Student of The Month

Every day a select few optometry students are going above and beyond the call of duty, bringing the profession in the right direction and acting as true leaders for optometry. Sadly, these students often go unnoticed.  While their accomplishments go mainstream, the profession never knows that it was one student that stood up, took on a challenge and made a difference!

OptometryStudents.com is launching a new web feature called “Optometry Student of the Month” that will highlight students on a monthly basis who go above and beyond for their profession. It’s time for those hard-working leaders to be recognized for their dedicated effort and achievements.

How To Enter

Fill out the form below! (You can submit yourself or nominate a peer.) Applications are rolled over every month, so there is no need to re-enter if you did not win. (Enter by filling out the form at the bottom of the page.)


Who Can Enter

Any student currently enrolled in optometry school, or any pre-optometry student can be an “Optometry Student of the Month”.


How to Win

At the end of every month, the OptometryStudents.com team will review all student submissions and rate each student. The ratings will be in the following categories, allowing each student to earn 0-3 points per category. The individual with the most total points at the end of each month will be the official “Optometry Student of the Month”.


Categories of Evaluation 

  1. Academics
  2. Creativity
  3. Helping The Profession
  4. Clinical Skills
  5. Overall Impact
Don’t worry if your particular achievement doesn’t fulfill one of these categories, it will all be taken into account.


What You Win

Each monthly winner will earn the one and only “Optometry Student of the Month” title that carriers with it a known air of authenticity and achievement amongst the student and optometry community. In addition you will receive.

  1. An OptometryStudents.com “Optometry Student of the Month” official certificate
  2. An article on the website homepage outlining your achievements
  3. A section in the monthly newsletter
  4. A spot in the OptometryStudents.com archive’s as one of the greatest students in our profession
  5. Notability amongst optometric professionals


What We Need From You

Once you have filled out the form to win student of the month, you can sit tight and wait to be notified that you won. If you win, the team will contact you and ask you to do 2 things.

  1. Submit a professional picture of yourself (or more than one, if you so desire).
  2. Submit answers to a short questionnaire highlighting exactly what made you earn “Optometry Student of the Month”, plus a few fun questions about yourself. There are 26 questions on the questionnaire, please fill out a minimum of 13 with short answers.

FAQ

-       You can enter to win as many times as you would like.

-       You can win multiple times.

-       The winner will be picked at the end of the month and displayed at the end of the following month.

(Example: You submit your application in July and you are picked as the winner on July 31st; you would be publicly stated as the August Optometry Student of the Month)

 

Past Winners

  1. March 2012 – Roya Attarhousseini – UIW Rosenberg School of Optometry, class of 2013
  2. April 2012 – Stephen Smith – Michigan College of Optometry, class of 2014

 

Nominate an Optometry Student of the Month

*Email
*First Name
*Last Name
*What year does the nominee plan to graduate optometry school?
*What optometry school does the nominee attend?
*Tell us the full story of this nominee. We will use this information to make our official decision.
Include a reasonable amount of detail of the nominee's accomplishments.
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