University of Waterloo started a sports vision club that has been a hit with students, as they get introduced to this exciting field! The club offers vision screenings to varsity athletes at the University of Waterloo. At the sports vision screenings, there were a surprising amount of athletes that have never been to an optometrist, […]
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Curious about what a private practice guru thinks about the future of optometry? Interested in private practice and want to learn how to ensure your personal success? Want some advice from a leader in optometry on how to succeed as optometry students? Dr. David Kading, OD, FAAO is a private practice optometrist who specializes in cornea
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Meet the 2014 Varilux Student Bowl contestants! Congrats to everyone who is participating in the Student Bowl, always one of the best events at Optometry’s Meeting. Learn more about the contestants below, from their hometowns to fun facts and hobbies. Did you know that we have a former underwear model among the contestants? The owner
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March 10th marked the official transition for Trustee-Elects to AOSA Trustees on the American Optometric Student Association Board of Trustees. I spoke with newly promoted Inter American University of Puerto Rico Trustee and 2nd year student, Alex Conley, about his past experiences and plans for the position OS: Alex, tell us a little bit about
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Curious about what the future of pediatric optometry may look like? Curious to hear what the chair of the InfantSEE program thinks of the future of optometry? Want some advice from a leader in optometry on how to succeed as optometry students? Dr. Glen Steele, OD, FCOVD, FAAO is the current chair of the AOA’s InfantSEE
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Curious about what the AOA immediate past president thinks about the future of optometry? Want to learn how you can become involved in ensuring the success of optometry’s future? Want some advice from a leader in optometry on how to succeed as optometry students? Dr. Ron Hopping, OD, MPH, FAAO is the immediate past president
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This year’s Optometry’s Meeting social media contest was a HUGE success and truly went well beyond our expectations! 180 creative photos were submitted by numerous students by simply hash tagging their pictures with #OSOM through Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and email. Great job to each and every one of you for participating in the contest and
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Each of the 23 optometry schools has an AOSA Trustee and a Trustee-Elect making up the Board of Trustees (BoT), along with an executive council consisting of a President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary. We have 2 board meetings a year, one in January in St. Louis and one at Optometry’s Meeting in June. At
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After going through four different interviews, I did not think this experience was going to be any different. The other schools had offered the usual amenities of any interview day: a tour of campus, meetings with students and faculty, and of course free food! The only difference was this time I was staying at the
Vision Expo East for optometry students is something special. Typically we see a big showing of east coast schools, but this year we saw students come from as far as Berkeley! It is special because of the energy in the air and the amount of networking and information exchange that is happening. It is an
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