ORLANDO, FL, November 16, 2018 – SUNY Optometry fourth-year students Jacqueline Benoit and Brenda Tan have received 2018 Practice Excellence Scholarships from the American Academy of Optometry Foundation (AAOF) and VSP Global. Two students from each school or college of optometry were selected by nomination of their individual institutions to…
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ALBANY, December 18, 2018 – SUNY Optometry’s director of communications, Amber E. Hopkins Tingle, completed the 2018 New York State Leadership Institute (NYSLI) on December 17. The program was designed by the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations and Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy to increase the leadership effectiveness…
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ORLANDO, FL, October 29, 2018 – SUNY Optometry third-year student Samuel L. Stack is a recipient of the 2018 J. Pat Cummings Scholarship from Johnson & Johnson Vision in collaboration with the American Academy of Optometry Foundation. The award recognizes a second- or third-year optometry student who demonstrates the ideal…
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SUNY Optometry hosted 2018 Capstone for its graduating ODs on Tuesday, May 22. The annual event provides newly minted doctors with current information on their rapidly changing profession and starts them on the path toward lifelong learning. Dr. Mark Wright, a nationally recognized contributor on optometric practice, delivered the keynote…
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New York, NY—State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry alumna Anne Reuter-Hanna, OD, ’08, says a visit to the eye doctor as a college student-athlete not only improved her performance in the classroom and on the playing field—it opened her eyes to what would become her life’s work.…
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NEW YORK, N.Y. (May 18, 2020) —Long Island native Alyssa Marie Tursi always knew that she wanted to work in the healthcare field. “Originally, I wanted to go into pharmacy, but after working at one in high school, I realized there wasn’t enough patient interaction for me.” With an eye…
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August 7, 2020 Panelists seek sustainable steps for increasing minority representation in the field The State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry hosted “Seeking Solutions – Race in Optometry: An Honest Conversation on Optometric Education,” part two of a live webinar series covering the issues and obstacles that…
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