Centennial Tour in North Carolina: Week of September 13th

Students, Faculty, Residents, Staff, Alumni, Board Members and Friends,

Good morning. It’s been another very busy week at the University. Classes are in full swing, as I know folks are getting ready for their first sets of exams and practicals.  While all this has been happening on campus, Drs. Eckert, Trego and I, along with Jacquie Patterson, our interim VP for Institutional advancement, have been hosting Centennial Tour receptions in Greensboro and Raleigh, North Carolina.  We really enjoyed connecting with alumni from those areas and really appreciate the effort our alumni have made to get to these events.  What a great opportunity to bring people up to speed on the great things going on here on campus!

Our Centennial Tour continues and I look forward to next week’s event in Harrisburg. Visit salus.edu/centennial-tour for more information or to register.  

Every year, early September marks the beginning of our University’s school hearing and vision screening programs. From now until June, our students, clinical staff and faculty will be going out to various schools across the School District of Philadelphia in order to provide screening services to children. During the 2018-2019 academic year, our teams were able to provide vision screenings to over 4,200 children and hearing screenings to over 3,500 total students. This is an incredible feat and your efforts don’t go unnoticed! We are proud of all of you and all that you give back to the community. We wish you all the best of luck in the new academic year.

We couldn’t do any of the above, if it wasn’t for the funds we’re able to raise through our Looking Out for Kids (LOFK) charity. I’m excited to announce that Rosemary Connors, Emmy award-winning anchor and reporter from NBC10, will be joining us again to host the University’s annual LOFK charity fundraiser event. This year’s event will be held on November 2 at the Hilton in Philadelphia on City Avenue. For more information, please visit salus.edu/lofk

As you might recall, last month, 21 students from our Students in Optometry Service to Humanity (SOSH) program, led by Laine Higa, OD, went on a week-long mission trip to Panama to bring medical eye care to those in need. To read more about their trip and hear from our students themselves, visit salus.edu/panama2019 

Fall is one of our busiest seasons for community events! Check out Salus’ upcoming events at salus.edu/sept-oct-events for more information about where our faculty, staff and students will be representing Salus.   

Finally, it looks like it might be a nice weekend, so I encourage you all to get out and enjoy the weather.  I, for one will be starting my marathon taper with a 13-mile run (which seems short after last weekend’s grueling 18.1 mile jaunt).  Be safe and look out for one-another!

Mike