Feik School of Pharmacy News


June
Health Professions Discovery Day

Health Professions Discovery Day Inspires Future Healthcare Leaders

06/26/2026 Sourced from UIW News

On June 3, the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) welcomed approximately 90 high school students from 16 schools across South Texas for its annual Health Professions Discovery Day. Designed to introduce students to the wide range of careers available in healthcare, the event provided hands-on learning experiences, faculty interaction, and exposure to academic pathways within UIW's nationally recognized health professions programs.


May

April
Matched FSOP students

FSOP Class of 2026 Ranks #1 in Texas for Match Rates

04/10/2026 Sourced from UIW News

In May 2026, graduates of the University of the Incarnate Word’s (UIW) Feik School of Pharmacy (FSOP) will cross the commencement stage, officially earning their Doctor of Pharmacy degrees. Just weeks earlier, on March 30, these future pharmacists gathered with classmates, faculty and Dean David Maize, RPh, PhD, to celebrate Match Day, the milestone moment when they revealed where across the country, they will continue their training through residency and fellowship programs.


February
UIW Feik School of Pharmacy

UIW Feik School of Pharmacy Ranks No. 1 in Texas on National Licensure Exam

02/04/2026 Sourced from UIW News

The University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) is proud to announce that the Feik School of Pharmacy Class of 2025 ranked No. 1 in pass rate in the State of Texas on the most recent North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX). That is the national standardized exam used to assess a candidate’s competency in pharmacy practice for licensure in the United States, Canada and other jurisdictions.


November
Students participants

UIW Health Professions Schools Host Inaugural Health Profession Olympics

11/21/2025 Sourced from UIW News

On Saturday, Nov. 1, student doctors from all five health professions schools gathered at the UIWSOM campus for the inaugural Health Profession Olympics. This first-time event invited students to a day of Olympics-style activities and challenges that allowed them to showcase their sportsmanship.


August
2025 FSOP White Coat Ceremony honorees

UIW Feik School of Pharmacy Hosts 20th White Coat Ceremony

08/29/2025 Sourced from UIW News

On Friday, Aug. 8, the UIW Feik School of Pharmacy (FSOP) hosted it’s 20th White Coat Ceremony in the McCombs Center Rosenberg Sky Room. This annual event celebrates first-year pharmacy students who are embarking on their journeys to become the best quality pharmacy professionals who will one day serve others in need.


April
Ribbon cutting

UIW Receives Leadership Gift for Feik School of Pharmacy

04/15/2025 Sourced from UIW News

The University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) is proud to announce it has received a leadership gift that has been used to bring critical upgrades to a learning laboratory at the UIW Feik School of Pharmacy. The donation from the leaders of Stonegate Pharmacy is a major investment in the future pharmacists who matriculate at UIW and who will go on to serve our community.


January
ABHP FSOP student chapter

UIW Healthcare Student Organizations Take Flight in the New Year

01/17/2025 Sourced from UIW News

A new semester at UIW has just begun, but students at the University’s health professions programs wasted no time organizing to further their own professional development and opportunities for growth in their chosen fields.


October
Medina and others

Celebrating Hispanic Voices: A Spotlight on Dr. Jorge Medina

10/11/2024 Sourced from UIW News

It’s not every day that professors drive around town delivering hot meals to students in need, but for Dr. Jorge Medina, assistant professor in the UIW Feik School of Pharmacy (FSOP), doing so during the COVID-19 pandemic was a given. Concerned for those who were unable to gather with family during the Thanksgiving holiday of 2020 due to safety restrictions, Medina put out a simple ask – do you need a warm Thanksgiving meal, and if so, where should I drop it off?


September
Red the Cardinal and Mariachi Cardenal

UIW Continues Hispanic Heritage Month Celebrations

09/27/2024 Sourced from UIW News

The UIW community continues to host and engage in a variety of festive events in observance of Hispanic Heritage Month, demonstrating how Hispanic cultures impact the University.

Isabella Luna

From Varsity Mariachi to Pharmacy

09/27/2024 Sourced from UIW News

“Where words fail, music speaks.” There are perhaps few better people who can attest to these words by Hans Christian Andersen than UIW Feik School of Pharmacy students Isabella Luna and Legacy Taylor.


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July

May
Feik School of Pharmacy

UIW Feik School of Pharmacy Receives Reaffirmation of Accreditation

05/02/2024 Sourced from UIW News

The UIW Feik School of Pharmacy (FSOP) is proud to announce that the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) granted the school a reaffirmation of accreditation for a maximum term of eight years. FSOP recently welcomed and hosted the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the national agency for the accreditation of professional degree programs in pharmacy. ACPE is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as the national agency for the accreditation of professional degree programs in pharmacy.


April
Moreno and Rubio

UIW PharmD Student Team Wins Regional Clinical Skills Competition

04/19/2024 Sourced from UIW News

First-year Feik School of Pharmacy (FSOP) students Jaclyn Moreno and Shayla Rubio won first place in the Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists Clinical Skills Competition (P1 Category) in Round Rock, Texas for navigating a complex patient case and presenting a pharmacist's care plan complete with recommendations for therapy, therapeutic goals and monitoring parameters for a patient with multiple chronic conditions.


October
Students in pharmacy

UIW Celebrates Pharmacy Month with the Feik School of Pharmacy

10/27/2023 Sourced from UIW News

Aside from the Month of October bringing in the Halloween season, it is also recognized as American Pharmacy Month or Pharmacy Month. The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) designated this month as such in order to honor the immense contribution that those in pharmacy give to their communities across the nation.


June
Silva sisters in graduation regalia

A Legacy of Learning

06/01/2023 Sourced from UIW News

Melissa and Frances Silva have much in common. The sisters share devoted parents, an upbringing they uniquely understand, doctoral degrees in healthcare, and most recently, they became alumnae of the University of the Incarnate Word on the exact same day.


May
Meagan Garza in a red UIW shirt

From High School to Pharm.D. Candidate

05/04/2023 Sourced from UIW News

Not all seniors in high school know what they want to do for a career, but Meagan Garza did. After completing a pharmacy technician program offered by her school district in the Rio Grande Valley, she knew she wanted to become a pharmacist. The Doctor of Pharmacy candidate is now preparing to graduate from the University of the Incarnate Word Feik School of Pharmacy (FSOP) on Saturday.


April

September
UIW's Feik School of Pharmacy

UIW Receives Major Grant for Cardiovascular Research

09/16/2022 Sourced from UIW News

UIW has been awarded a nearly half million-dollar grant to the Feik School of Pharmacy for research on cardiovascular disease. The $469,428 grant will be disbursed over the course of four years and is funded through the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health via the Support for Research Excellence Program.

Dr. Thomas M. Evans, interim provost Caroline Goulet, TLU provost and TLU president

UIW and TLU Sign MOUs to Establish Health Professions Pathway for TLU Graduates

09/02/2022 Sourced from UIW News

UIW and Texas Lutheran University (TLU) announced they have entered into a series of memorandums of understanding (MOU) as part of UIW’s Health Professions Pathway. The MOUs pave the way for TLU students to further their education in four different areas of health professions by reserving interview slots for qualified students to have an opportunity to attend the UIW School of Osteopathic Medicine, the Feik School of Pharmacy, the Rosenberg School of Optometry, and the UIW School of Physical Therapy.


August
Feik Class of 2026 in their new white coats

Feik School of Pharmacy Celebrates White Coat Ceremony

08/19/2022 Sourced from UIW News

The UIW Feik School of Pharmacy (FSOP) held its annual White Coat Ceremony on Friday, Aug. 12 in the McCombs Center Rosenberg Sky Room. 700 attendees, including students, families, UIW administrators, and FSOP alumni, faculty, staff and special guests celebrated the Class of 2026.


June
Feik School of Pharmacy Students in Puerto Rico

Strength in Unity, Hope in Understanding: Feik Students and Faculty Live the Mission in Puerto Rico

06/16/2022 Sourced from UIW News

Ten learners and three faculty members from the University of the Incarnate Word Feik School of Pharmacy lived out this command, using the gifts of medicine and compassion on a mission trip held from May 14 – 21. The group travelled to Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, where they served the Celia Mondriguez Elderly Center and residents of the local community. The trip was a collaborative effort with the National Hispanic Pharmacy Association and the UIW Ettling Center for Civic Leadership and Sustainability.

Dr. Paulo Carvalho in the lab

UIW Research Project with Global Reach

06/07/2022 Sourced from UIW News

Dr. Paulo Carvalho, UIW associate professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, is researching ways to combad malaria, and he has been awarded two National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grants to use for this purpose.


May
Pharmacy students in lab

UIW Feik School of Pharmacy Tops in Texas

05/31/2022 Sourced from UIW News

UIW is proud to announce that the Feik School of Pharmacy (FSOP) graduating Class of 2021 led the State of Texas by finishing No. 1 in the state on the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX). The NAPLEX is a standardized test that is considered one of the last steps before a student becomes a licensed pharmacist. This is the second year in a row that FSOP students led the state.


April
Iryna Aniushkevich/UIW PharmD Candidate

Mission-Minded PharmD '22 to Join Humanitarian Effort in Ukraine

04/29/2022 Sourced from UIW News

Iryna Aniushkevich admits she spends a lot of time thinking about the war in Ukraine these days. The 32 year-old UIW Feik School of Pharmacy student is originally from Belarus, but her ties to the neighboring country of Ukraine run long and deep.


March
Two students smile at the camera

UIW to Celebrate Fourth Annual Day of Giving

03/18/2022 Sourced from UIW News

Each spring, the University of the Incarnate Word community comes together as “One Word” to work towards “One Goal” – raising funds to support current and future UIW students. UIW’s fourth annual Day of Giving, known as “One Word. One Goal.,” will be celebrated for 1881 minutes, in honor of the University’s founding year, during Incarnate Word Week beginning March 23.


February
Dr. Julie Nadeau (left) and Dr. Tanja Stampfl (right)

UIW Announces 2022 Faculty Awards

02/04/2022 Sourced from UIW News

Sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the University of the Incarnate Word Faculty Senate and University Mission and Ministry, faculty across UIW were honored with the 2022 Faculty Awards in January.


January
Dr. Amanda Kitten with two Pharmacy students

Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Amanda Kitten

01/21/2022 Sourced from UIW News

Dr. Amanda Kitten, assistant professor of Pharmacy Practice at the Feik School of Pharmacy, has been named the residency program director for the Pharmacotherapy Residency Program.

Dr. Ronda Gottlieb checks on a patient

Rising from the Pandemic

01/19/2022 Sourced from UIW News

Dr. Ronda Gottlieb, UIW director of Clinical Health, has been part of UIW’s team of first responders since the onset of the pandemic. As she recounts, “On Jan. 9, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a mysterious coronavirus-related pneumonia in Wuhan, China. At that point, cases were very low in China, but on January 20, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began screening for Coronavirus at three U.S. international airports. When the first confirmed U.S. case of COVID-19 was identified in Washington state, the UIW Incident Command team began officially meeting."


October
Woman in white coat smiling

Meet Alyssa Hinojosa - Student, Supermom, Future Pharmacist

10/21/2021 Sourced from UIW News

Alyssa Hinojosa is a fourth-year Pharmacy student at the Feik School of Pharmacy and is concurrently working on a Master of Arts in Healthcare Administration. She is also a single mother of three boys and her journey to this point has been anything but a straight path.


August
Vaxambassadors

UIW Students Help Step Up Vaccine Effort

08/27/2021 Sourced from UIW News

UIW is proud to announce that Dr. Heather Barton-Weston, assistant professor and public health coordinator in the Ila Faye Miller School of Nursing and Health Professions; Dr. Nile Barnes, assistant professor of Pharmacy; and Dr. Maria Felix-Ortiz, professor and chair of Psychology, obtained $32,000 of stipends from Interfaith Youth Core’s (IFYC) Faith in the Vaccine grant for UIW students to serve as “vaxambassadors” who promote vaccination against COVID-19.


April
Vaccine to help Southside area residents

UIW Helps Bring COVID Vaccine to Underserved Area

04/09/2021 Sourced from UIW News

At least three dozen UIW students from the Ila Faye Miller School of Nursing, Feik School of Pharmacy and School of Osteopathic Medicine along with over 100 volunteers will participate in a COVID-19 mass vaccination clinic at Southside High School on April 10, 2021. About 1,000 area residents have been pre-registered to receive the vaccine.


March

October
Outside Feik School of Pharmacy

UIW School Receives National Award in Diversity

10/02/2020 Sourced from UIW News

The University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) Feik School of Pharmacy (FSOP) received the 2020 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.


September
UIW President Dr. Thomas M. Evans signs Memorandums of Understanding

UIW and Rust College Reach Historic Agreement

09/29/2020 Sourced from UIW News

The University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) and Rust College have entered into a series of memorandums of understanding that will help pave the way for Rust College students to realize their dreams of a career in healthcare.

UIW medical campus sign

UIW and St. Edward’s University Reach Health-Changing Agreement

09/10/2020 Sourced from UIW News

The University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) and St. Edward’s University in Austin have entered into a series of memorandums of understanding that will eventually benefit the health and safety of residents throughout Central and South Texas.


May

April
Steeple at the Chapel Building
04/28/2020 Sourced from UIW News

Dr. Lila LaGrange has received several notable teaching awards, including the Provost’s Legacy Teaching Award in 2010, and the Feik School of Pharmacy Teacher of the Year Award (chosen by students) in 2007, 2011 and 2017.


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