University Partnership Targets Pharmacist Vacancies in North Dakota

Amy Werremeyer. (Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)

(North Dakota Monitor) – An agreement between North Dakota State University and Dickinson State University aims to fill the need for pharmacists in the western part of the state.

The agreement signed this week will allow students at Dickinson State to take pre-pharmacy classes, either online or a hybrid format. High-achieving students at Dickinson may qualify for early admission to NDSU’s doctor of pharmacy program, the only such program in the state. The program launches in the spring semester.

Amy Werremeyer, professor and chair of the NDSU College of Pharmacy, said Dickinson State can help fill a big geographic hole of pharmacy school access.

“Western North Dakota, Dickinson, is smack dab in the middle of that hole,” she said.