Southern College of Optometry (SCO) officially dedicated its new academic facility in an October ceremony that attracted more than 1,000 people to tour the new complex during Homecoming weekend. Completed after more than two years of planning and construction, the $9.4 million facility adds 23,016 square feet to SCO’s campus in Memphis. The new building’s […]
The Midwestern University Arizona College of Optometry (AZCOPT) recently received an accreditation notification for its Doctor of Optometry graduate degree program from the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE). ACOE classified AZCOPT’s “Accredited” status for the maximum term of eight years. The “Accredited” designation indicates that AZCOPT’s doctoral program meets and is in compliance with […]
For the first time in its history, the State University of New York, State College of Optometry (SUNY) celebrated World Sight Day, setting a new fundraising record in the process. Student leaders sold 184 T-shirts, more than any other school or college of optometry, as part of Optometry Giving Sight’s “World Sight Day Challenge,” the […]
MCPHS University School of Optometry promoted Dr. Shilpa Register to the position of Dean. Dr. Register joined MCPHS in 2012 as Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Associate Professor of Optometry, and she had been serving as Interim Dean of Optometry since January of this year. Prior to her appointment at MCPHS, she served on […]
Now entering its sixth year, the Illinois College of Optometry’s (ICO) week-long Focus on Your Future program has had remarkable success in attracting under-represented minority community college, undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students to the profession of optometry. Three participants from the inaugural program graduated as part of ICO’s Class of 2013: Drs. Agen Herring, Candace […]
Two colleges and one school of optometry that began educating students in September 2009 graduated their first classes this spring. In addition, all three institutions — University of the Incarnate Word Rosenberg School of Optometry (RSO), Western University of Health Sciences College of Optometry (WUCO), and Midwestern University Arizona College of Optometry (AZCOPT) — are […]
Dr. Michael Earley, Professor of Clinical Optometry and Assistant Dean for Clinical Services at The Ohio State University College of Optometry, received this year’s American Optometric Association Educator of the Year award. Dr. Earley is known as a favorite instructor among optometry students, who devote Facebook pages to his witty quips and quotes. He has […]
At a grand opening ceremony in June, the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) officially dedicated the Bowden Eye Care and Health Center. The center is named for community leader and pioneering educator Artemisia Bowden. The $8 million, 30,000-square-foot modern public healthcare facility will address the vision care needs of residents on the Eastside of […]
Dr. Thomas L. Lewis, whose efforts to transition the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO) from a single-purpose school to a multi-purpose institution led to the establishment of Salus University in 2008, presided over his last commencement as President in May. He has “passed the baton” to his successor, Dr. Michael H. Mittelman, a PCO graduate […]
