The Illinois College of Optometry Student Blog

It is hard to realize the impact you are having on the visual health of others when you only see, on average, six patients a week as a student in optometry school. At the end of September, I had the opportunity to embark on a journey that will forever remind me that I do make a difference within the field of optometry. Despite the hurricane devastation in other areas of the Caribbean, Jamaica was spared. It became my home, clinic, and oasis for a week. We had a team of studen

This past week, we had one of my favorite events on campus: our annual frame sale! A bunch of different frame manufacturers came to ICO and sold us frames at discounted prices. I mean, we have to start looking the part as optometrists with some stylish frames, right? Anyways, the frame sale is a fundraiser for the Student Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (SVOSH) group on campus. SVOSH is cool because if an individual gets enough volunteering hours (usually within the