April 2012

Scholarship Alert – HOYA Vision Care 3rd and 4th Year Scholarship

All currently-enrolled Optometry Students are invited to participate in the Grant and Scholarship ePoster program. To enter, students will use a HOYA product to solve a patient problem in the Clinic, and create a case study with a PowerPoint presentation. HOYA will award a $1000 Grant for the winning ePoster at each participating Optometry School. All …

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AOA Influences IRS to Re-Evaluate Terminology

The IRS after pressure from the AOA has decided to remove discriminatory references to doctors of optometry in its annual tax guideline documentation. Previously, the IRS referred to eye doctors as solely ophthalmologists and referenced optometrists as a separate entity; however, now, the IRS will include optometrists in it’s inclusion of eye doctors as well. …

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Scholarship Alert – Antoinette M. Molinari Memorial Scholarship $6,000

The American Optometric Foundation is offering the Antoinette M. Molinari Memorial Scholarship. The deadline to complete the application is June 22nd 2012. The following is some information obtained from the scholarship site which can be found here: http://www.aaopt.org/aof/scholarship/molinari/   Purpose The Antoinette M. Molinari Scholarship was set up to assist an exceptional student who has …

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New President Named to Lead Appalachian College of Optometry

Brian D. Looney, OD has been named founding president of the emerging Appalachian College of Optometry. The new optometry school is currently working towards accreditation and expects to admit students to the program beginning in Fall of 2014. Looney graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s School of Optometry in 1996 and completed a …

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The Profession of Optometry – A Short Film

Nearly 700 Optometrists and optometry students stormed Capitol Hill on April 3rd, 2012 all attending to support their profession. I was one of these students and I am proud to say that know my voice made a difference. We talked with those who mold America and the world; the legislators of the U.S government. Last …

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April 2012 Optometry Student of the Month

This feature will highlight students on a monthly basis who go above and beyond for the profession of optometry. It’s time for those hard-working leaders to be recognized for their dedicated effort and achievements.We would like to introduce our April 2012 winner, Stephen Smith. Name: Stephen Smith School: Michigan College of Optometry Year: Class of 2014 …

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AOA Advocacy Week, Students Show Strength In Numbers

April 11th 2012 – A new record was set last week as students and OD’s stormed Capitol Hill. There were nearly 700 total representatives, including more than 300 students. Many thanks to the students and ODs in Washington DC who took an active approach to help bring optometry to the forefront of new legislative battles …

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Community Outreach and Education: Easier than you think!

By: Elsa Sheerer; SUNY 2015 We have all given our fair share of presentations throughout our weathered educational trail to get to where we are today. And a few of us will be doing presentations on scholarly research while we are in optometry school.  And obviously, we are so used to doing case presentations that we rattle …

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