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Attend SECO 2014 in Atlanta! Here’s Your Guide to this Engaging Conference

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With just a few easy steps, Click Here to Register for SECO 2014 With over 400 hours of continuing education this year and one of optometry’s largest and most innovative exhibit halls, there are countless reasons why SECO has provided optometric physicians and students with world-class continuing education since 1924 and is remarked as The Education Destination®. As […]

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Pursuing Leadership Positions in Optometric Organizations – AOSA

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You’ve made it through your first semester of optometry school. Or maybe your third, or even fifth. Maybe you’re a junior or senior still pursuing your undergraduate degree, thinking about a future career in optometry. No matter what your year in school, it is never too early or too late to start thinking about getting

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Top 10 Vision Therapy Activities Every Optometry Student Should Know

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If you are anything like me, being in the vision therapy clinic can feel a bit overwhelming! There are colorful objects hanging from the walls and ceiling, funny-looking devices spread around the room, and extremely distracting touch screen TVs that make all kinds of noises. Considering the numerous types of vision therapy activities, it can

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AOSA Trustee Spotlight: Stefan Levay-Young

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OS: Stefan Levay-Young is a member of the American Optometric Student Association Board of Trustees.  He is the outgoing Trustee for SUNY State College of Optometry and the newly elected Treasurer for the AOSA. Stefan, tell us a little about yourself! SL: I was bred in Berkeley, California and buttered in Minnetonka, Minnesota. I completed undergrad at The University of Wisconsin (go

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January 2014 Student in Focus: PUCO Optometry’s Sheila Morrison

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Social life, academic success, and enough sleep: pick 2! As future optometrists, we’ve all enjoyed a laugh at this funny-but-true dilemma every busy student faces. PUCO Optometry  3rd-year student Sheila Morrison understands this better than most! A native of Red Deer, Alberta, Sheila has found a way to integrate her passion for research and her

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Eyeland of Enchantment: IAU Puerto Rico’s Annual Optometry Student Convention

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Have you ever wondered what it takes to plan a 3-day 2-night optometry student convention catering to over 150 students with a starting budget of $0.00? Each year at IAU Puerto Rico School of Optometry the incoming student council must plan the Eyeland of Enchantment, which takes place annually in January at one of the

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Optometry News to Remember from 2013!

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As a new year begins, I like to look back on the past year and think about all of the experiences I had and how they have affected me.  Here is a short list of some of the optometry news that affected optometry students and the optometric profession in 2013 (click the links for the

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Optometry in Pakistan: A Student’s Message of Hope for the Future of his Profession

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This article was written by Sayeed Tajik, a 3rd year optometry student at COAVS, King Edward Medical University in Lahore, Pakistan. Optometry school in Pakistan is a four year program. There are seven institutes that offer a degree in optometry, most of them being Medical Colleges. Practical training in hospitals and labs accounts for 60%

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Video Interview with Successful California OD, Dr. Albert Chun

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I was lucky. It was the winter of 2013 and my second-to-last optometry externship at SUNY. I took a flight to Los Angeles, unpacked at my beach side apartment, and headed over to Dr. Albert Chun’s office – SouthBay Optometry of Torrance. The rest was history. You can consider me a pretty “smart” guy when

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