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Below is the list of Alumni Association Award recipients for 2019. Awards will be presented during Homecoming on September 7th at the Leadership Circle and Alumni Awards Reception during Homecoming at the Omni Chicago Hotel from 5:00 – 6:00 pm. Alumnus of the Year Award Kevin Danahey, OD '91 Young Alumnus of the Year Award Erik Mothersbaugh, OD ’12 Distinguished Friend Award Richard Castillo, OD, DO Ophthalmologist/Assistant Dean for Surgical Training and Education at NSUOK Professional Achievement Award Charles Harrill, OD '74 Excellence in Education Award Jennifer Harthan, OD '06 Humanitarian Award James J. Hess, OD '79 Lifetime Service Award Janice Jurkus, OD '74, MBA

Join the Illinois College of Optometry in officially welcoming the Class of 2023 to their professional education on Saturday, August 24, 2019. Parent's Orientation 9:00 a.m., ICO Lecture Center President's Welcome & White Coat Ceremony 11:00 a.m., ICO Lecture Center Doors open for guests at 10:30 a.m. Parking Parking for guests is available (no fee) in the ICO parking garage depending upon availability. Entrance to the garage is on 32nd Street between Michigan and Indiana Avenues. You can enter the College directly from the garage. Security will direct guests into the garage. Guests parked on the street may enter ICO at the 3240 S Indiana Avenue. Guests with disabilities can be dropped off at this entrance. Photography An ICO photographer will be capturing photos of students during the ceremony in the Lecture Center and afterwards in the Library. These photos will be available to download for free on our Flickr page. Social Media Throughout the day, ICO will be posting on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Please use hashtag #ICOWhiteCoat when sharing photos and memories from these special events. The President’s Welcome and White Coat Ceremony will be streamed live on Facebook. To watch, follow ICO’s Facebook page. Video will begin broadcasting on that page at 11:00 a.m.

On June 20, 2019, Nora Kuby, ’20, won the 28th Annual AOSA Optometric Student Bowl at Optometry’s Meeting in St. Louis. The competition, which was sponsored by Essilor of America, included students from 25 schools and colleges of optometry. Contestants answered optometric questions over several rounds as over 850 audience members cheered them on. For her victory, Nora was awarded $1,000 and The Ventura Cup. The trophy will be proudly displayed at the Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago for one year. (This honor was previously won for ICO by Dr. Taylor Harris in 2017.) “I want to thank the entire ICO community for all the love and encouragement before, during, and after the Optometry Student Bowl,” says Nora. “Your collective belief in me made me believe in myself, and I could not have made ICO proud without you all!” In addition to Nora’s win, ICO was also recognized as a finalist in the event’s t-shirt design competition. We congratulate Nora and thank all members of the ICO community who helped make this win possible. ICO will be ready to defend the title in 2020 in Washington, D.C.!

The following students achieved superior academic performance in the Spring 2019 quarter by 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: Class of 2019 Babaei, Anseh Beaver, Rees Berg, Gina Bhalla, Julie Bilkhu, Amrit Boots, Calvin Boswick, Haley Branch, Brianna Brar, Simran Brown, Brittany Buissé, Cristelle Burns, Brianna Byzyka, Kristina Capri, Jessica Cartwright, Amy Chu, Diana Chuong, Jun Cornelius, Morgan Dhaliwal, Shaminder Dudley, Cortney Durham, Malgorzata Fenske, Heidi Ford, Melissa Foster, Ashley Geisen, Ellen Gerson, Amanda Gonsalves, Abigail Gregg, Greta Hanlon, John Hanson, Michael Harris, Nicole Hasken, Katelyn Hollingshead, Alexandra Janczak, Carissa Julio, Jacqueline Anne Kalas, Konstantina Kim, Won Kroeker, Hudson Lee, Colin Leonard, Joshua Li, Vivian Luong, Theresa Mainayar, Ali Mathew, Sheeba McCarty, Steven Mellis, Natascha Meyer, Jackelyn Molln, Taylor Moon, Esther Neuenfeldt, Luke Ngo, Jackie Nguyen, Thanhan Nguyen, Vivian Pacholek, Angelika Perez Ramirez, Synthia Peterson, Joel Petrauskaite, Milita Podpeskar, Nicholas Pothier, Lillian Rafool, Jensen Ramirez, Rosalba Randhawa, Ravinder Rehman, Aisha Rogers, Sarah Rowe, Alexa Sammak, Nazli Scrimger, Mallory Snyder, Heather Starling, Claire Stemberger, Kayla Strang, Andrea Strauss, Abigail Strzelecki, LeAnn Sugahara, Kei Tong, Christopher Tran, Eric Way, Ailish Wheeler, Alisha Wichman, Morgan Xiao, Elisa Class of 2020 Ali, Ekram Bannon, Michael Beachnau, Alexandra Biskupiak, Angie Brown, Haley Brown, Marisa Buckley, Brianna Bultsma, Alicia Burgess, Natalya Cho, Elizabeth Coleman, Katie Cwikla, Kathleen DeRubeis, Jenna Eisel, Ryan Farmah, Rahul Fritz, Kenny Gibson, Kaitlyn Gil, Monika Grey, Elizabeth Guo, Emily Halig, Luma Hepner, Andrew Hobi, Dana Jakupovic, Amela Kaplan, Addison Khalid, Zahra Khoja, Ali Kleman, Michelle Kloft, Sara Kuby, Nora Kunkel, Lauren Kyi, Lhamo Langel, Jordan Lazarz, Iwona Madro, Samantha Manke, Seth Marshall, Elizabeth Masood, Sunya Mathews, Haley McDaniel, Taryn Motacek, Aaron Munro, Jessica Nguyen, Cali Nguyen, Christina Nikolova, Galina Omari, Shurouq Onallah, Sabreen Osowski, Julia Patel, Tanvi Pavletic, Gabriela Pourhosseini, Pedram Purewal, Avneet Ralph, Angie Roa, Maria-Alessandra Rodriguez, Ismael Rohan, Amelia Runco, Julia Sohbati, Negar Sostaric, Marina Spencer, Jasmine Stein, Rebecca Stubbs, Aidan Suriano, Joseph Teixeira, Rae Truong, Marcia Vourvopoulos, Elena Wang, Helen Wang, Jason Williams, Megan Worb, Andrew Zahm, Sarah Class of 2021 Bricker, Julie Caceres, Melissa Chaudhry, Aysha Chawla, Natasha Cordoba, Claire Crumbliss, Conner Deutsch, Dustin Fazio, Kimberly Files, Owen Hall, Allyson Hans, Navneet Henkel, Ashley Hinson, Benjamin Jain, Smriti Jennings, Kelsey Kamil, Christie Kaur, Amandeep Kim, Grace Lalonde, Nikkie Lancaster, Alyssa Larson, Jessica Lenhart, Kasey Leysen, Avery Li, Brian Li, Jasmine Marogy, Renee Nichols, Olivia Norris, Abigail Okakpu, Valerie Patel, Alesha Perez, Janette Rancic, Jake Rocken, Claire Saleh, Faqar Sammak, Goli Siddiqui, Fareesa Skoog, William Skorseth, Claire Solomon, Zack Sykora, Kelsey Tritsch, Erica Ward, Carley Yang, Chenying Class of 2022 Abbott, Sarah Ali, Sarah Ali, Zahra Aujla, Balpreet Bade, Bjorn Beigel, Eric Bergman, Nicole Boycott, Jessie Briggs, Nathaniel Cao, Jiamin Cardenas, Angelica Dhanjal, Raveena Gilbertson, Jena Grewal, Randeep Ha, Vianna Hanna, Nicole Heraiz, Claudia Hong, Clara Huynh, Bobby Huynh, Melissa Koss, Stephanie Krisa, Sydney Langer, Weleed Large, Mackenzie Lee, Soo Jung Liu, Xiang Jun Mills, Shalynn Morier-Roy, Maxime Moua, Chi Na Neher, Frederick Nguyen, Noen Polk, Natalie Pratt, Christian Raziuddin, Sophia Reveles, Melissa Reyes, Jordan Robbs, Connor Robison, William Rodriguez, Maria Schaefer, Steven Schuchardt, Madeleine Sun, Lirong Thorp, Blaine Vivacqua, Lisa Vizza, Juliana Wadowska, Maria Wallace, Whitney Wong, Christopher Yoon, Hyun Ju Zezelic, Angela

The National Academies of Practice (NAP) has inducted ICO President Mark Colip, OD ’92, as a Distinguished Fellow of the NAP in Optometry. Founded in 1981, the NAP is an interprofessional organization with members representing 14 areas of health care. Fellows must be nominated by a current member. They are then selected by a membership committee based upon a review of their credentials and a clear demonstration of excellence in their respective professions. They are “dedicated to furthering practice, scholarship, and policy in support of interprofessional care.” Dr. Colip’s induction took place at a gala on March 9, 2019, in Washington, D.C. He was among 7 new inductees from optometry, including 2 more from ICO: Kristin Anderson, OD ’95, and Millicent Knight, OD ‘87. Previous ICO inductees in attendance included Sandra Block, OD ’81, Christopher Lievens, OD ’95, and Timothy Wingert, OD ’79. The Illinois College of Optometry is proud of Dr. Colip and the hard-working ICO alumni who have been honored by the NAP. Additionally, we congratulate Dr. Sandra Block, who received the James A. Boucher Award for Excellence in Optometry at the gala. To see the NAP’s photos of the optometry portion of this event, click here.

The following students achieved superior academic performance in the Winter 2018 quarter by 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: 1st Year Abbott, Sarah Aguilar, Lauren Ali, Sarah Ali, Zahra Aujla, Balpreet Bade, Bjorn Beigel, Eric Bergman, Nicole Boycott, Jessie Briggs, Nathaniel Cao, Jiamin Cardenas, Angelica Gilbertson, Jena Grewal, Randeep Ha, Vianna Hanna, Nicole Hong, Clara Huynh, Bobby Krisa, Sydney Lee, Soo Jung Liu, Xiang Mills, Shalynn Morier-Roy, Maxime Moua, Chi Na Neher, Frederick Patel, Shruti Polk, Natalie Pratt, Christian Raziuddin, Sophia Robbs, Connor Robison, William Schaefer, Steven Schuchardt, Madeleine Shahid, Alina Sun, Lirong Thorp, Blaine Wallace, Whitney Zezelic, Angela 2nd Year Bruegman, Lexye Caceres, Melissa Chaudhry, Aysha Chawla, Natasha Collins, Thomas Cordoba, Claire Deutsch, Dustin Dhanoa, Gurleen Fazio, Kimberly Francis, Randi Jo Hans, Navneet Henkel, Ashley Hinson, Benjamin Hulisz, Adam Jain, Smriti Jennings, Kelsey Kamil, Christie Kaur, Amandeep Kim, Grace Korsak, David Laden, Chelsea Lalonde, Nikkie Lancaster, Alyssa Larson, Jessica Lenhart, Kasey Leysen, Avery Li, Brian Li, Jasmine Marogy, Renee Metoxen, Mariah Michalicek, Benjamin Nichols, Olivia Norris, Abigail Okakpu, Valerie Patel, Alesha Perez, Janette Rancic, Jake Saleh, Faqar Schaefer, Kalyn Siddiqui, Fareesa Skoog, William Skorseth, Claire Smith, Lindsey Sykora, Kelsey Tran, Tam Tritsch, Erica Ward, Carley Yang, Chenying 3rd Year Ali, Ekram Avgoulas, Nicole Biskupiak, Angie Brown, Marisa Buckley, Brianna Bultsma, Alicia Burgess, Natalya Coleman, Katie Cwikla, Kathleen DeRubeis, Jenna Felger, Zachary Gibson, Kaitlyn Gil, Monika Gill, Jasmin Grey, Elizabeth Hepner, Andrew Jakupovic, Amela Kuby, Nora Kunkel, Lauren Kyi, Lhamo Lazarz, Iwona Madro, Samantha Marshall, Elizabeth Motacek, Aaron

Spring is on its way, and so is ICO’s Practice Opportunities Symposium. This annual event is an aspiring OD’s dream, with over 40 doctors, vendors, alumni, and optometry professionals ready to engage with students. These experts offer exclusive panels on the various modes of optometric practice. Once the presentations are complete, attendees enjoy networking, vendors, and of course, refreshments. The 22nd Annual Practice Opportunities Symposium will take place on Friday, April 5, 2019, at 1 p.m. Attendance is mandatory for first, second, and third year students, but all are welcome. Please attend; there is SO much to learn! 2019’s panel topics include: Introduction to Practice Management Externships and Optometric Specialties Private Practice Corporate Practice Specialty/Non-Traditional Practice Practice Management Residency Canadian Practitioners Thanks to a successful trial last year, the 2019 program will once again be offered as an app (download information coming soon.) To ask questions of our panelists, offer feedback, or share photos, use hashtag #POS2019 on social media. For more information on being a sponsor or exhibitor please click the button below. ADD REGISTER BUTTON AS A LINK?

The Illinois College of Optometry is seeking comments from the public about the college in preparation for its periodic evaluation by its regional accrediting agency. The College will host a visit on February 25-26, 2019 from a team of peer reviewers representing the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). The team will review the institution’s ongoing ability to meet HLC’s Criteria for Accreditation. ICO has been accredited by HLC since 1969. Comments must be made in writing and must address substantive matters related to the quality of the institution or its academic programs. If you wish to comment, please forward them to HLC at hlcommission.org/comment or mail them to the address below. All comments must be received by January 25, 2019.

he following students achieved superior academic performance in the Fall 2018 quarter by 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: Class of 2019 Bendicion, Eric Murray, Meghan Alden, Barah Ashtiani-Zarandi, Jaana Babaei, Anseh Bartels, Madeline Beard, Samantha Berg, Gina Bhalla, Julie Bilkhu, Amrit Boswick, Haley Brar, Simran Burns, Brianna Carbonaro, Nicole Cartwright, Amy Cejka, Lauren Cerasuolo, Jullian Champion, Emily Chan, Jennifer Chu, Diana Chu, Lillian Chung, Tristina Cohen, Thomas Cornelius, Morgan Dhaliwal, Shaminder Domagola, Amanda Dudley, Cortney Elmore, Jamie Ferraz, Mariana Gerson, Amanda Gill, Barjinder Gonsalves, Abigail Goodfellow, Madison Gregg, Greta Hanlon, John Harris, Nicole Hart, Megan Hollingshead, Alexandra Janczak, Carissa Jones, Minh Julio, Jacqueline Anne Kamachi, Kyle Kim, Won Kohli, Tanya Krol, Agnieszka Lake, Russell Leonard, Joshua Lewis, Celina Luong, Theresa Madonna, Joanna Mahon, Kendra Mashhood, Sameena Mathew, Sheeba McCarty, Steven Mellis, Natascha Meyer, Jackelyn Ngo, Jackie Nouhakis, Eleni Pacholek, Angelika Patel, Arjun Patel, Jyoti Paulsen, Annika Peterson, Joel Petrauskaite, Milita Piceno, Nancy Pierce, Jessica Piette, Dylan Pothier, Lillian Proud, Molly Rafool, Jensen Randhawa, Ravinder Rogers, Sarah Rowe, Alexa Salem, Mohammad Schraufnagel, Abigail Scriven, Chelsea Sethi, Bharti Snyder, Heather Starling, Claire Stemberger, Kayla Strang, Andrea Strzelecki, LeAnn Sunny, Susan Tang, Leannza Wheeler, Alisha Wong, Samantha Yang, Kia Class of 2020 Ali, Ekram Bannon, Michael Biskupiak, Angie Brown, Marisa Bultsma, Alicia Burgess, Natalya Coleman, Katie DeRubeis, Jenna Felger, Zachary Gibson, Kaitlyn Gil, Monika Gill, Jasmin Grey, Elizabeth Hepner, Andrew Hobi, Dana Kuby, Nora Kunkel, Lauren Kyi, Lhamo Lazarz, Iwona Madro, Samantha Marshall, Elizabeth Mize, Jesse L Munro, Jessica Omari, Shurouq Osowski, Julia Patel, Tanvi Pavletic, Gabriela Pourhosseini, Pedram Ralph, Angie Roa, Maria-Alessandra Rodriguez, Ismael Rohan, Amelia Runco, Julia Schmidt, Lucas Sohbati, Negar Sostaric, Marina Stein, Rebecca Steinhauser, William Teixeira, Rae Vang, Muychi Vourvopoulos, Elena Wang, Helen Yee, William Zahm, Sarah Class of 2021 Bricker, Julie Caceres, Melissa Chaudhry, Aysha Chawla, Natasha Cordoba, Claire Deutsch, Dustin Fazio, Kimberly Hall, Allyson Hans, Navneet Hansen, Scott Henkel, Ashley Hinson, Benjamin Jain, Smriti Jennings, Kelsey Kamil, Christie Kaur, Amandeep Kim, Grace Laden, Chelsea Lancaster, Alyssa Lenhart, Kasey Li, Brian Li, Jasmine Marogy, Renee Michalicek, Benjamin Nichols, Olivia Okakpu, Valerie Patel, Alesha Perez, Janette Rancic, Jake Schaefer, Kalyn Siddiqui, Fareesa Skoog, William Skorseth, Claire Sykora, Kelsey Tritsch, Erica Ward, Carley Class of 2022 Abbott, Sarah Ali, Sarah Ali, Zahra Aujla, Balpreet Bade, Bjorn Beigel, Eric Bergman, Nicole Boycott, Jessie Briggs, Nathaniel Cao, Jiamin Cardenas, Angelica Dhanjal, Raveena Gibbs, Kaitlin Gilbertson, Jena Grewal, Randeep Ha, Vianna Hanna, Nicole Hong, Clara Huynh, Bobby Koepke, Macy Koss, Stephanie Krisa, Sydney Lee, Soo Jung Liu, Xiangjun Lutchka, Emy Mills, Shalynn Morier-Roy, Maxime Neher, Frederick Nguyen, Jenny Patel, Kosha Polk, Natalie Pratt, Christian Raziuddin, Sophia Robbs, Connor Robison, William Schaefer, Steven Schmicker, Cierra Schuchardt, Madeleine Shahid, Alina Shim, Rachel Sun, Lirong Thorp, Blaine Vizza, Juliana Wallace, Whitney Zezelic, Angela

The following students achieved superior academic performance in the Summer 2018 quarter by 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: Class of 2018 Bendicion, Eric Hiscock, Julie Khan, Maryam Murray, Meghan Sin, Victoria Yau, Michael Class of 2019 Ashtiani-Zarandi, Jaana Bartels, Madeline Beaver, Rees Berg, Gina Bergado, Zefanne Bilkhu, Amrit Boots, Calvin Braet, Alexandra Brar, Simran Brown, Brittany Buisse, Cristelle Burns, Brianna Byzyka, Kristina Carbonaro, Nicole Cejka, Lauren Cerasuolo, Jullian Champion, Emily Chan, Jennifer Chang, Priscilla Chu, Diana Chu, Lillian Chung, Tristina Chuong, Jun Cohen, Thomas Domagola, Amanda Dudley, Cortney Durias, Griffin Dzierwa, Kristin Elmore, Jamie Ferraz, Mariana Foster, Ashley Geisen, Ellen Gerson, Amanda Gill, Barjinder Gregg, Greta Hanlon, John Hanson, Michael Hart, Megan Janczak, Carissa Jin, Jordan Jones, Minh Julio, Jacqueline Anne Kamachi, Kyle Kar, Deepon Lee, Colin Lewis, Celina Madonna, Joanna Mahon, Kendra Mathew, Sheeba Meyer, Jackelyn Molln, Taylor Moon, Esther Nguyen, Thanhan Nguyen, Vivian Pacholek, Angelika Pierce, Jessica Piette, Dylan Podpeskar, Nicholas Proud, Molly Rafool, Jensen Ramirez, Rosalba Rogers, Sarah Schraufnagel, Abigail Scriven, Chelsea Sheffer, Nicole Sparschu, Lauren Stemberger, Kayla Strang, Andrea Strzelecki, LeAnn Sugahara, Kei Sunny, Susan Tai, Katherine Tang, Leannza Tong, Christopher Tran, Eric Velanthottukoottale, Sivaranjini Wichman, Morgan Wong, Samantha Yang, Kia Yusufzai, Danial Zhen, Wendy Class of 2020 Ali, Ekram Biskupiak, Angie Brown, Marisa Bultsma, Alicia Butala, Praksha Coleman, Katie DeRubeis, Jenna Djoum, Kelly Khalid, Zahra Kloft, Sara Kuby, Nora Kunkel, Lauren Lazarz, Iwona Marshall, Elizabeth Mize, Jesse Osowski, Julia Purewal, Avneet Ralph, Angie Roa, Maria-Alessandra Rodriguez, Ismael Rohan, Amelia Sohbati, Negar Sostaric, Marina Stevens, Kelsie Stubbs, Aidan Teixeira, Rae Vourvopoulos, Elena Wang, Helen Zahm, Sarah Class of 2021 Abusharekh, Samiha Cordoba, Claire Goodman, Chelsea Jennings, Kelsey Lancaster, Alyssa Nichols, Olivia Norris, Abigail Perez, Janette Polyek, Liliya Siddiqui, Fareesa Skoog, William Skorseth, Claire

The annual Alumni Association Awards are always distributed during ICO Homecoming. This year’s event will occur on September 8, 2018. We have already named this year’s awardees. These distinguished individuals represent professional achievement, leadership in education, and excellence in philanthropy. Congratulations to the 2018 ICO Alumni Association Award Recipients: Golden Gavel Award Andrea McCann, OD ’04, FAAO Alumnus of the Year Award Irwin Azman, OD ’77 Young Alumnus of the Year Award Molly Walker, OD ’09 Distinguished Friend Award Ken G. Papineau Professional Achievement Award Christopher P. Olson, OD ’87, FAAO Excellence in Education Award Dominick M. Maino, OD ’78, MEd, FAAO, FCOVD-A Humanitarian Award Tony Q. Chan, OD ’59 Lifetime Service Award Arol Augsburger, OD Congratulations to the awardees.

Join the Illinois College of Optometry in officially welcoming the Class of 2022 to their professional education on Saturday, August 25, 2018. Parent’s Orientation 9 a.m., ICO Lecture Center President’s Welcome/White Coat Ceremony 11 a.m., ICO Lecture Center Doors open for guests at 10:30 a.m. Parking Parking for guests is available (no fee) in the ICO parking garage depending upon availability. Entrance to the garage is on 32nd Street between Michigan and Indiana Avenues. You can enter the College directly from the garage. Security will direct guests into the garage. Guests parked on the street may enter ICO at the 3240 S Indiana Avenue entrance. Guests who need disabled access to the College can be dropped off at this entrance. Photography An ICO photographer will be capturing photos of students during the ceremony in the Lecture Center and afterwards in the Library. These photos will be available to download for free on our Flickr page. Live Streaming The 2018 White Coat Ceremony will be streamed live on Facebook. Visit ICO’s Facebook page at 11 a.m. to watch. “Like” ICO on Facebook to receive a notification when the stream begins. Social Media Please use hashtag #ICOWhiteCoat when sharing photos from this eventful day. ICO will be posting live on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.