Since opening its doors to the first class of students in 1971, the College has grown to become one of the leading colleges of optometry and vision research centers in the world. The College houses the University Eye Center, one of the largest outpatient vision care clinics in the country, and the Harold Kohn Vision Science Library, the largest vision science library in the country. These resources ensure SUNY students receive the most comprehensive clinical training supported by an outstanding academic education. (Source: About SUNY College of Optometry)
Location: SUNY is located in the heart of midtown Manhattan on Bryant Park and just one block away from Times Square. All classrooms, research facilities, and the library are located in a 298,000 square-foot, 18-story building on 42nd Street. The University Eye Center is also located in the building with several externship sites located around New York City and beyond.
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Did you know that the president elect of the AOA is touring the entire country to visit all of the optometry schools to talk to us students? I didn’t know either until I got the tip from a friend that she was going to make her way to SUNY in the near future. This is […]
Dr. Dori Carlson 20/20 Optometry School Tour Read More »
Welcome to a new feature here on OptometryStudents.com called “Scholarship Alert”. This feature will allow you to be alerted to scholarships that are available to Optometry Students. We all know that paying our way through school is perhaps the most difficult thing us students will face, so why not try to earn some scholarship money?
Scholarship Alert – 2011 Dr. Seymour Galina Grant – $2,500 Read More »
Scholarship Type: OPTOMETRY CARES – The AOA Foundation – 2011 InfantSEE® Scholarship Grant Sponsored by Vision West, Inc. Who: 3rd Year Students How Much: $5,000 & $2,500 What To Do: Write a 1,000 word paper on “How will you, as a primary health care provider, use your professional skills and patient treatment programs to further the
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Scholarship Type: 2011 DR. STANLEY PEARLE SCHOLARSHIP FUND by OneSight Research Foundation Who: 2012, 2013, 2014 students How Much: (20) scholarships for $2,000 each What To Do: Click Here For Application Procedure Due Date: April 15th 2011 URL: http://www.onesight.org/files/other/onesight_scholarship_guidelines.pdf
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First Year In Practice Fridays- Part V of V By Dr. Paul Heeg Over the past five weeks I have had the privilege to discuss ways in which you may become better prepared in your optometric profession. As a closing article, I would like us to do a little exercise, flashback to about 50 years
First Year In Practice FRIDAY’S – Part 4 of 5 By: Dr. Paul Heeg [poll id=”12″] I can imagine most of you reading this right now thinking to yourself: “Why should I care about this just yet? I am just trying to survive optometry school! “ Well, I think you have good point but you
First Year In Practice- How to Stand Out From Other Graduating ODs Read More »
Part III of V By Dr. Paul Heeg Okay, you’re a third or fourth year optometry student and you see a ton of choices in front of you… you may ask: where to go from here? My advice would be not to get intimidated from all the choices, there certainly are quite a few! Research
First Year In Practice– Choosing Your Ideal Optometric Setting Read More »
Student Debt… The bottom line: What to know and what to do. Part 2 of 5 of First Year In Practice Friday’s By Dr. Paul Heeg Well, if you are like anything like me and most optometry students, your schooling is expensive and is your responsibility. How will that affect you? Well, you will have
First Year In Practice- “Student Debt” Read More »
Welcome students to a brand new 5 article series by 2010 SUNY Graduate Dr. Paul Heeg! The article series will run for the next 5 weeks EVERY FRIDAY EVENING – so keep checking back for “First Year In Practice Friday’s” by Dr. Heeg. I was distant friends with Paul for about 4 years and I
First Year In Practice- “Choosing the best practice location” Read More »
I said it before and I will say it again… …the profession of optometry faces pressures from the federal government, state governments, other medical professions and from optometrists themselves and it is the American Optometric Association (AOA) that keeps our profession healthy, growing and moving in a positive direction. To sum it up, if you
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