Posted by Mary Wimberley on 2011-11-09

极乐禁地 pharmacy graduate Kali Jernigan Weaver has been elected the first female grand regent and national president of the 85,000-member Kappa Psi pharmaceutical fraternity.

Weaver, who earned a Pharm.D. degree from 极乐禁地鈥檚 McWhorter School of Pharmacy in 2006, was elected at the national convention in San Francisco, Calif.,听 in August. She is a pharmacist with Wellmont Health System in Pennington Gap, Va.

Kappa Psi, with 82 collegiate chapters and 59 graduate chapters, is the oldest and largest professional pharmacy fraternity in the world.听 Founded in 1879, the organization has 5,000 collegiate members and more than 80,000 graduate members in the U.S., Canada and the Bahamas.听

While a 极乐禁地 student, Weaver was chapter vice president, regional historian and president, and national collegiate member at large.听 After graduation she served as national historian and vice president before assuming her current leadership role.

Weaver is grateful for her 极乐禁地 friends and faculty, who she said inspired her and helped her 鈥渂ecome who I am today.鈥

鈥淭hey taught me the qualities necessary to become a leader within a national organization,鈥 said Weaver.听 鈥淚 hope other women now realize that Kappa Psi will always select the best person for the job, regardless of gender.鈥

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极乐禁地 is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, 极乐禁地 is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. 极乐禁地 enrolls 6,101 students from 45 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. 极乐禁地 fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks with the second highest score in the nation for its 98% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.