Students, Faculty, Residents, Staff, Alumni, Board Members and
Friends,
On Monday, I spent the day in Harrisburg, along with Dr. Trego and
other members of the PCO faculty and students, educating our State Representatives about
the upcoming optometry scope of practice and children’s vision bills. From what I could tell, most of the
representatives were very receptive and understood why both of these bills
needed to pass. As I’ve said previously,
one of our missions at Salus is to advocate for all of our professions. Monday was a great example of this in
action. Our students, in particular, hit
it out of the park!
This week Dr. Aravamudhan and the Institutional Advancement office
hosted Osborne College of Audiology's (OCA) Alumni and Friends Open House at American Academy of Audiology (AAA) Convention in Columbus, Ohio, which Dr. Barry Eckert, Dennis Washington and I had the
opportunity to attend. The event was exceptionally well attended by faculty,
staff, advisory board members as well as many alumni. We recognized our Alumni
of the Year, Dr. George Lindley at the event. He’ll be receiving all of his “bling” during the Presidential Awards
ceremony the day prior to our Gala.
Salus OCA was also well represented at the AAA meeting with
presentations and posters by our OCA faculty. It was great to see so many
of our faculty presenting on the national stage!
Lions Club Members are invited to attend our Spring Vision
Screening at Philadelphia Fight Community Health Center 1207 Chestnut Street, 3rd
floor Philadelphia, PA 19107 on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
We have entered the conference season. This week, our students,
faculty, and staff have attended the following conferences: Vision Expo East,
American Academy of Audiology and the Northeast Association of Advisers for the
Health Professions.
Before
I close, I want to once again mention the importance of a $10 donation
to the University. I was disappointed that only one person took me up
on my suggestion to donate $10 towards scholarships last week. Actually, that one person donated $20, which we really appreciate! So,
if anyone is inclined to invest in our student's future, please click here and have at it! Thanks in advance for your consideration and generosity!
As
I mentioned earlier, we’re less than a month away from our Centennial
Gala in celebration of PCO’s 100 years. If you haven’t had a chance to
purchase your tickets yet, you can do so by clicking here to get to the website.
Have a great weekend - enjoy the sunshine and moderate temperatures and have some fun.
Mike
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