Academic and Student Support for Pharmacy, OT and PT Students
Supporting Student Success
The Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions offers students a range of helpful resources, from academic support to career services to pastoral care and counseling. In alignment with our values, we want to support you as you prepare to contribute to a diverse, global society as a caring, ethical and knowledgeable healthcare professional.
Our academic support services are tailored specifically to students in pharmacy, OT and PT. Whether you study on our Omaha campus, our Phoenix campus or online, we have the resources you need to adjust to your program, excel and succeed after graduation.
Support Services
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Tutoring
Tutoring services are available at no cost to students in pharmacy, OT and PT, offering support in developing essential problem-solving and analytical skills. Peer tutors are accessible for all first-year courses, helping students grasp, integrate and apply challenging material. Scheduling a tutoring appointment is quick and simple.
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Writing Support
Creighton University offers writing support to both on-campus and online students. On-site students in the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions can visit the Writing Support Center in Creighton Hall for free assistance. For students enrolled in distance, hybrid or Phoenix campus programs, online writing tutoring is available through Brainfuse. This platform allows students to connect with a live tutor at almost any time, providing help with APA formatting, grammar, organization, thesis development and more. Students can also submit completed drafts for review, receiving personalized feedback within 24 hours.
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Distance Pharmacy Mentors
The Distance Pharmacy Pathway offers course mentors to support the academic success of distance students. These mentors help students grasp course material, lead active learning sessions and provide practice opportunities for key skills like patient counseling. Mentors work closely with course instructors and engage with students through online platforms, discussion boards, phone and email. Their responsibilities include hosting review sessions, answering course-related questions and guiding small group discussions.
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Academic Success Seminars
The Academic Success Team provides workshops on a variety of topics to support students’ academic success. Workshops cover areas like memory strategies, spaced practice and effective lecture review. If students have suggestions for workshop topics, the Academic Success Team is always open to new needs and ideas.
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Accessibility Services
Creighton’s Office of Student Accessibility Services is dedicated to building an inclusive community where students with disabilities, both permanent and temporary, can fully participate in campus activities. By partnering with faculty, staff and students, the office helps ensure equitable access and fosters self-advocacy and academic growth.
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Student Counseling Services
Student Counseling Services offers compassionate support for student concerns, providing tools to promote self-care and well-being. Common issues addressed include self-esteem, relationships, stress, anxiety, loneliness and depression. In response to rising demand for mental health services and changing student needs, the office is redesigning its approach to care.
The Academic Success Team
The School of Pharmacy and Health Professions has a dedicated Academic Success Team, which coordinates academic seminars and other resources as well as offering individual academic coaching.
Sarah Kavan, MA, LMHP
- Academic Success Coordinator
- 402.280.3095
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Kevin Powers, PhD
- Associate Director of Academic Success
- 402.280.5677
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Bailey Wilson
- Academic Success Counselor
- 602.812.4449
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Chaplain Services
The chaplain, Celeste Feuerbach, ministers across all the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions’ programs, providing spiritual direction, pastoral care, counseling and formation to students, faculty and staff. By collaborating with others to create a culture of reflection, she helps all members of the community integrate the Jesuit mission and identity into their personal and professional lives, while discovering their core life values and purpose—and connecting with their own spiritual or religious traditions. As part of Creighton’s commitment to helping our community meet daily opportunities and challenges, the chaplain provides several services and resources.
- Programs: Book groups, lunch and learns, and wisdom groups
- Presentations and guided discussions: Topics include vocation/calling; discernment and decision-making; becoming a reflective healthcare practitioner; leadership; and the “Examen”
- Interprofessional education: Curriculum development and assessment
- Guest lectures: Topics include spirituality and healthcare; grief and loss; death and dying; and religious diversity
- One-to-one coaching/collaboration: Participants make connections between professional development and spiritual life
- Confidential conversation and guidance: Discuss personal or family issues; life challenges; stress; or crises in confidence
- Spiritual formation: Assistance with local, regional or international mission/service trips (e.g. ILAC or China) as well as retreats, celebrations, memorial services and prayer groups
New Student Orientation
The purpose of this orientation is to provide you with a clear introduction to life at Creighton. The central focus is to facilitate your transition into professional education within the context of the Catholic mission and Ignatian tradition of the university. This overarching theme is the integration of the following overlapping dimensions of School life, which you will notice as priorities throughout this orientation:
Community
We seek to initiate and foster relationships of mutual respect and support among students, faculty and staff. In the Ignatian tradition, this may best be described as the beginning of a process of becoming true “companions” to each other. Becoming a professional involves more than acquiring disciplinary knowledge and skills. This process also involves affirming vocation and is reflected in personal dispositions of solidarity, justice and caring. During the orientation, community is reflected in activities including student socials, dining with faculty, participating in a volunteer service activity and reflection sharing.
Diversity
We recognize the diversity of backgrounds and experiences of all members of the School. During the orientation, we work to meet the various needs of new students, transfer students, adult learners and other special groups. In the Ignatian tradition, this may best be described as finding the good in all persons. Diversity is reflected in activities including ice-breakers, times for reflection and sharing, exploration of the community through service and exposure to opportunities for involvement.
Learning
During the orientation, we want you to become aware of the many resources in place to help you succeed as a student. Ignatian pedagogy describes this as attention to the context in which learning takes place. During the orientation, you will see this reflected in opportunities to meet faculty, staff and students from upper classes. You will also get to know your academic success counselors, technology support staff and others who can help you achieve a healthy balance between your academic, professional and personal endeavors.
Scholarship
You will receive an initial orientation to your academic program and the unique ways in which your discipline contributes to the betterment of society. These sessions reflect our University’s pursuit of truth in all its forms.
Service
To others, the importance of family life, the inalienable worth of each individual and appreciation of ethnic and cultural diversity are core values of Creighton. A service opportunity during the orientation highlights the importance our School places on the commitment to prepare professionals who are concerned for others. While you will have the opportunity to participate in a service project, by no means is this the only opportunity you will have to serve each other during the orientation! You were invited to join on of our academic programs because this commitment was already visible in your words and past actions.
Integrity
All these priorities are integrated into the development of professionals who have integrity. Our policies and procedures are in place to foster an environment in which future professionals can continually grow into people who represent the University, School and their chosen professions with honesty, truthfulness and honor. During the orientation, you will begin to explore the meaning of the oaths you will make as you become a professional.
New Student Orientation Schedule 2024
Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy, Distance Pharmacy, Physical Therapy
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New Student Orientation Schedule 2024
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Regis Creighton Occupational Therapy
Monday, August 5-Thursday, August 8
Regis University-Denver, Colorado
Welcome & Orientation Schedule 2024
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Alaska Occupational Therapy
Monday, August 5-Thursday, August 8
University of Alaska-Anchorage
Welcome & Orientation Schedule 2024
Phoenix Occupational Therapy, Phoenix Pharmacy, Phoenix Physical Therapy
Wednesday, August 14-Saturday, August 17
Creighton University Phoenix Health Sciences Campus-Phoenix, Arizona
E-Orientation is designed for incoming students as an introduction to Creighton University, the Catholic and Jesuit mission, technology requirements, program overview. A non-credit, module-based course in Blueline (Canvas), E-Orientation is used for preparation for in-person activities and is required to be completed prior to the respective orientation week. The course is designed for incoming students to ease the burden of transition to professional school and to create virtual sessions that set the framework and complement the in-person sessions. E-Orientation is published on June 15 and students are notified through Creighton Outlook Office 365 email to begin completing requirements.
Orientation ambassadors are the “first face” of the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions. This dynamic group of students is charged with welcoming new students to Creighton University.
The Professionalism Ceremony provides insight into the integration of knowledge and skill with altruistic attitudes, values and behaviors. Held in conjunction with and concluding each orientation week, the ceremony emphasizes responsibility to a chosen profession through the academic programs. Representatives from the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions faculty and staff, current students welcome students into their chosen profession and share their experiences of growth and encouragement in curricular and co-curricular involvement.
Ceremony Dates
Alaska Occupational Therapy
Wednesday, August 7 – Time 6 p.m.
University of Alaska - Anchorage
Gorsuch Commons
Regis Creighton Occupational Therapy
Wednesday, August 7 – Time 5:30 p.m.
Regis University - Denver, Colorado
St. John Francis Regis Chapel
Omaha Occupational Therapy, Omaha and Distance Pharmacy, and Physical Therapy
Thursday, August 15 – Time, 2:00 p.m.
Creighton University
DJ Sokol Arena at the Ryan Athletic Center
Phoenix Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy, and Physical Therapy
Saturday, August 17 – Time 10 a.m.
Creighton University - Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix Health Sciences Campus
General Information
Guests are welcome to attend each ceremony.
- University of Alaska at Anchorage Campus Map
- Regis University Campus Map
- Creighton University Campus Map
- Creighton University Phoenix Health Sciences Campus Map
- Ceremony Photos
- Ceremony Photos – 2021 and prior years
Professional Oaths and Pledges
Career Resources
The School of Pharmacy and Health Professions offers various resources to help students succeed in their chosen occupations and lead fulfilling careers.
