The Consortium for Optometry Summer
Enrichment Programs is pleased to share the upcoming dates and deadlines
for our individual programs. We encourage you to share this email
among your preoptometry students and we look forward to hosting them on
our campuses during the summer of 2013.
Do note that prospective students may
apply to and attend multiple summer programs; we do not restrict or cap an
individual's participation between or among any of the programs described
below:
Illinois College of
Optometry, Focus on Your Future
July 15-19, 2013
The Illinois College of Optometry is
pleased to announce our annual summer program for underrepresented
minority undergraduate students. The program is a weeklong experience
that will expose undergraduate students to the profession of optometry in
a variety of settings. Participants will have the opportunity to meet and
work with current optometry students, ICO Faculty & Staff, as well as
practicing optometrists. Students will be housed at no charge in our
Residential Complex. There is no cost to participate in this program.
Participants are responsible for their travel expenses and/or transportation
cost to and from ICO.
For more information, please
visit: http://www.ico.edu/optometry2011/index.php/events-for-prospective-students/summer-program
Program Contact: Teisha Johnson,
312.949.7407, tjohnson@ICO.EDU
The Ohio State University, I-DOC
July 17-19, 2013
The Improving Diversity in Optometric
Careers program is an intensive three-day program for people from an
underrepresented ethnicity (American Indian or Alaskan Native; Asian or
Pacific Islander; African-American, not of Hispanic origin; or Hispanic)
interested in finding out more about an optometric career. The program
provides information about optometry through hands-on experiences, and it aims
to increase the number of underrepresented ethnic minority optometrists.
Thanks to underwriting by the Vision Service Plan (VSP), there is no cost
to attend the program and includes all meals and activities. There are
also a limited number of scholarships for airfare reimbursement (up to
$500) and accommodations for out-of-state college applicants.
For more information about the
program and information regarding the application process, please visit
the I-DOC webpage:
Program Contact: Justin
Griest, 614.292.8825, JGriest@optometry.osu.edu
University of California,
Berkeley, Opto-Camp
Session I, June 17-19, 2013
Session II, July 15-17, 2013
The goal of Berkeley Optometry's
Opto-Camp is to introduce underrepresented pre-health science majors to
Optometry as a potential future career track and to prepare them to
be successful applicants to optometry school. The objective of
Berkeley Optometry's Opto-Camp is to present a three-day in residence
experience that will provide participants with opportunities to learn
about the profession of optometry and the process of becoming an optometrist.
Program specifics and the application,
available mid-February, 2013, are linked here:
Cost: $125 program fee;
limited amount of scholarships to waive program fee per session,
as demonstrated by financial need.
Program Contact: Heather
Iwata, 510.642.9537, hiwata@berkeley.edu
