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College of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Allied Health Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0060

Scope and Contents

The records of the College of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Allied Sciences, as whole, consists of annual reports (1982-1985), accreditations/self-evaluations (1986, 1993, 1999, 2006), faculty lists (1989-1990, 1990-1991), faculty meetings (1987-1990 [gaps]), hooding & honors convocations (1999-2005), student/ scholarship recognition programs (1996-2004 [gaps]), North Dakota telepharmacy (2004), Native American Pharmacy Program (1988, 2001), Seminars/ Lecture (1989, 1993, 2003), recruitment/public relations (1929-2004 [gaps]), historical background (1972), alumni activities (2002, 2004), buildings (1966, 2004), Rho Chi, Academic Affairs Committee (1978-1981), Curriculum Committee (1988), Strategic Planning Committee (1998-2004, 2004-2010), Admissions Committee (1988), Executive committee (1987-1990), drug information center (1980), State Toxicologist (1986-1991), newsletters (1987, 1989, 1997-2007), yearbooks (1975-1976, 1987, 1988, 2003-2004), handbooks (1987-1997), periodicals (1944, 1985-1994)

The Nursing Department records are separated into five sub-series: Departmental Background with the establishment of the associate’s degree (1970), clippings (1977), and the Tri-College proposal (1984). The Curriculum series deals with course material for Nursing 100 (1981-1986), Nursing 101 (1982-1987), Nursing 102 (1983-1987), Nursing 196 (1981-1983), Nursing 200 (1981-1988), Nursing 201 (1981-1988), Nursing 202 (1981-1988), and Nursing 203 (1984-1988). Reports and Documents contain annual/biennial reports (1970-1986), self-evaluations/self-studies (1984-2002), and site visit reports (1980-2000). Publications consist of one reunion program for the associate program (1988) and issues of Nursing News Summer 2005, fall 2006). Recruitment includes various public relations brochures/fact sheets promoting the department (1974, 2001).

Dates

  • 1902 - 2011

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyrights to this collection is held by The North Dakota State University Archives.

Biographical / Historical

The School of Pharmacy had its beginnings at a North Dakota Agricultural College (NDAC) Board of Trustees meeting. According to the Sixth Biennial Report (1902), the Board acted in order to fulfill “petitions received from prominent druggists,” and voted in November 1901 to establish a school of pharmacy with the program’s supervision placed under the department of chemistry. The school offered two courses of study. The first was a “full four years’ course in pharmaceutical chemistry leading to the degree of B.S.” The second was a “special two year [sic] course in practical pharmacy.” When the winter term began on January 2, 1902, the School of Pharmacy had an enrollment of five students in its different programs. In 1919, the School of Chemistry and Pharmacy divided into two separate bodies: the School of Pharmacy and the School of Chemistry and Technology. The creation of a separate School of Pharmacy, in 1919, ushered in a great deal of change, expansion and notoriety in the 1920s. As early as 1920 (eighteen years after its creation) the School was “registered by the Board of Regents of the State of New York” signifying that the School ranked “among the first-class institutions of its kind in the country.” In 1923 the School received another honor when it was elected to the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties, an organization consisting of the nation’s highly ranked pharmaceutical institutions. The beginning of the 1925-1926 academic year saw the dissolution of the two-year curriculum and the introduction of a three-year curriculum in order to meet the Conference’s College of Pharmacy Records Page 3 of 9 requirements. On February 15, 1926 the position of Head of the School of Pharmacy was changed to the Dean of the School of Pharmacy.

A major addition to the College of Pharmacy was the Associate Degree Program in Nursing. The College offered an associate’s degree from 1969 until 1987—the last class graduated in 1988. The associate degree was phased out in 1987 due to an agreement with Concordia College, located in Moorhead, Minnesota, in 1986. North Dakota State University (NDSU) and Concordia agreed to create a four-year baccalaureate degree program that would utilize the Tri-College University Consortium. Nursing students would be able to take classes at Concordia or NDSU in order to meet the program’s requirements. However, nursing students attending North Dakota State University would receive a NDSU degree in nursing through the Tri-College consortium while Concordia nursing students would receive a Concordia degree through the Consortium (NDSU Bulletin, 1970-1972. pp. 103). As of 2004 the NDSU Nursing program was no longer associated with Tri-College University In September of 1987, the College of Pharmacy began the Native American Pharmacy Program (NAPP) as a means of addressing the severe shortage of Native American pharmacists in the United States. The program, currently funded by the Dakota Medical Foundation of Fargo, N.D., is designed to recruit and to facilitate the entry of Native American students into the College of Pharmacy. Initiated in 1996 and reorganized in 2003, North Dakota Institute for Pharmaceutical Care “purpose is to help pharmacists improve their practice and provide them with a ready source of health and drug information and assessment skills.”

In May 2006 the State Board of Higher Education approved the name change from the College of Pharmacy to the College of Pharmacy, Nursing and Allied Sciences. Today, “the College offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in both pharmacy and nursing. Degrees offered by the College include: (a.) six-year entry level doctor of pharmacy (Pharm.D.); (b.) two-year post-baccalaureate Pharm.D.; (c.) BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees in pharmaceutical sciences; and (d.) BS, MS, and doctor of nursing practice (DNP) degrees in nursing. In addition, the College also has preprofessional programs in allied health including respiratory care, clinical laboratory sciences, and radiological sciences.”

Extent

4 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Overview

The records of the College of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Allied Sciences, as whole, consists of annual reports (1982-1985), accreditations/self-evaluations (1986, 1993, 1999, 2006), faculty lists (1989-1990, 1990-1991), faculty meetings (1987-1990 [gaps]), hooding & honors convocations (1999-2005), student/ scholarship recognition programs (1996-2004 [gaps]), North Dakota telepharmacy (2004), Native American Pharmacy Program (1988, 2001), Seminars/ Lecture (1989, 1993, 2003), recruitment/public relations (1929-2004 [gaps]), historical background (1972), alumni activities (2002, 2004), buildings (1966, 2004), Rho Chi, Academic Affairs Committee (1978-1981), Curriculum Committee (1988), Strategic Planning Committee (1998-2004, 2004-2010), Admissions Committee (1988), Executive committee (1987-1990), drug information center (1980), State Toxicologist (1986-1991), newsletters (1987, 1989, 1997-2007), yearbooks (1975-1976, 1987, 1988, 2003-2004), handbooks (1987-1997), periodicals (1944, 1985-1994)

The Nursing Department records are separated into five sub-series: Departmental Background with the establishment of the associate’s degree (1970), clippings (1977), and the Tri-College proposal (1984). The Curriculum series deals with course material for Nursing 100 (1981-1986), Nursing 101 (1982-1987), Nursing 102 (1983-1987), Nursing 196 (1981-1983), Nursing 200 (1981-1988), Nursing 201 (1981-1988), Nursing 202 (1981-1988), and Nursing 203 (1984-1988). Reports and Documents contain annual/biennial reports (1970-1986), self-evaluations/self-studies (1984-2002), and site visit reports (1980-2000). Publications consist of one reunion program for the associate program (1988) and issues of Nursing News Summer 2005, fall 2006). Recruitment includes various public relations brochures/fact sheets promoting the department (1974, 2001).

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred by Unknown (Unknown Acc.#).

Separated Materials

VHS Video Tape: “NDSU College of Pharmacy – 1902-2002 – 100 Years of Excellence video – October 2002 [Separated to: NDSU Video Collection]

Legal Status

The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
Title
Finding Aid to the College of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Allie Health Records
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the University Archives Repository

Contact:
West Building
3551 7th Avenue N
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States