Walgreens Co., located in Deerfield, Ill., has awarded the College of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Allied Sciences a $10,000 gift to support and expand the college's diversity efforts. Last year, the college received a similar gift, but this year's gift will be used to specifically aid efforts in increasing diversity among pharmacy students.
A total of $2,000 of this money will be used to support a Walgreens Diversity Scholarship, which will be awarded to a student who has demonstrated a commitment to raising awareness in diversity and community outreach. The remaining $8,000 will be used to develop, implement and support programs or projects in the college that will have a positive impact and inspire more diversity in the student body.
"Diversity is a very high priority for our college, as it is for the entire university,” says Dean Charles Peterson. "We greatly appreciate Walgreens’ commitment to diversity and their support of our diversity efforts."
Walgreens, a leader in the pharmacy profession, was established in 1901. Nationally, they employ 237,000 people, and filled 617 million prescriptions and opened a total of 629 new stores in fiscal year 2008. Walgreens has a goal to have more than 7,000 stores in 2010. There are more than 5.3 million customers daily who visit Walgreen stores throughout the United States.