{"id":58665,"date":"2017-04-11T13:52:23","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T23:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=58665"},"modified":"2020-03-05T16:23:59","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T02:23:59","slug":"walgreens-uh-hilo-pharmacy-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/04\/11\/walgreens-uh-hilo-pharmacy-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Walgreens helps UH<\/abbr> Hilo College of Pharmacy with diversity initiative funding"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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From left, Quinn Taira, Eleanor Wong, Carolyn Ma, Amy Song and Heidi Ho-Muniz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The\u00a0University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo\u00a0Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy<\/a> received a $7,000 check from retail pharmacy Walgreens<\/a> to fund a diversity initiative. An additional $5,000 will go toward scholarships to students in the PharmD<\/abbr> professional program.<\/p>\n

This is the ninth year the college has received funding from Walgreens for diversity. The funds have sponsored educational programs such as a tour of healthcare facilities at Kalaupapa on Molokaʻi<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Walgreens began the diversity program in 2009 to donate $1 million annually toward diversity initiatives at all of the accredited pharmacy schools nationwide.<\/p>\n

Eleanor Wong, Walgreens area healthcare supervisor for the San Francisco Peninsula\/Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> region, presented the check to Dean Carolyn Ma<\/a><\/strong> at Walgreens specialty store on Oʻahu<\/span>. Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy alums Quinn Taira<\/strong> and Amy Song<\/strong>, who both work at the retail store, were in attendance along with Heidi Ho-Muniz, district manager for Walgreens Pharmacy and Retail Operations.<\/p>\n

“We are grateful for this initiative that has helped our student pharmacists through the years and strengthened our own commitment to promoting and embracing diversity,” Ma said.<\/p>\n

—By Alyson Kakugawa-Leong<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The funds sponsor educational programs as well as provide scholarships for pharmacy students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[52,50,572,14],"class_list":["post-58665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-college-of-pharmacy","tag-pharmacy","tag-scholarship","tag-uh-hilo","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t