Recently several students from the College of Pharmacy’s Kappa Psi, Epsilon Kappa chapter assisted with a health screening fair at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Burns, Tennessee.  The students provided bone density checks, blood glucose checks and surveys of diabetes mellitus.  They also assisted with blood pressure measurement and counseling about blood pressure and nutrition.  Participants included Kelly Maguigan, Chris Conkling, Fred ONeal, Niki Walker, Fernando Diggs, Kyla Cunico, Jessica Yost, Chris Kepinski, Joshua Ferrall, Destin Lenz and Sarah Gobin.

Erin Todd, a second year student in Belmont’s PharmD program, has been awarded the Walgreens Diversity & Inclusion Excellence Award. This monetary award is given to a student “who embraces diversity and promotes diversity and inclusion initiatives on campus”. Through Erin’s work in the Belmont chapter of SNPhA and as a student ambassador she has worked diligently to promote diversity in pharmacy.