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Ashley Wolanzyk
  • Nursing BSN
  • Class of 2019
  • Cortland, Ohio

Ashley Wolanzyk Successfully Completes Pathways to Pharmacy Program at Northeast Ohio Medical University

2013 Jul 1

ROOTSTOWN, OHIO - Ashley Wolanzyk, a student at Lakeview High School and resident of Cortland, Ohio, was one of twenty-four high school sophomores and juniors who attended and successfully completed the Pathways to Pharmacy program at Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) June 24-28.

Pathways to Pharmacy allows students from groups underrepresented in pharmacy to experience the pharmacy profession and career options for pharmacists through mentorship, enrichment programs and industry exposure in order to increase the number of students who graduate from high school and pursue pharmacy as a career.

Students took part in personal development workshops, math and science enrichment activities and pharmacy-based lab activities. They also became familiar with basic pharmacy terminologies, gained an understanding of the pharmacy profession and learned the necessary requirements to matriculate into the College of Pharmacy at NEOMED. The program also provided optional work based learning experiences throughout the summer which were set up individually by students and their local pharmacists.

High school students from across the state applied to take part in the week-long program, which only accepts current high school sophomores and juniors with a minimum 3.0 grade point average (GPA) and at least a 90 percent school attendance rate. To learn more about the Pathways to Pharmacy program, visit https://www.neomed.edu/admissions/programs/pathways.

Northeast Ohio Medical University is a community-based, public medical university with a mission to improve the quality of health care in Northeast Ohio working in collaboration with its educational and clinical partners. With a focus on scientific and medical research, and the interprofessional training of health professionals that is unique to the state of Ohio, the University offers a doctor of medicine (M.D.) and a doctor of pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree, in addition to graduate-level coursework and research opportunities leading to master's and doctoral degrees in other medical areas. Northeast Ohio Medical University is a founding member of the Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron. Visit www.neomed.edu.