APhA-ASP UTEP School of Pharmacy

Picks up UTEP SOP Class of 2028! On behalf of APhA, congratulations on your acceptance🎉. We had a great time meeting you all personally during organization presentations. We look forward to working with you, the future of our profession. Please keep an eye out for announcements/emails on our first meeting. Thank you for all your time and attention, and Welcome to UTEP SCHOOL OF PHARMACY ⛏️💊

💉August is National Immunization Awareness Month! This movement raises awareness by encouraging people to stay up to date with life saving vaccinations. We encourage all our students to use their immunization certification through APhA to their fullest potential this year! To find out more about how you can make a difference, reach out to our Operation Immunization Committee! ☝🏽 (info above) 💉

✨⚽️ Kicking off the year! Your new officers and patient care chairs had their officer outing, a great time to meet each other in a fun setting, before getting to work on all our initiatives, projects and fundraisers. We look forward to seeing you all at this years APhAs activities. Feel free to stop us if you have any questions about joining! ⚽️

Empowering pharmacists, empowering voters! Join us with to make your mark. Swipe right to find dates and times! 🇺🇸 🗳️

🎓 Cheers to our amazing APhA PharmD graduates! Your dedication, hard work, and passion for pharmacy have brought you to this milestone. Congratulations on this incredible achievement! 🎉

Thank you to everyone that stopped by to help us welcome our new executive team! We are so excited to see what they have planned for us this coming year ✨️

April's Member of the Month is Crystal Barraza! Please join us in extending heartfelt congratulations to Crystal for her exceptional contributions to our organization. Her dedication and unwavering commitment have significantly impacted our success and growth. We extend our sincere gratitude to Crystal for her contributions and look forward to witnessing her continued excellence in the future! 🎉

Come one come all for the APhA new officer induction / last meeting of the school year!
Please join us in welcoming the new officers for the 2024-2025 school year this Friday, May 3rd from 12-1 pm in room 202. Refreshments will be provided. Hope to see you all there!

APhA has been working closely with Oasis Nursing Home. Today, they invited our P4 members, Karla Amador and Bailey McFarland, to a volunteer appreciation ceremony to honor them! Congratulations!! 🎉

✨️Meet the executive team✨️

Introducing UTEP's 2023-2024 APhA-ASP chapter executive team!  We continue to highlight our dedicated members by sharing some of their unique backgrounds, experiences, and contributions to the organization.

Today's executive member is our P1 Liasion, Caitlyn Lucore! 🎉 Swipe to learn more about her!

✨️Meet the executive team✨️

Introducing UTEP's 2023-2024 APhA-ASP chapter executive team!  We continue to highlight our dedicated members by sharing some of their unique backgrounds, experiences, and contributions to the organization.

Today's executive member is our P1 Liasion, Sophia Candelaria! 🎉 Swipe to learn more about her!

We would like to invite you to participate in a special fundraising opportunity with us. We are currently participating in a fundraiser with Dunkin Donuts. As a valued member of our organization and a student of SOP, your involvement would make a significant difference in helping us achieve our goals.

We're teaming up with a local Dunkin Donuts so you can enjoy coffee while supporting a great cause. Your participation will directly contribute 20% of your purchase as donation to our chapter. We encourage you to spread the word and invite your friends, family, and colleagues to join in the fun.

Event: Dunkin Donuts

Date: Thursday, April 18th

Time: All day

Location: 6045 Montana Ave

Thank you to everyone that stopped by our booth at the this past weekend! We're so grateful to our preceptors at and all our volunteers. We're looking forward to being able to continue to provide the community with free health resources in the future!!

Our dedicated volunteers are preparing for Sundays event! Don't forget to join us at the Upper Valley Market this Sunday, April 14th, for a free health screening from 11am to 3pm. Bring your family!! We can't wait to see you there! 🩺

As policy week comes to a close, we'd like to encourage everyone to go to bio and send a pre-written letter to legislators about any of the topics listed above! As future pharmacists, we have the responsibility to be advocates. Change starts with you! ✨️

Friendly reminder that the TPA-ASP Committee Applications will be closing on 4/12/24. This is a great opportunity for pharmacy students to be involved at the state level!

APhA-ASP is excited to announce that we will be partnering with the El Paso Sheriff's Department to take part in the National DEA Drug Takeback day!  Students will be working alongside local law enforcement to collect tablets, capsules, patches, and other solid forms of prescription drugs. For more than a decade, the event has helped Americans easily rid their homes of unneeded medications - those that are old, unwanted, or expired - that too often become a gateway to addiction. Take Back Day offers free and anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,500 local drop-off locations nationwide. This is a great opportunity for SOP to collaborate with local law enforcement to ensure the safe disposal of unused medications and contribute to the fight against substance abuse in our community.

DEADLINE TO SIGN UP: Wednesday, April 24, 2024

You do not need to be an APhA member to sign up! A tier 1 credit will be given to any student who participates.

Thank you to Dr. Castañeda & Dr. Bautista for making time to come talk to us! If you're looking for different opportunities, look into joining the USPHS.

Other updates spoken about at the meeting:
Officer voting open until Sunday
Health screening event on April 14th, sign up to volunteer and bring your family to be screened
Step challenge ends at the end of the month, winner gets $50
Dunking donuts fund raiser April 18 all day at the Montana location
Spring membership drive on April 15 8:30am-9:30am

APhA-ASP and Operation Diabetes are excited to announce the UTEP School of Pharmacy’s first student-run community health screening event. This event is a collaboration with Rio Grande Pharmacy to provide glucose, blood pressure, and BMI/waist circumference screenings completely free to the public.

Date: Sunday, April 14, 2024
Time: 10AM – 2PM
Location: Upper Valley Farmer’s Market (westside Hobby Lobby parking lot)

We need your help! This is a great opportunity to gather what you have learned in the classroom and apply your skills and knowledge to educate patients in a real-world setting.  

Sign up to volunteer with the link in our bio! Deadline to sign up is April 5th. You don't need to be an apha member to sign up. Participants will receive a tier 2 for 1 shift and a tier 3 for 2 shifts.

APhA's Operation Heart would like to kick off April by starting a walking challenge. The person with the most steps at the end of the month will win a $50 gift card of their choice!!

 

Sign up by April 5th with the QR code in the flyer. 

All fitness levels are welcome to join! Tell your friends (:

APhA's Operation Heart would like to kick off April by starting a walking challenge. The person with the most steps at the end of the month will win a $50 gift card of their choice!!

Sign up by April 5th with the QR code in the flyer.

All fitness levels are welcome to join! Tell your friends (:

Thank you to the Emergency Medicine Club at the Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine that came all the way from Las Cruces to teach our students! In collaboration with SSHP, APhA, and ACCP, the UTEP School of Pharmacy students received training on how to “Stop the Bleed.”

✨️Meet the executive team✨️

Introducing UTEP's 2023-2024 APhA-ASP chapter executive team!  Over the coming weeks, we will be highlighting our dedicated members by sharing some of their unique backgrounds, experiences, and contributions to the organization.

Today's executive member is our VP of Patient Care, Andrea Perez! 🎉 Swipe to learn more about her!

On behalf of TPA-ASP, we would like to share our first-ever student leadership institute being held in Austin Texas on Saturday, April 20th from 8-5 pm. Space is limited, so apply quick!! Let's bring UTEP representation out to TPA!

Who should attend?

This event is for student pharmacist leaders who:
Have a strong personal commitment to making a difference in their profession.
Want to learn how to be better advocates for pharmacy.
Will eagerly engage in group discussions and exercises.
Demonstrate a growth mindset for learning and practicing new leadership skills.
Constructively provide and openly accept feedback.

What are some benefits of attending?

Engage with peers and create rapid rapport for relationship and skill building.
Educate yourself with information and tools that link leadership skills with effective pharmacy advocacy.
Empower yourself to envision the future of pharmacy and patient care through critical and innovative thinking.
Execute a plan with steps that provide practice and skill development for leading you, leading change, or leading the profession.
Earn a Certificate of Completion and a prestigious accomplishment for your resume/CV.

We would like to invite you to participate in a special fundraising opportunity with us. We are currently participating in a fundraiser with Peter Piper Pizza. As a valued member of our organization and a student of SOP, your involvement would make a significant difference in helping us achieve our goals.

We're teaming up with a local Peter Piper Pizza to host a fun-filled evening where you can enjoy delicious pizza while supporting a great cause. Your participation will directly contribute 15% of your purchase as donation to our chapter. We encourage you to spread the word and invite your friends, family, and colleagues to join in the fun.

 

If you’re unable to attend but still wish to support our cause you can order pizza to go or purchase in person at participating location, just remember to mention this event at the register or via phone to whoever you’re talking to on the phone. (Online orders are excluded)

 

Event: Peter Piper Pizza

Date: Wednesday, February 28th

Time: 11 am – 9 am

Location: 6640 Montana Ave

✨️Meet the executive team✨️

Introducing UTEP's 2023-2024 APhA-ASP chapter executive team!  Over the coming weeks, we will be highlighting our dedicated members by sharing some of their unique backgrounds, experiences, and contributions to the organization.

Today's executive member is our VP of Communications, Claudia McFarlane! 🎉 Swipe to learn more about her!

Please join APhA-ASP on Valentine’s Day morning in the Campbell Lobby to write your own “Prescription for Love” on cute notecards! We’ll also have free goodies, snacks, and condoms for everyone who stops by. Hope to see everyone there! 💕

We'd like to thank everyone for coming to the meeting today!! Special thanks to our guest speaker, Hailey Mckeefe, for taking time out of her day to talk about TPA and the importance of policy and advocacy 🏤

If you weren't able to join our meeting today, here are some updates:
✨️Scavanger hunt by operation reproductive health for a tier ends February 9th
✨️Yoga class tomorrow at 9 in room 203
✨️Prescription for love: on the 14th we will have free candies, condoms, and photos
✨️Stop the bleed is Saturday February 24th if you signed up
✨️Election season is coming up! If you would like to run for an APhA executive position. Email will be sent soon with more information.

In the future...
✨️Operation diabetes will provide point of care testing
✨️Professional hour, April 1st, with Dr. Cynthia Perez, EPPA and Walmart PSCM

Stay tuned for more to come!

✨️Meet the executive team✨️

Introducing UTEP's 2023-2024 APhA-ASP chapter executive team!  Over the coming weeks, we will be highlighting our dedicated members by sharing some of their unique backgrounds, experiences, and contributions to the organization.

Today's executive member is our VP of membership, Valeria Nava! 🎉 Swipe to learn more about her!

As Cervical Cancer Awareness Month comes to an end, we bring you one last infographic along with some resources incase you're interested in getting the HPV vaccine or a cervical screening!