Our President

great reports was no accident. It happened because we have a strong program of which we can all be proud, and the program is strong because of the hard work by everyone at Southern College of Optometry.” recommendations will help shape our future for the coming years ahead.

ALUMNI MAGAZINE

PRESIDENT

Summer 2023

Lewis Reich, OD, PhD

VICE PRESIDENT FOR INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT

George Miller, CFRE

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

Jim Hollifield

Commencement for the Class of 2023 is just the latest reason to celebrate the positive progress being made at Southern College of Optometry.

The Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE) recently delivered its report from last year’s site visit, verifying that SCO is in compliance with all ACOE standards. SCO has additionally been evaluated by our regional accreditation agency, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, which also found SCO in compliance of its accreditation standards.

As Dr. Bart Campbell (’87), Vice President of Academic Affairs, wrote in his update to the campus: “Receiving these

You, our alumni and friends, play a major part in that success. Our Institutional Advancement team recently launched the Circle of Sight program to honor and celebrate our donors. As part of that program, the President’s Circle is the first group to be recognized as donors who provide $1,000 or more each fiscal year, for any purpose.

Several of you joined at this year’s SECO meeting in Atlanta, and the list continues to grow.

Your support is why SCO remains one of the nation’s leading optometry colleges.

To build on our success, the first part of 2023 was devoted to strategic planning meetings with representation from our Board of Trustees, faculty, staff, and student leaders. When finalized, these

In the short term, we’re responsive to the immediate needs of our students, including strengthening safety procedures, such as new gated fences to secure our parking areas.

As you’ll see in this issue, we’re also making progress for laser instruction in our curriculum. Our fourth-year interns are enjoying the opportunity to receive hands-on training on our campus at The Eye Center.

And as you’ll also read in this issue, our alumni continue to thrive and represent their alma mater and our profession well. The foundation that our graduates receive in their optometric education at SCO is a hallmark of SCO’s success stories.

On behalf our newest graduates and the new students we’ll welcome this fall, thank you for your continued support of SCO’s students and programs.

SENIOR CREATIVE DESIGNER

Susan Doyle

WEBSITE AND SOCIAL

NETWORKING MANAGER

Erin Jaffe

VISUAL DESIGNER

Philip Tribble

CREATIVE SERVICES COORDINATOR

Melissa Hansbro

BOARD CHAIR

Amanda Brewer-Lord, OD ’97

BOARD MEMBERS

Allan L. Barker, OD ’75

Betty Harville Brown, OD

David A. Cockrell, OD ’81

Arthur R. Dampier, OD ’97

Anita Davis, PhD

Vicki Farmer

Charles G. Glaser, OD ’74

Mark R. Kapperman, OD ’87

Charles W. Kinnaird, OD

James K. Kirchner, OD

Jennifer E. Lyerly, OD ’11

Stacey J. Meier, OD ’84

Lynn T. Shaw

Chris Wroton, OD ’02

FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE

Michael Dorkowski, OD ’04

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE

Kyle Garner, ’25

Visions is a magazine for alumni, faculty, staff, and other friends of Southern College of Optometry. It is published through the Office of Institutional Advancement. A digital version is available online at sco.edu/visions .

Please forward comments, address changes, and contributions to: Institutional Advancement 1245 Madison Avenue Memphis, TN 38104-2222

800-238-0180, ext. 4 sco.edu

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