Spring 2013 - D'Youville College

HAITIAN PARTNERSHIP FLOURISHESFor the past three years, faculty and studentsfrom the D’Youville College School ofPharmacy have been participating inmedical mission trips to Haiti. Thoughour locations have varied, there has beenone constant: our Haitian pharmacist host,Mrs. Apphia Saint-Elien Beauge. Last fall,D’Youville College had the pleasure ofhosting her here for a change.To call the experience “life changing”would be an understatement. Apphia hadnever been on a commercial airplane, hadnever left Haiti, and had never been in aclimate under 75 degrees, until she showedup in Buffalo. In November, Apphia wasable to experience so much more thanjust coming to America and cold weatherduring her month-long visit. She spent timeobserving in the classroom, shadowingclinical faculty and she gave several guestlectures. At the end of her trip, she wasasked what she thought about D’YouvilleCollege.“I wish I could have studied at D’YouvilleCollege. It is a place where students areable to learn well and help the community.And the teachers really care about theirstudents,” she stated.She was impressed with the differencesbetween American and Haitian pharmacyschools, specifically in the areas ofpatient counseling and training in thecompounding laboratory.“American pharmacy students practicecounseling and have the (compounding)laboratory. In Haiti, we weren’t taught howto talk to patients and we don’t have thelaboratory. Most Haitian pharmacists don’tknow how to make an IV or compoundwhen they graduate,” she noted.At the airport, as Apphia was leaving, shehanded over a card and said not to open ituntil she was gone. Here is part of what shewrote:Ten million thank yous is notenough. I have learned so much,and this trip has really changedmy life.I found the experience to be lifechanging as well; I learned somuch about my own culture byteaching it to someone else.Soon, Apphia will once again be hostingD’Youville students in Haiti. In March, Dr.McCrory-Churchill and Dr. Patricia Pittsare taking a group of nursing and pharmacystudents to Haiti for an interdisciplinaryexperiential experience with Apphia andInternational Medical Assistance Team(IMAT).Impressions of Africa by Salvador Dali.Lithographic Reproduction - signed &inscribed.CHRISTMAS GIFTSEEN AS A “DISPLAYOF GENEROSITY”D’Youville College received a niceChristmas gift when a generous coupledonated several framed works of art afew weeks before the holiday.Mr. and Mrs. Gerald T. Stay of Buffalograciously contributed seven works of artappraised at $25,000 with the hope theywill be displayed on the campus for theenjoyment of the college community,according to D. John Bray, directorof public relations, who handled thetransaction.Included are works by Salvador Dali,Walter A. Prochownik, Sunol Alvar, JinG. Kam, Qi-Qun Pan and G.H. Rothe.The college welcomes you to enjoy themany works of art that have been giftedover the years, many are housed insidethe Montante Family Library.alumni.dyouville.edu 7