Courier carries packages to, from Phoenix

We're just a few days away from having staff on site in the new College of Pharmacy office suite in Phoenix. Can needing to exchange mail be far behind?

A courier service through the UA College of Medicine has agreed to transport mail packages to and from the Tucson and Phoenix campuses for the College of Pharmacy, too. Each sender is responsible for getting their mail packages to the drop-off locations and confirming delivery with recipients.

Here's the skinny on using the service:

Courier schedule
Monday, Wednesday and Thursday of UA payday weeks
Monday, Wednesday and Friday of non-payday weeks

Delivery times
The courier gets to Phoenix about 10:45 a.m. on delivery days and returns to Tucson at approximately 2:30 p.m. the same day. Get your package to the Tucson drop-off location by 5 p.m. of the day before you wish it to be delivered to Phoenix.

Drop-off locations
Tucson: College of Medicine Finance Office, AHSC 1120, on the first floor near Medical Book Store
Phoenix: Third floor of Building 1 of COM-Phoenix

Addressing the mail
Label packages to Phoenix with the name of the recipient, department name, College of Pharmacy and recipient's phone number if you have it.

Label packages for Tucson with the name of the recipient, department name, College of Pharmacy, PO Box number and the line:
Please call the College of Pharmacy Dean's Office at 626-1567 for pick-up.

And there's also U.S. Mail
If you need to send mail to the COP office by the U.S. Postal Service or arrange a delivery there, the street address of our Phoenix site is:
455 North 5th St.
Phoenix, AZ 85004-2241

October Student Outreach Event

Fourth-year PharmD students are hosting a mini health fair on Oct. 2 at Westminster Village in Scottsdale.

The students, who are working on clinical rotations in the greater Phoenix area, will conduct blood pressure screenings, diabetes screenings and medication reviews. The fair begins at 7:30 am and runs until noon.

This is the third outreach event the Phoenix fourth-years have hosted.

State board helps out

J. Lyle Bootman, dean, and others from the College of Pharmacy accepted $600,000 from the Arizona State Board of Pharmacy during a board meeting in Phoenix Sept. 11. The money will enable the college to embark on a number of critical initiatives that will yield benefits not only to the profession of pharmacy but to the citizens of Arizona, Bootman says.

The college will use the funds:

• to open and staff the new facility in downtown Phoenix at TGen
• to purchase state-of-the-art telecommunications equipment to develop a distance learning capability that will link the Tucson and Phoenix campuses
• to attract matching funds from foundations and other sources that will leverage the state’s investment in the UA College of Pharmacy.

“We are pleased that the Arizona state legislature agreed with the board that this was a good use of these funds,” says Hal Wand, executive director of the Arizona State Board of Pharmacy.

The college will receive the funds in quarterly installments.

Photo shows Tom Vanhassel, president of the Arizona State Board of Pharmacy, presenting Dean Bootman (right) with a symbolic check.

2 newbies to join COP in Phoenix

When the offices of the College of Pharmacy in Phoenix open next month, two new employees will be there to put things in order.

Accepting the positions of coordinator of administrative services for COP are Luann Musser and Sue Johnston. The pair will provide administrative support to Tucson-based college administrators and faculty involved in developing Phoenix programs, to Jamie Joy (experiential education director in Phoenix) and to future Phoenix-based administrators and faculty. They will report directly to Dean J. Lyle Bootman.

Johnston began her duties Sept. 17, working from a temporary desk until COP digs on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus are ready in mid October. Musser will join COP Oct. 1.

Johnston worked for UA in Tucson from 1978 through 1989, holding positions with the University Teacher Center, Department of Chemistry, Department of Psychology and Department of Political Science. She has since held several positions in Phoenix.

Musser comes to the college following nearly a decade of service with Arizona State University and 15 years with the University of Michigan. Most recently she held positions with ASU’s Campus Health Service, Facilities Management and the Department of Theatre.

"I'm excited to be part of the development of downtown Phoenix and a new enterprise for the College of Pharmacy," Johnston says. She visited the Tucson campus Sept. 18 and 19, meeting several of members of the COP staff.