Duluth CoP HARLEM SHAKE!

(In case you don’t get around to reading the below, at least watch CoPD’s Harlem Shake Video—Ridiculous and Awesome! Created both for fun and as a fundraiser for the Mission Trip to Mexico: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dwd6PbNrWY&feature=share. )

2012 edition of Movember, recognized by profs (yes, that is Dr. Dunham in there- and Swanoski!) and students alike!!

Pharmacy Broomball team wins Gold Championship vs the Med School- we were ludicrously happy, can you tell?

MAN we have fun in the “Northland”. I think one of the greatest realizations I’ve had during my 4 years (yeesh it’s gone fast) as a student at UMN is that the two campus are indeed different- not in terms of education, which is not only the same in both places but GREAT at that- but in terms of culture, and that that isn’t at all a bad thing, in fact it’s one of the college’s greatest strengths!! I absolutely adored every single thing about being on the Duluth campus, the absolute biggest reason being: the tight-knit, positive, supportive, creative, FUN culture. So many amazing things that happen as a direct result of being in setting where everyone knows everyone (we seriously do!) and we have a million events (I’ve listed just a few below) and traits that are totally campus-unique and not happening in both places:

2011 Ugly Sweater Party

Just a few of the AWESOME things that happen in Duluth:

– Ridiculous close-knit culture creativeness, case-in-point: HARLEM SHAKE VIDEO!

Rappers at the Duluth Annual CoP Talent Show

– Annual Talent Show (SO fun, people are amazing. Check out this original-composition all ABOUT going to Pharm School in Duluth by Taylor Hill from this January: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-IydsWjX2Q&feature=youtu.be)

– Amazing whole-class bonding (on an assignment where the prof mistakenly told us we could work in any-size groups we wanted, my entire class banded together to turn in one single project- a class music video spoof of Ice, Ice Baby-A direct result of being a tight-knit culture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NUJ9qOQwz0&feature=youtu.be)

– A Dean who knows all of us and cares a ridiculous amount. And that goes for the faculty too- vs in a larger campus setting.

– The Commons—so much awesomeness, from resident flamingo’s to microwaves that have names… it’s always a party in there

CoP Polar Plunge Team 2013!

– Pharmacy Polar Bear Plunge (to raise $ for the Special Olympics- this year team went as waldo, last year as Party Rock, etc!)

– Flannel Fridays

Any random Friday (every Friday is Flannel Friday) :D!

– Annual Pharmacy Duluth Bonspiel

– Intramurals (Duluth Pharmacy has TONS of teams, and we have a strong tradition of winning. Volleyball, soccer, curling, broomball, softball, tennis!)

PRESCRIPTION FOR DOMINATION! Awesome IM Soccer Team.

– UMD PharmD Social Club (hosts tons of awesome events for everyone)

– Ugly Sweater Party

– Wine and Cheese Party

– Duluth Days

– Party Bus

– PDX Pub Crawl in Superior (fun times!)

– American Pharmacists Month Potlucks in the Commons (so delicious!)

UMD PharmD Event!

– Nights at Grandma’s, Mexico Lindo, Upbar, Dublin’s, Roscoe’s, etc

– Masquerade White Coat Ball

– Class Jokes (MEAT, Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That)

– Class photos and t-shirts

– so so much more ridiculousness, from entering a member in the Universities Man of the Year competition , to beard-growing competitions that include the profs, to pajama days, a Men of Pharmacy Calendar, and so many other things.

Men of Pharmacy Calendar

I can’t tell which comes first- Duluth somehow gets great people and we therefore are an amazing community to be a part of, or that the culture is so great that amazing people are attracted and/or made, but. I feel truly blessed, and for someone who had originally hoped to be on the Twin Cities campus- I can’t be more grateful that I ended up the amazing positive, supportive, friendly culture that I did.

Class of 2013-Duluth!

As always! BK