Are you registered for Pharmacy Alumni Weekend?

Pharmacy alumni and Dean David D. Allen (second from right) enjoy last year's Scholarship Golf Tournament.

he School of Pharmacy is encouraging all its graduates to register for Pharmacy Alumni Weekend to be held April 4-5 in Oxford.

“I am greatly looking forward to reconnecting with our alumni during Pharmacy Weekend,” said David D. Allen, the school’s dean. “It’s always a wonderful time of fun and fellowship.”

Celebrating reunions in conjunction with the event are the school’s classes of 1954, ’64, ’74, ’84, ’89, ’94 and the Pharm.D. Class of 2004.

The weekend will kick off with the School of Pharmacy Scholarship Golf Tournament on Friday morning. All of the tournament’s proceeds will fund the Pharmacy Alumni Chapter Scholarship, which became fully endowed in 2012. This year’s tournament will be held at Mallard Pointe Golf Course at 10 a.m.

Friday evening, the Dean’s Reception will be held in Brevard Hall (formerly Old Chemistry) at 6 p.m., hosted by Allen and sponsored in part by Bob Broadus and Allergan.

Saturday morning will begin with a continuing education breakfast at 8 a.m. in Butler Auditorium at the Triplett Alumni Center. The continuing education program will immediately follow the breakfast.

A meeting for Pharmacy Alumni Chapter board members will be held at 12:30 p.m. in the McMillan Boardroom at The Inn at Ole Miss.

The evening’s events include a 6 p.m. reception recognizing 1908 Society members, followed by an awards banquet and reunion dinner in the Ford Ballroom at The Inn at Ole Miss. In addition to honoring reunion classes at the banquet, the school will present its 2014 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award.

This year’s honoree is Syed Abidi, president and chief executive officer of Pharmaceutics International Inc. Abidi received a Master of Science degree in pharmaceutics in 1977 and a doctorate in pharmaceutics in 1980, both from Ole Miss.

Abidi’s company, also known as Pii, made a gift to the university in 2012 to create a center devoted to research related to hot-melt extrusion and other pharmaceutical processing technologies.

Scott Thompson, assistant director of the Ole Miss Alumni Association, urges all pharmacy alumni to attend the event.

“Pharmacy Weekend is a great opportunity to catch up with old classmates and make new memories,” Thompson said. “It’s a wonderful, meaningful event that celebrates all of our pharmacy alumni members.”

To register online, visit www.olemissalumni.com/events. For more information, contact Thompson at sthompson@alumni.olemiss.edu.