Participate in your Alumni Association.

As a graduate of the Temple School of Pharmacy, you are an automatic member of the Temple University School of Pharmacy Alumni Association.

Mission

  • promote the aims, ideas, and purpose of the school
  • function as a focal point for alumni activity
  • serve as a network for connecting and fostering relationships among alumni, students, faculty, and administration
  • provide a mechanism for alumni to participate in school activities

Current Leadership

  • President: Edward Casey RPh, MBA '88
  • Vice President: Elizabeth Kukielka, PharmD '08
  • Immediate Past President: Rich Pacitti, PharmD '95, BS '82
  • Treasurer: Mel Brodsky, RPh, BS '66
  • Secretary: Brittany Harrel-McCann, PharmD '11 

Getting involved with the Alumni Association has been an excellent experience. I’ve met and networked with new people, gotten closer and more involved with the school and continue to meet and learn about the next generation of pharmacists. I’ve found the entire experience incredibly rewarding, as I’ve been able to give back to a place that did so much for me.

Edward Casey, MBA '96, BSPharm '88

Edward Casey, MBA '96, BSPharm '88

Alumni Association President

Show up

  • Quarterly meetings, held virtually or in person
  • Golf Classic, typically held in September

Lead the way

You can nominate yourself or others for elected board member positions, which hold three-year terms.

Celebrate our profession

  • Sprowls Lecturer - Honoring Dean Joseph B. Sprowls (served 1950–1967) for his many contributions to our school, university, and profession, the school and alumni association present the Sprowls Lecture Award annually to an outstanding individual who has achieved recognition within pharmacy for significant contributions to the profession as a distinguished practitioner, scientist or educator.  A plaque and monetary award are given to the recipient the day of their lecture. Eligibility:
    • Must be a Temple graduate and of good moral character
    • Must have rendered an outstanding service or services to the alumni association, school, or university during the past year or years
    • May also qualify by rendering outstanding professional services or any service of an unselfish nature in the affairs of a college or university, or a local community, or a state, or the Federal Government
  • Distinguished Pharmacist Practitioner Award - Eligibility:
    • earned a pharmacy degree from Temple within at least 5 years or more prior to being nominated
    • employed as a full-time professional in a pharmacy setting that enables him/her to demonstrate outstanding skills in clinical pharmacy and/or provide professional services that result in a clear benefit to the customer/patient and/or community
  • New Pharmacist Practitioner Award - Eligibility:
    • earned a pharmacy degree from Temple within the 4 years prior to being nominated for the award 
    • employed as a full time professional in a pharmacy setting that enables him/her to demonstrate outstanding skills in clinical pharmacy and/or provide professional services that result in a clear benefit to the customer/patient and/or community
    • nominated by a member of the alumni association
  • Pharmacy Student Health Care Professional Award - Awardee receives a $500 scholarship and a plaque. At the discretion of the dean’s office, the school may increase the value of the scholarship award with a matching $500 donation for a total value of $1000. Eligibility:
    • a full-time Temple pharmacy student in good standing in the third professional year  
    • must display evidence of interest, achievement and leadership in advancing the profession of pharmacy or pharmacy-related science as demonstrated by work experience, professional achievement, completion of a research project and/or other special projects or professional accomplishments

Contact

  • Christopher Van Vessem, MEd

    Christopher Van Vessem, MEd

    • School of Pharmacy

      • Development & Alumni Relations

        • Assistant Dean