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Student Pharmacy Organizations

  • American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP)
    • Mission: To be the collective voice of student pharmacists, to provide opportunities for professional growth, to improve patient care, and to envision and advance the future of pharmacy.
  • Student Chapter of the Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists
    • Mission: Advancing patient care by promoting excellence in pharmacy practice through education, collaboration, advocacy, and leadership.
  • Industry Pharmacists Organization
    • Mission: Industry Pharmacists Organization (IPhO) Student Chapters are dedicated to enhancing student pharmacists’ understanding of the pharmaceutical industry by:
      • Providing opportunities for student pharmacists to participate in industry-focused professional development programs and scholarly activities.
      • Working with the IPhO national and local pharmacy school faculty/administration to promote access to industry-focused fellowships and other experiential opportunities.
      • Raising awareness, through advocacy initiates, the role that industry pharmacists play in pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors.
      • Creating opportunities for student pharmacists to connect and network with industry pharmacists and professionals.
  • Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA)
    • Mission: SNPhA is an educational service association of pharmacy students who have a shared concern for the profession of pharmacy, healthcare socio economic issues, and the underrepresentation of minorities in the practice of pharmacy. The purpose of SNPhA is to facilitate the planning, organization, coordination, and execution of programs geared toward the improvement of the health, educational, and social environment of minority communities.
  • Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society
    • Mission: To support pharmacy leadership commitment by recognizing leaders and fostering leadership development.
  • Phi Delta Chi Professional Pharmacy Fraternity
    • Mission: To provide a lifelong home for pharmacy professionals inspiring Brotherhood, Leadership, Service, and Scholarship.
  • Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity
    • Mission: To develop leaders with a passion for service to their community while building lifelong personal and professional relationships. The fraternity’s values include: industry, sobriety, fellowship and high ideas.
  • Rho Chi Pharmacy Honor Society
    • Mission: As the academic honor society in pharmacy, the Rho Chi Society:
      • Encourages and recognizes intellectual achievement
      • Stimulates critical inquiry to advance pharmacy
      • Contributes to the development of intellectual leaders
      • Promotes highest ethical standards
      • Fosters collaboration