Faculty of Pharmacy´s Jan Röder Becomes President of 350,000 Pharmacy Students ****************************************************************************************** * Jan Röder prezidentem 350 000 studentů farmacie ****************************************************************************************** Last summer, Jan Röder, a fifth year student of the Charles University Faculty of Pharmacy president of the International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF [ URL "http://www He became the first student from the former Eastern bloc to lead the international organiz brings together more than 350,000 students of pharmacy from 86 countries. You have been active in student life from the very beginning, haven’t you? I became a member of the Czech Pharmacy Students' Association in my first year. The associ also helps the faculty out with conferences. The association’s president can sit in at the How did you get into the international student association? It was more of a coincidence. After my first year, I was delegated to the IPSF congress as soon as I became familiar with the international environment, I was hooked and became the in the national association. All the information in both directions flowed through my mail I got to know not only the glamorous part – the international congress – but also the actu organization. Then I started going to the congress every year. At the last one, the then management aske experienced member to run for president. It took me a long time to decide, but eventually Why did it take so long to decide? This position is financially quite demanding, because one has to cover most of the travel But members of the national association said they would support me. So I decided to go for because it would be an amazing experience for me, but also because of the possibility to i future of the organization. Had a Czech student been elected into this position before? No. No student from the former Eastern bloc had been president before me. However, Czech s other management position in the federation, for instance in the student exchange section. (Lucie Kettnerová) Translation: Jaroslav Švelch