School of Pharmacy budget is approved
Bruce Klostermann
Issue date: 9/30/03 Section: News
Another step has been taken to establish SIUE's School of Pharmacy.
On Sept. 11, the SIUE board of trustees approved the budget for the renovation of 15,000 square feet of the building at 200 University Park Drive, where Textbook Service is located, and the construction of a new 22,000-square-foot building next door to house the school.
The project, at an estimated cost of $5 million, is set to be completed by the school's opening in the fall of 2005.
The School of Pharmacy, under the leadership of Dean Dr. Philip Medon, will offer students a doctor of pharmacy degree, the industry standard.
Students will need to complete two years of a pre-pharmacy curriculum before being accepted into the school.
The school's four-year professional program will consist of two years of study at SIUE, then two years of work at off-site clinics yet to be determined.
Possible sites include Southern Illinois University's School of Medicine in Springfield in addition to area hospitals.
According to Medon, 75 positions will be available for the school's first class and admission will be competitive.
"We've had a lot of interest (in the program) around campus," Medon said. "So it will be competitive."
An admissions committee will hold on-campus interviews to fill the available positions.
SIUE's School of Pharmacy will be the first nonprivate pharmacy school in the
St. Louis area and only the third pharmacy school in the state of Illinois.
The Chicago College of Pharmacy and University of Illinois-Chicago are the other two.
Tuition has not been determined, but Medon estimates it will be comparable to UIC's School of Pharmacy.
Since it's a professional program, offering a greater teacher-to-student ratio, tuition will be slightly higher than SIUE's standard rates.
More information about the School of Pharmacy can be found at the school's Web site, www.siue.edu/PHARMACY/, or by calling the dean's office at 650-5150.
On Sept. 11, the SIUE board of trustees approved the budget for the renovation of 15,000 square feet of the building at 200 University Park Drive, where Textbook Service is located, and the construction of a new 22,000-square-foot building next door to house the school.
The project, at an estimated cost of $5 million, is set to be completed by the school's opening in the fall of 2005.
The School of Pharmacy, under the leadership of Dean Dr. Philip Medon, will offer students a doctor of pharmacy degree, the industry standard.
Students will need to complete two years of a pre-pharmacy curriculum before being accepted into the school.
The school's four-year professional program will consist of two years of study at SIUE, then two years of work at off-site clinics yet to be determined.
Possible sites include Southern Illinois University's School of Medicine in Springfield in addition to area hospitals.
According to Medon, 75 positions will be available for the school's first class and admission will be competitive.
"We've had a lot of interest (in the program) around campus," Medon said. "So it will be competitive."
An admissions committee will hold on-campus interviews to fill the available positions.
SIUE's School of Pharmacy will be the first nonprivate pharmacy school in the
St. Louis area and only the third pharmacy school in the state of Illinois.
The Chicago College of Pharmacy and University of Illinois-Chicago are the other two.
Tuition has not been determined, but Medon estimates it will be comparable to UIC's School of Pharmacy.
Since it's a professional program, offering a greater teacher-to-student ratio, tuition will be slightly higher than SIUE's standard rates.
More information about the School of Pharmacy can be found at the school's Web site, www.siue.edu/PHARMACY/, or by calling the dean's office at 650-5150.
