Hannah Greenfield, left, and School of Optometry Dean Nichols at graduation Hannah Greenfield, a 2018 graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry, has been named the first recipient of the American Optometric Student Association’s student of the year award. The inaugural award is given to a student who has shown leadership […]
Optometry has a long way to go to achieve racial and gender parity. A full 78.3 percent of optometrists are white, and there is a $45,000 gulf between the average annual salaries of men and women. The Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) at SUNY Optometry aims to bridge that gap. From providing Optometry […]
UHCO’s – University Eye Institute’s Center for Sight Enhancement (CSE) and the Houston Area Visually Impaired Network (HAVIN) hosted the seventh-annual vision expo on Saturday, April 14. The 2018 Insight Expo offered exhibits, programming and workshops on maintaining independence for Houston’s visually impaired and blind community. This year’s theme was “Preparing for the Seasons,” a […]
Marshall B. Ketchum University’s Southern California College of Optometry is happy to announce that Annabelle Storch, SCCO Class of 2019, was elected as President of the American Optometric Student Association earlier this year. Annabelle assumed her role as President in the spring. The entire Marshall B. Ketchum University community congratulates Annabelle on this distinguished honor.
SUNY Optometry’s Career Development Center presented its seventh annual career symposium, Graduation to Optometric Stardom, on Sunday, April 8. The event’s cast of 13 presenters included nine College alumni and represented the five main modes of optometric practice: private practice, corporate, hospitals, academia and industry. “Our goal is to ensure that 90% of our graduates will […]
Stanley Hatch, PhD, OD, MPH, FAAO, assistant professor, was recently named chief of Pediatric and Binocular Vision Service (PBVS) at The Eye Institute (TEI) of Salus University. Dr. Hatch holds a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from St. Lawrence University in New York. Upon completing his Doctor of Optometry degree from Michigan College of […]
On Sunday, April 15, 2018, close to 100 undergraduates, high school students, parents, and guests visited the University of Houston, College of Optometry for our annual UHCOpen House event. Over 20 UHCO students, faculty, and staff members guided guests on tours of the College, shared demos in our labs and clinics, and led a student […]
In honor of National Public Health Week, members of the Student Public Health Vision Care Association (SPHViCA) at UHCO passed out breakfast snacks to their peers. As students grabbed something to munch on they were asked to jot down their thoughts on a post-it note in response to the question, “Why is healthy vision important […]
Dawn Rigney has been named vice president for institutional advancement of the State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry and executive director of the Optometric Center of New York (OCNY), the College’s affiliated foundation. The selection follows a national search. Ms. Rigney most recently served as assistant vice president of alumni and parent […]
The American Academy of Optometry is pleased to congratulate the recipients of the 2018 Student Travel Fellowship Awards. The travel fellowships, supported by Johnson & Johnson, The Vision Care Institute, will allow five students to present their research at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2018 annual meeting. The UHCO 2018 recipients […]
