Student Life Blogs

Howdy! Now that the spring semester is picking up speed, I have a little more to share. We haven’t had a lot of exams yet this semester, but we did have a practical in our Theory & Methods lab last week. This lab serves as our pre-clinical training and it is a great way to learn all of our clinical skills and exam procedures because we get to sit as each other’s patients. Lab is a lot of fun because we get to work with our classmates in a hands-on setting to find the best way to perform... Read More

Well, hello there, so good to see you in 2014! This semester is going to be a fun one. Third years have a little academic exercise in March called National Boards…should be a piece of cake, hmm? (Ha!) I’m sure I’ll be talking about that more a little bit later. But as a sign of how far I’ve come, I’ve had a few noteworthy circle-of-life moments recently. Early on in the semester, SCO had a legislative reception to show some of our local and state representatives our new academic... Read More

Last time I wrote I was preparing for last semester’s final exams (which we survived!) and the St. Jude Memphis Marathon (…which was cancelled). Since that time, our class has enjoyed a two week winter break (with a surprise extra day at the end due to inclement weather) and now we’re kicking it back into high gear as we get started on our first spring semester at SCO. It was great getting to spend some time with the family over the break and to catch up on things like independent... Read More

What is State Day? Even after my first semester at SCO I wasn’t even sure what it was, so let me enlighten you, because it’s a pretty cool event that happens every year at SCO. Only after becoming a student at SCO did I realize how much the college encourages its faculty and students to be involved in all aspects of optometry, even outside of the classroom. I was able to attend the AOA-PAC conference in Washington, D.C., where we lobbied for optometry on Capitol Hill. It was an... Read More

Happy New Year, Blogosphere: What a fall semester looking back! When you sift through the previous blog posts from SCO’s student bloggers you can see we’ve accomplished quite a bit over the past few months. One of the most memorable moments for me was the opening of the new academic building and laboratory facility on campus. SCO is already known for its world class clininc, The Eye Center, but the new classroom and labs are really state-of-the-art. When I toured SCO during my... Read More