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The community outreach coordinator shares the work of the University Eye Center throughout New York City. Many people leave work feeling exhausted. Not Clarissa Burroughs. Her days at the University Eye Center (UEC) are a blur of outreach, phone calls, emails and seemingly endless communication to make the Center’s cutting edge technology and skilled optometrists […]

April 16, 2018

Clinical Enhancement Program Advises Students to Become Confident, Career Optometrists

One year into the program, SUNY Optometry is creating stronger, more well-rounded clinicians. A career as a successful optometrist requires more than executing a battery of tests—it involves patient-doctor communication, high levels of professionalism and, of course, confidence. To that end, the College operates the Clinical Enhancement Program (CEP), an advising system that pairs students […]

April 16, 2018

New Student Advising Program Seeks Greater Academic Success

Providing faculty mentorship and support for first year students, the program aims to usher in better grades—and better optometrists. SUNY Optometry prioritizes student success. Yet even with dedicated faculty and administrators, there are still some new students whose transition into the school is difficult. To address their needs—and get them on the road to achievement—the […]

April 16, 2018

Academic, Clinical & Personal Excellence Initiative Makes Better Doctors

Amid the hustle of labs, classes and exams, the program offers a calm—and informative—respite. In the caffeine-fueled world of academia, SUNY Optometry decided to nurture student success with something gentler: tea. And thinking. Those are two of the guiding ideas behind T-Chats session, the central component of the Academic, Clinical & Personal Excellence Initiative (ACPEI), […]

April 16, 2018

SUNY Opt-In Puts Incoming Students on the Fast Track

The portal answers burning questions from the newest members of the College community. Any student attending SUNY Optometry knows that the school provides innovative approaches to education and learning. Now, thanks to SUNY Opt-in portal, those who have been admitted can experience the College’s commitment before even stepping on campus. The portal is what Associate […]

April 12, 2018

Meet the Board: Dennis P. Gehr Keeps the Spirit of Service in the Family

The Optometric Center of New York trustee explains why it is imperative to keep the legacy of Ruth and Adolph Schnurmacher alive. Dennis P. Gehr is a true New Yorker – born in Manhattan, raised in the Bronx and currently lives in Pound Ridge, New York, in Westchester County. He was also in the first […]

April 11, 2018

SUNY Optometry Hosts Annual Career Symposium

NEW YORK, April 11, 2018 — SUNY Optometry’s Career Development Center presented its seventh annual career symposium, Graduation to Optometric Stardom, on Sunday, April 8. The event’s cast of 13 presenters included nine College alumni and represented the five main modes of optometric practice: private practice, corporate, hospitals, academia and industry. “Our goal is to […]

April 10, 2018

SUNY Optometry’s Tristan Barrueco, Jennifer Nguyen Receive 2018 Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence

ALBANY, April 10, 2018 – State University of New York Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson presented 249 SUNY students from across the state, including SUNY Optometry’s Tristan Barrueco and Jennifer Nguyen, with the 2018 Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence, at the Albany Capital Center. Tristan Barrueco, a Basking Ridge, N.J. native, entered SUNY Optometry after serving […]

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