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Avera Wokini Scholarship program going strong

Established in 2018, the Avera Wokini Scholarship provides $5,000 annual scholarships to selected students at South Dakota State University who are enrolled members of federally recognized tribes and pursuing a degree in the health care field. The scholarship is renewable for up to five years.

³ÉÈËÊÓƵ’s Van Klompenburg named Distinguished Young Pharmacist

South Dakota Pharmacists Association has selected South Dakota State University pharmacy educator Emily Van Klompenburg, of Bruce, as its Distinguished Young Pharmacist.
Van Klompenburg, a 2015 Pharm.D. graduate from South Dakota State University, received the award at the association’s annual conference in Brookings Sept. 13. The award goes to a pharmacist less than 10 years in the practice who has participated in professional programs and community service.

³ÉÈËÊÓƵ pharmacist named pharmacist of year

Longtime South Dakota State University pharmacist Jodi Heins of Sioux Falls has been named pharmacist of the year by the South Dakota Pharmacists Association.
Heins, a professor in the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions at ³ÉÈËÊÓƵ, received the Hustead Award at the association’s annual gathering in Brookings Sept. 13.

³ÉÈËÊÓƵ faculty founds South Dakota Perinatal Quality Collaborative

The South Dakota Perinatal Quality Collaborative was recently founded at South Dakota State University, making South Dakota the final state in the Unites States to have its own perinatal quality collaborative.

Pharmacy students break ground, make memories in Vietnamese rotation

Sierra Schmiedt wanted to stretch herself by learning in an unfamiliar setting. Tony Tran wanted to build on a favorable study abroad experience as a high school student and visit the country of his heritage. That is how the then-South Dakota State University pharmacy students ended up in Vietnam for five weeks for their final Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences rotation. For Schmiedt, getting there was the biggest challenge. For both of them, it was an unforgettable experience they wholly recommend to other pharmacy students.

Speaker to chart history, future path for drug development

How has the U.S. Food and Drug Administration changed and what does it take to get a new drug approved and on your pharmacy’s shelf?

Matthew Confeld, associate director of clinical research methodology at Worldwide Clinical Trials, will provide a brief history of how and why the FDA came to be and the immense work that goes into getting new therapies approved. Confeld, of Minneapolis, will give a newfound appreciation for the little pills sitting in your medicine cabinet when he talks to pharmacy students at South Dakota State University Oct. 21.

START-SD team at ³ÉÈËÊÓƵ begins work to address substance use disorder, support prisoner reentry

A team from the Community Practice Innovation Center at South Dakota State University has been awarded a $3 million grant to expand and facilitate services for individuals transitioning out of South Dakota prison systems. The grant, which comes from the Health Resources and Services Administration, will continue the START-SD (Stigma, Treatment, Avoidance and Recovery in Time) work on prevention, treatment and recovery for substance use disorder in South Dakota.