Rite Aid Information Commons hosts the first inaugural #PharmART Art and History Exhibit!

The PharmArt art show winners!

University of the Pacific's Rite Aid Information Commons hosted the inaugural #PharmART Art and History Exhibit on October 13th, 2015. The Art and History Exhibit program was developed for American Pharmacists Month and featured original artwork from Pacific students, faculty and staff.

A total of 11 art pieces were submitted in many different types of media ranging from traditional oil-on-canvas to re-purposed photography and textbook pages.

Over 60 attendees voted for their favorite pieces during the Art Opening Gala. The top three entrants won prizes, including a 1 TB External Harddrive, a $25 Amazon Gift Card, and a Pacific Tote Bag. A $15 iTunes Gift Card was also raffled off as a doorprize!

The history exhibit included Stockton directories and books from the 1800s, vintage photography, apothecary trade business cards, antique medicine boxes and containers, and apothecary labels, prescription bags and advertisements.

The Rite Aid Information Commons is proud to hold such a successful event that could bring new knowledge of pharmacy education through the use of interdisciplinary learning; awareness of Pharmacy issues can be learned through its connection with art and history!

To see more information about this exciting exhibit, go to our Facebook page, or type in #pharmart (with hashtag) on Facebook or Twitter! We will continue to bring more art to this hashtag with future art shows.

Special thanks to all the faculty, students and staff who helped make the art program a success! Through your hard work and artistic investment, we have created a successful and popular event today... and for the future.

Patrons of the Rite Aid Information Commons were happy to be able to view the art exhibit until the end of October, and many have been donated to the health sciences library for future wall decor! Check out this year's #PharmART exhibit photos below.

Nguyen Nguyen (right) and friend enjoy themselves at the art show! Nguyen is the First place winner of the art show with her piece “The Pharmy Night”. Amazing work!

PharmArt attendees enjoying the food and the art!

The IC student assistants each give PharmArt two thumbs up!

Library faculty and staff proudly celebrate American Pharmacists Month and the PharmArt 2015 Exhibit!

The library staff enjoying both the food and the the art during PharmArt!

PharmArt attendees vote for their favorite piece of art in the exhibit!

“The Pharmy Night”
First Place
Acrylic paints on canvas
An impressionistic painting of PHS and Burns Tower on a starry night. 
Nguyen Nguyen, Pacific Student, 2015

“Interstellar Serotonin”
Second Place
Pastel on Paper
An artistic interpretation of a prescription pill traveling faster than the speed of light.
Ed Rogan, Pacific Faculty, 2015














“Helping All Kinds to Feel Better”
Third Place
Ink on paper
A tiger receives its needed prescription.
Rachel Soares, Pacific Staff, 2015
















“Owl Pharmacy”

Photography on paper

A vintage photograph of a local Stockton Pharmacy.

Mickel Paris and Holt-Atherton Special Collections, Pacific Faculty, 2015

“Prescription: Internment” 

Photography on paper 

A doctor’s prescription from December 7, 1941 and a photo of the internment camp he was sent to. 

Mickel Paris and Holt-Atherton Special Collections, Pacific Faculty, 2015

“Read”
Thread, push pins, re-purposed textbook paper, cork board.
A literary message using the words of pharmacy education.
Erin Wall, Pacific Student, 2015

“RX: Latin for Recipe”
Textile
A miniature quilt of the prescription symbol.
Tiffany Riley, Pacific Student, 2015














"Familiar Letter, 1843"
Ink on paper
A hand-lettered quote, digitized and printed on cardstock.

Cassie Etter, Pacific Staff, 2015. 

"Two Drachms"
Charcoal on paper
A sketch of an antique apothecary weight. 
Francisco Tapia Martinez, Pacific Student, 2015

“Y’all got the DAN somas?”

Pastel on paper
An artistic interpretation of a prescription pill.
Ed Rogan, Pacific Faculty, 2015

“Fraud, Waste, and Abuse”
Pills and glass.
Excess prescription pills locked in a vintage apothecary bottle.
Ed Rogan, Pacific Faculty, 2015

2015 AACP National Meeting: Improving Library Services and Pharmacy Education!

Mickel Paris, Health Sciences Librarian at Pacific

As the pharmacy school librarian at Pacific, I endeavor to gain more knowledge about how to improve library services for our pharmacy students and faculty.  The 2015 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) National Meeting in National Harbor, Maryland helped support this goal by presenting new ideas and opportunities for the Rite Aid Information Commons to provide more engagement with pharmacy students. I won a travel scholarship through the Sewell Fund First-time Conference Attendee Grant, which provided a seasoned conference mentor who helped me navigate the ins and outs of the conference.

Dr. Andrea Hinton is recognized as an AACP Master Preceptor!

                 The first evening was filled with introductions, as I met other members of the Library and Information Services (LIS) Section within AACP. The LIS Section is a small, welcoming group that encourages participation and conversation. I attended the “Librarians Welcome” on the first evening with my pharmacy faculty member, Dr. Linda Norton, and we met the other Sewell Grant Fund recipients. The Associate Dean of the Pharmacy School, Dr. Eric Boyce, served as a helpful faculty contact for a large portion of the conference.

                The conference was jam-packed with classes, seminars and group meetings that will help me provide better library services. From increasing outreach and marketing of the Rite Aid Information Commons to discovering strategies on how to evaluate publishers for publishing articles, the training will benefit both Pacific faculty and my own work. 

                My favorite part of conferences is the poster session! Finding out what other librarians and educators are researching provides excellent ideas to report back to faculty. It seems like a major theme of the posters at this meeting was “Interprofessional Education.” The research in IPE at the poster sessions will hopefully help us prepare for changes in ACPE accreditation standards.

Mr. Paris and Dr. Galal stand with students in front of their accepted conference poster!

                The poster session was also a moment of pride for the Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, as a group of our students (J. Fong, J. Pham, D. Okino, & R. Chadha) presented their original research in pharmacy education! I was ecstatic that the evidence-based search training that I provided to them supported their research report, and the conference attendees loved their medication therapy management education data and results!

The Capitol Ferris Wheel in National Harbor, MD.

                The networking experiences I gained from the national meeting will help the library succeed, as I received so many wonderful ideas from pharmacy educators, librarians, researchers and pharmacists! Many of us enjoyed the Capitol Ferris Wheel, got to know each other over dinner, and agreed to meet again next year in Anaheim. If you are faculty, consider attending AACP -- and if you are a student, consider submitting a poster! The AACP group is very welcoming, and goes out of its way to bring in new people to contribute to pharmacy education.