Prior to attending pharmacy school on a satellite campus, I had my doubts whether I could immerse myself in all the opportunities I could have had on the main campus. Involvement in the campus community brings a greater sense of belonging, and that’s something I have always valued. Now as a student pharmacist leader on a satellite campus, I have the opportunity to bridge the geographical and metaphorical gap between campuses. We truly are one school and one chapter, so playing to each campus culture’s strengths has made the University of Missouri–Kansas City (UMKC) School of Pharmacy’s APhA–ASP Chapter so successful.

The journey through pharmacy school is a marathon, not a sprint. As a final-year PharmD candidate, I know this all too well and have a few words of wisdom for student pharmacists in their first year.

When one little pink line turned into two, that is when my life changed.