Dr. Fecik's Speech-Professionalism

Dr. Robert Fecik was our speaker for the Welcoming Banquet-and he gave a great speech about becoming professionals. He said it wasn't something that one achieves by simply sitting in a classroom and studying out of assigned texts-there is much more involved with it. A student must pursue interests with passion, to "Be Brave" and continually ask questions. He also spoke of Ten Qualities that distinguish a professional-something that I feel is a very difficult thing to define. These qualities were published in a White Paper and expanded upon in the APhA-ASP Toolkit. Of those ten, only a few were qualities that one could gain directly from the classroom; to achieve the rest, students need to find them in different settings: Professional organizations like MPSA or the fraternities and other organizations. Meaning, get out there and do something. And if it's with MPSA, even better.