SCO News

Thea, a one-year-old Golden Retriever trainee in the Leader Dogs for the Blind program, recently paid a visit to the Memphis-SCO Lions Club. Joined by her trainer, John Berkheiser , Thea demonstrated the special qualities possessed by trained dogs that assist the visually impaired. Berkheiser, an official Lions Leader Dog trainer, gave a presentation about the Leader Dog school that trains special canines such as Thea. He and his wife, Elaine , work as Puppy Raisers for the... Read More

Emma Ivie, the five-year-old daughter of SCO resident Jared Ivie, OD ’09, recently celebrated her birthday with a Princess-themed party. Her friends dressed up in costume and were joined by Cinderella for fun, food and games. A video montage and photos are available from the event. (click here to view larger) Photos may also be found in our Flickr Gallery . Read More

Rinku Patel, '13, and Katey Shea, '13, recently traveled Arkansas to speak to the Stuttgart Lions Club. The students spoke about SCO's mission and the volunteer effort supported by Lions Club International. The Stuttgart Daily Leader published this article with a photo about their visit. Read More

For the past two years, the SCO community has rallied around the family of Jared Ivie, OD '09. The summer before he began his senior year at SCO, he and his wife, Kerie, learned that their three-year-old daughter, Emma, had been diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer. Emma has bravely battled the disease over the past two years. In March, she was named St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's Patient of the Month . Now an SCO resident, Dr. Ivie has spent most of Emma's five... Read More

The American Optometric Association Foundation’s Endowment Fund Advisory Committee has announced its 2010 Scholarship Grant recipients.  The AOA Foundation sponsors an annual ess ay contest for two separate and distinct national scholarship programs. SCO student Jeremy Dell, '11, was selected for the $2,500 Dr. Seymour Galina Grant.  This scholarship fund, one of the earliest endowed gifts to The AOA Foundation, was established through a bequest from the late Seymour Galina, OD, a... Read More