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Welcome to our newest website feature – “Optometry Student of the Month” This feature will highlight students on a monthly basis who go above and beyond for the profession of optometry. It’s time for those hard-working leaders to be recognized for their dedicated effort and achievements.We would like to introduce our first ever winner, Roya Attarhousseini. […]
Roya Attarhousseini, March 2012 Student of the Month Read More »
The Sunny Side of Optometry School By: Nik Pilecki (UW 3rd year optometry student) “Now I don’t want to mislead you. Optometry school is the most fun I have ever had! But there are numerous nights spent studying where I drink enough Redbull and coffee to kill a hippopotamus.” – Nik Pilecki Are you currently
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OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE December 9th 2012 | WORCESTER – Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences has announced the hiring of Dr. Shilpa J. Register as Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Dr. Jeanette M. Sewell as Associate Dean for Clinical Programs in the College’s School of Optometry. Both plan to be on-site January 3, 2012 as the College works
ASCO Sponsored Video Contest: “2012 ENVISION” Chance for optometry students to promote the profession and win CASH PRIZES! (This article is a carbon copy of an ASCO e-mail message sent to Optometry Schools) The purpose of the “2012 EnVision” Video Competition, sponsored by ASCO, is to have the optometry students, those who know the most
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An Extra-Ordinary Path in Optometry By: Ji Yun Lee – SUNY Optometry 2013 Dr. Jordan Kassalow saw a need. During his first SVOSH trip, he saw the deep impact of vision loss in his patients’ lives. Fortunately, Dr. Kassalow also found the solution. Most of the vision loss could be corrected with simple reading glasses.
Video Interview with Jordan Kassalow O.D, CEO of VisionSpring Read More »
Optometry Cares® – The AOA Foundation is again pleased to offer the $2,500 Galina Grant to one third-year student (Class of 2013). Each accredited school or college of optometry is invited to submit one nominee. The $2,500 grant will be presented to one optometry student who has successfully completed the following criteria and whose paper
Scholarship Alert: The Dr. Seymour Galina Grant for 2012 Read More »
Vision West, Inc. (VWI), a leading national ophthalmic product buying group, and Optometry Cares® – The AOA Foundation are pleased to again offer a national scholarship program to promote InfantSEE®. The winner will be awarded $5,000 and the runner-up will receive $2,500. Each accredited school or college of optometry is invited to submit one nominee
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Optometry school is challenging. Luckily, most schools have services available to students who may need extra help in particular areas, be it clinical skills or didactic course work. One service my school offers is student tutoring, where students who have done well in a particular course, are asked to aid those who may need a
Tutoring in Optometry School Read More »
Why the White Coat? By: Antonio Chirumbolo SUNY 2013 On Thursday May 19th, 2011, SUNY College of Optometry conducted a white coat ceremony for the Class of 2013. Students received white coats, recited an oath and were given valuable words of wisdom from faculty and staff. So what is the purpose of the white coat?
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OptometryStudents.com and it’s team would like to congratulate Paula Vang of SCCO for winning the raffle at Optometry’s Meeting this year! Paula won a Amazon Kindle, Wills Eye Manual and Welch Allyn Penlight! We wanted to take a look into Paula’s world and so we did this interview so you can get a look into
Paula Vang SCCO 2014 – Optometry's Meeting Contest WINNER! Read More »
