Tuesday, August 07, 2012

Pharmacy College Targets Minority High School Students in Summer Programs

Pharmacy College Targets Minority High School Students in Summer Programs: The St. Louis College of Pharmacy ran two programs this summer geared toward minority high school students interested in pursuing a career in health care.

Jonathan Anderson, a participant in the Walgreens/St. Louis College of Pharmacy Career Explorers Program, said, “It was a great program. It was a life changing program for me.” Anderson is now a Walgreens pharmacist and a graduate of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy.

Anderson added, “I was thinking about doing medicine, but I really wouldn't have known anything about pharmacy or what a pharmacist did without the program.”

The Career Explorers Program is a collaboration between the St. Louis College of Pharmacy and Walgreens Pharmacy. Although geared toward minority students, the 20-day program accepts 25 rising juniors and seniors of all races and ethnicities.