Student Life Blogs

Well, hello everyone out there! This is my first blog and I figured what better subject to start with than summer? Some people may not know that after completing your first year at SCO, you have about ten weeks off for summer. I completed my first year in May and start back in mid July. Trust me, after the first year of countless hours of studying, ten weeks of summer is a HUGE deal! The way the program is set up, this is pretty much my last full summer so I am trying to make the most... Read More

The month of May flew by! It started with an eventful move from Memphis to Kansas City like I mentioned in my last post, then a week trip to Colombia for a fabulous SVOSH trip, and ended with my first couple weeks of 4th year externship in a Children’s hospital. I’ve attached just a few photos of the SVOSH trip to Colombia, but they really don’t do the trip justice. The trip was off to a bumpy start when a few students, over half the group, had their flights canceled out of... Read More

This post doesn’t really have much to do with optometry. Well, maybe it doesn’t initially. When I wrote this on Memorial Day, before the Game 4 showdown between the San Antonio Spurs and the Memphis Grizzlies, I didn’t even initially write this for an SCO audience per se. But, the more I thought about it, the more I thought that maybe this is actually applicable to our community. Thus, I am going to tell you honestly what I think about living in Memphis. While this post has everything to do... Read More

Hello Blogosphere! Can you believe we’re halfway through 2013 already? I hope the year has been off to a great start for you. If you’ve had better days though, keep your chin up; you’ve still got the last half to really make it a special year! Looking back on the spring semester, I realized that I never properly shared with you SCO’s annual Student Bowl competition. I blame this slight oversight on two little things called Final Exams and Pre-clinic Checkouts ;) As you may recall,... Read More