7/20/19 Day 2 of SLI may have been even more inspiring than the first! We started bright and early with opportunities round tables with topics varying from scholarships to patient care projects to opportunities within APhA for internships or residencies. This was a very intimate and interactive setting and was so fun! We then heard …
2019 APhA-ASP SLI Day 1
7/19/19 I am in Washington D.C. for the APhA-ASP Summer Leadership Institute and I am so excited to be here! I flew in Thursday evening and went straight to a dinner with several other regional officers at Matchbox, followed by an ice cream outing at Milk. This morning, we headed to the Capitol for hill …
GPhA Student Leadership Board
6/19/19 What is this Student Leadership Board I keep talking about? Why is GPhA so important to be involved in? What do students on the board do? The answers to all your burning questions, without further adieu. The GPhA Student Leadership Board is something that my best friend, Alex Reaves, and I created during the …
Home is where the heart is
6/29/19 We visited my parent’s house last weekend and arrived into town right as sunset was beginning one evening. As my mom went to gather vegetables in the garden and my little brother was swimming in the shimmering blue pool, I was struck with the beauty of the home out in the country where I …
Peachtree Road Race 2019
7/4/19 Today I ran the Peachtree Road Race for the first time! It was my first 10k and definitely one of the more exciting races I have participated in over the past couple years. Brandon and I have made a habit of running in 5ks every month or so during our marriage, and after watching …
Living in Community
7/4/19 Living in a new state for the first time throughout the last year has been a new journey in creating a community. From the family we are lucky to be close by to, the newly married couples we have bonded with through church, to the best friends in pharmacy school, I have been blessed …
Walgreens Red Nose Day Event
6/25/19 I have been a Walgreens employee for 4 and a half years now, and I love when the job gives me out of the box ways to serve the communities I work in. Today, while shadowing one of the area leaders for Walgreens specialty locations, I had the opportunity to participate in a community …
2019 TPA Summer Meeting Day 2-3
6/22-23/19 Day 2 of the TPA Summer meeting started at lunch time for me, after a family breakfast. I joined fellow students and pharmacists for lunch sponsored by my alma mater, Lipscomb University, in the expo hall. Following this, I opted for the pharmacy practice CE track. First was a presentation by Samantha Boldin on …
2019 TPA Summer Meeting Day 1
6/21/19 I am lucky enough to be in my hometown for a pharmacy conference this weekend! I made the familiar drive to Murfreesboro to the Tennessee Pharmacists Association Summer Meeting. After meeting several TPA members in DC several months ago, I was encouraged to get involved with my home state pharmacy association, and I’m so …
2019 GPhA Summer Convention Day 3
6/15/19 Day 3 may have been the most exciting finale to a convention I have ever experienced! We started with a session on independent pharmacy ownership led by McKesson expert Jim Springer. Students gained insight into the resources offered by McKesson. We then assembled all the sandcastle contest teams and made time for some quick …