh ’83, recognized.
Third-year pharmacy student,
Katelyn Avers, with her mentor,
Ernest E. Boyd, Hon. D. ’10, CAE,
president of the Ohio Pharma-
cists Association (OPA).
High-impact learning in patient
care.
Learning abroad and outside of
the classroom, even outside the
country to make a difference.
From student research to new
student clubs to the White
Coat Ceremony, ONU phar-
macy students make an impact.
Hursh Drug was built on a
three-pronged set of traditions:
Ohio Northern, pharmacy and
philanthropy.
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STA RT S M A L L , D R E A M B I G
When it first began in 2010, the ONU HealthWise program had modest
ambitions. It was designed as a health and wellness program to help
ONU’s employees and their families with complicated health issues.
It had four goals: 1) Improve employee health 2) Improve employee
job satisfaction 3) Decrease health care expenditures 4) Provide a
unique educational experience for ONU students.
“We started by providing interdisciplinary disease-state management,”
says Michael Rush, PharmD ’05, director of ONU HealthWise. “We
had involvement from nursing, pharmacy, clinical laboratory sciences
THE ONU HEALTHWISE PROGRAM
BEGAN IN 2010 TO HELP ONU
EMPLOYEES AND FAMILIES WITH
COMPLICATED HEALTH ISSUES.
THE EXPANDING
WISDOM OF
ONU HEALTHWISE
and exercise physiology. Since the University is self-insured, the
idea was to explore ways to manage the population in a preventa-
tive-medicine manner.”
And so ONU HealthWise was born, with the original pilot program
accepting only 20 participants who had diabetes, high blood pres-
sure or high cholesterol. These participants met with nursing, exer-
cise physiology and pharmacy faculty on a regular basis.
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From the start, ONU HealthWise was intended to educate students
who participated with faculty in providing education, developing
physical activity plans and reviewing medications. Students received
hands-on experience in managing patient health needs, including
counseling and education; performing physical assessments;
performing collective biometric measures such as blood pressure
and blood glucose, hemoglobin A1c and bone density measurements;
and administering immunizations.
OPE N I NG D O O R S T O T H E C O M M U N I T Y
ONU HealthWise slowly began to branch out into the surrounding
communities, and by 2011, the program was managing diabetes
patients in Hardin County. The ultimate goal of the program was to
create a culture of wellness for the ONU campus and the surrounding
counties through medication therapy management, disease state
management, nutrition counseling and physical wellness coaching.
Today, members of the University
and the surrounding communities
are encouraged to take advan-
tage of these services, which now
include health risk assessment,
biometric screenings, disease
management, medication recon-
ciliation and medication manage-
ment, health education, drug
and health information services,
physician referrals, and a tobac-
co-cessation program, which was
unveiled last fall to coincide with
the University’s new tobacco-free
campus policy.
“We are offering free tobacco-cessation appoint-
ments to anybody on campus, regardless of
whether they are on the University’s insurance,”
says Rush. “They can come to us if they use
tobacco, and we’ll provide free counseling and
nicotine-replacement products to help ease
that transition.”
TA K I NG C A R E T O W H E R E I T ’ S
N E E DE D
Another new program came about in fall 2015 in
response to health care needs in Hardin County.
The county has been designated as a “Primary
Medical Care Health Professional Shortage” area.
Much of the county also has received federal
designation as a “medically underserved area.”
Due to its rural nature, an aging population and high poverty rates,
Hardin County is a community with substantial physical, emotional,
and spiritual health and wellness needs.
In 2013, a community health assessment report identified priorities
for health care in Hardin County. These included preventative health
education; strategies to manage and reconcile medications among
patients with chronic conditions; better assistance with navigation,
coordination and access to health care services for patients with
chronic diseases; improved participation and service coordination
“Many citizens of
Hardin County do
not have primary
care physicians, so
there were problems
with access and
entry into the health
care system for many
people.” says Amy
Fanous, PharmD ’12,
director of the rural
mobile health clinic.
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Wisdom Adaka, a fifth-year pharmacy student from Hawthorne, Calif., consults with patients
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related to immunizations, vaccina-
tions and health screenings; and
the prevention of falls and frac-
tures among the elderly.
“Many citizens of Hardin County
do not have primary care physi-
cians, so there were problems with
access and entry into the health
care system for many people.” says
Amy Fanous, PharmD ’12, director
of the rural mobile health clinic.
The College of Pharmacy conducted its own health care needs assess-
ment in Hardin County in fall 2014. Individuals in the county identified
some additional hurdles standing in the way of quality health care,
such as limited access to physicians and other primary care providers,
transportation problems, and difficulty with the understanding and
the management of chronic medical conditions.
So far, in just six
months, the Mobile
Health Clinic has
been a resounding
success, with
real, life-changing
results.
Equipped with all of this information, Ohio Northern University devel-
oped its ONU HealthWise Rural Mobile Health Clinic in August 2015.
“We received federal grant funding from the Health Resources and
Services Administration to go out and provide primary care in rural
Hardin County and to coordinate care services,” Rush says. “The
mobile clinic serves as an entry point into the health care system
for many in the county. We provide health risk assessment and assist
patients in managing their chronic health conditions. The clinic
offers vaccinations and other preventative services, and we provide
biometric screenings for common health conditions such as diabetes,
high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Our clinicians provide
coordination of care and often refer patients to physicians or other
health care professionals when needed.”
So far, in just six months, the Mobile Health Clinic has been a
resounding success, with real, life-changing results.
“We’ve provided care to approximately 200 people since September,
and around 10 percent have been referred to a physician or the health
clinic in Kenton, Ohio, because we’ve identified a medical condition
that had not previously been recognized,” says Fanous.
Phil Farwig, a sixth-year pharmacy student from Findlay, Ohio, administers a bone density test for an ONU employee.

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C H A NG E I N T H E A I R
In August 2015, ONU HealthWise began offering its services and
programs to ONU students in addition to employees and beneficiaries.
“Now the program is open to our ONU students,” says Rush. “This
includes all the health care programs as well as the fitness classes that
we offer, such as Zumba, yoga, Pilates and dance.”
Also in the fall, a number of existing programs were brought under the
ONU HealthWise umbrella.
“We decided to expand the brand name to the other clinical services
that we offer,” says Rush. “So now ONU HealthWise encompasses the
on-campus preventative health program and disease management
services for employees and students; the Drug and Health Information
Center, which has been operating for many years; and the college’s
student-run health care outreach programs for the community.”
“We have 14 pharmacy organizations that provide health care outreach
services to the community,” says Dr. Michelle Musser, director of
outreach for ONU HealthWise and associate professor of pharmacy
practice. “Health care outreach could include health screenings, such
as measuring blood pressure or blood glucose concentrations; disease
management or medication reconciliation and management services;
educational programs; and other health-related activities. It could
include providing services at a health fair or working with the local
schools to provide classroom presentations. Health care outreach from
student organizations serves a wide variety of people and needs. We
have groups offering programs and services for the elderly all the way
down to preschoolers.”
L O O K I NG F O RWA R D
In the future, ONU HealthWise’s campus-based and community
pharmacy practices will expand considerably to include providing
primary care for the medically underserved community through
additional mobile health clinics, the enlargement of the Drug
and Health Information Center, the engagement of the Drug and
Health Information Center’s services to the public and the health
community, a focused increase in outreach programs, and broad-
ening the program’s commitment to community service.
Get more information about ONU HealthWise events and services
at www.onu.edu/pharmacy/healthwise ◆
Left to right: Rachel Edeburn, Brittany Long, Amy Fanous, and
Michelle Tuma. Back row: Brandon Bourgeois and Phillip Farwig.
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With warmer
climates come
greaterrespon-
sibility. At least
that’s been the
case with John Armitstead. His
career has taken him further and
further south. But the first stop
on his journey was Ohio North-
ern University.
A native of New York City, Armit-
stead’s father was a Methodist
minister, and his mother was an
emergency department nursing
director. His decision to pursue
pharmacy was influenced by his
mom. “At the time, I thought,
‘Well, I like health care, but I’d
like a little bit cleaner aspect of
health care than the emergency
department.’ Because she also
out of here.’ I was a New York City
kid. My high school had more stu-
dents than the population of Ada.
But then as I met the people, and
my parents met the people, we
were just so impressed all the way
around.”
In the early ’70s, as Armitstead first
explored Northern, the University
was in the midst of a renaissance
in terms of expansion and renova-
tion. The Robertson-Evans Phar-
macy Building opened in 1966. The
Meyer Hall of Science opened in
1970. Biggs Engineering Building
opened in 1972.
“King-Horn was being built at the
time,” Armitstead says. “So Ohio
Northern was just having a break-
out era for new buildings. The
worked in the trauma center, and
that kind of thing wasn’t my cup
of tea.”
He selected Ohio Northern be-
cause of its distance from home
and his desire to study at a smaller
school. “I wanted to be a little bit
independent, and I was looking
for a quality pharmacy school
at a smaller university, and Ohio
Northern was just perfect. And
the aspect of it being Methodist
church-related was another great
connection for me.”
Armitstead will laughingly admit
that, at first glance, ONU may have
seemed too small, especially when
youconsiderwherehewascoming
from. “Actually, when I first pulled
into town, I almost said, ‘Let’s get
combination of newer facilities,
coupled with the friendliness and
the longstanding quality of the
Ohio Northern College of Phar-
macy, everything aligned.”
After graduating from Northern
in 1979, Armitstead traveled 60
miles down the road to Springfield,
Ohio, where he found a position as
a hospital pharmacist. After three
months, he decided to explore
his leadership potential at Ohio
State University, where in 1982 he
earned a Hospital Pharmacy Res-
idency Certificate and a Master
of Science in hospital and clinical
pharmacy. More importantly, he
married his ONU sweetheart, Ima
Darling,BSPh’80,duringthissame
time period.
THE MANY
FACETS OF
John A. Armitstead, BSPh ’79, American Society of Health-System
Pharmacists, president and ONU alumnus speaks at the 2016
Sebok Lecture.
PHARMACY
LEADERSHIP

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With a year under his belt as clin-
ical pharmacist in cardiology at
Ohio State University Hospitals,
Armitstead’s leadership career
began in earnest.
“My residency program director
called me and said, ‘We’ve got a
critical care supervisor position
open at Riverside Methodist Hos-
pitals, and you would be perfect
for it.’ So I took it.”
And so began a string of leader-
ship positions that continues to
this day. He was a critical care
pharmacy supervisor and assis-
tantdirectorofpharmacyservices
at Riverside Methodist Hospitals
in Columbus, Ohio. Then came
associate director of pharmacy
services at University of Cincinna-
ti Hospital and director of clinical
Armitstead views
2016 as a great time
to be involved with
the profession of
pharmacy. He sees
unlimited possibilities
in demonstrating the
medication-expert
role of the pharmacist
to collaborate with
other disciplines to
improve the health care
outcomes of patients.
He has even placed multiple
pharmacists and pharmacy
technicians in emergency
departments throughout the
system.
“We’re on the verge of getting
provider status from the federal
government through Medicare.
We’re pushing for the Pharmacy
and Medically Underserved Areas
Enhancement Act in Congress,
and we’re on the verge of being
recognized by Medicare as a pro-
vider of health care services. It’s
really a good time.”
Armitstead developed this
far-reaching perspective on phar-
macy in part because he’s the cur-
rent president of the American
Society of Health-System Phar-
macists (ASHP), which offers a
unique approach to its presidency.
Individuals spend three years as
president of ASHP. The first year
is spent as president-elect, the
second year as president, and the
third as immediate past-president.
All three years are spent on the
ASHP Board of Directors, with the
president serving as chair.
programs for pharmacy services
at Health Alliance of Greater
Cincinnati. He then moved a bit
further south as director of phar-
macy services and assistant dean
at University of Kentucky Health-
Care in Lexington, Ky.
“What’s really kind of unique is that
I never went to apply for these
jobs,” he says. “With my network
of relationships and my strengths
in leadership, people contacted
me to take career-advancing po-
sitions. I never sought to leave a
practice, but I have been called
to take on new challenges.”
Today, Armitstead finds himself
in Fort Myers and Cape Coral,
Fla., where even 60-degree tem-
peratures are frowned upon as
being too cold. “It’s a little chilly
down here in Florida, but I’m not
allowed to say that to people in
Ohio,” he laughs.
As system director of pharma-
cy services at Lee Memorial
Health System, Armitstead runs a
health-system pharmacy practice
that includes 254 employees. Ev-
ery phase of pharmacy practice
reports to him, including com-
munity, infusion, new pharmacy,
wholesaling, inpatient, clinical
pharmacy and ambulatory care.
“I’ve got the full range of pharma-
cy services. We’re really and truly
servicing all of southwest Flori-
da. The unique part about Lee
Memorial Health System is that,
in essence, we are the county’s
health system. And my role is to
make sure that pharmacy ser-
vices are provided to all patients,
inpatients and outpatients.”
“I would view it as learning, and
then moving to doing, and the
third year is really advisory,” Ar-
mitstead says. “I’m in my ‘doing’
year, so I’m leading as president.
When you are president and chair
of the board, you serve as spokes-
person of the society. You drive
the philosophy and policies from
the perspective of being chair.”
Subconsciously or not, Armit-
stead’s career has taken him to
progressively warmer locales. Yet
he still finds time to return to the
Tundra. The latest was in Febru-
ary 2016, when ONU’s College
of Pharmacy honored him with a
Distinguished Alumni Award. He
also participated in the college’s
health-system pharmacy leader-
ship summit and delivered the
SebokLecturethatsameweekend.
“You plan to do well in your career
and in your life, but when some-
one else says that you’ve done
well and they think you’re notable,
that’s pretty outstanding. I feel
honored, privileged, amazed and
overwhelmed. When I think of
the people that led me, to think
that I could lead other people, it
feels great. I am one proud Polar
Bear in Southwest Florida!” ◆
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John A. Armistead, BSPh ’79,
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THREE HONORED WITH
DISTINGUISHED
ALUMNI
AWARDS
Timothy Tracy, BSPh ’83, provost of the University of Kentucky.
In August 2010, he joined the
University of Kentucky as dean
of the college of pharmacy; from
May 2012 until August 2013, he
served as interim provost.
Tracy’s research and teaching
interests deal with pharmacog-
enetics and their effect on drug
metabolism. Tracy has published
approximately 100 scientific
manuscripts and more than 15
book chapters, edited two books,
and served as a principal and
co-investigator on numerous
NIH-funded grants. He received
his Ph.D. in clinical pharmacy
from Purdue University in 1988.
He also completed a postdoc-
toral fellowship in clinical phar-
macology at Indiana University.
Tracy, is a native of Portsmouth,
Ohio, and a 1983 graduate of the
CollegeofPharmacy.Heisprovost
at the University of Kentucky.
Prior to entering academia, he
practiced in community and hos-
pital settings throughout Ohio.
Tracy launched his academic
career at West Virginia Universi-
ty, where he won six college-wide
teaching awards and one uni-
versity-wide teaching award.
Tracy then joined the University
of Minnesota, where he served
as head of the Department of
Experimental and Clinical Phar-
macology, director of the Center
for Forecasting Drug Response,
and director of Clinical and
Translational Research Services.
THE RAABE COLLEGE OF PHARMACY HONORED THREE ALUMNI WITH
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS ON FEB. 12. THIS WAS THE NINTH
YEAR THAT DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS WERE PRESENTED
BY THE COLLEGE OF PHARMACY.
JOHN A. ARMITSTEAD, BSPH ’79, LEONARD L. “BUD” LANCE, BSPH
’70, AND TIMOTHY TRACY, BSPH ’83, WERE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR
OUTSTANDING CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THEIR CONTRI-
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Armitstead, is a native of Port
Jefferson, Long Island, N.Y., and
a 1979 graduate of the College
of Pharmacy. He is the current
president of the American
Society of Health-System
Pharmacists (ASHP) as well as
system director of pharmacy
services at Lee Memorial Health
System in Fort Myers, Fla. and
Cape Coral, Fla. He started
his practice in pharmacy as a
pharmacy volunteer. Since that
time, he has been a pharmacy
technician, pharmacy intern, staff
pharmacist, pharmacy resident,
cardiology clinical specialist,
critical care pharmacy supervisor,
assistant director, associate
director, director, associate
professor and assistant dean.
John A. Armitstead, BSPh ’79, American Society of Health-System
Pharmacists, president and system director of pharmacy services at Lee
Memorial Health System.
Leonard L. "Bud" Lance, BSPh ’70, retired pharmacist
Armitstead has served on
the ASHP Board of Directors
and on several councils and
committees. He is active in
the Florida Society of Health-
System Pharmacists and is
a founding member of the
Florida Residency Conference.
He is a past president of the
Kentucky Society of Health-
System Pharmacists and Ohio
Society of Health-System
Pharmacists and is a recipient
of the Clifton J. Latiolais
Award from the Ohio State
University School of Pharmacy.
Armitstead earned a Master of
Science in hospital and clinical
pharmacy from Ohio State
University in 1982.
Prior to the Distinguished Alumni
Award ceremony, Armitstead
delivered the annual Sebok
Lecture in the Freed Center for
the Performing Arts. The topic
of his lecture was “Perfecting
Your Practice: Continuous
Professional Development.”
Lance is a native of Lodi, Ohio,
and a 1970 graduate of the
College of Pharmacy. He is the
former pharmacy editor, tech-
nical advisor and pharmacy (in-
formation) database coordinator
for Lexi-Comp Inc. Along with
authoring Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins’ “Quick Look Drug Book,”
he provided technical support to
Lexi-Comp’s reference publica-
tions. Lance assisted more than
300 major hospitals in producing
their own formulary (pharmacy)
publications through Lexi-Comp’s
custom publishing service. Lance
also was manager of the Dosage
Forms Database in Lexi-Comp’s
Medical Sciences Division.
Since the late 1970s, Lance has
focused on using computers to
improve pharmacy service. As
such,hebeganhiscareerwithLexi-
Comp in 1988. As the company’s
firstpharmacist,hehelpeddevelop
its first drug database in 1989. He
also was involved in editing and
publishing Lexi-Comp’s first “Drug
Information Handbook” in 1990.
Lance is past president of the
Summit Pharmaceutical Associ-
ation (SPA). He was a member of
the Ohio Pharmacists Association
(OPA), the American Pharmaceu-
tical Association (APhA), and the
American Society of Health-Sys-
tem Pharmacists (ASHP).
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Angela Chu, a
fifth-year phar-
macy student
from Shawnee,
Kan., spent
summer2015inSouthKoreaaspart
of the Hanyang University Inter-
national Summer School program.
Hanyang University in Seoul is one
of the leading private universities
in Korea, with an undergraduate
student population of approxi-
mately 32,000. Chu made a series
ofblogpostsduringherstay.Here’s
one, dated July 20, 2015.
This is my third country I’ve stud-
ied abroad in, and it’s amazing
Singapore, and the concept of
racism was mind-blowing to the
Singaporean students. Singapore
is a melting pot of mainly Chi-
nese, Malays (Eurasian islanders)
and Indians, so they are used to
diversity in their culture and ev-
eryone being an immigrant. Our
professor brought up a good
point that, statistically, increased
immigration actually lowers crime
rates. First-generation immigrants
aren’t the problem; it’s the U.S.-
born generations that continu-
ously grow up in poverty that are.
My “adulthood and aging” class
is hands down my favorite. I wish
SOUTH
KOREA
LIFE
how unique each experience is
and what I gain out of it. Because
this program brings together
over 1,300 students from over
50 countries, I’ve gotten to learn
a lot more about global differ-
ences and similarities versus just
the country I am in. Both class-
es I’m taking discuss the views
of students from each country
represented on every issue we
talk about.
In my health equity class, we main-
ly discuss U.S. socioeconomic
problems and their effect on the
nation’s health. Racism doesn’t
exist (at least as extensively) in
that professor taught at ONU be-
cause you can tell he legitimately
cares about student success and
has had so many different life
experiences. The professor was
born in Ohio, studied in Japan
for two years, finished college
in Hawaii, and has served in the
U.S. Marine Corps. We study life
stages progressively, reflect on
where we think we are at, and
get to listen to speakers from
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ST U D E N T S U CC E S S E S
A N U RG E NC Y T O M A K E A D I F F E R E NC E
A sense of urgency ignites the passion and the determination to make
a difference of a servant leader. Such a sense of urgency led Joelle
Farano, a fifth-year pharmacy student from Darien, Ill., to serve those
who have less during summer 2015.
Farano chose to serve through the Junior Recruited Commission Officer
Student Training Extern Program (JRCOSTEP) and was partnered with a
pharmacy colleague from Drake University to live and work among the Fort
Apache Indian Reservation people of White River, Ariz. Their workweek
consisted of serving 40 hours a week for three months.
The work was structured through the Reservation’s Indian Health
Commission and an agency of the federal government, the Public Health
Service.TheinitialemphasiswasservingtheApacheTribe’sneedsregarding
ambulatory care. This component addressed one serious health concern
as the Indian people tend to have higher rates of diabetes and substance-
abuse problems. Long before she came onboard, Farano was interested
in learning about how to serve these challenges.
During the early phase of the three-month service project, a typical day
started at White River Hospital in the White Mountain Apache Tribe
reservation. Farano and her colleague shadowed a licensed hospital
pharmacist for the first two or three hours, then counseled reservation
patients for two hours, and worked on select projects like implementing
a patient satisfaction survey and analyzing ongoing patient care and
how it can be improved within the hospital setting.
what it is like in Korea for people
in their age bracket.
Last week, we talked about
young adulthood, and today
we moved into dating and mar-
riage. No matter what societal
expectations each country has,
it’s funny to see how people our
age still live life the same way. For
example, the South Korean gov-
ernment has been encouraging
Although we may exist under
different governments, speak
different languages, and eat dif-
ferent foods, this study abroad
has brought me back to the re-
ality that everyone values the
same things in the end. When
we talked about military service
– compulsory or not – no one likes
going to war, and its psychoso-
cial stresses affect everyone the
same. In both classes, we talk
about death a lot, whether from
disease or war, and the emotion
evoked from pictures, videos and
stories all look and sound the
same. I think we get caught up
a lot contrasting different cul-
tures, that we forget we are all
13
young adults to get married and
reproduce because their birth
rate has declined to an average
of 1.8 children per household.
They are experiencing their ba-
by-boom generation and need
more children to be born to fill
in the job and military gaps pro-
jected by 2030. But I’ve talked
to a bunch of Korean students
here who aren’t even thinking
about marriage until they grad-
uate and establish a career, like
in the U.S. Although the U.S. has
the highest divorce rate in the
world, common couple issues got
laughs from everyone in the class
– showing that in the end, we’re
all the same.
In the months that followed, another facet of
this servant leadership project involved the pain-
clinic where Farano and her colleague shadowed
pharmacistspecialistsandmonitoredtribepatients’
progress regarding their healing from physical
ailments and pain. She shadowed a pharmacist
who promotes healthy heart lifestyle and diet and
the proper taking of medications.
Farano learned about the different roles that pharmacists play within
just one hospital. “I felt that I was giving back and using my education to
help those who need it the most,” she says. “The Indian Health Service
takes good care of its people and understands improving quality of life
and that the pharmacist plays a critical role.”
As the three-month service project wound down, Farano traveled to
a remote clinic. “I was able to assist patients coming in who otherwise
doubted their need for proper health care. I saw one patient in particular
and managed her health concerns all the way through and was able to
follow up with appropriate care.”
H I G H - I M PAC T L E A R N I NG I N T H E L A B
Students in the pharmacy college’s molecular pharmacology
lab have been researching breast cancer cells under
the leadership of Dr. David Koh, assistant professor of
pharmacology. Checkoutpage16toreadmoreaboutthework
being done by Joy Hoffman, Dan Powell and Steven Blake. ◆
Joelle Farano
human beings. Unlike past study
abroads, I haven’t gotten myself
familiar with the history and gov-
ernment of the country but have
definitely gained a lot culturally.

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T H E A M P U L S P R I N G 2 01 6
Sandra M. Thorarensen
Robert T. Reed
PRECEPTOR
CORNER
Preceptor: Dwight C. Paulson
Practice Site Kaiser Permanente,
Aurora, Colo.: Continuing Care
ONU Student on Rotation:
Tiffany G. Kneuss, a sixth-year pharmacy
student from Dennison, Ohio
Student Experience Summary:
“Dwight was extremely open to discussion on specific patients and on
general health care topics. He was quick to answer my questions and
had a very organized approach to the rotation. Additionally, Dwight
was very accommodating in ensuring my experience was tailored to
my interests, and he provided me projects to help expand my clinical-
pharmacy knowledge and meet my rotation goals and objectives.”
Tiffany G. Kneuss
Preceptor: Tim Weigle
Practice Site: Elmendorf
AFB 3rd Medical Wing Pharmacy,
Anchorage, Alaska
ONU Student on Rotation:
Robert T. Reed, a sixth-year pharmacy
student from Springdale, Ark.
Student Experience Summary:
”It was a joy working with and
learning from Capt. Weigle! From
our first phone conversation, when
we established a common bond of
having family in northwest Arkansas,
to each moment in the pharmacy,
Capt. Weigle always had a smile,
an eagerness to help us learn and a
great sense of humor! This incredible
rotation served as a great place
to complete my general hospital
rotation and gain an understanding
and practice in all that goes on in a
hospital pharmacy.”
STUDENTS HAVE GREAT
Advanced Pharmacy
Practice Experiences (APPE)
Preceptor: Esther Jeon
Practice Site: Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore, Md.: Investigational Drug Service (IDS)
ONU Student on Rotation:
Sandra M. Thorarensen, a sixth-year
pharmacy student from Stow, Mass.
Student Experience Summary:
”My preceptor, Esther Jeon, was a great teacher and very easy
to approach with questions. I had a great experience learning
more about Investigation Drug Services, and I recommend this
rotation to future ONU students. Everyone on staff was very
experienced in this field of pharmacy.”

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ST U D E N T S U CC E S S E S
Interprofessional education (IPE)
has become an important topic
in pharmacy education as it is
featured prominently in the new
ACPE 2016 education standards.
IPE has been a focus at ONU since
2012, when a committee made
up of representatives from the
pharmacy, nursing, exercise phys-
iology and medical laboratory
science (MLS) programs formed
to begin the task of developing
IPE activities within the University.
The committee has developed
IPE activities that have been
integrated into courses offered
in each discipline throughout
the curriculum. The activities in
pharmacy include three Profes-
sion of Pharmacy courses that
conclude with a Capstone in Phar-
macy Practice. In 2015, fifth-year
pharmacy students and senior
nursing students participated in
an activity that simulated the care
of a complex patient. Nursing
students received a report from
another “nurse” (portrayed by a
faculty member) regarding the
patient, while pharmacy students
interviewed the “patient” (also
portrayed by a faculty member).
The students then worked in inter-
disciplinary groups to share infor-
mation and formulate a care plan
for the patient, which was then
submitted for evaluation
by faculty members. All
students then partici-
pated in a debriefing
session to share and
discuss approaches
The College of Pharmacy organized
14 events, and 13 student organiza-
tions attended 60 events, for a total
of 74 events in fall 2015. Completed
eventsincluded345hoursofoutreach
in which 1,650 patients were served
(August 2015 to December 2015).
Pharmacy students were active in a variety of educational events held
to provide health and wellness outreach to campus and citizens of
Ada and Hardin County.
Events included:
• Presentations on hygiene to preschool children
• Over-the-counter medication bingo at local nursing homes
• Health screenings, such as blood pressure, blood sugar,
cholesterol and bone-mineral density checks, held on
campus and throughout the community
Two large health fairs also were held. The first, conducted during
ONU’s Homecoming, was organized by the students in the National
Community Pharmacist Association (NCPA). The second event,
held at the Hardin County YMCA, was organized by students in
the Student Society of Health-System Pharmacists (SSHP).
The outreach program also provided screenings and medication
reviews at a number of local community events, including:
• Ada’s Harvest and Herb festival
• Ada Music Feast
• Councils on Aging in Allen and Auglaize counties
• Hardin County Fair
• Hardin County Business Alliance LEAD program
INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
to the patient case. After the
activity, students provided feed-
back on the activity, including
the impact on their readiness to
work with other disciplines in the
future. The activity served to help
students apply their therapeutic
knowledge to a practical situa-
tion, improve communication
and teamwork skills, and gain
experience working with other
disciplines. The activities built
into the curriculum offer students
unique opportunities to hone
skills essential for success as they
prepare for rotations during their
final year of study.
OUTREACH
1,650
345
OUTREACH
HOURS
PHARMD
GRADUATE
AND LICENSED
PHARMACIST
15
B R I N G I N G T H E C L A S S R O O M TO L I F E
IPE ACTIVITIES IN
THE PHARMACY
CURRICULUM
PATIENTS

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T H E A M P U L S P R I N G 2 01 6
Hundreds of research laboratories are looking at TRPM2 channels
to prevent damage from stroke and cardiovascular disease, but only
about a dozen are looking at these proteins as a way to kill cancer
cells while keeping normal cells healthy. One of those is the molec-
ular pharmacology lab in Ohio Northern University’s Raabe College
of Pharmacy. The lab's focus is breast cancer cells and is staffed by
ONU undergraduate pharmacy students, under the leadership of Dr.
David Koh, associate professor of pharmacology.
He calls his students “warriors” who do the day-to-day work and are
not afraid to work nights and weekends. These hands-on lab warriors
are Joy Hoffman, a sixth-year student from Fremont, Ohio; Dan Powell,
a fifth-year student from Cranberry Township, Pa. and Steven Blake,
a fourth-year student from Ravenna, Ohio.
After three years of work, they have just had their research published
in Oncology Reports, an international journal devoted to fundamental
and applied research in cancer treatment. Their work looks at difficult-
to-treat breast cancers, including triple negative, and their results
are very encouraging. It appears that cancer cells may use TRPM2
channels differently than normal cells. That difference could be the key
to killing only cancer cells while sparing normal cells and preventing
many of the debilitating side effects of cancer chemotherapy.
While the current research is basic (at the cell level) Koh, the primary
investigator, hopes to see future studies that investigate animal models
and possibly lead to studies in humans. He already is applying for
grants to further the work.
Koh started his cancer research in 2007 and moved into the TRPM2
studies just before he joined the faculty at ONU because it offered a
novel, still-to-be-explored way to target cancer. “In research, you go
with the best lead,” he says. “This research was kind of a side project,
and now it’s turned out to be a main project for my lab.” It is also
turning into a challenging and long-term experience for his students.
Hoffman, who now is off campus doing her sixth-year clinical rota-
tions, had been involved in pharmacokinetics research with her ONU
pharmacy advisor and jumped at the chance to continue research
in Koh’s lab. She says it was the professor’s enthusiasm for research
that keeps her interested.
Blake spends six to eight hours a week in the lab, in addition to his
academic work and extracurricular activities as a pianist with the
ONU Symphony Orchestra and Women’s Chorus. “Initially, it’s a little
overwhelming working with the professor doing this kind of research.
I’m incredibly lucky and blessed to have this opportunity.”
Powell, who was introduced to research in high school, had hoped to find
a one-semester research experience when he answered Koh’s request
for lab workers. His work is now entering its third year. “I love it,” he says.
The lab work is unpaid, but the students earn credit hours. “I’ve
already met all those hours,” Powell says. “Now it’s just because I
love getting the experience and working with Dr. Koh.”
The students are doing day-to-day work, but they count on Koh for
support. He trains the students in core lab techniques. “We meet
RESEARCH CORNER
ONU Students Take on Cancer in the Lab
Dan Powell Joy HoffmanSteven Blake

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P H A R M ACY N EWS
every week and discuss the results and the next steps. I call them
“semi-independent researchers” because they know the techniques
and they just need some direction now and then. They’re very enthu-
siastic, and they do just about every technique,” Koh says.
While Blake feels comfortable with the work after three years, if he
has a question or a problem, he’ll take it to Koh or save it for their
weekly meetings.
Powell says his professor showed him what to do.
“Then he’ll step back and say, ‘I trust you; now go to
work!’” The result is both a confidence booster and
exposure to research that few undergraduates get
to experience. “It makes me feel good, as a student,
to be trusted,” Powell says.
Powell believes he and the other student researchers
really understand the research because of the instruc-
tion they receive. “It’s not that we’re just going to put
something into this liquid and then measure it. We
know what’s going on, and I think that, going forward,
this basic level of knowledge is setting a firm base.
Gaining the fundamentals right now is very, very valuable.”
Those fundamentals will have an impact on the students’ futures.
Although Hoffman does not plan to pursue a career in research, she
calls the experience invaluable. “Conducting research at the ‘bench’
level gave me a better appreciation of drug development.” She plans to
complete a residency after graduation and believes the basic research
skills developed as a student researcher prepare her for future projects
she will conduct as a pharmacist. “It was rewarding knowing that my
efforts in the lab were contributing to results and that our work could
potentially impact drug development and current standards of care.”
Powell will begin his sixth-year rotations next year and is still making
career decisions. He says, “I know that I love research, and it’s a strong
option, whether in the immediate future or a couple of years down the
road, whether it’s clinical research or this sort of laboratory research.”
Blake still has two years before graduation. Research is definitely
in his future. He says, “I finally found something that I really, really
want to do. I finally found some course for my future, and I know I
belong somewhere in the research field, exactly where, I’ll figure out
eventually.” He’s planning on additional certification, training or Ph.D.
studies for work in an industry or academic setting. He’s even consid-
ering teaming academic research and teaching, like his mentor, Koh.
“I was quite ecstatic when he told us we were being published,”
Blake says. “It is a very big deal. This is just the first step in hopefully
a lifelong career of research-oriented work. Right now, cancer is of
interest, but I’m very open to other projects involving drug develop-
ment or characterizing drug actions and side effects.”
Hoffman adds, “I am very grateful that I had the opportunity to
participate in research as an undergraduate student. It is a very
unique opportunity that sets the pharmacy program at ONU apart
from others.”
It’s not just ONU’s pharmacy students who have
this opportunity. While not every ONU student will
be working in a lab, students from psychology to
statistics have the opportunity to work on real-world
research, directly with their professors.
More than the experience, ONU’s research is
showing real results. “Published research is very
exciting, as it distributes our results to others in the
field of oncology,” says Hoffman. “Our work has the
potential to lead to a novel and targeted approach
in treating breast cancer and impact many patients.”
Koh explains that his work is much more than an academic exercise.
“There is a great need for cancer research. Breast cancer is still the
No. 2 killer among cancers in women. Although there are a lot of drugs
out there, we need better drugs. What we are looking at are drugs
that will selectively kill cancer cells and leave the rest of your body
alone. A lot of cancer-treatment failures aren’t because the drugs
can’t kill cancer cells but because of the side effects.”
Preparing students for a potential life in science is part of the curric-
ulum. “We train future leaders in health care, whether pharmacy or
medicine or biochemistry,” Koh says. And he expects more good
reports and scientists to come from the research labs at ONU.
“I was quite ecstatic
when he told us
we were being
published,” Blake
says. “It is a very
big deal. This is
just the first step in
hopefully a lifelong
career of research-
oriented work.”
PHARMACY PROFESSOR RECEIVES
AACP NEW INVESTIGATOR AWARD
Dr. Manoranjan D’Souza, an assistant professor
of pharmacology pharmaceutical and biomedical
sciences in the Raabe College of Pharmacy, was
among 14 recipients of New Investigator Awards announced by the
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) on Jan. 14.
His research project, “Brain kappa opioid receptors and aversive
effects of nicotine,” investigates the role of kappa opioid receptors
in specific brain regions, thus advancing the understanding of
the neural circuitry mediating the aversive effects of nicotine and
providing a novel target for future smoking-cessation medications. ◆

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T H E A M P U L S P R I N G 2 01 6
CATHY ROSENBAUM
PUBLISHES BOOK
Cathy Rosenbaum, BSPh ’76, founder and
CEO of Rx Integrative Solutions, recently
published Don’t Sweep It Under the Drug, a
book on health and healing aimed at baby
boomers. In this book, Rosenbaum aims to
use her pharmacological knowledge to help
people manage prescriptions and improve
their health through a holistic mind-body-
spirit paradigm.
RICK KEYES NAMED MEIJER
PRESIDENT
Rick Keyes, BSPh ’92, was named president
of Meijer in October 2015. Keyes joined
the company more than 25 years ago as a
pharmacist, and he had been executive vice
president of supply chain and manufactur-
ing since 2006. Keyes is the 11th president in
the company’s 81-year history. Keyes also is a
current Pharmacy Advisory Board Member.
PHARMD PROGRAM
RE-ACCREDITED BY ACPE
Ohio Northern University’s doctor of pharmacy degree program
has been re-accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy
Education (ACPE) for a full cycle of eight years. This is the maxi-
mum length of re-accreditation bestowed upon pharmacy degree
programs in the United States.
ACPE requires the programs it accredits to meet 30 accreditation
standards. Ohio Northern University’s pharmacy program was eval-
uated in October 2015 and found to be fully compliant in all 30 stan-
dards. ACPE is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as
the national agency for the accreditation of professional degree
programs in pharmacy.
“The faculty and staff of the ONU Raabe College of Pharmacy are
pleased that ACPE recognizes the high quality and outstanding
outcomes from our program. Our commitment to continuous quali-
ty improvement is a distinguishing feature of the program” says Dr.
Steven J. Martin, dean of the Raabe College of Pharmacy. “We are
especially proud to earn the full re-accreditation allowed by ACPE.
It recognizes the dedication of our faculty and staff, and our vision
to lead the nation in the preparation of practice-ready pharmacists
who serve as primary care providers and team leaders.”
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
RANKED AMONG TOP 15
PRIVATE PHARMACY SCHOOLS
PHARMACY COLLEGE
GRADUATES RECORD HIGH
PASSAGE RATES FOR NAPLEX
AND MPJE
OHIO AVERAGE = 95%
NATIONAL AVERAGE = 93%
The college ranks 14th amongst
64 private pharmacy schools
in the country and is ranked in
the top five direct-entry pro-
grams in the nation. U.S. News
& World Report ranks colleges
ON
U
PASSAGE R
ATE
PERCENT
Graduates of the Raabe College
of Pharmacy continued their re-
cord of outstanding achievement
on the North American Pharma-
cists Licensure Examination (NA-
PLEX) with an overall passage
rate of 97 percent, which ranks
among the top scores for 2015
graduates from all Ohio pharma-
cy schools who took the exam-
ination for the first time. ONU’s
passage rate was above the over-
all state average of 95 percent
as well as the national average
of 93 percent. In addition, 100
percent of the ONU graduates
who took the Ohio Multistate
Pharmacy Jurisprudence Ex-
amination (MPJE) passed on
their first attempt.
and schools of pharmacy that
are accredited by Accreditation
Council for Pharmacy Educa-
tion (ACPE). ONU’s College of
Pharmacy’s net score increased
from 2.2 in 2012 to 2.7 in 2016.
A
M
ONGPRIV
A
T E P H A R M
A
CYSCHOO
L
S
15
RANKED
TOP
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
HAS RANKED THE RAABE
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AS
ONE OF THE NATION’S TOP 15
PRIVATE PHARMACY SCHOOLS
IN BEST HEALTH SCHOOLS 2016.

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P H A R M ACY N EWS
Excitement, creativity and tradi-
tion are the cornerstones of
campus life at Ohio Northern.
Students of all backgrounds
come together to form a common
bond in and outside of the class-
room. With more than 200 clubs
and organizations, students have
ample opportunity to develop
leadership skills. The 2015-16
academic year saw the number
of pharmacy-specific groups
grow to 15 with the formation of
two new student groups in the
College of Pharmacy.
The first group, the Medicinal
Herb Club, was developed by Dr.
David Kinder, professor of medic-
inal chemistry, and Vicki Motz,
assistant professor of biological
sciences, as an extension of the
medicinal herb elective course
they co-teach.
“The club is not limited to those
who have taken the course,”
Kinder explains. “One of our
hopes (which has materialized)
was that students who were not
able to take the course, but were
prepare that plant for a particular
use (such as making a poultice
for placing on a surface wound).
The Medicinal Herb Club also
helpsmaintaintheUniversity’sfour
campusherbgardens.Theclubwill
soon re-furbish the Bible Garden
to make it into a knot garden with
medicinal plants related to the
Bible planted between the thyme
used to make the knot.
Ohio Northern University’s
College of Psychiatric and
Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP)
Student Chapter was formed
by Lyndsay Albert, a fifth-year
pharmacy student from West
Seneca, N.Y., after the suicide of
a close friend. “It brought to my
attention that mental health was
something that was not openly
talked about here on campus or
even between friends,” Albert
says. “The overwhelming negative
stigma of having a mental illness
NEW STUDENT CLUBS
is what prevents people from
openlytalkingaboutwhattheyare
personally going through because
they feel that they are alone, no
one will understand them or that
they will be seen as ‘crazy.’”
The group’s advisors, Dr. Lindsey
Peters, assistant professor of
pharmacy practice, and Dr.
Manoranjan D’Souza, assistant
professor of pharmacology,
support students in their vision
to help those who suffer with
psychiatric and neurologic issues.
The primary purpose of this group
is to raise awareness about mental
health and substance abuse not
only here on campus, but also in
Ada and the surrounding commu-
nities. CPNP meets monthly to
hear from speakers who are expe-
riencedpharmacists,psychologists
and trained educators from the
National Alliance on Mental Illness
(NAMI). CPNP also has teamed
with other pharmacy organiza-
tions on campus to plan mental
health week, April 4-9, 2016, which
ended with “Light Up the Night,” a
remembrance and awareness walk
for family members of anyone who
has suffered from mental illness or
substance abuse.
“The future for CPNP is bright,”
Albert says. “We are changing the
face of pharmacy day by day, and
that is an unbelievable feeling.”
Christian Theriault, Daniel Meeks, Sarah Lance, Alyssa Mattson,
Brooke Kohls, Lucy Wagala, Dr. David Kinder, Dr. Vicki Motz, Amanda
Everlove, Rachel Bulko, Julia Anspach, Amanda Swanson, Joel Luecke
interested in medicinal herbs,
would join and participate.”
The primary purpose of the club
is to teach members and the
community about the proper
use of medicinal plants. The
club meets twice monthly. One
meeting is devoted to the discus-
sion of a specific medicinal plant
and its various activities, which
includes information as to how
much is known and how extensive
the research has been to study
that plant’s activity. The second
monthly meeting is a project
meeting in which members learn
how to grow a plant and how to
CNPA: Joelle Hall, Dr. Lindsey Peters, Dr. Manoranjan D'Souza,
Kelsey Robinson, Lyndsay Albert, Mikayla Shea, Aaron Salwan,
Rachel Jackson
College of Psychiatric and Neurologic
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T H E A M P U L S P R I N G 2 01 6
16TH ANNUAL
PROFESSIONAL
COMMITMENT
CEREMONY
Evan Murtha
is presented
his white coat
from Chelsea
(Bowers) Ebert,
PharmD ’15.
During the College of Pharmacy’s 16th annual Professional Commit-
ment Ceremony on Nov. 14, 2015, third-year pharmacy students
received their white coats from their pharmacist mentors – a symbol
of a student’s transition from the first three years of pharmacy
school to the last three professional years. Each student received
a white coat from one of the more than 100 alumni who returned
to campus to serve as mentors for the students as they progress in
the pharmacy profession.
2015 White Coat speaker, Hanley Wheeler, BSPh, ’82, senior vice
president of field operation for the west division of CVS Pharmacy.

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P H A R M ACY N EWS
Mentors take their places during the ceremony. Here they carry
their student mentee’s coats to the Professional Commitment
Ceremony stage.
Members of the Pharmacy Quartet perform before the
ceremony. All members are pharmacy students. Here
Helena Ladd, plays the violin.
Mary Frances Wheeler, BSPh ’82,
with her mentee Brittany Toney.
102
ALUMNI
RETURNED
TO MENTOR
STUDENTS
WERE COATED
AND RECITED THEIR OATH
OF PROFESSIONALISM
154
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T H E A M P U L S P R I N G 2 01 6
THANK YOU TO OUR 2015 PROFESSIONAL
COMMITMENT CEREMONY DAY VOLUNTEERS (ALUMNI):
IN APPRECIATION OF OUR
VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE
CONTRIBUTED THIS YEAR
Susan Bailey, BSPh ’88
Jim Barnett, BSPh ’75
Brittany Bates, PharmD ’06
Dennis Bluhm, BSPh ’63
Jason Bockis, BSPh ’98
Ernest E. Boyd, Hon. D. ’10, CAE
Benjamin Brocious, PharmD ’13
Amy Brown, PharmD ’15
Tyler Bulcher, PharmD ’11
Bryan Burkholder, BSPh ’82
Mark Butler, BSPh ’79, Hon. D. ’14
Andrew Cain, PharmD ’08
Theresa Cain, PharmD ’10
Raymond Carlson, BSPh ’85
Ed Chessar, BSPh ’93
Justin Coby, PharmD ’07
Lori Crockett, BSPh ’88
Amy DeMarsh, BSPh ’91
JoDee DeMond, BSPh ’04
Cathy Dill, BSPh ’82
Amanda Dobrzynski, PharmD ’15
Chris Dolfi, BSPh, ’01
Donald E. Duran, Jr., BSPh ’85
Chelsea Ebert, PharmD ’15
Jeremy Ebert, PharmD ’13
Ann Ellis, BSPh ’89
Megan Elliott, PharmD ’13
Michael Finn, BSPh ’95
Angela Flory, PharmD ’09
Jolynne Francis, BSPh ’84
Erin Fuschetto, PharmD ’04
Jamie Gallaspie, PharmD ’09
Ruth Graham, BSPh, ’97
Angie Guinn, BSPh ’00
David Haberland, BSPh ’82
Scott Hall, BSPh ’81
Corrine Haney, BSPh ’86
Kaitlin Horton, PharmD ’15
Kristen Howard, PharmD ’05
Melannie Hunsicker, BSPh ’95
Samar Hussein, PharmD ’15
Amanda Ilenin, PharmD ’13
Joshua Ilenin, PharmD ’13
Joseph Jeffries, BSPh ’89
Randy Jennings, BSPh ’98
Dennis Jones, BSPh ’78
Vickie Kahle, BSPh ’88
Kathy Karas, BSPh ’75
Tim Lanese, BSPh ’78
Ashley Leis, PharmD ’07
Rachel Leis, PharmD ’09
Robert Mabe, BSPh ’71
Natalie Madison, PharmD ’11
Margot Marincic, PharmD ’15
Austin Marquart, PharmD ’15
Lisa Martin, BSPh ’92
Robert Martin, BSPh ’91
William Martin, BSPh ’93
Willam R. McCarthy, BSPh ’53
Rachel McCubbin, PharmD ’11
Gary McMahan, BSPh ’79
Mike Michelsen, BSPh ’73
Sue Michelsen, BSPh ’71
Charles R. Mohr, BSPh ’84
Gale Musselman Jr., BSPh ’87
Kendra Napolitan, PharmD ’14
Kara Nedderman, PharmD ’10
Tera Parrella, PharmD ’15
Robert Parsons, BSPh ’71
Shea Pennington, PharmD ’15
Jennifer Pingle, PharmD ’04
Michael D. Pugh, BSPh ’97Interview team Tina (Rogers) Love, BSPh '86, with sixth-year
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Maria Pupillo, PharmD ’14
Gregory Rasp, PharmD ’14
Joshua Rouch, PharmD ’14
Diane Roessner, PharmD ’05
Michael Sabol, BSPh ’76
Jeff Sanner, BSPh ’93
Maggie Sant, PharmD ’14
Mark Schuller, BSPh ’79
Bethany Schultz, PharmD ’12
Philip Sheridan, BSPh ’96
Thomas Smailes, BSPh ’53
Ben Stahler, BSPh ’83
Robert Stahler, PharmD ’14
Joseph Stecyk, PharmD ’14
Jeannette Taylor, PharmD ’15
Richard Theodore, BSPh ’83
Erica Tolle, PharmD ’15
Jim Turner, BSPh ’63
Molly Wascher, PharmD ’15
Jamie Wehage, PharmD ’08
Hanley Wheeler, BSPh ’82
Mary Frances Wheeler, BSPh ’82
Lisa Wirth, PharmD ’12
Scott Wirth, PharmD ’10
Erik Wollenhaupt, PharmD ’09
Nick Wolters, PharmD ’14
Aaron Zhu, PharmD ’15
Larry Niederkohr, BSPh ’74
Phil Oleson, BSPh ’66
Rachael Passe, PharmD ’12
Erin Peterson, PharmD ’11
Mike Pugh, BSPh ’87
Brenda Rollins, BSPh ’03
Mike Rush, PharmD ’05
Ben Stahler, BSPh ’83
Robert Stahler, PharmD ’14
Ryan Staker, PharmD ’13
Scott Waite, BSPh ’75
Ron Ward, Jr. BSPh ’82
Aimee Watts, BSPh ’03
John Wechter, BSPh ’78
Ronald Wenzell, BSPh ’77
Logan Yoho, PharmD ’10
THANK YOU TO OUR
2015 INTERVIEW DAY
VOLUNTEERS (ALUMNI):
Jeannie Alexander, BSPh ’82
Rick Bachman, BSPh ’77
Dennis Blank, BSPh ’71
Janet Blank, BSPh ’71
Karen Fitzpatrick, BSPh ’79
Anthony Fritz, PharmD ’14
Megan Fritz, PharmD ’13
James Hay, BSPh ’72
Drew Harmon, PharmD ’08
Renee Jacquemin, PharmD ’10
Ginny Kemmerer, PharmD ’08
Tom Kier, BSPh ’82
Katherine Koller, BSPh ’13
Warren Kramer, BSPh ’66
James Krebs, BSPh ’84
Marsha Lefeld-Hess, BSPh ’98
Brittany Long, PharmD ’15
Tina Love, BSPh ’78
Barbara MacEwen-Mogren,
BSPh ’82
Bob McCurdy, BSPh ’65,
Hon.D. ’97
Raymond Moore, BSPh ’74
Jeanette Murphy, BSPh ’82
Gale Musselman, BSPh ’87
GET INVOLVED
Your donations, time, expertise
and feedback all have lasting
effects that can be seen and felt
within the walls of the college.
High-impact opportunities exist
to help the college, you can:
• Recommend a student to
Ohio Northern University
• Mentor a current
pharmacy student —
we need your leadership!
• Interview incoming
pharmacy students for
entry into the program
• Support the college by
making your annual gift
Sign up for these opportunities
online today at:
WWW.ONU.EDU/GET_INVOLVED
We are proud to have one of the largest pharmacy
alumni networks in the country at close to 7,000 strong,
and happy you are part of this legacy and tradition!
ON
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“I am very grateful
to have received
this scholarship.
It gives me the
opportunity to study
at my dream school
and sets me on a
path to my career
as a pharmacist,”
Rachael says.
2015 Hursh Endowed
Scholarship
Award recipient.
Take a look through the archives,
and you’ll discover a few common
themes running through the
history of Mansfield’s Hursh Drug.
Like a braid woven through the
Hursh family history, Hursh Drug
was built on a three-pronged set
of traditions: Ohio Northern,
pharmacy and philanthropy.
ItstartedwithArthurJ.Hursh,PH
G 1895, who, after graduating from
Ohio Northern’s fledgling College
of pharmacy in 1895, returned to
Mansfield, Ohio, and opened the
Hursh Drug Store on the corner of
Fourth and Diamond Street. It was
exactly what you would envision a
turn-of-the-century pharmacy to
be: glass cases stuffed with bottles
and vials of every size and shape,
friendly atmosphere, chrome-laden
soda fountain, attentive service.
When Arthur’s brother William T.
Hursh, PH G 1898, graduated from
Northern, the pair joined forces
and the store’s name was changed
to Hursh Brothers. William soon
took over the store’s operations,
and Arthur gave his brother inter-
est in the business in 1902.
And thus, a career was born.
During his nearly half-century as
a pharmacist, William became
well-known in the Mansfield and
surrounding areas through the
medicines and ointments that he
compounded. Many were patent-
ed and sold under his name.
By 1922, the company was known
as William T. Hursh Drug Store,
although William was not the last
member of the Hursh family – or
the ONU family for that matter
– to get involved.
LIKE FATHER,
LIKE SON
William’s son Richard H. Hursh,
BSPh ’35, joined the family busi-
ness after graduating from ONU
in 1935; he opened Hursh Drug
in Bellville, Ohio, in 1937. When
his father William died in 1943,
Richard purchased the Mansfield
Hursh Drug and managed both
stores.
In 1955, William Zacharias, BSPh
’53, joined the Hursh fold; he
bought into the business with
Richard in 1960. Richard retired
in 1979, and Zacharias followed
suit in 1985.
Before he left the business,
however, Zacharias sold Hursh
Drug to three Northern phar-
macy alumni who worked in the
store: Wayne Williams, BSPh
’81, Bill Spurling, BSPh ’79, and
Rob Knowlton, BSPh ’84. Robert
remains the sole owner today; he
opened a third Hursh location in
Shelby, Ohio, in 2013.
A HURSH
FAMILY
HISTORY
Steven J. Martin, dean of the College of Pharmacy; Robert “Rob”
Knowlton, BSPh ’84; Brittany (Barnhisel) Poehler, PharmD ’15;
William “Bill” Spurling, PSPh ’79.
Hursh Pharmacy soon after it first opened in the 1800s.
GENEROSITY ESTABLISHES
$1 MILLION ENDOWMENT

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KEEPING THE
MEMORY ALIVE
Meanwhile, Richard’s brother
Raymond Hursh, BA ’48, grad-
uated from ONU in 1948 with
a Bachelor of Arts in business
administration. His wife, Marilyn
(Metzger) Hursh, BSEd ’49, grad-
uated with a Bachelor of Science
in education a year later.
Marilyn joined Libbey-Ow-
ens-Ford in Toledo, Ohio, in 1950.
She was a salaried administra-
tion staff assistant prior to her
December 1980 promotion to
manager of salaried retirement
programs. She moved to director
of benefit design and administra-
tion in December 1981.
Raymond worked for Prestolite in
Toledo, Ohio, as a sales office ad-
ministrator for 27 years before he
retired in 1975. He passed away in
January 1994. To honor his legacy
and the legacy of pharmacy in
her husband’s family, Marilyn
included Ohio Northern in her
estate plan and noted her gift in-
tentions to establish an endowed
scholarship with her bequest. In
doing so, she joined ONU’s Her-
itage Club, a giving society that
recognizes donors who include
ONU in their estate plans. Mem-
bership in the Heritage Club is
open to all alumni and friends
who include the University in
the will for $10,000 or more, or
have arranged deferred gifts of
$10,000 or more with ONU as
the ultimate beneficiary.
When Marilyn passed away
in February 2014, the Hursh
Endowed Scholarship was es-
tablished in the amount of $1
million. This fund benefits stu-
dents in the College of Pharma-
cy. First awarded for the 2014-15
school year, this scholarship is
distributed to academically el-
igible pharmacy students with
demonstrated financial need.
The current recipient of the
Hursh Endowed Scholarship
was Rachael Borgman, a first-year
pharmacy student from Middle-
town, Ohio.
“I am very grateful to have re-
ceived this scholarship. It gives
me the opportunity to study at
my dream school and sets me on
a path to my career as a pharma-
cist,” Rachael says.
Current location in Mansfield, Ohio.
Robert “Bill” Knowlton, BSPh ’84, and William “Bill” Spurling, PSPh ’79
JOIN THE
HERITAGE CLUB
When you remember ONU
in your will, your good deeds
continue well past your life-
time. A charitable bequest is a
flexible tool that you can easily
revise or change throughout
your life. You can bequest to
ONU any part or percentage
of your estate, such as cash,
real estate or stock. You may
choose to support a specific
ONU program or initiative, or
make a general bequest that
gives ONU the ability to apply
your gift toward the greatest
need. Whatever your wishes,
careful planning allows you
to remember your family and
friends, as well as the Ohio
Northern you care about, in
your will.
CREATE AN ENDOWED
SCHOLARSHIP
Assist today’s students in
becoming the leaders of to-
morrow by establishing an
endowed fund. By fulfilling
your own personal philanthrop-
ic goals, you can support the
needs and mission of future
ONU pharmacists.
Endowments can be estab-
lished for many reasons. Exam-
ples include honoring a loved
one or mentor, celebrating
personal and professional
achievements, or leaving a per-
manent legacy in your name.
Your generosity will enable the
college to:
• Provide student schol-
arship opportunities
for current and future
students
• Support faculty teaching
and research needs
• Enhance academic and
program support
• Support strategic priori-
ties of the future
Endowed scholarship funds
are designed to be perma-
nent and perpetual and can
be created with gifts totaling
a minimum amount of $25,000,
contributed in full at the outset
or with an initial commitment
that is added to over time
until the endowment level is
attained.
TO ESTABLISH YOUR
OWN HERITAGE FUND OR
PROVIDE AN ENDOWED
SCHOLARSHIP GIFT,
PLEASE CONTACT SCOTT
WILLS, SENIOR DIRECTOR
OF DEVELOPMENT, AT
S-WILLS@ONU.EDU OR
419-772-2705.

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Rite Aid leadership donated funds to support a mentor/mentee
breakfast during the Professional Commitment Ceremony.
CORPORATE
AND INDIVIDUAL
SPONSORSHIPS
Thank you for the generous donations
bestowed upon us from our corporate and
individual sponsors. Your support is seen
and felt within the walls of our college.
THANK YOU!
State Sen. Dave Burke, BSPh ’90, and his family donated funds
to purchase white coats for third-year pharmacy students.
Leadership from CVS/Health supported the ceremony by volunteering as
mentors and donating funds to cater the (post-ceremony) reception.
College of Pharmacy receives Walgreens Diversity Grant
Hanley Wheeler with mentee
Kara Kubbs.
Tyson Cromeens with mentee
Weston Pitstick.
SPECIAL THANKS TO
FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP SUPPORT OF THE
WHITE COAT CEREMONY AND RECEPTION
AND
David, BSPh ’90, and
Donna Burke, BS ’89
Many thanks for the combined
contribution from Jenelle Sobotka
and Vince, BSPh ’82, and Laurie
Mauro, BSPh ’82, for the Student
Organization Room enhancements.

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Bruce Bouts
BSPh ’82
General Internist
Blanchard Valley Medical
Associates Inc.
Findlay, Ohio
Mark Butler
BSPh ’79
Chief, Pharmacy Services
Dayton VA Medical Center
Dayton, Ohio
Shawn Eaton
PharmD ’01
Regional Sales Manager
CVS Health
Twinsburg, Ohio
George Hill
BA ’69, BSPh ’74
Semi-Retired Pharmacy
Consultant
Director, Pharmacy Services,
Retired
Catholic Health Initiatives
Erlanger, Ky.
Kathy Karas
BA, BSPh ’75
Staff Pharmacist
Acme
Akron, Ohio
PHARMACY ADVISORY
BOARD MEMBERS
Robert “Bob” Parsons
BSPh ’71
Executive Vice President
Ohio Society of Health-System
Pharmacists
Marietta, Ohio
Todd Sega
PharmD ’11
Manager of Payer Relations
Pharmacy Quality Solutions Inc.
Durham, N.C.
Michael Storey
PharmD ’10
Pharmacy Manager
Acute Medicine
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Columbus, Ohio
Tom Wiechart
BSPh ’81
Pharmacist
Rite Aid
Lima, Ohio
Suzanne Eastman Wuest
BSPh ’74
Senior Director of
Clinical Services
Catalina Health Resource
Cincinnati, Ohio
HONORARY EMERITUS
BOARD MEMBER
Dr. Ervin Pierstorf
’53, Hon. D. ’78
Chairman of the Board and
CEO, Retired
Fairview Photo Services
Rocky River, Ohio, and
Pinellas Park, Fla.
Richard Keyes
BSPh ’92
President
Meijer Inc.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Paul T. Kocis
BSPh ’88, PharmD ’03
Staff Clinical Pharmacist
Anticoagulation Clinic
Milton S. Hershey Medical
Center, Penn State University
Hershey, Pa.
Ronda K. Lehman
BSPh ’98
Chief Operating Officer
St. Rita’s Professional Services
Lima, Ohio
Phillip Lettrich
BSPh ’85
Channel Manager
First Databank Inc.
Theresa “Tip” Parker
BSPh ’74
Director of Trade Relations &
Pharmacy Operations, Retired
Abbott PPD
Bonita Springs, Fla.

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