Pharmacy Student Group Wins National Collegiate Chapter Award

This summer, the student chapter of Kappa Psi at the UK College of Pharmacy was the 2019 recipient of the prestigious Frank H. Eby Award. This annual award recognizes the collegiate chapter with exceptional academic performance. According to the national organization, the award is given to the chapter with “the highest percentage of eligible members who earn Scholarship Honors Certificates based on Chapter membership and their school’s grading system as determined by calculation criteria set forth by the Chapter Awards Committee and approved by the Executive Committee.”

Starting in 1958, the Scholarship Honors Certificate was created to recognize members for their academic standing. Eligibility is determined by the number of professional student members who are in their second and third years of professional school and have a minimum of a 3.0 GPA.

Over the last several years, the student members of Kappa Psi have distinguished themselves with excellent academic performance. In addition to receiving the Frank H. Eby Scholarship this past year Rachel Hardin (2019) and Jordan Potter (2019) received the Henry J. Goeckel Grand Council Scholarship Key Award.

The Scholarship Key is given annually to Kappa Psi student members who graduate with First Honors or who stand first in their graduating class. This award is made following certification by the dean of their college of pharmacy and includes a 14-karat, engraved gold key and accompanying scholarship certificate.

Congratulations on an outstanding performance by our Kappa Psi student organization. The current chapter has 86 active members, with an additional 31 waiting induction in January 2020. If you would like to support our student organization through gifts for professional development and travel to national meetings, please contact Kacie Miller at kacie.miller@uky.edu.

2019-2020 Kappa Psi Executive Board

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Record 

Regent: Daniel Berger

Vice Regent: Cody Sullivan

Secretary: Erin Feeley

Treasurer: Michaela Perry

Historian: Lexi Baskin

Chaplain: Alex Sutphin

New Member Educator: Houston Williams

Social Chair: Kamron Griffith

Sargent-at-Arms: Foster Desmond

Community Outreach Co-Chairs: Milre Matherne, Kaylee Hall

Alumni Liaison Co-Chairs: Olivia Bell Lynch, Ryan Booth