Evan Clemens, Pharm.D. student, was a member of UCSF’s winning team in ASHP’s 13th National Clinical Skills Competition….Thomas Dowling, Pharm.D., Ph.D., received a grant for $299,355 from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for “Evaluation of Biopharmaceutics Classification System Class 3 Drugs for Possible Biowaivers”….Jennifer Goldman-Levine, Pharm.D., CDE, received the American Academy of Family Physicians Recognition for Teaching in Family Medicine….Kelly Goode, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS, was recently promoted to Professor of Pharmacy at Virginia Commonwealth University….Roger Lander, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS, has been appointed Vice Chair of Pharmacy Practice at Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy….Raymond Love, Pharm.D., BCPP, was recently named Associate Dean for Curriculum, Instructional Design and Technology, at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy….Mary Lynn McPherson, Pharm.D., BCPS, CDE, has been appointed Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy….Elizabeth Michalets, Pharm.D., CPP, BCPS (University of North Carolina―Mission Health Hospitals), Frank Pucino, Pharm.D.,BCPS (University of Maryland―Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health), Charles Sands, Pharm.D. (Samford University―Perry County Health Department and Health Care System), and Angela Treadway, Pharm.D., BCPS (Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center―Veterans Administration) have been awarded 2008 AACP Crystal APPLE Awards for achieving excellence in providing exemplary experiential education for students….P. David Rogers, Pharm.D., Ph.D., FCCP, has been named Associate Dean for Translational Research at the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy….Gordon Sacks, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCNSP, was recently appointed Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacy Practice at Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy….Robert E. Smith, Pharm.D., has been appointed Assistant to the Dean for Professional Affairs at Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy….Paula Thompson, Pharm.D., M.S., BCPS, was recently named Interim Chair at Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy….Christy Weiland, Pharm.D., was recently appointed as Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Wyoming School of Pharmacy….Gary Yee, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCOP, has been named Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Nebraska College of Pharmacy.