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Western University of Health Sciences College of Optometry

Founder's Day

The College of Optometry held our first Founder's Day on Saturday, September 26th. The day began with an inspirational speech from a very special guest and the first Founder's Day Award recipient, Dr. Donald Studt. With Humanism being one of our core values, we could not think of a better person to receive this very first Founder's Day Award than Dr. Studt, whose many accomplishments, wisdom, and compassion for the community will inspire our inaugural class for their future endeavors.

The College also recognized eight students with scholarships and awards. These students demonstrated the core values of WesternU: Humanism, Caring, and Scientific Excellence.

• Volk Optical generously donated a Volk Optical Lens to one student for each House that demonstrated Scientific Excellence in the course Principles and Practice of Optometry.
  • House of Borish - Peony Tam
  • House of Galileo - Lisa Ha
  • House of Prentice - Ani Grigorian
  • House of Skeffington - Emily Lin
• Wal-Mart generously donated a scholarship award to Shivani Ram for her strong academics, leadership and commitment to serving her community
• Richmond Products generously donated a scholarship award to Mansiben Shah for her demonstration of humanism, leadership, and perseverance in overcoming obstacles
• The founding faculty generously donated a scholarship award to Melia Nguyen for her demonstration of humanism in the area of rehabilitation
• The founding dean generously donated a scholarship award to Jimmy Miyasaka for his leadership and service to the community

'See' what our students are up to...

Dr. Jasmine Yumori, Assistant Professor, along with four optometry students participated in an InfantSee Program at Prototypes in Pomona on September 23rd. Dr. Yumori, with the help of the first-year students, provided free vision screenings to infants. Please click here to read the entire article.

The Southern California College of Optometry in Fullerton, CA puts together a basketball tournament every year. This year, they invited the "new" school, WesternU, to take part in their tradition. We are truly thankful to SCCO for inviting us to participate in the basketball tournament that was held at the Brea Community Center on October 24th. We were able to add two teams to the tournament and our students even found time to create some very interesting mascots for the event. This was a first step toward future collaboration between the schools and we are looking forward to many many more. Thank you SCCO!!