SCO News

This year’s commencement saw 121 new graduates enter the profession of optometry on Friday, May 18, 2012. Class President Stephanie Cullinan delivered the class address. Dr. Melvin Shipp, Dean of The Ohio State University College of Optometry delivered the commencement address. Dr. Shipp also received the Doctor of Ocular Science degree, conferred on those who have made outstanding contributions and rendered distinguished service to the profession of optometry and the field of... Read More

Southern College of Optometry’s 27th Annual Student Awards Banquet honored academic and clinical achievement by members of the Class of 2012 in a ceremony held the night before commencement. Class President Stephanie Cullinan signed the agreement at the start of the ceremony to establish the Class of 2012 scholarship. Dr. Janette Dumas was emcee for the evening. Kendra Dalton was recognized as class valedictorian. Raymond Lambert and Jennifer Snyder were recognized as... Read More

Southern College of Optometry formally began the next chapter in the institution’s 80-year history with a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, May 11, 2012 to mark the start of construction on the college’s $9.4 million academic expansion and renovation project. Members of SCO’s Board of Trustees joined other campus representatives, invited guests and dignitaries and faculty and staff for the occasion held at the edge of the college’s patio. Guests included representatives of the... Read More

A group of optometric educators and leaders in the vision therapy field collaborated over five years to author the first significant book dedicated to vision care of the patient with special needs. Entitled V isual Diagnosis and the Care of the Patient with Special Needs , the book’s lead author and editor is Dr. Marc Taub , Chief of Vision Therapy and Rehabilitation at Southern College of Optometry (SCO). Dr. Taub also serves as Pediatric and Vision Therapy Residency Supervisor at... Read More

Southern College of Optometry President Richard W. Phillips, OD '78, has been named to the Memphis Magazine/MB "Power Players" list for Higher Education leaders in the Memphis community. The spread appears in the magazine's special May 2012 issue. Read More