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September 25, 2003

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UCSD SCHOOL OF PHARMACY WELCOMES
SECOND CLASS OF FUTURE PHARMACISTS

The Class of 2007 of the UCSD School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences was officially welcomed during a week of orientation activities, a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Pharmaceutical Sciences building and a White Coat Ceremony, where they received the white coats they will wear during their four years of study culminating in the Doctor of Pharmacy degree. Classes began Thursday, September 25.

Selected from a highly competitive pool of 510 applicants, the class of 26 students includes 14 women and 12 men.

According to Anthony S. Manoguerra, Pharm.D., Associate Dean for Student Affairs, this is an extremely talented and diverse group of individuals. All of them demonstrated high academic ability in their undergraduate careers with an average undergraduate grade point average for the class of 3.60. They bring to UCSD experiences from 17 different undergraduate colleges and universities throughout California and the United States; including 7 UC campuses, 1 California State University campus, 1 non-California public university and 8 private universities.

In addition to their academic achievements, the students have broad volunteer experience with each of them demonstrating strong leadership skills through work or volunteer activities in a variety of settings. In addition to academics and public service, many of the students are accomplished in art and music or have participated in competitive sports.

The UCSD School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is the newest health sciences professional school in the UC system and only the second publicly supported school of pharmacy in California. Approved by the Regents in 2000, the school enrolled the first class of students in September 2002.