Student Life Blogs

As first years we are about to start our sixth week of classes as optometry students…what?! It is crazy how much time has passed since I last blogged from our time at orientation. We have had five lecture exams, one lab practical, and received our white coats. And since I should be studying for my neuro exam on Tuesday, this seems like the perfect time to write a new blog! During orientation when professors told us we would be challenged in the classroom, they weren’t kidding. We had our... Read More

   It’s finally fall time, so I immediately think of cardigans, wool socks and pumpkin muffins with cream cheese frosting. Except, when you are in the south, sometimes it still may be high 80s or even into the 90s. Last weekend my parents visited me from Michigan and they brought pumpkin donuts and honey crisp apples. It was a beautiful weekend and we really enjoyed spending time outside in Memphis. It was a bit too hot for my mother, she kept asking how I survived the summer. I... Read More

   Life is truly a work of art. A masterpiece, even. Why do I say this? Well, allow me a monologue, if you please. Let’s say you are the curator of an art museum. Quite simply, it is one of the best museums in the world because you are the curator, and only your favorite pieces make it into these hallowed halls. Sure, not every one of those pieces is technically brilliant or has a pedigree worthy of the Lourve or the Met, but each and every one means something to you. Furthermore,... Read More