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Cardinal Health Renews its Commitment




By Bill Burrows, Director of Development, College of Pharmacy
O n August 8, Cardinal Health awarded the College of strong focus on entrepreneurship and independent pharmacy,”
Pharmacy $100,000 in renewed scholarship support for
said Daniel Rim, Director of Sales, Pacific South Region for
WesternU College of Pharmacy student pharmacists interested Cardinal Health. “We are confident that WesternU’s student
in pursuing careers in independent community pharmacy pharmacists are receiving an education and experiences that
ownership. This new scholarship support will build upon the will prepare them to be the next generation of pharmacy
$125,000 scholarship award that Cardinal Health made to owners, and we are proud to support that effort with this
the College of Pharmacy in September 2012, further additional scholarship funding.” Cardinal Health has also
strengthening the robust partnership between Cardinal Health been the exclusive sponsor of the College of Pharmacy’s White
and the College of Pharmacy. These funds will be awarded in Coat ceremony for the past three years, and have been annual
$25,000 annual increments each year for four years once the guest lecturers in Dr. Jesse Martinez’ 16 week Advanced
original funds have all been awarded. This means that Elective, Entrepreneur Independent Pharmacy Ownership.
Cardinal Health will be providing substantial annual Cardinal Health is a top distributor of pharmaceutical and
scholarship support for WesternU student pharmacists for the other medical supplies and equipment in the U.S., helping
next six years (two more for the original $125,000 gift, and pharmacies, hospitals, and ambulatory care sites focus on
then the four from this new gift of $100,000). "We are patient care while reducing costs.
pleased to strengthen our partnership with Western University,
and are impressed with the outcomes we’re seeing from their

Cardinal Health Scholarship presentation at Honors Day, April 2, 2015: Brian Lee, PharmD ’15, Prabhdeep Sidhu, PharmD ’15, and David Truong, PharmD ’15 with Daniel Rim,
Director of Sales, Pacific South Region, Cardinal Health






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