The ASCO Student Affairs Officers met in Seattle, Wash., June 22 during the American Optometric Association (AOA) annual meeting to discuss a variety of timely issues, including ASCO activities, OptomCAS and the Optometry Admission Test. For the fourth year in a row, a primary topic of discussion was the joint ASCO/AOA effort to further develop […]
At its Annual Leadership Luncheon in June in Seattle, Wash., ASCO presented Special Recognition Awards to: • Dr. Mark Colip, Illinois College of Optometry (Dr. Jack Bennett Innovation in Optometric Education Award) • Dr. Todd D. Peabody, Indiana University School of Optometry (Rising Star Award) • Dr. Alfred A. Rosenberg, Illinois College of Optometry (ASCO […]
All of the participants in ASCO’s third Future Faculty Program (FFP), which was held July 12-14 at the Eric P. Newman Education Center in St. Louis, reported that the program met or exceeded their expectations. Ten graduate students/residents from nine schools and colleges of optometry attended this year’s program. The purpose of the FFP is […]
Dr. Elizabeth Hoppe was honored as the keynote speaker during ASCO’s 2015 Summer Institute for Faculty Development (SIFD), which took place July 12-15 in St. Louis. Dr. Hoppe, ASCO Secretary-Treasurer and the Founding Dean of Western University of Health Sciences College of Optometry, has been involved with the SIFD since its inception in 2006, providing […]
ASCO is once again offering Educational Starter Grants in support of education research. Funding for the 2015 grant program is provided by Luxottica and The Vision Care Institute, LLC, an affiliate of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc. The Educational Starter Grants are based on the concept of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL); […]
More than a year after ASCO voiced its support of the proposal, the government in Mexico finalized in March a presidential decree that modifies Article 79 of that country’s Health Act to include optometry among the health professions requiring a university-level degree to be practiced. In December 2013, ASCO President Dr. Jennifer Coyle sent a […]
ASCO’s journal Optometric Education is undergoing some changes and will emerge as a more technologically advanced and user-friendly publication with its Summer 2015 issue in July. The journal will appear online in a new format, equipped with new digital capabilities that will make its content more easily searchable via Google Scholar and other search engines. […]
ASCO Executive Director Marty Wall, MPA, CAE, will be presented with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree by the Southern College of Optometry at the college’s commencement ceremony in May. After nearly 25 years of stellar leadership and dedication to the achievement of ASCO’s ever-expanding goals, Marty will retire from his Executive Director position […]
ASCO staff member LaShawn Sidbury, CMP, has been promoted to the position of Director, Meetings and Special Interest Groups. When LaShawn joined ASCO in 2007, she was responsible for managing seven Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and planning 19 events per year. She now manages 14 SIGs and 30 meetings per year, including the Association’s Summer […]
Sara Lau has begun a long-term assignment with ASCO as Office Manager. Originally from the Washington, D.C., area, Sara lived in Miami for 12 years before returning recently. While in Miami she worked for a nonprofit religious corporation and gained experience in a wide range of association functions, including board and committee liaison, executive support, […]
