Chapman University’s new School of Pharmacy, set to open its doors and enroll its first doctoral students in fall 2015, has cleared the first hurdle on its way to full accreditation, right on schedule. The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), the accrediting commission for senior colleges and universities in the western region of
Ronald P. Jordan, R. Ph., FAPhA, has been named founding dean of Chapman University’s new School of Pharmacy, which is planning to admit its first class in fall 2015. Jordan will assume his new duties at Chapman in February 2013 and will establish the first pharmacy school in Orange County on Chapman’s new Health Sciences
Chapman University’s continuing growth in the health sciences has been given a boost by a $15 million gift from Newport Beach couple Harry and Diane Rinker. The gift, announced at Saturday evening’s American Celebration gala, will name Chapman’s new health science campus in Irvine the Harry and Diane Rinker Health Science Campus. The funds will
Lawrence “LB” Brown, PharmD, Ph.D., FAPhA, associate dean of student and academic affairs for Chapman University’s new School of Pharmacy, has been elected as the next president of theAmerican Pharmacists Association (APhA), the association has announced. The APhA is the largest professional association of pharmacists in the world. “Some of us former presidents used to
Chapman University has purchased two large research-and-development buildings in the heart of the Irvine Spectrum in a $20 million transaction that will provide the University with the space to significantly enhance and expand its graduate health sciences programs, including the new School of Pharmacy. The buildings – currently known as the Jeronimo Technology Park, located