UIW Continues Hispanic Heritage Month Celebrations
09/27/2024The 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.
Feik School of Pharmacy News
September
From Varsity Mariachi to Pharmacy
09/27/2024“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.
August
Feik School of Pharmacy White Coat Ceremony Recognizes the Class of 2028
08/29/2024On Friday, Aug. 9, the UIW Feik School of Pharmacy (FSOP) hosted its annual White Coat Ceremony in the McCombs Center Rosenberg Sky Room.
July
UIW Feik School of Pharmacy Receives Grant to Help Expand Educational Opportunities for South Texas Students
07/26/2024This summer, the UIW Feik School of Pharmacy (FSOP) was approved for a $60,000 extension for a grant previously received from the CVS Health Foundation.
May
UIW Feik School of Pharmacy Receives Reaffirmation of Accreditation
05/02/2024The 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
UIW PharmD Student Team Wins Regional Clinical Skills Competition
04/19/2024First-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
UIW Celebrates Pharmacy Month with the Feik School of Pharmacy
10/27/2023Aside 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
A Legacy of Learning
06/01/2023Melissa 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
From High School to Pharm.D. Candidate
05/04/2023Not 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
Academic Round Up
04/20/2023September
UIW Receives Major Grant for Cardiovascular Research
09/16/2022UIW 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.
UIW and TLU Sign MOUs to Establish Health Professions Pathway for TLU Graduates
09/02/2022UIW 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 School of Pharmacy Celebrates White Coat Ceremony
08/19/2022The 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
Strength in Unity, Hope in Understanding: Feik Students and Faculty Live the Mission in Puerto Rico
06/16/2022Ten 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.
UIW Research Project with Global Reach
06/07/2022Dr. 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
UIW Feik School of Pharmacy Tops in Texas
05/31/2022UIW 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
Mission-Minded PharmD '22 to Join Humanitarian Effort in Ukraine
04/29/2022Iryna 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.
Part of the “Pharmily”: JD Fields Prepares to Graduate
04/14/2022JD Fields, a PharmD ’22 candidate preparing to graduate on May 7, knew what he was looking for when applying to pharmacy schools, and UIW’s Feik School of Pharmacy checked all the boxes.
March
UIW to Celebrate Fourth Annual Day of Giving
03/18/2022Each 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
UIW Health Professions Schools Plan to Participate in Quijotes of San Antonio Interprofessional Health Mission
02/18/2022After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, University of the Incarnate Word health professions faculty and students, public health conditions permitting, are planning to participate in the Quijotes of San Antonio Interprofessional Health Mission.
UIW Announces 2022 Faculty Awards
02/04/2022Sponsored 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
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Amanda Kitten
01/21/2022Dr. 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.
Rising from the Pandemic
01/19/2022Dr. 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
Meet Alyssa Hinojosa - Student, Supermom, Future Pharmacist
10/21/2021Alyssa 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.
Hispanic Heritage Month: Giving back to the San Antonio community and UIW
10/01/2021UIW and the San Antonio community are important to Dr. Christopher Alvarado, and he has always wanted to give back to both.
August
UIW Students Help Step Up Vaccine Effort
08/27/2021UIW 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
UIW Helps Bring COVID Vaccine to Underserved Area
04/09/2021At 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
UIW Feik School of Pharmacy Students Tied for Number One in the State of Texas on National Exam
03/26/2021Students Rise to Number 12 Nationally.
UIW and OLLU Reach Historic Agreement
03/24/2021Two long-standing San Antonio institutions pave the way for students to advance healthcare in Texas and beyond.
October
UIW School Receives National Award in Diversity
10/02/2020The 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 and Rust College Reach Historic Agreement
09/29/2020The 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 and St. Edward’s University Reach Health-Changing Agreement
09/10/2020The 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
UIW Pharmacy Program Ranked Among Tops In Nation in Online Rankings
05/18/2020The University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) Feik School of Pharmacy has been ranked No. 2 in the nation by the online publication GradReports.com.
April
04/28/2020
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.
December
May
UIW Set to Celebrate Spring Class of 2019
05/07/2019March