Ruth Gonzalez inducted to Rho Chi Society at Texas A & M-Kingsville Rangel College of Pharmacy

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc.

Eagle Passan Ruth Gonzalez was inducted into the prestigious Rho Chi Society, a national honor society recognizing excellence in Pharmacy studies, on April 3, 2014 at the Texas A & M University-Kingsville Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy, announced Dr. Indra K. Reddy, Dean of the Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy.

Ruth Gonzalez is a graduate student at Texas A & M’s Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy and is the daughter of Jose and Ruth M. Gonzalez of Eagle Pass, Texas. She is an honor graduate of Eagle Pass High School.

Candidates for induction to the Rho Chi Society must have completed half of their studies towards the pharmacy doctorate degree and be in the top 20% of their class.

Gonzalez was only one of 16 students inducted into the national pharmacy honor society, Rho Chi Society, at the Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy.

Keynote speaker for the induction ceremony was Dr. Russell Melchert, Dean of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Pharmacy.

Gonzalez now joins the Rho Chi Society Gamma Omega Chapter at the Texas A & M University-Kingsville Rangel College of Pharmacy, which was founded in 2008.