Fort Wayne recently received great news - that the Manchester College School of Pharmacy would soon be joining our business community. Well, Manchester has embarked on a nationwide search for a founding dean for the new school. The school opens in Fall of 2012 (it will be here before we know it!) with its four-year doctoral program. We love it when we get to claim "firsts" - well, this is the first school for pharmacists in northern Indiana.
The founding dean will have the unique opportunity to, in many ways, shape the new program. He or she will lead the accreditation process, recruit a leadership team and faculty and lead curriculum development and fund-raising.
Manchester intends to work closely with health-care organizations in Northeast Indiana, including providing experience for pharmacy students in the form of practicums. Speaking of firsts - this is Manchester's first doctoral program and first satellite campus. The parent institution offers a two-year pre-pharmacy program on its North Manchester campus, a prerequisite for admission to the doctoral program. The Manchester doctoral program will welcome students from other pre-pharmacy programs as well.
Founding dean candidates must possess a doctoral degree, preferably in pharmacy and a record of pharmacy leadership, teaching, scholarship and service. For more about the Manchester College School of Pharmacy, visit www.manchester.edu.
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