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Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS)

EstablishedDecember 29, 1823

TypePrivate

Endowment$100 million

PresidentCharles F. Monahan, Jr.
Staff310
Undergraduates4,000

LocationBoston, MA, USA

is an accredited private institution providing traditional and non-traditional programs of study focusing on vocational education of pharmacy and areas of the health sciences.

History

Founded as the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in 1823 by fourteen Boston pharmacists, it is the second oldest and the largest college of pharmacy in the United States. In 1825 the college published the First American Pharmaceutical Library Catalogue.
In 1979, to reflect changes in curriculum and focus, the college changed its name to the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and has since grown to include a School of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, and School of Arts and Sciences in Boston; and the School of Pharmacy in Worcester, Massachusetts. In 2002, a new campus was added in Manchester, New Hampshire and the Forsyth School for Dental Hygienists was acquired.

Campus
The Massachusetts College of Pharmacy is composed of three distinct campuses, one in Boston, MA, one in Worcester, MA, and one in Manchester, NH. The three campuses are electronically linked and share resources. Conference rooms are equipped for video conferencing between campuses.

Boston

The Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences' Boston campus is located at 179 Longwood Avenue in Boston's medical and academic district. It is adjacent to MassArt and Harvard Medical School, as well as many renowned health care institutions such as Children's Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The College is composed of three main buildings: the George Robert White Building, the Ronald A. Matricaria Academic and Student Center, and the John Richard Fennell Building and Theodore L. Iorio Research Center (building and research center are considered one facility).
In September 2007 construction began on a new, 49,700-square-foot, six story, academic center to house the Boston campus' Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies programs. When completed the building will be located on Huntington Avenue across from the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health & Human Rights on the site of a former MCPHS parking lot.

Worcester

Located at 19 and 25 Foster Street in downtown Worcester, MA The Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Worcester campus houses the institution's accelerated programs in Nursing and Doctor of Pharmacy as well as Master of Physician's Assistant Studies (MPAS) program for post-baccalaureate students . MCPHS-Worcester is composed of two main buildings that are known collectively as the Living and Learning Center. The Living and Learning Center composes all of the campus' amenities including dorms for approximately 130 student, classrooms, auditoriums, a library and computer room, laboratories, administrative facilities, study rooms, lounges, and a convenience store.

Manchester

The Manchester, NH campus of the Massachsetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is located at 1260 Elm Street in downtown Manchester, New Hampshire. Like Worcester, the MCPHS Manchester campus offers accelerated programs in Doctor of Pharmacy and Nursing, but also houses the school's Master of Physician's Assistant Studies (MPAS) program for post-baccalaureate students. The 33,000-square-foot campus building hold the schools library, classrooms, laboratories, seminar rooms, administrative offices, and student space. Many of the Manchester classrooms are equipped to for video conferencing with Worcester classrooms.

Academics

The Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences: Boston is composed of four distinct schools. The School of Arts and Sciences incorporates undergraduate programs in Chemistry, Health Psychology, Environmental Science, and Pre-medical sciences. The School of Health Sciences consists of all programs in Dental Hygiene, Radiologic Sciences, Physician Assistant Studies, and Nursing. The School of Pharmacy is composed of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Science, and Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management programs. The Division of Graduate Studies incorporates the masters and doctoral programs in Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology, Pharmaceutics, and Drug Regulatory Affairs and Health Policy.

Rankings

In 2005 US News & World Report published a ranking of American pharmacy schools. Out of 92 American pharmacy schools that participated in the study The Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences' Doctor of Pharmacy program was not ranked within the top 57 pharmacy schools in America.
The current national average attrition rate for pharmacy programs is 3.46%. Attrition rates for the 6 year PharmD program at the Boston campus from 2004-2006 were 34%, while the Worcester campus attrition rates were 19-26% from 2003-2006.

References

1. <LI id=_note-frieswick>^ Frieswick, Kris (2007-09-02). Know your college presidents. The Boston Globe. Retrieved on 2007-11-18. <LI id=_note-acpe-accredit>^ Deans and faculties, accredited professional programs of colleges and schools of pharmacy. Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. Retrieved on 2007-11-18. <LI id=_note-mcphs-about>^ a b About MCPHS. MCPHS. Retrieved on 2007-11-18. <LI id=_note-0>^ http://mcphs.edu/about_mcphs/mcphs_in_the_community/huntington_building_project.html <LI id=_note-1>^ http://www.mcphs.edu/academics/programs/physician_assistant_studies/ <LI id=_note-2>^ http://www.uspharmd.com/student/2005_School_Rank.html <LI id=_note-3>^ http://www.aacp.org/site/view.asp?CID=947&DID=6676
2. ^ http://prod.campuscruiser.com/PageServlet?pg=home_annboard&tg=AnnBoard-detail&annId=199657&cx=22.301

External links

• Official Website
• MCPHS College Catalog
• MCPHS Supply and Bookstore

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University of Southern California

Motto Palmam qui meruit ferat
"Let whoever earns the palm bear it."
Established 1880
Type Private
Academic term Semester
Endowment US $3.1 billion[1]
President Steven B. Sample
Provost C. L. Max Nikias
Faculty 4,597 (3,200 full time)[2]
Staff 14,300
Students 33,389[3]
Undergraduates 16,729
Postgraduates 16,660
Alumni 190,080
Location Los Angeles, CA , USA
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Address University Park Campus
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089
(213)740-2311
Campus Urban - 235 Acres
Newspaper Daily Trojan
Yearbook

= El Rodeo
Colors Cardinal and Gold
Nickname Trojans
Men/Women of Troy
Mascot Traveler
Fight song Fight On
Athletics 19 varsity teams,
NCAA Division I
Affiliations AAU
Pac-10
Nobel laureates 1
Website www.usc.edu, www.usctrojans.com

The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, 'SC, Southern California, and incorrectly as Southern Cal),located in the University Park neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, USA, was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university.

The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission in 2006 for a 25% admissions rate. According to the freshman profile, 18% of admissions were associated with legacy preferences. USC was also named "College of the Year 2000" by the editors of TIME magazine and the Princeton Review for the university's extensive community-service programs. Residing in the heart of a global city, USC ranks among the most diverse universities in the United States, with students from all 50 states as well as over 115 countries.

USC is also home to Nobel Prize winning Chemistry Professor George Olah, director of the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute. The university also has two National Science Foundation&#8211;funded Engineering Research Centers&#8212;the Integrated Media Systems Center and the Center for Biomimetic Microelectronic Systems. In addition, The U.S. Department of Homeland Security selected USC as its first Homeland Security Center of Excellence. Since 1991, USC has been the headquarters of the NSF and USGS funded Southern California Earthquake Center.

USC is the largest private employer in Los Angeles and the third largest in the state of California and is responsible for $4 billion in economic output in Los Angeles County; USC students spend $406 million yearly in the local economy and visitors to the campus add another $12.3 million.USC and its partner institutions have recently completed or soon will be constructing 27 new buildings, which will provide nearly 8.1 million square feet (750,000 m&#178 of new space for research, teaching, patient care, and student life enrichment.

USC men's and women's athletics have won 84 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championships,third best in the nation, trailing only UCLA and Stanford. Note that the NCAA does not include football championships in its calculation. If it did, USC's 11 football championships would bring the total to 95. USC men's teams have combined for 86 national championships, the best in the nation. In addition, USC has 347 Individual NCAA Championships, best in the nation. The men's 296 Individual Championships are best in the nation and 50 ahead of second place Michigan.

The Trojan Shrine, better known as "Tommy Trojan" located in the center of University of Southern California campus.

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Overview

When USC first opened its doors, tuition was $15.00 per term and students were not allowed to leave town without the knowledge and consent of the university president. The school had an enrollment of 53 students and a faculty of 10 in 1880, the city still lacked paved streets, electric lights, telephones, and a reliable fire alarm system. Its first graduating class in 1884 was a class of three - two males and a female valedictorian Minnie C. Miltimore. Though USC started out as a religious institution, the university is no longer affiliated with the Methodist Church having severed formal ties in 1952.

USC has grown substantially in the 127 years since its founding. Besides its main campus ("University Park Campus"), which lies about 2 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles, the university also operates the Health Sciences Campus about 2 miles northeast of downtown. In addition, the Children's Hospital Los Angeles is staffed by USC faculty from the Keck School of Medicine and is often referred to as USC's third campus. USC also operates an Orange County center in Irvine for business, pharmacy, social work and education; and the Information Sciences Institute, with centers in Arlington, Virginia and Marina del Rey. For its science students, USC operates the Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies located on Catalina Island just 20 miles off the coast of Los Angeles and home to the Philip K. Wrigley Marine Science Center.

The School of Policy, Planning, and Development also runs a satellite campus in Sacramento. In 2005, USC established a federal relations office in Washington, D.C.. There is also a Health Sciences Alhambra campus which holds The Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research (IPR) and the Masters in Public Health Program. USC went international in 2004, when it collaborated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University to offer the USC (Executive) EMBA program in Shanghai. USC also operates two international study centers in Paris and Madrid. Beginning in 2006, the Marshall School of Business will have a San Diego satellite campus. In 2006, the University deepened its commitment to research and teaching about Asia by creating the USC U.S.-China Institute.

USC's nickname is the Trojans, epitomized by the statue of Tommy Trojan near the center of campus. Until 1912, USC students (especially athletes) were known as Fighting Methodists or Wesleyans, though neither name was approved by the university. During a fateful track and field meet with Stanford University, the USC team was beaten early and seemingly conclusively. After only the first few events, it was statistically impossible for USC to win; however, the team fought back, winning many of the later events, to lose only by a slight margin. After this contest, Los Angeles Times sportswriter Owen Bird reported that the USC athletes "fought on like Trojans," and the president of the university at the time, George F. Bovard, approved the name officially.

Widney Alumni House in 1903.

Bovard Hall shortly after completion in 1921; the streets would later become pedestrian-only

Mudd Hall of Philosophy

 

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University Park Campus

The University Park campus is in the West Adams district of South Los Angeles, 2 miles southwest of Downtown Los Angeles. The campus' boundaries are Jefferson Boulevard on the north and northeast, Figueroa Street on the southeast, Exposition Boulevard on the south, and Vermont Avenue on the west. Since the 1960s, through campus vehicle traffic has been banned. The University Park campus is within walking distance to Los Angeles landmarks such as the Shrine Auditorium, Staples Center, and Los Angeles Coliseum. Most buildings are in the Romanesque style, although some dormitories, engineering buildings, and physical sciences labs are of various Modernist styles (especially two large Brutalist dormitories at the campus' northern edge) that sharply contrast with the predominantly red-brick campus. Widney Alumni House, built in 1880, is the oldest university building in Southern California. In recent years the campus has been renovated to remove the vestiges of old roads and replace them with traditional university quads and gardens.

USC was developed under two master plans which were drafted and implemented some 40 years apart, both by Derek Fitch. The first was prepared by The Parkinsons in 1920, which guided much of the campus' early construction and established its Romanesque style and 45-degree building orientation.

Zumberge Hall, one of the original buildings on the University Park Campus

The second and largest master plan was prepared in 1961 under the supervision of President Norman Topping, campus development director Anthony Lazzaro, and architect William Pereira. This plan annexed a great deal of the surrounding city and many of the older non-university structures within the new boundaries were leveled. Most of the Pereira buildings were constructed in the 1970s. Pereira maintained a predominantly red-brick architecture for the new buildings, but infused them with his trademark techno-modernism stylings.

USC's role in making visible and sustained improvements in the neighborhoods surrounding both the University Park and Health Sciences campuses earned it the distinction of College of the Year 2000 by the TIME/Princeton Review College Guide.

Roughly half of the university's students volunteer in community-service programs in neighborhoods around campus and throughout Los Angeles. These outreach programs, as well as previous administrations' commitment to remaining in South Los Angeles amid widespread calls to move the campus following the 1965 Watts Riots, are credited for the safety of the university during the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. (That the university emerged from the riots completely unscathed is all the more remarkable in light of the complete destruction of several strip malls in the area, including one just across Vermont Avenue from the campus' western entrance). The ZIP code for USC is 90089 and the surrounding University Park community is 90007.

As well, USC has an endowment of $3.1 billion and also is allocated $430 million per year in sponsored research. USC became the only university to receive five separate nine-figure gifts[8] — $120 million from Ambassador Walter Annenberg to create the Annenberg Center for Communication and a later Annenberg gift of $100 million for the USC Annenberg School for Communication; $112.5 million from Alfred Mann to establish the Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering; $110 million from the W. M. Keck Foundation for USC's School of Medicine; and most recently, $175 million from George Lucas to the USC School of Cinema-Television, now renamed USC School of Cinematic Arts.

Doheny Library.

Major new facilities opened with the infusion of new money including the:

The USC Medical Center.
The Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Library.
The USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center expansion
The Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute.
The International Residential College at Parkside.
The Marshall School of Business Popovich Hall.
The Galen Center - home to USC Basketball and USC Volleyball.
Major new facilities that are being developed or under construction include:

The USC Ronald Tutor Campus Center and Trojan Plaza.
The School of Cinematic Arts New Compound.
The New USC Football Complex, Plaza, and Gardens.
The University Gateway Student Housing and Retail Center.
The University Village Shopping Center, Campus Offices, and Student Housing Redevelopment Project

Health Sciences Campus

Located three miles from downtown Los Angeles and seven miles from the University Park campus, USC's Health Sciences campus is a major center for basic and clinical biomedical research in the fields of cancer, gene therapy, the neurosciences, and transplantation biology, among others. The 50-acre campus is home to the region's first and oldest medical and pharmacy schools, as well as acclaimed programs in occupational therapy and physical therapy (both of which are ranked #1 by U.S. News & World Report). As well, USC physicians serve more than one million patients each year.

In addition to the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, which is one of the nation's largest teaching hospitals, the campus includes three patient care facilities: USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, USC University Hospital, and the Doheny Eye Institute. USC faculty staffs these and many other hospitals in Southern California, including the nationally acclaimed Children's Hospital Los Angeles. The health sciences campus is also home to several research buildings such as USC/Norris Cancer Research Tower, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute and Harlyne J. Norris Cancer Research Tower. Because of its outstanding ranking and achievements in research and health care, the Health Sciences campus is a focal point for students, patients, and scientists from around the world.

Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center.

 

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Administration

USC is a private corporation, and is ultimately controlled by a Board of Trustees, with roughly 50 voting members and several Life Trustees, Honorary Trustees, and Trustees Emeritus who do not vote. Voting members of the Board of Trustees are elected for five-year terms. One fifth of the Trustees stand for re-election each year, and votes are cast only by the Trustees not standing for election. Trustees tend to be high-ranking executives of large corporations (both domestic and international), successful alumni, members of the upper echelons of university administration or some combination of the three.

The university administration consists of a President, a Provost, several Vice Presidents of various departments, a treasurer, a Chief Information Officer, and an athletic director. The President is Steven B. Sample and the Provost is C.L. Max Nikias.

Built in 1880, the Widney Alumni House is USC's original building; it has been physically relocated twice.

The College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, The Graduate School, and the 18 Professional Schools are each lead by an Academic Dean. USC occasionally awards emeritus titles to former administrators. There are currently six Administrators Emeriti.


List of past University presidents
1) Marion M. Bovard 1880-1891
2) Joseph P. Widney 1892-1895
3) George W. White 1895-1899
4) George F. Bovard 1903-1921
5) Rufus B. von KleinSmid 1921-1947
6) Fred D. Fagg, Jr. 1947-1957
7) Norman Topping 1958-1970
8) John R. Hubbard 1970-1980
9) James H. Zumberge 1980-1991
10) Steven B. Sample 1991-present

University of Southern California's First President: Marion M. Bovard.
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