Capstone Honors ICO Class of 2017
The following members of ICO’s Class of 2017 were honored with scholarships and awards at the annual Capstone Program on Wednesday, May 17. Congratulations to all!
Denise D. Alexopoulos
Cribb Leadership & Service Award
Faculty Scholarship
Polly Flink Eastland Memorial Award
Richard J. Obrien II Memorial Award
Gretchen E. Arneson
Good-Lite Pediatric Equipment Award
Alaina Rae Bandstra
Beta Sigma Kappa Medal
Dr. Henry J. Luckhardt Memorial Award
Trustees Scholarship
Valedictory Award
Jamie Lynn Blavat
2017 Award of Excellence in Contact Lens Patient Care
Trustees Scholarship
VSP/AOF Practice Excellence Scholarship 2016-17
Alexandra Brandt
Exceptional Tutor Award
Robert F. Brenart
Natelle and Curt Brown Endowment
Margaret Teresa Burton
Dr. George L. Demetros Memorial Scholarship
Exceptional Tutor Award
Trina Faith Tin-Wai Chan
Varilux Student Grant
Jessica Cowling
Dr. Deannda Roder Memorial Scholarship
Sarah Mona El-Khazendar
American Academy of Optometry Travel Grant
Dr. & Mrs. Rudolph H. Ehrenberg Research Award
ICO Research Award
Trustees Scholarship
Kelly Diane Enns
Exceptional Tutor Award
Tatiana Giraldo
ICO Scholarship for Underrepresented Populations
National Association of Medical Minority Educators Scholarship
Rachel H. Goretsky
Trustees Scholarship
Emily Brooke Gorski
Trustees Scholarship
William Feinbloom Low Vision Award
Marni M. Harris
American Academy of Optometry Travel Grant – Illinois Chapter
COVD Award for Excellence in Vision Therapy
Faculty Scholarship
Rachel Elizabeth Hasler
Beta Sigma Kappa Medal
Certificate of Commendation-Highest ICO Score on Part 1-NBEO
Trustees Scholarship
Valedictory Award
Sonia Heer
Trustees Scholarship
Emily Lynn Hutchins
Dr. George L. Demetros Memorial Scholarship
Enhanced Vision Student Award
VSP/AOF Practice Excellence Scholarship 2016-17
Sameera Jhamb
Dr. Lorayne Pocius Politser Scholarship
Elmer & Blanche Pieper Memorial Scholarship
ICO Alumni Association Scholarship
Walman Scholarship
Colleague of the Year
Punita Pradipkumar Kapadia
Trustees Scholarship
Bosung Kim
Trustees Scholarship
Walman Scholarship
Kori Bergera Klover
Dr. George L. Demetros Memorial Scholarship
Illinois Optometric Education Scholarship
Marco Jonah Morier Kosowski
Trustees Scholarship
Katie Jo Kroona
GP Contact Lens Clinical Excellence Award
Julie Rachel Lafreniere
Philip E. Wells Trust Award
Holly Huong Le
Illinois Optometric Education Scholarship
Jennifer Maureen Lydon
Trustees Scholarship
Soumaiya Masood
Trustees Scholarship
Jaime Humberto Mendez
ICO Scholarship for Underrepresented Populations
Megan L. Meyer
American Academy of Optometry Travel Grant – Illinois Chapter
Lawrence P. Feigenbaum Clinical Optometry Memorial Award
Grant Thomas Miller
Optelec Excellence in Low Vision Award
Lananh Trinh Ngo
Good-Lite Pediatric Equipment Award
Mellisa P. Nguyen
Trustees Scholarship
Kevin Michael Pfeiffer
ICO Scholarship for Underrepresented Populations
Jonathan Anhduy Pham
Eschenbach Low Vision Student Award
Nhu Y Phung Dau
Vincent Salierno Scholarship
Matthew Daniel Pietruszka
ICO Scholarship for Underrepresented Populations
Alexandra Madison Piper
Global Specialty Lens Symposium Travel Grant
Metro Optics Contact Lens Scholarship
Cassie Jean Reeves
Exceptional Tutor Award
Renae Catrina Reynolds
Beta Sigma Kappa Medal
Trustees Scholarship
Valedictory Award
Javier Ramiro Rodriguez
ICO Scholarship for Underrepresented Populations
Ariel Nicole Rosado
ICO Scholarship for Underrepresented Populations
Bethany Timara Rosenthal
Marchon Eyewear Practice Management Award
David Ryan Schaeffer
Ocular Instruments Award of Excellence
Trustees Scholarship
Valley Contact Lens Award
Rina K. Sheth
Alcon 4th Year Optometry Student 2017 Case Report Award
American Academy of Optometry Travel Grant
2017 Illinois Foundation for Eyecare Award
ICO Alumni Association Scholarship
NOA Future Contact Lens Leader Scholarship
National Vision Student Grant
Student Association Scholarship
Nicole Sharrette Simon
Clayton Powell Scholarship
ICO Scholarship for Underrepresented Populations
Bobby Rajkumar Singh
Trustees Scholarship
Aaron Justin Tai
Trustees Scholarship
Brian Trieu
Essilor Private Practice Student Travel Fellowship
Erica Joy Troyer
Dr. Derrald Taylor Low Vision Residency Award
Senija Turan
Richard Tennant Memorial Scholarship
Helen Wang
Elmer & Blanche Pieper Memorial Scholarship
Trustees Scholarship
Casey John Wilgenbusch
Metro Optics Contact Lens Scholarship
Tsang Family Scholarship
Jenna Marie Wesley Williams
Southwest Contact Lens Scholarship
Megan Joan Wohlers
Trustees Scholarship
Hye Seon Yoo
Trustees Scholarship
Ashley Zimmerman
Trustees Scholarship
Thank you to our generous Capstone 2017 sponsors and exhibitors:
Bronze Level Sponsors
Alcon
National Vision, Inc.
Exhibitor/Table Sponsors
All About Eyes
Allergan
American Academy of Optometry
Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.
Chittick Family Eye Care
CooperVision, Inc.
Good-Lite
ICO Alumni Association
Illinois Optometric Association
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
Luxottica
Merritt Hawkins
Shopko Optical
US Vision
Vision Group Holdings
Visionworks of America
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc./Sam’s Club Health and Wellness
Williams Group
