Erwin receives the 2025 Glenda Lawson McRee Scholarship

The Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists Research & Education Foundation (TSHP R&E Foundation) is proud to announce the recipient of the 2025 Glenda Lawson McRee Scholarship is McKenzie Erwin.

The Glenda Lawson McRee Scholarship was established in 2002 in memory of TSHP Past President Glenda Lawson McRee. Glenda was an advocate for mentoring and furthering professional opportunities for students. She served as the R&E Foundation Scholarship Chair for many years and helped develop the scholarship program. The nomination must be supported by a reference supporting the nominee’s qualifications for the scholarship from the SSHP chapter faculty advisor.

McKenzie Erwin is a Class of 2025 PharmD candidate at The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy. Her commitment to the profession began with her college’s SSHP chapter, where she served as the co-chair for the pediatric specialty committee and subsequently expanded her reach as Vice President. This role afforded her the opportunity to serve on the TSHP Student Section Executive Committee, where she engaged with SSHP leaders across the state to learn of their chapter development. Throughout her didactic years, she volunteered with several community partners and the Austin Area chapter. Her involvement with the ASHP affiliates continued when she relocated to Houston for her fourth-year rotations. She has remained engaged with the Gulf Coast chapter through social events and their local annual seminar. McKenzie prioritizes her passion for professional development and leadership through several other pharmacy organizations as well. She is committed to fostering the growth of the Pharmacy Ambassador group and budding oncology organization at UT, while actively participating in several college committees dedicated to shaping a brighter future for Longhorn pharmacists. She helped execute two New Student Orientations for P1 classes matriculating into the program and continues to engage with them through mentorship. Beyond pharmacy school, McKenzie has gained invaluable experience in various pharmacy practice models, including numerous community and health-system settings, and an internship with Mayo Clinic. She has been inspired to pursue an administrative residency program to become a versatile and resilient pharmacy leader for the next generation of pharmacists.

This honor was presented April 4 during the 2025 Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacy (TSHP) Annual Seminar at the Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas in Irving, TX. TSHP’s Annual Seminar is the largest educational and networking meeting of student pharmacists, career pharmacists, new practitioners, technicians, and industry professionals in Texas. With a focus on quality patient care and medication safety, registrants may select from many educational and networking activities, including dozens of hours of live programming each year and events catered to students as well as. TSHP Annual Seminar programs are designed to maintain and enhance the knowledge, skills, and abilities of pharmacy professionals in health-systems across Texas.

Testimonials from past scholarship recipients have gone on record noting how crucial TSHP's financial assistance has been to them. Read what several past scholarship winners had to say at https://tshp.org/scholartestimony.

For more information on scholarships, visit https://tshp.org/scholarships. Bookmark the link & return this fall to apply for next year's scholarships.

About the TSHP R&E Foundation
The TSHP Research & Education (R&E) Foundation has been supporting our pharmacy community in Texas since 1977, reminding us of our shared strength in helping one another. Scholarships of $500 to $1,500 are awarded to undergraduate and graduate students based on financial need, academic ability and career interest. The R&E Foundation also offers the CAB Bond Memorial Research Grant, which assists researchers in pursuing original research and worthwhile projects that result in improving health outcomes for Texans.

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About TSHP
The Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacy includes current pharmacists, student pharmacists, industry associates and other classifications. The organization began in 1949 when its first annual seminar for hospital pharmacists was held at The University of Texas College of Pharmacy in Austin. Twenty-five founding members came together to form what has become one of the leading health-system pharmacy societies in the country with a dynamic professional membership association which serves Texas health-system pharmacy professionals dedicated to the mission, vision, core values, philosophy, soul, spirit, and motto of TSHP.

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For more information, visit https://tshp.org.