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Monday, February 25, 2019

SCO Receives Record Gift

MEMPHIS, Tenn., February 25, 2019 – An agreement between the Optometry Association of Louisiana (OAL) and Southern College of Optometry (SCO) has resulted in the transfer of a $1.5 million trust to SCO made possible by the estate of the late Dr. Mark W. Franks , a 1955 SCO graduate and longtime Louisiana optometrist. W.E. Marionneaux, OD '69, SCO President Lewis Reich, OD, PhD, and SCO Board Chair and OAL Executive Director James Sandefur, OD '65, at the check... Read More
Posted by Erin Jaffe at Monday, February 25, 2019
Optometry Association of Louisiana, SCO, SECO

Friday, February 1, 2019

SCO Welcomes Two New Board Members

Southern College of Optometry welcomed Anita Davis, Ph.D., and Jennifer Lyerly, O.D., '11, as the newest members to join the college's Board of Trustees. Dr. Davis currently serves as vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion at Trinity College in Connecticut and is a tenured associate professor at Rhodes College here in Memphis. She visited campus last year as one of the researchers involved in SCO's ongoing diversity and inclusion study.   As a... Read More
Posted by Jennifer Sharp at Friday, February 1, 2019
Board Members

Friday, February 1, 2019

SCO Releases Its 2017-2018 Uncompensated Care Numbers

During its 2017-2018 fiscal year, Southern College of Optometry’s clinical programs provided $1,697,691 in uncompensated optometric care in the Memphis community. Uncompensated care represents numerous outreach programs geared toward bringing eye care to the community, as well as care for uninsured or underinsured patients.  “This unparalleled access to care benefits the Memphis community and our students, who complete approximately 3,000 individual patient encounters by... Read More
Posted by Jennifer Sharp at Friday, February 1, 2019
Uncompensated Care

Friday, February 1, 2019

SCO Welcomes the Community Advisory Committee

Southern College of Optometry (SCO) and their Department of Grants and Community Engagement (GCE) are pleased to welcome the Community Advisory Committee (CAC) to campus for their first working meeting.  The CAC came about to directly address a core pillar of SCO’s current strategic plan: Strengthening Relationships within Memphis.  The CAC will help achieve this strategic initiative by offering an outside perspective from an interdisciplinary team of community... Read More
Posted by Jennifer Sharp at Friday, February 1, 2019
Community Engagement Community Advisory Council

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