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South College School of Pharmacy students are immersed in learning about prescription medications, but they also promote wellness in hopes of preventing diseases that cause the public to have to visit them.

The South College Professional Brewing Science certificate program will sponsor the third annual Tennessee Winter Beer Fest at the Laurel Valley Country Club in Townsend. Proceeds from the event will be donated to the New Hope Blount County Children’s Advocacy Center.

South College School of Pharmacy students are learning to fill prescription medications, yet they are reversing the process and taking them back on Saturday, Oct. 26.

For the third consecutive year, the South College nursing program boasts a 100 percent pass rate for the NCLEX-RN licensure exam. It is the only program in the state to achieve a perfect record over that time period.

South College-Asheville recently named Nick South executive director. South, former director of project development for the South College School of Pharmacy in Knoxville, Tenn., will oversee business affairs for the growing campus.

Steffanie Norwood’s mother is a police officer. That is why Norwood knows well the benefits and pitfalls of a career in law enforcement. Saturday, she will be following in her mother’s footsteps, receiving her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from South College. But she will be walking a different beat.

Students from the South College School of Pharmacy recently came in 4th in the third annual National Student Pharmacist Compounding Competition (NSPCC) held in Gainesville, Florida. In its first national competition, the South College team competed against 14 other pharmacy teams from colleges and universities across the country.

The School of Pharmacy at South College announced today that it has been granted Candidate status by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE). Granting of Candidate status was based on the results of a comprehensive, on-site evaluation of the School of Pharmacy conducted in November 2012.