4 GUILHERME ALBIERI, PHD Vice President for Student Affairs and Chief Diversity Officer The Office of Student Affairs worked to create a vibrant sense of community; enroll a highly qualified and diverse student body; and provide students, residents and alumni with services to succeed in their careers. We have worked closely with the student council, Academic Affairs, Clinical Administration and other departments to establish a supportive environment and promote personal growth and development. The College now offers many services to ensure students’ success that were not previously available. We have successfully increased the class size from 75 to 100—a 33% increase—while maintaining the quality of the student body. Our office also LIDUVINA MARTINEZ-GONZALEZ, MS Vice President for Clinical Administration and Executive Director, University Eye Center The changing health care environment continues to challenge us to expand access, lower costs and enhance the quality of our services. But we focus on what we can do instead of focusing on what we cannot do. The integration of new technologies, implementation of an electronic health record integrated with our diagnostic and testing capabilities, integration of evidenced based care and research—along with the capital projects underway and planned replacement of aging clinical equipment—highlight just a few of the improvements and enhancements we have made over the course of this strategic plan. Visits to our Center steadily increased to 70,000, and the referral service contributed more than 13,000 visits to our total annual volume. Our community outreach services evidenced a 30% increase in the last year, including activities for the homebound, vision screenings and health-related fairs and events. The addition of a community outreach coordinator allowed us to expand our services and enhance public health awareness in general. We also prioritized programs directed at promoting and supporting values centered on patient satisfaction and focused on the continued professional development of faculty and staff. DAVID TROILO, PHD Vice President and Dean for Academic Affairs We sought to enhance our educational and research programs while offering faculty opportunities to develop their interests. We created and delivered a customizable professional degree experience, including value-added options like the OD/MS and MBA certificate programs, to ensure active integrated learning, deliver core competency clinical training, teach on evidence-based practice, and establish effective academic support systems for our students. These programs all came from our faculty, who created them and make them work, reflecting how much we care about making our students the best optometrists they can be. In research, we enhanced the College’s intellectual impact by developing new areas of research and strengthened and expanded our programs that train vision and clinician scientists. The Clinical Vision Research Center brings all parts of the College’s mission together – research, education and patient care. We increased external funding for clinical research and implemented various patient recruitment strategies to create a sustainable facility that will elevate the College’s reputation and drive the profession and eye care forward. REFLECTIONS 2008 ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 ‘13 ‘14 ‘15 ‘16 ‘17 500 400 300 200 100 0 ENROLLMENT IN PROFESSIONAL AND GRADUATE PROGRAMS 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 00 00 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 COMMUNITY Student Community Service Hours RESEARCH Grant Activity PATIENT CARE Total Encounters PATIENT CARE Referral Visits PATIENT CARE Public Service Participants PATIENT CARE Charitable Care EDUCATION Applications, Acceptances and First Year Enrollment (OD Program) EDUCATION Geographical Distribution of First Year Entering Students EDUCATION Under-Represented Minority Students EDUCATION Yield per Year 0 100 200 300 400 500 EDUCATION Enrollment in Professional and Graduate Programs EDUCATION Residency Certi cates Awarded collaborated with Academic Affairs to create an advanced standing program for internationally trained physicians. There are currently seven students in the program and we will graduate our first cohort next spring. I am also very proud of the implementation of the Academic, Clinical and Professional Excellence Initiative and our increased international reach and reputation through our collaborations in China, on the African continent and in the Middle East.
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