October 11, 2016
The Schenectady City Council presented the College with a resolution recognizing October as American Pharmacists Month. The resolution was presented by Councilman John Polimeni, who is also an Associate Professor at ACPHS.
President Greg Dewey and Assistant Professor Jacqueline Cleary were at City Hall to accept the honor on behalf of the College. In addition to her role as a faculty member at ACPHS, Dr. Cleary works as a pharmacist at the Hometown Health Centers clinic in Schenectady, home to the College's first student operated pharmacy.
Included in the Resolution are the following acknowledgements:
- Pharmacists are often the first point of contact for patients with health inquiries, thus ensuring that they have a significant role in assessing medication management in patients and in referring patients to physicians.
- Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences's College Hometown Pharmacy located in the Hometown Health Centers at 1044 State Street in Schenectady is the first student operated pharmacy in New York State.
- The opening of College Hometown Pharmacy has helped fill a void created when the pharmacy previously housed in that location closed. Its presence now means Hometown Health patients once again have convenient access to comprehensive on-site pharmacy services.