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The following students earned a spot on the Dean’s List for the Summer quarter of the 2016-17 school year quarterly GPA of 3.5 or better and earning no grade below a B or H (honors) in all third and fourth year patient care courses: 2nd Year Albrecht, Jennifer Boots, Calvin Brar, Simran Goodfellow, Madison Lee , Colin Paulsen, Annika Pierce, Jessica Proud, Molly Rogers, Sarah Schraufnagel, Abigail 3rd Year Bedi Alexandra Miller, Shanna Muncy, Alex Nadarajah, Vakishan Nisar, Sara Poznic, Benjamin Pym, Christina Raies

The following students earned a spot on the dean’s list for the summer quarter of the 2013-14 school year GPA of 3.5 or better and earning no grade below a B or H (honors) in all patient care courses: Third Year Sally Varney, Kelly Vizza, Elizabeth Vuong, Joanna Wilczek, Margaret Wozny, Natalie Yi, Eunice Fourth Year Sepideh Ovitsky, Erwin Palmer, Brett-Ashley Patel, Dixit Patel, Shreya Peachey, Tayler Polster, Samantha Rai

The faculty members all around me inspired me: they practiced optometry, they participated in high-level It's interesting, a lot people ask me "Why ICO?" There are two things that get me really motivated. They have helped get me to where I am today. I also know that my parents work ethic is part of what motivated me to become a doctor.

I had myopia like so many other kids, and I was intrigued how my optometrist helped me see more clearly I didn't even know that much about optometry, but somehow, I just knew it was the profession for me. teaching the students, the specialty I've gotten into, and the opportunities that ICO has provided me to further explore the opportunity of teaching, and that's when I really decided, "Yes, this is for me For me, that meant getting involved in binocular vision and pediatrics because of my interest in eye

earning a quarterly GPA of 3.50 or better and no grade below a B or H (honors) in all third- and fourth-year patient care courses: 2nd Year Bricker, Julie Caceres, Melissa Chaudhry, Aysha Chawla, Natasha Cordoba Pourhosseini, Pedram Ralph, Angie Ridenour, Joseph Rohan, Amelia Runco, Julia Shaikh, Momina Sohbati, Negar Vang, Muychi Vourvopoulos, Elena Wang, Helen Williams, Megan Yee, William Young, Kyle Zahm, Sarah 4th Year Peloquin, Christian Petitti, Luciana Pham, Lisa Poznic, Benjamin Pudjowargono, Andrew Pym, Christina Raies

Back in Canada, they introduced me to the profession. For me, it took me doing a residency at ICO to realize teaching needed to be part of who I am as an optometrist Luckily for me a position opened, and I’ve been here now for three years, I’ve loved every moment of That's what it always comes back to for me. Teaching makes me a better practitioner.

Shadowing her made me realize optometry was a wonderful way to use science every day. After a few years in New York, my husband proposed, and I returned to Chicago. I've been a student, but I understand there's so much more for me to learn. try all these things out, and then maybe, just maybe, you end up saying, "Oh, actually, this is for me My residency is what ultimately led me back to ICO. I love working in academia.

Based on my mentors and learning about the clinical experience was a huge factor for me. I walked out and the whole event had me hooked. “Interview day, immediately. They seemed like people who were already like me and my friends, or people I would want to become friends orientation you didn't focus on the building, you focused on everything you were going to do to help me No other school has a tutor program and that's so special to you guys and was a BIG part in drawing me

There, I learned a lesson I have carried with me ever since: if you give students a reason to learn something I started at the front of the eye and specifically tears. There are lots of proteins in tears. For tear production, you need lipids. One thing that's changed for me is that I've started teaching pharmacology. I meet them on almost day one because biochemistry is a first quarter course, so they see me from the

It reminds me of all the sacrifices my parents and grandparents made to give me and all my family members

The following students earned a spot on the Dean’s List for the Spring quarter of the 2016-17 school year quarterly GPA of 3.5 or better and earning no grade below a B or H (honors) in all third and fourth year patient care courses: 2nd Year Ali, Ekram Baiju, Blessy Bultsma, Alicia Butala, Praksha Cho, Elizabeth Sostaric, Marina Steinhauser, William Teixeira, Rae Vourvopoulos, Elena Wang, Helen Worb, Andrew 3rd Year Manali Patel, Neil Peloquin, Christian Petitti, Luciana Phan, David Poznic, Benjamin Pym, Christina Raies

The trophy will be proudly displayed at the Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago for one year. “Your collective belief in me made me believe in myself, and I could not have made ICO proud without