More than 35 Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences students were inducted into the Rho Chi Honor Society and the Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Society at the April 6 ceremony held in the Albert M. White Gymnasium on the ACPHS campus. The ceremony honors are bestowed upon graduate and professional pharmacy students who distinguish themselves by their academic, professional and leadership achievements.
Both incoming and current chapter officers attended in support of the new inductees as well as RhoChi and Phi Lambda faculty advisors, Associate Professor, Alexandra Watson '14, PharmD, BCACP, and Associate Professor, Jacqueline Cleary, PharmD, BCACP, and Associate Professor, Nick O’Donnell, PharmD, BCPS, MSc, and Assistant Professor Yi Zhou, PharmD, BCPS, respectively. Assistant Dean for Academics in the School of Pharmacy, Matthew Yacobucci, PharmD, BCOP, served as keynote speaker and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Sibdas Ghosh, PhD, provided closing remarks.
RhoChi Academic Honor Society
The mission of Rho Chi, the Academic Honor Society in pharmacy, is to encourage and recognize excellence in intellectual achievement, and to advocate critical inquiry in all aspects of pharmacy. The following ACPHS students were inducted into the society:
- Jolie Bishara
- Morgan Bohlke
- Maggie Bolgiano
- Luke Desgaches
- Noah Desgaches
- Karissa Kendall
- Emma Kuska
- Isabella Mancini
- Veronica Manolian
- Jack Moniot
- Youssef Nasreldin
- Isabella Ramp
- Jan Rivera Guerra
- Alisha Saeed
- Marcus Salvi
- Claudia Smythe
- Jenny Weng
Phi Lambda Sigma (PLS) is a national pharmacy leadership society dedicated to the recognition of contributions that our pharmacy students make to the College, the community, and the health care profession. The following students were inducted into the society:
- Ria Amo
- Jaiah Barrett
- Denaé Bennett
- Morgan Bohlke
- Christine Choi
- Lucy Dobbins
- Klyanna Ediong
- Sylvia Huang
- Timothy Hudson Jr.
- Joal Jacob
- Memoona Javed
- Alivia Lamphere
- Isabella Mancini
- Ryan Prescott
- Isabella Ramp
- Samuel Rowley
- Ireland Sample
- Shirley Tang
- Nguyen Tran