The Illinois College of Optometry Student Blog

Seeing is Believing 2013, the first EVER virtual optometry conference, is taking place tomorrow and Wednesday, January 30 and 31. As an attendee, you get to visit exhibitors and sponsors at their virtual booths, chat with other attendees, and listen to guest speakers all in the comfort of your own home.  And the great thing about it is that registration is free for students!  Apparently, ICO has the most students registered for the event so far, which means that someone from

Fall quarter officially ended last week and I was looking forward to integrating back into society after three long months of living in an optometric bubble. Before heading home to Ottawa, I took  a quick trip to Waterloo to visit my alma mater as a guest speaker on behalf of ICO at the UW Pre-Optometry Club. I hadn’t been back to the University of Waterloo for almost two years and everything felt foreign to me, with all the new buildings, new landscaping and new faces. Gifts