Curtis Jefferson

All but 2 Universities Decline a Trump Offer of Preferential Funding

Despite this 'agreement' likely being illegal for many reasons, any university that would agree to a pledge that undermines, denies, or diminishes academic freedom should honestly just get out of the business because they've lost the thread completely.

Call for Inclusion of Staff and Culture Change in Pharmacy Academia Staff job satisfaction and retention in pharmacy academia remain critical challenges, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic. Although staff roles a…

We started writing this a year ago and didn’t know the added challenges for higher ed that would be coming. When cuts happen in universities, staff are often the first to go, impacting student experience, faculty productivity, and morale. Intentional focus on staff support is needed more than ever.

Down to final touches as we prepare to welcome 108 student pharmacists to the @uwpharmacy.bsky.social PharmD Class of 2029! I spent the past 3 days with them; they are engaged, enthusiastic, curious, outspoken, and committed to improving the quality of life of their patients! 🎉

Seriously, @sound-transit.bsky.social keeps getting worse. Not only are Link trains often packed beyond capacity, raising serious safety concerns for passengers, the number of delays/malfunctions seem to be increasing as well. And since bus routes were cut, we’re at the mercy of their shoddy service

“Your journey is not the same as mine, and my journey is not yours, but it we meet on a certain path, may w encourage each other.” -Unknown

“Stop trusting that the arc of the moral universe will simply bend toward justice—and decide to be the arc benders.” -John Pavlovitz

“Be the person who cares. Be the person who makes an effort, who loves without hesitation. Be the person who makes people feel seen. There is nothing stronger than someone who continues to stay soft in a world that hasn’t always been kind to them.” -Bianca Sparacino

Seems like a perfect quote to contemplate today, which also happens to be the International Day of Friendship.

“The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.” -Jacobus Johannes Leeuw

One would think Fin was the one who was at a conference this week… #dogsofbluesky #sleepydog #fintastic

Tomorrow morning at #PharmdEd25, come discuss strategies for engagement and inclusion of staff in pharmacy academia with members of the Council of Faculties Staff Engagement Task Force!

Stop by Poster #134 during this evening’s #PharmEd25 poster session for a look at how our program made systematic and intentional used an established change management model to implement computer-based course assessments through stakeholder engagement.

If you’re wandering about during this evening’s poster session at #PharmEd25, stop by Poster #10 to learn about one school’s experience with developing a low-intensity, asynchronous pre-matriculation program that addresses knowledge reinforcement, academic skills, and professional identity formation

“We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.” -Denis Diderot

Just finished closing up my suitcase--packed and ready to fly to Chicago for #PharmEd25 first thing in the morning!

“Without inner change there can be no outer change. Without collective change, no change matters.”
-Rev. angel Kyodo williams

“Integrity is choosing courage over comfort. It’s choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy. It’s choosing to practice your values rather than simply professing them.” -Brené Brown

“You deserve to be in environments that bring out the softness in you, not the survival in you.” -Ronne Brown

“Perhaps some detours aren’t detours at all. Perhaps they are actually the path.” -Katherine Wolf

“We are all implicated when we allow other people to be mistreated. An absence of compassion can corrupt the decency of a community, a state and nation.” -Bryan Stevenson

Here’s my work partner for the afternoon while I work on cleaning up data and setting up a database. One might say she isn’t much of a partner since she never touches a keyboard herself (unless she really wants my attention 🤣), but her presence is more than enough help. ❤️

Hello, Bluesky!

About me: I work in pharmacy education assessment and research related topics like supporting student professional identity formation.

I’m also an interfaith/interspiritual minister and on the faculty at an interspiritual seminary.

Loves: Books, Film, Music, Theatre, and my pups!