Contact:
Andrea Rybicki (517) 377-0232 andrea@michiganpharmacists.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 14, 2003
Stacey
L. Uganski of Whitehall, Mich., will receive the 2003 Michigan Pharmacists Association's
(MPA) Distinguished Young Pharmacist Award at the association's Annual Convention
& Exposition held Feb. 21-23 at the Hyatt Regency in Dearborn, Mich.
To be eligible for this award that is presented in cooperation with Pharmacists
Mutual, a Michigan pharmacist must be licensed to practice for ten years or
fewer, be an MPA member and participate in national pharmacy associations, professional
programs and/or community service.
Uganski has been a Member of MPA since 1994, and served on the House of Delegates
from 1994-1998. She currently sits on the Local Association Development Committee.
She has been very active in her local association, the Western Michigan Pharmacy
Association, serving as chair, president, president-elect, public relations
chair, professional affairs chair, newsletter editor, legislative liaison, delegate
and treasurer. She has served her community as the assistant volleyball coach
at Muskegon Community College for four years.
Uganski received her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from Ferris State University
in 1993. She is currently working for Pitkin Drug and Gift Shoppe, where she
is shift manager and part owner along with her sister and father who are also
pharmacists.
The MPA, serving 3,500 pharmacy professionals, strives to be a leader in professional
and scientific advancement by following its mission of encouraging and supporting
its members as the professionals responsible for the delivery of patient-oriented
pharmaceutical care.
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