Kenny Tan Award

Kenny Tan graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy in 1998. He is a community pharmacist who prides himself on being an educator and a mentor. He has been an ongoing contributing member of the Faculty in the capacity of a mentor to First year pharmacy students, preceptor to SPEP and APPE students as well as a lecturer in both Experiential and Medication Therapy Management courses. As an undergraduate student at the Faculty, Kenny held positions on the Executive Committee of the Undergraduate Pharmacy Society (UPS) for three years. He was the recipient of the Walton Award after his Third year and received a Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award in Fourth year. Kenny has always believed that it is important to be a well-rounded individual and that students maintain a good balance in their social, athletic and academic life. Kenny established this award to reflect this. The Kenny Tan Award will be given annually to a student in each of Years 1, 2 and 3 of the Doctor of Pharmacy pharmacy program who has a minimum academic standing of Second Class Honours and has accumulated the most UPS points for their respective cohort in the year of the award.