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, […]
The number of applicants using ASCO’s Optometry Residency Match (ORMatch) application service was 3% higher for 2015 than during the previous match cycle. According to results released March 9, 73% of the applicants were matched with an optometry residency program, and 86% of the available positions were filled. This year, 210 residency sites with 411 […]
ASCO and its Ethics Educators Special Interest Group are pleased to announce Molly Spatcher as the winner of the 2015 Student Award in Clinical Ethics. This annual national award, sponsored by International Vision Expo, provides the winner with $1,000 and a commemorative plaque. Molly, whose winning essay is titled “Going Nuclear: An Ethical Dilemma in […]
Registration is now open for ASCO’s 2015 Optometry Virtual Fair, which will take place on April 21. The online event gives anyone interested in applying to optometry school the opportunity to live chat with admissions representatives from all of the 21 ASCO member schools and colleges. Representatives will be available to answer questions and provide […]
ASCO recently completed its annual Faculty Data and Research Survey reports. According to the Faculty Data Report for Academic Year 2014-2015, the total number of 1.0 FTE faculty at the 21 member institutions increased 2.7% compared with the previous year, from 693 to 712. In addition, 47.5% of 1.0 FTE faculty members are male and […]
