Congratulations to Rachel Chang from the College of Pharmacy Class of 2022 on winning the Crystal Caduceus Award, along with a $1000 prize and a trophy, given by the MBKU Student Association. Rachel's positivity, helpfulness and interprofessionalism are what the Crystal Caduceus recognizes in the MBKU Community!#MBKUProud

Thanks for tuning in to our first-ever Virtual Talent Show! Round of applause for our amazing performers for putting on a great show, swipe to see a clip of their act. And the winners are...
1st place: Kha-LID (David Cho)
2nd place: The Occluders (Justin Ogoy, Caroline Quan, Mark Replogle, Lian Tiamzon)
3rd place (Tie): Chelsey Honma and Marisol Lauri
Audience’s Favorite Student: Khoa Nguyen
Audience’s Favorite Faculty: Dr. Cathie Heyman & Family

Can't wait to watch tonight (link in our bio) "Grab a seat and kick off your weekend with MBKU's Virtual Talent Show happening TONIGHT at 7pm! Enjoy some fun acts by students and faculty at ketchum.edu/talentshow or the MBKU Facebook page. ?️ Polls will open tonight to show your support for the Audience Favorites!" ? @wearembku

#MBKUProud ? "Congratulations to 6 of our students from the inaugural class of 2020 on matching into a pharmacy residency program! We are so proud of all your accomplishments and hard work throughout the past 4 years! Swipe ➡️ to see which residency program they each matched to!" ?@mbku_copstudents

Despite it feeling like it's been 10 years into 2020, we're just about wrapping up April and we're doing it in style with the MBKU Spirit & Student Appreciation Week! Chances are you've got the first day's outfit ready to go. So stop drop and selfie for each day's theme for a chance to win amazing prizes by tagging @wearembku or commenting in the Facebook group, MBKU Students. Rally up your classmates to join in on the fun!

Calling all students, faculty and MBKU community, we're looking for some shining stars to share their talent at MBKU's Virtual Talent Show. Today is the last day for the early bird sign up (enjoy a $10 gift to sweeten the pot), but if you're on the fence about participating, sign-ups are open until Sunday, 4/26! Share your talent whether it be playing an instrument, singing, dancing, or building a fort with all the TP you have at home! Check your Ketchum email for the sign-up and upload link.

Friday mood. TGIF everybody ? ?: @dastickley

Congratulations to Ryan Yuan from SCCO Class of 2020 on receiving the Student Award in Clinical Ethics from the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO). His winning essay, "Ethics of Ocular Pain Management," will also be featured in an upcoming issue of the ASCO Journal, Optometric Education. Fun fact is that he will be graduating this year with his fiancee and fellow classmate Vione Wong! #MBKUProud

Last week, a winner was crowned at the SCCO Student Bowl ?Congratulations to Brad Kovach from the Class of 2021, who will go on to represent SCCO at the national AOSA Optometry Student Bowl powered by Essilor! The move to a virtual platform was an unexpected undertaking, but was taken in great stride by the team behind scenes, Ryan Funai and Nina Stroud, AOSA Trustee and Trustee Elect, along with assistance from the SCCO Professional Committee and the Multimedia Department.

Move aside March Madness, we've got C/APhA's first-ever PHARMACY MADNESS! RSVP by this Wednesday, April 22 for yourself or with a team of up to 3 people to participate in a battle of the brains, happening this Friday, April 24 at 12 pm. From gift card prizes to bragging rights, there's plenty of chances to win! Head over to @mbkucpha for the full details.