Friday, December 4, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Students head for home, leave their volunteer positions empty
By Julie M. Sachs Kansan staff writer
Because many students leave Lawrence during winter break, some local community service organizations will be short on help.
Hockley said the drop off of volunteers would begin after Stop Day.
Chris Hockley, volunteer coordinator for the Jubilee Cafe, 10th and Vermont streets, said the holiday season would result in a shortage of volunteers at the cafe.
Hockley, Overland Park Junior, said that during the holiday, the 100 current volunteers would dwindle to about five or six volunteers.
The cafe needs 15 to 20 people to volunteer in the mornings in order for things to run smoothly, he said.
Because of the decreased numbers, Hockley said the cafe often had to serve its guests buffet style.
Wendy Marshall, manager of the Roger Hill Volunteer Center, 2518 Ridge Ct., said many other area service organizations such as the Red Cross and the Salvation Army also were looking for volunteers.
Marshall, who refers would be volunteers to local service organizations, also said students often inquire about volunteer opportunities.
"I do know that students contribute a lot." Marshall said.
One community center is not looking for student volunteers during the break.
Linda Lassen, director of Penn House, 1035 Pennsylvania St, said there was a problem in the past with students volunteering for the wrong reasons.
But Lassen said if students wanted to volunteer and if they were sincere about volunteering, she would try to find some way for them to contribute.
The Salvation Army Thrift Store and Pickup, 1818 Massachusetts St., also is not anticipating a problem during the holidays.
"I don't think winter break will affect us at all," said Bryanna Conrad, Salvation Army employee. "We don't have many student volunteers."
Pharmacy program ends in doctorate
By Julie M. Sachs
Kansan staff writer
There is one major at the University of Kansas that almost guarantees its students a job after graduation.
It is also one of the more competitive programs at the University.
About 250 to 300 students apply to the School of Pharmacy each year, but only 95 are accepted, said Jeremy Matchett, associate dean of the school of pharmacy.
Once students declare their pre-pharmacy major, they enter a program that takes six years to complete.
At the end of six years, students graduate with a doctorate degree in pharmacy. By the year 2000, it will be the only degree accredited by the American Council of Pharmacy Education, Matchett said, which means students who want to practice pharmacy must have their doctorate degree to be licensed.
All of the pharmacy schools in the nation will be changing their programs to conform to the doctoral demands. The University changed its pharmacy program in 1996, and the program is still undergoing minor changes.
One of the major changes in the program was the increased time devoted to outside experience, or clinical rotation.
Matchett said that prior to the change, only one semester was devoted to clinical rotation. With the new program, the entire sixth year is devoted
Unlike internships in some fields, clinical rotation are not paid and the students do not have to look for them, Matchett said.
He said that students went through nine one-month clinical rotation rotations.
to clinical rotation.
But the clinical rotation provides experience that students said they did not learn in any textbook or classroom.
Tyler Hartmann, Ashland sixth year pharmacy student, said that his experience at his clinical rotation at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., had taught him lessons he could take into the real world.
"No book or instructor can give you one-tenth of the knowledge that you get with experience." Hartmann said.
But not all clinical rotation are hospital-based.
All pharmacy students must work in a drug information center as one of their clinical rotation requirements.
Sunny Linnebur, Dodge City sixth year pharmacy student, said that at the drug information center, pharmacy students answered calls from insurance companies and physicians about certain drugs.
She said the center worked sort of like KU Info.
After someone calls in, the pharmacy student must research the answer, and then they call the person back with the answer, Linnebur said.
Sunny Linnebur, Dodge City sixth-year senior, hands her customer a prescription she filled at the pharmacy in Dillons, 1740 Massachusetts St. Linnebur is there during her final year in the School of Pharmacy. Photo by Matt J. Daugherty/KANSAN
Volunteers to bolster self-esteem of area youth
By Jason Pearce
Kansan staff writer
A new volunteer program to provide Lawrence youth with positive role models will begin in January, and University of Kansas students could help.
The Youth Friends project was established as a partnership between the United Way, Big Brothers/Big Sisters and the Lawrence Partnership for Children and Youth when it received more than $85,000 in state aid to get adult volunteers into the school system.
It is a one-year grant that must be renewed every year for a maximum of five years.
Bebecca Ford, project recruiter, said that the program would be a beneficial and easy
way for college students to volunteer their time in Lawrence elementary, middle and high schools for one hour a week.
"This program is very flexible," Ford said. "It works around college students' schedules because they can volunteer when it is convenient for them."
She said that students who decided to become volunteers could pick the area in which they wanted to help.
"They could read a book to a class once a week or serve as a tutor." Ford said.
Youth Friends volunteers also can spend time with area children by talking with a child during breakfast or lunch, playing games, assisting with computers or assisting a teacher with in-class activities.
"It really does wonders for kids and their self esteem," Ford said.
The program began in Kansas City schools five years ago and has been beneficial to the attendance rates of the children, she said.
Two informational meetings will be held at 6 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Dec. 16 at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Individuals will be available to answer questions and provide information about program.
Ford said that volunteers would be able to choose specific programs and age groups in which they were interested.
Sisters, which pairs adults with children for longer commitments.
There are other programs available that allow volunteers to serve as role models to area children like Big Brothers/Big
"A lot of times teachers don't have the time to talk one-on-one with students," she said. "This will boost the self-esteem of the children."
Haun said that the Youth Friends program did not specify a length of time that a volunteer had to commit.
"Someone could help out for a few weeks or they could do it for a whole semester," she said.
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