This is the first episode in a new YouTube series, “Eye Care Center Spotlight,” which features various aspects of SCCO’s on-campus Eye Care Center. The series will help potential students learn about the Eye Care Center and what it has to offer in clinical education. Learn about the […]
Many of our faculty are SCCO Alums, including Assistant Professor, Dr. Dawn Lam. We sat down with her last week and talked about her path to becoming an optometrist. Since all faculty here at SCCO participate in applicant interviews, we talked about how she goes about the process […]
Faces of SCCO is a series featuring various members of our campus community. Dr. Robert Yacoub, a native of Southern California, received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of California at Los Angeles in 2002. In 2006, he received his Doctor of Optometry degree from […]
Faces of SCCO: Meet Dr. Jerry Paugh Faces of SCCO is a new series which features various members of our campus community. First up is Dr. Jerry Paugh who joined SCCO’s faculty in 1981. As well as being a professor, he serves as the Associate Dean for Research. […]
I have a confession to make… I never wanted to be an optometrist. (Gasp!) I also never wanted to be a doctor, or a nurse, or anything else that might have to deal with blood or icky things. Why? Because if you show me a scab, or a […]
I wanted to be an optometrist when I was only 10 years old. Why? I had some kind of weird fascination with eyeglasses and even though I didn’t need them, I was obsessed with getting a pair of my own. In my situation, having perfect eyesight was a […]