The Illinois College of Optometry Student Blog

This year, I was very fortunate to win a VSP travel grant to attend Vision Expo West (VEW) in Las Vegas. Not only was this my first time at VEW, but it was also my first-ever time in Vegas! Now, if you don’t know what VEW is, it is a conference for optometrists and opticians that focuses on private practice and displaying the latest innovation in vision care. The trip started off a little rocky. My plane was delayed three hours, resulting in a 2 a.m. arrival. Other than that,

I had an amazing time coming back to ICO as a fourth year this past quarter. The air seemed thick with respect for this impending doctor. I definitely noticed a kind of camaraderie between my class and the faculty that just further reinforced the awesomeness of fourth year. I grew even closer, if possible, to my class as well. And fall quarter’s got all kinds of fun school events that trump other quarters in my opinion (the picture above is from ICOlympics). But as I was gett