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 […]
The Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO) will be initiating a dialogue with multiple stakeholder organizations on the development of formal specialties and subspecialties in optometry as a result of action taken by the Board of Directors at its meeting on March 14, 2015, in Portland, Ore. The action came after a task […]
Next summer ASCO will celebrate its 75th anniversary as an organization. Throughout the remarkable growth in our membership, alongside the vast changes in the profession, we have been masterfully led by our Executive Director Marty Wall, behind the scenes for the past 25 of those years. This July, Marty will be retiring after a notable […]
Bausch + Lomb is calling consumers’ attention to survey results indicating that Americans spend more than 400 minutes per day staring at digital screens and how that affects blink rate and the visual experience. The company suggests its Ultra contact lenses with MoistureSeal technology as an accompanying technology upgrade because they have been shown to […]
Dr. Lewis Reich, Professor and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, has been named Interim President at Southern College of Optometry (SCO) following the recent resignation of Dr. Richard W. Phillips. Dr. Reich joined the SCO faculty in 2008 after nearly a decade with the Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry. Dr. J. Bart Campbell, […]
