Pharmacy Students

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NYSCHP Pharmacy Student Membership per year: $20 each year

Student Essay Contest

Corporate Member Scholarship Award Essay Topic:

  • The Moment I Realized Leadership Was More Than a Title

    Prompt: Reflect on a personal experience that transformed your understanding of leadership—from authority and recognition to service, influence, or empathy.

Criteria:

Recipient must be in their final two (2) years of pharmacy school in New York State and a member of NYSCHP to participate. Student must write an essay based on the prompt; 1,000-word maximum. Students should submit their essay as a Word document (or similarly editable file). A cover page is not required, but the essay document should include the student’s full name, email address, school of pharmacy, and class/year in their program in addition to the essay itself. A bibliography is not required for submission, but references when used should be cited appropriately. Essays will be judged on (1) originality, (2) salience, (3) diction, and (4) grammar/spelling.  AI use will be assessed and should only leveraged to enhance content, not to write the essay.

SUBMISSION:

Students should submit their essay for consideration to their program's faculty liaison who will forward all entries that meet the minimum criteria for submission to the NYSCHP office ([email protected]). Submissions are due to the NYSCHP office by close of business on February 9, 2026. Faculty liaisons may set an earlier submission cut-off date to ensure their program’s entries can be submitted to the NYSCHP office by the deadline. The Director of Outreach and Industry Affairs Committee members will judge submissions. Essays become property of NYSCHP upon submission.

AWARDS:

The recipient will be notified via email upon the committee’s decision. The recipient will receive complimentary registration to the NYSCHP Annual Assembly, accommodations for one night, and admission to the banquet. The recipient will receive recognition at the Annual Assembly Installation Banquet. The recipient will receive a one-year membership to NYSCHP. The recipient’s essay will be published in the NYSCHP Newsbrief.

CONTACT: Please direct any questions to Liz Cobb.

Pharmacy School Liaisons to NYSCHP 

 Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

 Nicole Lodise 

Binghamton

 Wesley Kufel

 D'Youville

 Talisa Marchese

Long Island University

 Maria Longo

St. John's University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

 Kimberly Ng

St. John Fisher College Wegmans School of Pharmacy

 Matthew Zak

Touro College of Pharmacy

 Justin Andrade

University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

 Nicole Cieri-Hutcherson



 

Scholarship Award Winners:

  • 2025: Karina Babina, University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • 2024: Rhonda A. Moton, Touro College of Pharmacy
  • 2023: Mei Li, Binghamton University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • 2019: Krishna Daiya, University at Buffalo, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • 2018: Mariam Gawdat, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
  • 2017: Lauren Aronin, Touro College
  • 2016 : Emil Joseph, Touro College
  • 2015: Fawad Piracha, St. John's University
  • 2014: Christine Nguyen, Touro College