Students,
Faculty, Residents, Staff, Alumni, Board Members and Friends,
Good
morning! It’s Bagel Day at the LRC. Warm bagels, along with cream cheese and
butter should be ready for everyone around 8:30 to help get you through finals. Enjoy and good luck on your exams!
Later
today we say farewell to Marilyn Daltry as she prepares to retire after 36
years of service to the Pennsylvania College of Optometry and now Salus. Hired in 1983, Marilyn has played an integral
role within the Department of Optometric Clinical Affairs ever since. She will certainly be missed and we wish her “fair
winds and following seas” and the best of luck and happiness as she prepares to
embark on her next adventure!
I
am very pleased to share the great news that we’ve been awarded a significant grant
from the commonwealth’s Redevelopment Assistant Capital Program (RACP), that we
had applied for several month ago. This money will help us to renovate additional
classrooms as well as begin work on a standardized patient simulation lab in
the near future. Nice to see all those
trips to Harrisburg paid off!
As
Orientation Week quickly approaches, I’m happy to announce that this year’s
White Coat guest speaker will be Vice Admiral Michael Cowan, USN (retired). Dr. Cowan, an internal medicine specialist,
served in the United States Navy for 33 years, retiring as the Surgeon General
of the Navy. He will address the University’s
incoming students on Friday, August 16 at 2pm at the Kimmel Center for the
Performing Arts. I have known VADM Cowan
for over 35 years. He has been a mentor
and friend and I know that those of you who are lucky enough to attend the
White Coat Ceremony will certainly understand why I’m so excited about his
participation in the event. Read more
about his extraordinary career at salus.edu/dr-cowan
For
the second year in a row, Prevent Blindness and the National Optometric
Association have teamed up to declare August as Children's Eye Health and
Safety Month in an effort to educate parents and caregivers on the steps they
should be taking to ensure students are provided with the best opportunity to
have a successful school year through health and effective vision. This effort is very much in line with our Looking
Out For Kids Charity which operates this through school vision
screenings, comprehensive eye exams and free glasses, as needed for
underprivileged children in Philadelphia and Montgomery County schools.
If
you’re looking for something fun to do next week, check out Abington Township’s
20th National Night Out Block Party event Monday from 5-9 p.m. at the AbingtonTown Center (Target Parking Lot). There will be food, music, clowns, face
painting and other entertainment! Stop by, enjoy yourself, and say hello to the
faculty and students at the Salus table!
Finally,
it looks like it’s going to be a fairly nice weekend. For those of you not having to study, I
encourage you to get out and do some exploring around our region. Valley Forge State Park is a perfect
destination for this time of the year with their shaded trails and history
lessons. For those of you still taking
finals, take a short break, get some exercise, eat healthy and get plenty of
sleep! For all, stay safe, use sunscreen
if outdoors and drink plenty of water. Have a great weekend!
Mike
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