https://www.facebook.com/aohchorus/videos/2492447647537289/ Courtesy of Ambassadors of Harmony Everyone Has a Story: Jacob Travis The students who attend UMSL Optometry come from many backgrounds. Some students come from a traditional college path, and some come to optometry school from a much different path. One thing that remains true to all students is that everyone has a story. … Continue reading Everyone Has a Story; Music and Optometry
UMSL Optometry Begins Alumni Ambassador Program
Alumni, faculty, staff, students, and Friends at the recent AAO meeting in Orlando 2019. The College of Optometry at UMSL has introduced a new program to engage alumni with prospective students across the country. As a smaller school the ability to travel to every single institution is impossible, but with the strength of our alumni … Continue reading UMSL Optometry Begins Alumni Ambassador Program
CSI comes to the Patient Care Center
Around 80 seventh grade students from Northeast Middle School’s Team I.N.S.P.I.R.E were able to become crime scene investigators (CSI) on Tuesday, October 15 at the Patient Care Center. The mission to find things about the eye. The focus of the trip was to give the scholars a tour of the facility and discuss the importance … Continue reading CSI comes to the Patient Care Center
New Faculty Spotlight: Tareq Nabhan
Tareq Nabhan first discovered optometry as a young patient. “My contact lenses gave me more confidence in sports. It got me thinking about what an OD can do.” While still experiencing some struggles with vision in high school, his neighbor (also an OD) said, “You know, you’re not going to go blind.” For Tareq, it … Continue reading New Faculty Spotlight: Tareq Nabhan