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One day, Jennifer Gould got it. Completely. “I was being quizzed by one of my preceptors about a certain disease,” she recalls. “I’d never taken all of the basic science information and the clinical and pulled it together. He asked me a question and suddenly, all the threads came together and it made sense to […]

May 24, 2018

SUNY Optometry’s 2018 Commencement Recap

NEW YORK, May 24, 2018 – The State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry held its 44th commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 24. Hundreds gathered at the Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan to witness the College grant 110 degrees and certificates, including the OD, PhD and MS in vision science and advanced certificate […]

May 23, 2018

Highlights from White Coat Ceremony for the Class of 2020

SUNY Optometry hosted its annual White Coat Ceremony on Thursday, May 17. Members of the Class of 2020 celebrated the milestone in their journey to become doctors in front of family and friends. White Coat ceremonies have become ubiquitous at professional health education institutions in recent years. Designed to mark the transition students make from […]

May 23, 2018

Class of 2018: Tristan Barrueco

After completing a degree in biomedical engineering at the University of Rochester in 2010, Tristan Barrueco attended U.S. Navy’s Officer Candidate School and was commissioned as an ensign. An unexpected medical discharge left him wondering what to do next. “Then a friend who had recently graduated from optometry school started teaching me about the field,” […]

May 23, 2018

Class of 2018: Jennifer Nguyen

Jennifer Nguyen’s road to SUNY Optometry is arguably one that no other student has ever taken. The reason? It involved a two-year pitstop at a Bakersfield, California, Frito-Lay plant. Now, as she graduates from the College on Thursday, May 24, Ms. Nguyen is still unorthodox, as her academic achievements and community involvement blaze a trail […]

May 22, 2018

Meet the Board: Dr. Richard Soden

From student to board member, the career optometrist continues to serve the SUNY Optometry community. Dr. Richard Soden always wanted to help people—and by choosing optometry as the path to do so, he has bettered the lives of students, patients and countless others throughout New York City. “I always thought that working with people to […]

May 22, 2018

Meet the Board: Michael Contento, Class of 2020

The former banking analyst and student member of the Optometric Center of New York board found his calling at SUNY Optometry. When Michael Contento graduates from SUNY Optometry in 2020, he will have had an experience unlike most of his classmates. For starters, he will be an optometrist who also knows how to navigate Wall […]

May 18, 2018

SUNY Optometry’s Officer Akeema Wilson Receives Chancellor’s Award for Excellence

ALBANY, May 18, 2018 — Akeema Wilson, a university police officer at SUNY Optometry, has received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Classified Service. The Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence are honors conferred to acknowledge and provide system-wide recognition for consistently superior professional achievement and to encourage the ongoing pursuit of excellence in five categories: […]

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