Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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College of Pharmacy William A. Jarrktt Dean The Creighton University College of i liariiiacy is one of the better equipped divisions of Creighton Uni- versity. While the college has its own building, it has the added advantage of being able to make use of lecture rooms and laboratories in the Medical School when the latter are not in use. The 145 students in the Pharmacy unit have a fine library of over 16,000 volumes for their use, housed in the combined pharmacy-medical library. In addition, .the library has files on all of the leading pharmaceutical and chemical journals, both foreign and domestic. These books and journals provide the most essential reference material for undergraduate work, and for some faculty research. Dean of the College is Dr. William A. Jarrett, a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and of Duquesne University. In 1935 Dr. Jarrett became Dean of the College of Pharmacy where he also serves as Director of the Department of Pharmacy and is an active member of various College and University Committees. In preparing its students for their later re- sponsibilities in the field of health services, the College stresses the importance of the positions which they will hold in their respective communities. As pharmacists, the graduates will be key figures in the public health of these communities and will be required to perform their duties in a highly capable manner. Realizing this, the College of Pharmacy extends to the students such well-qualified education in pharmacy and its related fields as to equip them for the demands that will be made upon their skill in the future. While concentration is on the scientific and professional side of pharmacy, still the college does not neglect the other important phases of right living. It impresses the need of good citizenship upon its charges, and it does not neglect teaching them to be good business men and women as well. To properly educate the students in its care, the College requires them to make full use of its library, and it also encourages research among its faculty. Lectures, recitations and seminars are supplemented with laboratory work. The latest laboratory equipment and visual aids are employed in all courses, and to put these facilities to the best use, the College employs instructors with not only the proper educational background but also extensive practical experience in the field of Pharmacy. The College of Pharmacy Faculty 19

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College of Commerce Floyd E. Walsh Dean With a provisional associate membership in the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business in its records, the College of Commerce is now in its thirtieth year of operation as a major school of Creighton university. Under the direction of Dr. Floyd E. Walsh, dean, the aims of the College of Commerce — to provide a higher education in the business field to train the students for directive positions in business — are ably carried out. Dr. Walsh has been at Creighton since 1926. At that time the college was one of commerce, finance and journalism. In 1933 the journalism branch was separated and made another division of the university. In 1919 Dr. Walsh graduated with a Bachelor of Science in commerce degree from the University of Iowa. He returned there for a master ' s degree and in 1932 re- ceived his Ph.D. degree. In 1947 Dr. Walsh was made acting director of the department of management at Creighton. With the school ' s aim in mind, the commerce faculty realizes that the basic preparation for advancement in the business world requires thorough instruction in the fundamental principles of modern business. Combining this careful instruction with practical applications in real business situations, the commerce students receive thorough training. When the well-planned program of the commerce course is combined with a few years in busi- ness, the student has such a broad understanding of business problems that he is as well informed as a man who has spent the entire time in business. In addition to these methods of instruction, laboratory exercises are prepared and the students regularly hear lectures by heads of local business establishments. Further learning is obtained by student research projects and field trips. The four-year course for the 543 students now enrolled, comprises two natural divisions of study. The first is for freshmen and sophomores. The work of these two years consists largely of required courses and provides background and fundamentals required for the highly specialized courses that follow. The junior and senior division is confined usually to extensive work in one field. It is in the final two years of school that the student decides which specific line he intends to follow. The College of Com- merce offers majors in Accounting, Economics, Management, Marketing and Management, and Gen- eral Business. There is also a combined Law-Commerce program which affords the students a Bachelor of Science in Commerce and a Bachelor of Law degree after six years of study. The College of Commerce Faculty

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St. Catherines Unit of The School of ISIursing -L ' - X. v Sister M. Kevin, R.S.M., A.M. The Director of St. Catherine ' s Unit is Sister M. Kevin, R.S.M., A.M. She has been director of the Unit since 1934. A graduate of St. Catherine ' s in 1922, Sister received her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Creighton in 1929 and her Masters Degree in 1935. She was pro- moted to the academic rank of Assistant Professor of Nursing in 1947. The School of Nursing of the university was estab- lished in January, 1928 when an agreement was made with the Creighton Memorial-St. Josephs Hospital whereby its School of Nursing became an in- tegral part of the university, the instructional staff, students and courses becoming faculty mem- bers, students and courses of the university. The union effected a non-legal incorporation created to share educational facilities and function under common education standards and pohcies. In January of the following year an identical agreement was made with St. Catherine ' s Hospital. Shortly thereafter the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree was conferred on students who had completed their basic professional work in either of the two units of the school, and who in addition had successfully completed sixty-four semester hours of work on the campus. Until recently the ad- ministration of the degree program has been the responsibility of the University College. It is now under the administration of the School of Nursing. The Regent and Administrative Dean of the School of Nursing since 1946 is the Rev. Gerald H. FitzGibbon, S.J., A.M., S.T.L. Father FitzGibbon has been with Creighton university for many years. He was Dean of Creighton College from 1937 to 1946. C - -A. The Saint Catherine ' s Hospital Unit, Faculty 20