Student Life Blogs

Hello everyone! A lot has happened here at SCO since I last wrote. We had our annual Convocation Ceremony, Homecoming, and the dedication of the new facilities that were finished in August. I would really suggest going to read Virgilio’s post about all those events that took place back in early October- it’s a wonderful post! As for me, I have been in full swing of my second year. With so many tests and practicals, I have been quite busy. It has flown by and I can’t believe it’s almost... Read More

Greetings, Blogosphere: What do you get when you mix the top industry leaders of ophthalmic and optical products with a dollop of tradeshow consumerism and a dash of student prize giveaways? One epic evening the SCO community affectionately calls, “Optifest.” For over the past 20+ years, the SCO AOSA Trustees have developed, planned, and organized the annual Opitfest. This year’s event saw over 24 vendors from the ophthalmic and optical industry represented. The SCO community was able... Read More

Happy Saturday, readers! It has been an eventful and exciting few weeks for the class of 2017 here at SCO. Between the excitement of receiving our white coats at the White Coat Ceremony & Convocation two weekends ago and the relief of making it through our first round of exams and lab practicals, we have learned a lot in the past few weeks about what it is like to actually be an optometry student. After a hard week of studying, the ceremony served as a reminder of the wonderful... Read More

Signs of SCO’s history are everywhere, if you know where to look. On the eleventh floor, in the lounge area where nervous interviewing students wait for their turn to manifest their destiny, three separate iterations of the school are photographed: two different brick buildings, and one of the tower we all know and love. A few floors down on the eighth floor, there exists a wall triptych detailing some of the individuals driving the growth of the institution and their accomplishments.... Read More

  Greetings, Blogosphere: Okay, so the title of today’s blog post may be a bit of a misnomer–yes, I still have externships next fall–but this is absolutely my LAST fall semester of classes/lectures/labs in optometry school! I believe that’s quite the milestone for my third year classmates, don’t you? My lectures now consist of full-scope assessment and management of ocular diseases in my Posterior Segment II, Neuro Eye Disease, Medical Optometry Seminar, and Integrative Analysis II... Read More