Published on January 12, 2006 at 6 p.m. by Mary Wimberley  

Â鶹¹û¶³ pharmacy student Angel Stivers is the 2005 recipient of a $2,000 scholarship from the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation.

A third-year student at Â鶹¹û¶³'s McWhorter School of Pharmacy, Stivers was chosen from 450 applicants nationwide. The scholarship program recognizes future leaders in the chain community pharmacy industry.

Stivers is president of the Â鶹¹û¶³ student chapter of the American Pharmaceutical Association, and is a southeastern regional delegate to the national organization. A student voting member of the Alabama Pharmacy Association's Board of Trustees, she also serves on the Â鶹¹û¶³ school of pharmacy's accreditation self-study committee.

Stivers is a member of the National Community Pharmacists Association and Phi Lambda Sigma national pharmacy leadership fraternity. She is from Paris, Ky.

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.