NACDS to provide 85 pharmacy school scholarships

ALEXANDRIA, Va. The National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation will give $172,000 in pharmacy school scholarships.

The foundation announced Wednesday that it gives the awards as part of its Pharmacy Student Scholarship Program. The amount includes 85 scholarships, including the Robert J. Bolger Scholarship and the Taro Research Foundation Scholarship. The NACDS Foundation gave 60 scholarships in 2007 and 40 in 2006. 

Students selected for Foundation scholarships must be enrolled as full-time pharmacy students, have experience in community pharmacy and have a desire to pursue a career in community pharmacy. 

The Robert J. Bolger Scholarship is named after the former NACDS president and CEO; Barr Labs, where Bolger served on the board for 14 years, sponsors the award. The recipients this year are University of Maryland School of Pharmacy student Rita Kasliwal and Texas A University Health Science Center Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy student Hui Yun. 

The Taro Research Foundation Scholarship is named for a private research foundation whose main purpose is to support public charitable organizations that conduct medical research, facilitate medical education and provide assistance to people with medical disorders. This year's recipients are University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy student Sarah Providence and Duquesne University Mylan School of Pharmacy student Emily Lunz.