Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy Experiential Programs

05/27/2025

This August, the TTUHSC-Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy will welcome our newest class—where every student will be presented with their first white coat.

Your generous donation of $75 will provide a white coat for an aspiring pharmacist at TTUHSC.

You are an integral part of this journey. By supporting a pharmacy student during their white coat ceremony, you set a ripple effect in motion:

+ Creating a meaningful milestone for students
+ Building confidence in future pharmacists
+ Impacting patients and communities for years to come

To give, visit https://connect.ttuhscalumni.org/SOPwhitecoat.

05/26/2025

The Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy will be closed on Monday, May 26, 2025 in observance of Memorial Day. Students will not be on rotation.

05/21/2025

05/21/2025

Registration is open for 𝗥𝘅 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽 at the TTUHSC-Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy! The summer camp is a STEM-driven college-prep experience designed for high school students interested in learning more about the pharmacy profession. It will be held at both the Abilene and Amarillo campuses.

🔴Abilene: June 23-26, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at 1674 Pine Street
🔴Amarillo: June 23-25, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at 1300 South Coulter

Sign up → https://bit.ly/rxsummercamp

05/17/2025

05/09/2025

Registration is open for 𝗥𝘅 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽 at the TTUHSC-Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy! The summer camp is a STEM-driven college-prep experience designed for high school students interested in learning more about the pharmacy profession. It will be held at both the Abilene and Amarillo campuses.

🔴 Abilene: June 23-26 at 1674 Pine Street
🔴 Amarillo: June 23-25 at 1300 South Coulter

Sign up here! → https://bit.ly/rxsummercamp

05/05/2025

You are probably asking yourself, why is there a post about WD-40 and what does that have to do with me and/or pharmacy school? What is WD-40 anyway?
Let’s start with a little background on WD-40.

A small, but struggling company, called Rocket Chemical Company, with a staff of three, set out to create a line of rust-prevention and degreasers to be used in the aerospace industry. It took 40 attempts to get the water displacing formula to work properly and that is how the name “WD-40” was created. WD = water displacement and 40 is the number of tries it took to perfect the product.

Can you imagine if those three people had given up after 5, 12, 32 or 39 attempts?
Here are a few examples of interesting uses of WD-40:

Spray WD-40 on the car grill and hood and most of the dead bugs will slide right off.
Remove “Paint Rub” from another car or shopping cart. To remove the paint-rub stains on your car, spray the affected area with WD-40, wait a few seconds, then wipe with a clean rag.

Fix squeaky or frozen hinges. Apply some WD-40 on the hinge, swing the door back and forth and the squeak should vanish. Remember, a little bit goes a long way.

Loosen a zipper. Very carefully spray a little WD-40 on the zipper and move the pull up and down the teeth a few times.

Disclaimer: Use your discretion if you decide to use any of the above ideas and this is not an endorsement for the product or its uses.

Has pharmacy school ever made you feel like you were “stuck” or “frozen” like a hinge or zipper? Did you not do as well as you expected on an exam or in lab and the disappointment you felt was like being weighed down by a multitude of dead bugs or you have signs of paint rub?

Find your equivalent of your WD-40. Talk to a friend, counselor, mentor, meditate, go to the gym, take a walk, or whatever else works for you.

Be like the employees at Rocket Chemical Company and don’t give up.

“I’m not telling you it’s going to be easy. I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it.” Art Williams

“Work hard, dream big, never give up.” Anonymous

“Live every day like Elle Woods after Warner told her she’s not smart enough for law school.” Anonymous

“You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” A. A. Milne