Student Profile

Pharmacy Student Earns National APhA Scholarship

School of Pharmacy second-year student Brett Norvell, of Moro, Ill., received the Pharmacists Mutual Community Pharmacy Scholarship from the American Pharmacists (APhA) Foundation in March. The award honors student pharmacists who have demonstrated academic excellence and a commitment to advancing the future of community pharmacy in the U.S.

Norvell currently serves as president-elect for the School’s APhA Academy of Student Pharmacists (ASP) chapter and as missions promoter for the School’s Christian Pharmacists Fellowship International Chapter. Additionally, he works as a community pharmacy technician at Walgreens and a hospital pharmacy technician at Alton Memorial Hospital, both in Alton, Ill.

In her recommendation letter, Jessica Kerr, PharmD, interim associate dean and SIUE APhA-ASP chapter advisor, expressed her confidence in Norvell’s “abilities to serve as an outstanding role model and a natural leader.”

Following graduation, Norvell plans to complete a two-year pediatric residency. He aspires to work in a setting where he can be of service to a diverse patient population of varying abilities and health needs.

“This scholarship will help support my future goals by alleviating some tuition costs. This also provides extra motivation for me to continue to work hard in school and in the community to become the best resource I can to those around me.”
Brett Norvell, Pharmacy Student