Iowa Pharmacy Association
College Night (9-12-2012)
Iowa Pharmacy Association (IPA) college night was an event that I
attended at the beginning of the semester. I remembered how great of an event
it was and decided to share. The event was held at the Coralville Marriot and
had both students and faculty from the college of pharmacy. The event was aimed
for students to learn about the Iowa Pharmacy Association and how to be involved
with the organization. IPA offers several ways for students to be
involved. These include volunteering for
the house of delegates, policy committees, advisory board, board of trustees,
pharmacy recovery network, and katy’s kids. Students can also apply to attend
the student leadership conference, do an IPPE4 rotation, or do a summer
internship with IPA. IPA also has annual
meetings and legislative day. For legislative
day, students go to the Iowa State capitol in Des Moines to interact with their
government representatives. I enjoyed
learning about all these great opportunities but I especially liked the event
because it gave me to the chance to interact with classmates I haven’t talked
to yet. I still continue to meet people I haven’t seen before in my class but
hopefully by the end of the semester as I continue to stay involved in the
pharmacy organizations, I will have had a chance to interact with everyone in
my pharmacy class. I feel fortunate to be attending pharmacy school at the University of Iowa and to be in a state with such a great pharmacy association.
