College News

OFFICE OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS Bruce A. McPheron, PhD Executive Vice President and Provost Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to recommend the reappointment of Karla Zadnik, OD, PhD, as dean of the College of Optometry. Subject to approval by the Board of Trustees, her reappointment is effective from July 1...

In honor of Ohio State’s sesquicentennial, the university has selected 150 students to receive $2,500 scholarships for the 2019-20 academic year. Two students from the College of Optometry, Lydia Pickrell from the Class of 2020 and Veronica Schuver from the Class of 2021, are among the honorees...

Congratulations to the following Ohio State University College of Optometry students, who have been named Student Fellows of the American Academy of Optometry. In a record-breaking year, 37 Ohio State Optometry students earned this prestigious honor. According to the Academy, the Student Fellowship...

On Oct. 25, Dr. Greg Nixon, The Ohio State University College of Optometry associate dean for clinical services and faculty advisor for Beta Sigma Kappa, along with the current BSK officers: Angelica Polizzi, president; Emily Zimmermann, secretary; and Briana Farley, treasurer, welcomed 25 new...

Traveling to the American Academy of Optometry’s annual meeting is one of many highlights of The Ohio State University College of Optometry student experience. The following students will receive funds to attend Academy 2018 in San Antonio, November 7-10, thanks to generous travel fellowships...

Greg Hopkins (OD'10/MS’14) is the 2018 recipient of the Fredric Rosemore Low Vision Educational Grant, awarded by the American Academy of Optometry Foundation (AAOF) in collaboration with the Frederic and Marion Rosemore Family Foundation. The grant enables institutions to provide care and support...

Kelsy Steele, OD, MS, has been named the George Mertz Contact Lens Residency Award recipient. Dr. Steele’s award is one of four American Academy of Optometry Foundation 2018 Johnson & Johnson Vision Residency Awards, which support post-graduate advanced training in optometric clinical care...

Rebecca A. Deffler, OD, clinical instructor at The Ohio State University College of Optometry, was chosen by a committee of members in the Low Vision Section of the American Academy of Optometry (AAO) as this year’s recipient for the Alfred A. Rosenbloom, Jr., Low Vision Residency Award. Alfred A...

Cornelia Peterson, DVM, received an IGNITE grant from the Cincinnati Eye Institute Foundation to determine whether exogenous insulin will improve corneal homeostasis and wound healing in corneal epithelial cells (CEC) and stromal cells. The grant provides support for experimental supplies to be used...

The Ohio State University and nine other Ohio universities and colleges got a vote of support recently when the National Science Foundation renewed a grant that will help the alliance continue its work to increase the number of underrepresented minority students in STEM fields. The continuing grant...