Student Life Blogs

 It's finals week, so what better way to procrastinate my studying than to write a blog?! I already made cookies, did laundry and dishes, so I'm really rolling on this do-anything-but-studying train. I thought I would explain a little bit more about the externs selection process that I briefly mentioned in my last blog. In the first semester of third year, summer session, we got to select our top choices for where we'd like to go during our 4th year. Everyone puts where they would... Read More

Wow, what a difference a year makes! This time last year, I was a few days from taking the OAT and sending in my optometry school applications. It was a very busy (and at times, stressful) season for me but I must say that it was all worth it. Fast-forward a year later, I'm packing up and preparing to make my way to Memphis in a couple of weeks! It's amazing to look back and see how far you've come and how much closer you are to achieving a goal that you've worked hard and made sacrifices... Read More

Greetings, blogosphere: School's back in session for us second years (boy, doesn't 'second years' have a nice ring to it or what?). We've been hitting our noses to the grind this summer mini-term taking courses in Evidence Based Medicine, Pathology, Pharmacology, and dazzling ourselves with the magnificence of the optic nerve in our slit lamp Theory Lab. While final exams looms in two weeks, what I'm really excited to share with you is the trip I made to Bentonville, Arkansas late July as... Read More

The Memphis Zoo is truly one of the city's greatest treasures. I mean, seriously. Having been there many a time, I always find something new to appreciate about it. This weekend, however, I saw the zoo through new eyes: as an eye health advocate and volunteer. This past Saturday, I joined over a hundred SCO faculty, students, and staff (spread out over two shifts) at the zoo for "Eye Spy: A Day at The Zoo." Headed by Dr. Zakiya Nicks, this event aimed to educate children and their parents... Read More

I can't believe it's August already and that finals are only weeks away. It feels like the Second Years just returned to campus for their mini-term and now we're all wrapping up the semester. I'm definitely learning a ton! My experiences in Adult Primary Care (APC) in the clinic continue to be varied and challenging. In addition, I've been able to work with over a half dozen staff doctors in the past month in APC. Because each one approaches patient care slightly differently, each one... Read More