ACPHS Inducts Newest Rho Chi and PLS Members

Published April 15, 2024

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Pharmacy

Nearly 40 Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences students were inducted into the Rho Chi Honor Society and the Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Society at the April 14 ceremony held in the Albert M. White Gymnasium on the ACPHS campus. The ceremony honors are bestowed upon graduate and professional pharmacy students who distinguish themselves by their academic, professional and leadership achievements.

Both incoming and current chapter officers attended in support of the new inductees as well as RhoChi and Phi Lambda faculty advisors, Associate Professor, Alexandra Watson, PharmD, BCACP, and Associate Professor, Jacqueline Cleary, PharmD, BCACP, and Associate Professor, Nick O’Donnell, PharmD, BCPS, MSc, and Assistant Professor Yi Zhou, PharmD, BCPS, respectively.

RhoChi Academic Honor Society

The mission of Rho Chi, the Academic Honor Society in pharmacy, is to encourage and recognize excellence in intellectual achievement, and to advocate critical inquiry in all aspects of pharmacy. The following ACPHS students were inducted into the society:

Rho Chi Class of 2025:

Rafael Diaz Melendez
Sean Kujas

Rho Chi Class of 2026:

Nana Akua Adonu
Seorim Choi
Kate Dushane
Elise Eras
Trenton Jackson
Daniel Le
Madison Phillips
Ashley Powell
Najma Richards
Matthew Romack
Alyssa Stevens
Shirley Tang
Alexander Tow
Julia Zaniewski

Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Society

Phi Lambda Sigma (PLS) is a national pharmacy leadership society dedicated to the recognition of contributions that our pharmacy students make to the College, the community, and the health care profession. Members are selected by peer recognition. The following ACPHS students were inducted into the society: