Tuesday, April 18, 2000 The University Daily Kansan Section A·Page 5 Union Food Services getting tips from students Bv Mike Hoffman By Mike Hoffman writer@kansan.com Kansas staff write Students in one journalism class are working on new concepts and promotions that could help improve Kansas Union Food Services. Union Square food court in the Kansas Union is part of a class project aimed at improving Union Food Services. Students in the class have conducted surveys to put together a promotions campaign. Some ideas include more coupons and targeting freshmen orientations.Photo by Brad Drier/KANSAN Angie Richardson, Gardner senior, is one of 12 students working on the project in the JOUR 640: Advertising Campaigns class taught by Bob Basow, associate professor of journalism. "We're focusing on increasing awareness of what is available at the unions, and we feel we can do this by promoting the Union at freshman orientations," she said. a preschool man at a town hall meeting. Richardson said that Food Services would be promoted to all KU students, but that the class was targeting new students because it was harder to change the habits of students who already had been on campus for years. Richardson also said that the class was introducing the possibility of more coupons. Union Food Services currently offers few discounts, she said. "They're getting ideas from the students and faculty by way of us, and hopefully, those ideas can make changes for the better," said Jeff Morrow, Overland Park senior and a student in the class. Richardson said another idea would be to increase the number of signs telling what the Food Services offers. However, it will be up to the Union officials to make the call on whether they will use the students' recommendations. This semester's project is similar to the Coca-Cola promotion project the class did last semester. The students found information through focus groups and more than 800 surveys. "They want to be a student-friendly Union, and the best way to do this is to talk to the students." Morrow said. David Mucci, director of the Kansas and Burge unions, said the intent of the project was to find out what direction Food Services should take. "We approached them because we want to know what the students want and what to give them," Mucci said. "We also need some marketing info." Through surveys done at the residence halls, Wescoe Terrace and the Union, the class found that location was one of the main reasons why people ate where they ate, Morrow said. He also said the survey revealed that most people had a lunch break for more than 10 minutes, but that a considerable amount had a 30-minute break. Mark Lohrenz, assistant manager of Food Services, said the goal of the surveys was to find out what students wanted. "We don't feel that there is something wrong with Food Services," Lohrenz said. "We're always looking for new ideas and better ways to serve students in general." Pharmacy student finishes in contest's Top 10 for second year Special to the Kansan or the second year in a row, a KU pharmacy student finished in the Top 10 in patient counseling at the American Pharmaceutical Association annual meeting. Volquardsen placed fourth last year. No entrant has ever finished in the Top 10 for two consecutive years. She also is the only KU student to finish in the Top 10 at the meeting, said Jack Fincham, dean of the School of Pharmacy. Bv Jason McKee Angela Volquardsen, Norfolk, Neb., fifth-year pharmacy student, was third among a field of 80 entrants at this year's meeting March 13 in Washington, D.C. "It's a remarkable achievement," he said. "We were proud of her last year, and we're doubly so this year." year. Volquardsen said she received tremendous support from the department's faculty. "People wanted to help me prepare," she said. "I didn't want to disappoint anyone." She said that she studied the drugs extensively before the competition but that the main emphasis was on dealing with the patient. She had to deal with mock patients who exhibited characteristics ranging from being angry to hearing impaired. situation, I had to react on the spur of the moment," she said. "But I'd been in the competition before, so I knew what they were looking for." Volquardsen said she thought the competition was a good idea because it emphasized the role of the pharmacist. 841-PLAY 1029 Massachusetts "Because of increasing technology, there will be less counting and filling prescriptions and more focus on patient care," she said. received three other honors for the first time. The school was awarded a project grant from the Merck Co. Foundation to develop a series of programs dealing with antibiotic resistance. The School of Pharmacy also ■ The school also received the PharmCare '99 Silver Star Award. 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