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Thursday, January 28, 2021

My Take on the COVID-19 Vaccination

Janice Frazier-Scott, MA, is SCO’s Human Resources Generalist/Title IX Coordinator. In this guest column, she addresses some of the historical mistrust in the African-American community regarding vaccines and healthcare disparities and shares her thought about how she decided the COVID-19 vaccine was right for her. My Take on the COVID-19 Vaccination As an African American, I know that there is lots of conversation, consternation, and reluctance to get inoculated with the COVID-19 va... Read More
at Thursday, January 28, 2021

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

SCO Hosts State Day 2021

More than a decade after Southern College of Optometry became the first of the nation’s optometry colleges to create State Day, the annual tradition is still going strong, even during a pandemic. The 2021 event went virtual, offering national and regional optometry leaders the opportunity to interact with a large audience of students and faculty via remote video. An evening program and Q&A session centered around the state of the profession, scope of practice advances, and current ... Read More
at Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Friday, January 22, 2021

New Student Ambassadors Selected from the Class of 2024

Ten members of the Class of 2024 have been selected as Southern College of Optometry's newest student ambassadors. Student ambassadors assist in student recruitment, admissions, and public relations functions of the college. They are selected each spring from the current first-year class on the basis of academic performance, nominations by faculty and staff, and personal interviews. Below is a full list noting each ambassador's home state and undergraduate school: Class of 2024 Stu... Read More
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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

SCO Elects New Board Members

SCO recently elected three new members to the Board of Trustees. Congratulations to Dr. Betty Harville, Vicki Farmer, and Dr. James Kirchner.   Dr. Betty Harville retired from SCO in the summer of 2020 after teaching at SCO for 36 years. A graduate of Indiana University College of Optometry, she was the first female African-American Optometrist in Tennessee. In addition to her many teaching awards, she was the first woman OD to achieve the title of full Professor at SCO and the first ... Read More
Posted by Erin Jaffe at Wednesday, January 13, 2021

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