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An Extra-Ordinary Path in Optometry By: Ji Yun Lee – SUNY Optometry 2013 Dr. Jordan Kassalow saw a need. During his first SVOSH trip, he saw the deep impact of vision loss in his patients’ lives. Fortunately, Dr. Kassalow also found the solution. Most of the vision loss could be corrected with simple reading glasses.
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Optometry Cares® – The AOA Foundation is again pleased to offer the $2,500 Galina Grant to one third-year student (Class of 2013). Each accredited school or college of optometry is invited to submit one nominee. The $2,500 grant will be presented to one optometry student who has successfully completed the following criteria and whose paper
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Vision West, Inc. (VWI), a leading national ophthalmic product buying group, and Optometry Cares® – The AOA Foundation are pleased to again offer a national scholarship program to promote InfantSEE®. The winner will be awarded $5,000 and the runner-up will receive $2,500. Each accredited school or college of optometry is invited to submit one nominee
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Optometry school is challenging. Luckily, most schools have services available to students who may need extra help in particular areas, be it clinical skills or didactic course work. One service my school offers is student tutoring, where students who have done well in a particular course, are asked to aid those who may need a
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Why the White Coat? By: Antonio Chirumbolo SUNY 2013 On Thursday May 19th, 2011, SUNY College of Optometry conducted a white coat ceremony for the Class of 2013. Students received white coats, recited an oath and were given valuable words of wisdom from faculty and staff. So what is the purpose of the white coat?
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OptometryStudents.com and it’s team would like to congratulate Paula Vang of SCCO for winning the raffle at Optometry’s Meeting this year! Paula won a Amazon Kindle, Wills Eye Manual and Welch Allyn Penlight! We wanted to take a look into Paula’s world and so we did this interview so you can get a look into
Paula Vang SCCO 2014 – Optometry's Meeting Contest WINNER! Read More »
By: Matthew Geller – SUNY Optometry 2013 Warning: The article you are about to read is slightly exaggerated and was written to be comical representation, yet at the same time an authentic expression of the life of a 2nd year of optometry student. Strap on your white clinic coat because you are about to go
2nd Year of Optometry School… A Beautiful Thing Read More »
Interviewer: Antonio Chirumbolo – SUNY Optometry 2013 Guest: Sara Jones – SUNY Optometry 2012 Today we have our first ever student interview with Sara Jones of SUNY Optometry. Sara just finished her 3rd year at SUNY and was kind enough to support OptometryStudents.com with this powerful interview about her 3rd year in Optometry school. Some
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By: Kensington Hatcher – Illinois College of Optometry Today’s article is brought to you by the 1st year students of Illinois College of Optometry! These students reached out to OptometryStudents.com to post an extremely creative video series that is unlike anything ever seen before in the world of Optometry. These videos are perfect for any
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By: Solita Jones c/o 2014 Hello Everyone! I’m a first year student at Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry, Class of 2014. I moved to Ft. Lauderdale, FL from a really small town(Pembroke) in NC with hope of returning to open my own private practice. At NSU in the Health Profession division, we have multiple
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