1874 |
Medical College of the State of South Carolina conferred its first official degree of pharmacy |
1881 |
Medical College established a Department of Pharmacy |
1882 |
Department of Pharmacy admitted its first degree-seeking students |
1884 |
Department of Pharmacy discontinued after two years |
1894 |
School of Pharmacy resumed on a permanent basis and began offering the degree of Graduate in Pharmacy (Ph.G.) |
1904 |
First women graduated from the School of Pharmacy, Hebe E. Butler and Jane W. Colson |
1936 |
Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy program established |
1947 |
Maxine Larisey, PhD, joined the faculty and became its first female professor |
1960 |
Four year B.S. program changed to a five year program |
1971 |
First African American man graduates from the College of Pharmacy, James L. Hodges |
1973 |
Post-B.S. Doctor of Pharmacy degree program began |
1980 |
First female African Americans graduate from the College of Pharmacy, Phyllis C. Johnson-Wolf, Janice N. Jones, and Cassandra Tisdale |
1982 |
PhD program in pharmaceutical sciences initiated and was administered through the College of Graduate Studies in collaboration with the University of South Carolina |
1997 |
MUSC College of Pharmacy began transition to entry-level practice degree as the Doctor of Pharmacy |
1999 |
Last B.S. Pharmacy class |
2000 |
First entry-level PharmD class graduates |
2004 |
With the approval of the MUSC and USC boards of trustees, the MUSC College of Pharmacy integrated with the USC College of Pharmacy to form a joint program through the South Carolina College of Pharmacy (SCCP) |
2006 |
South Carolina College of Pharmacy matriculated its first class |
2010 |
First South Carolina College of Pharmacy, MUSC Campus class graduates |
2015 |
MUSC Board of Trustees approved an initiative for the MUSC College of Pharmacy to pursue individual accreditation |
2017 |
Re-accreditation of Doctor of Pharmacy program at MUSC College of Pharmacy |
2019 |
College of Pharmacy Building located at 280 Calhoun Street, renamed "The Michael P. Araneo Building" (August 23). |
2020 |
First post-South Carolina College of Pharmacy MUSC only Doctor of Pharmacy class graduates |
2021 |
Groundbreaking for the new College of Pharmacy Building (April 27). |
2022 |
MUSC SkinCeuticals Industry Fellowship launched as part of a partnership between the College of Pharmacy and SkinCeuticals, a part of L'Oreal USA's Active Cosmetics Division. Ndidi Chiedu becomes the first fellow. |
2023 |
College of Pharmacy faculty, staff, and students moved into a new state-of-the-art facility (March 8) |
2023 |
College of Pharmacy celebrates the grand opening of its new building (April 14-15). |