Sharks RX Spring 2015 Magazine

10 r NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY In January, Shata was nominated by her peers as Student of the Month for her leadership skills, including her teaming up with representatives from the Shepard Broad Law Center and the College of Osteopathic Medicine to plan and lead Kick for a Cause, an HPD-wide charity kick ball tournament that was held in March. Shata, who was born inWatertown, New York, but was raised both in the United States and in her parents’ hometown of Port Said, Egypt, hopes to “ultimately work in regulatory affairs at a pharmaceutical company.” Regional Campuses Following its first decade in Palm Beach County, which was marked by the success of producing nearly 400 pharmacy grad- uates, NSU’s Palm Beach Regional Campus moved into its 75,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility in Palm Beach Gardens in 2011. Andrew Maher, a Pharm.D. candidate at the Palm Beach Regional Campus who will graduate in 2015, says the close-knit group at the campus gave him a different experience. “We’re like a family. Many of us not only spend a lot of time together because of school and events, but also because many people are here away from their families. We have gotten to know each other very well, and we work as a team,” said Maher. The regional campuses in Palm Beach and in San Juan, Puerto Rico, both offer an individualized approach to learning, and the small class sizes in the Pharm.D. professional degree program are built to promote team building and long-lasting profes- sional relationships. “I am usually shy,” said Maher, “but with everyone being so encouraging here, I have felt a lot more confident and have had many opportunities to be social and be a leader.”The future pharmacist and his colleagues created and lead the new organi- zation Modern Entertainment Technology Association, which, he explains, plans, organizes, and hosts entertainment events for the Palm Beach Regional Campus pharmacy students, such as a game night. “The events are to help pharmacy students de-stress and take it easy while getting to know one another and have fun,” said Maher. Top: Robert (Robb) McGory, associate dean, Professional Program, with student Samantha Shaffer Bottom: Andrea Levin (right), assistant professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, supervises student Ngoc-Anh Chau taking a patient’s blood pressure.