McWhorter School of Pharmacy

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Administration

Charles D. Sands, III, Fred E. McWhorter Dean and Professor
Michael G. Kendrach, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor
Susan P. Alverson, Associate Dean for Student and Alumni Affairs, Assistant Professor
Michael D. Hogue, Chair, Pharmacy Practice, Associate Professor
Bruce Waldrop, Chair, Pharmaceutical, Social and Administrative Sciences, Associate Professor
Maisha Kelly Freeman, Director, Global Drug Information Center, Associate Professor
Gregory Gorman, Director, Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Institute, Associate Professor
Mary R. Monk-Tutor, Director of Assessment, Professor
Patricia B. Naro, Director, Experiential Programs, Assistant Professor
Jennifer Beall, Assistant Professor, Director, Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience 
Terri M. Wensel, Director, Curricular Assessment and Integration, Assistant Professor
Roger D. Lander, Director, Graduate Studies in Pharmacy Practice, Professor 

 

  

McWhorter School of Pharmacy Values 

Christian Faith

We value Christian faith, which encompasses:  

• Supporting the Christian mission of the university
• Encouraging the exploration of calling in one’s professional and personal life
• Creating an environment that fosters community and acceptance
• Providing opportunities for shaping one’s own spiritual formation

Discovery 

We value discovery, which encompasses: 

• Acquiring knowledge relating to pharmacy and medication therapy
• Applying knowledge to better patients’ health and lives
• Engaging in teaching and learning that challenges and enlightens
• Conducting research that contributes to the body of knowledge relating to pharmacy and medication therapy
• Fostering creativity and inquisitiveness

Patient Health 

We value patient health, which encompasses: 

• Caring for the individual patient as well as the population
• Cultivating patient-centered approach to healthcare
• Exhibiting compassionate care for the whole person
• Promoting patient wellness and preventative care
• Advancing pharmacists’ role in the healthcare team
• Advocating use of the most effective healing methods
• Promoting optimal medication use  
• Improving care for the underserved

Tradition 

We value tradition, which encompasses: 

• Providing rigorous academic inquiry in a Christian setting
• Promoting distinction in practice that spans generations of pharmacists since our founding in 1927
• Pursuing excellence in teaching and learning while engaging in quality scholarship and excellence in practice
• Producing accomplished student and alumni leaders in the pharmacy profession and in local communities
• Establishing collaboration with local, national, and international partners
• Recruiting and retaining highly credentialed and qualified faculty

Relationships 

We value relationships, which encompass: 

• Cultivating caring and respectful faculty-student interactions
• Maintaining involvement with alumni
• Encouraging student connectedness
• Providing a community environment for employees
• Appreciating and supporting external constituents

Achievement 

We value achievement, which encompasses: 

• Striving for excellence in teaching, learning, service, practice, and scholarship
• Cultivating an environment that encourages personal growth and development
• Maintaining continuous school accreditation through ACPE since our first site visit in 1940
• Graduating pharmacists who consistently exceed national averages on licensure exams
• Promoting life-long learning and an attitude of service to others and the profession

Professionalism 

We value professionalism, which encompasses: 

• Demonstrating personal integrity
• Accepting responsibility for the quality of individual practice
• Practicing with a commitment to service
• Serving the needs of both the patient and profession
• Exhibiting continuously the ethical, moral, and legal principles of our profession
• Participating in pharmacy organizations to advance the profession