Various features of SCCO
Faces of SCCO is a series featuring various members of SCCO’s campus community. Meet Dr. Julie Schornack, Vice President and Dean of Clinical Affairs. She is also an associate professor. Dr. Schornack joined SCCO in 1986. She grew up in Chicago and earned her B.S. and B.A. degrees from […]
Faces of SCCO is a series featuring various members of SCCO’s campus community. Dr. Melissa Vydelingum is an Assistant Professor at SCCO. She graduated from the University of California Irvine in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in biology. She earned her Doctor of Optometry (OD) from SCCO in 2010. […]
This video is the next in a continuing YouTube series, Eye Care Center Spotlight, which features various aspects of SCCO’s on-campus Eye Care Center (ECC). The series will help potential students learn about the Eye Care Center and what it has to offer in clinical education. Learn about the facility, […]
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. […]
This article appeared in the Orange County Register: Blind Artists Display Work in Fullerton By Courtney Perkes: Anthony Sanaee’s eyes are dark and expressive, like the mesmerizing eyes he creates with a charcoal pencil. At his desk pushed against the window in his Laguna Hills bedroom, Sanaee hunches […]
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 […]
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