Student Life Blogs

After weeks of searching, I have finally found a place to live in Memphis. The housing fair was a tremendous help to get me started in this long process, but it really came down to making some tough decisions. Roommate or go solo? Downtown or not? Memphis or otherwise? I'm so relieved that the decision making is over and I can look forward to moving down. It feels like that I have been making a lot of major, even life-changing decisions lately, so I'm definitely ready to start school and settle... Read More

Greetings Everyone!! My family and I just returned back to Atlanta from home hunting in Memphis. Wow!! Memphis has so many different neighborhoods and districts to choose from, and we are finally narrowing down the options on which location to make our next humble abode. It looks like we will be landing in either North Mississippi, or the Bartlett, TN area. Wherever we decide to live, the decision must be made soon because school starts in two months!! For the past couple of months,... Read More

Well time is seriously flying by. I look forward every week for my clinical experiences in The Eye Center.  These last two weeks, one of my clinical assignments has been in the vision therapy suite. I did not know much about vision therapy before taking the class and lab last semester. But now I really get to put what I have learned to good use.  Ultimately the purpose of vision therapy is to help the eyes work together better. There is so much to learn in this area of optometry.It has really... Read More

My name is Devin Duval and I just finished up my last class at Brigham Young University – Provo, UT last week.  I will be graduating with a BS in Exercise Science with a minor in Business Management.  I’ve been married for two years and have a 1 year-old daughter. I love optometry and have had plenty of personal experience including contacts, surgeries, and a stunning pair of bifocals.  I decided to become an eye doctor after I got to live in Thailand for a few years.  I remember one man... Read More

My summer break has officially started, and I'm ecstatic!  After completing my last exam on yesterday, a sense of freedom and relaxation swept over me.  Yesterday evening I was able to sit on my balcony and just relax without a care in the world--a great feeling!  Now that I'm done with school until the end of August, I'm going to go back home and work with the US Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service.  I've worked with them just about every summer since Sophomore year in... Read More