03-22-95 Optometry Career Day April 23

COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY CAREER DAY APRIL 23

     COLUMBUS -- Prospective optometry students, parents, career
and academic counselors, practitioners and others interested in
optometry are invited to an open house and career day at The Ohio
State University.

     The event will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. April 23 at the
College of Optometry, 352 W. 10th Ave.

     Visitors will be able to tour the college's clinics,
laboratories and classrooms, talk informally with faculty and
students, and obtain information on admissions and financial aid.
They also can tour the Optometry Museum and visit the Celebrity
Eyewear Collection of glasses from notables in politics,
education, sports and entertainment.

     The Ohio State College of Optometry is the oldest
university-based optometry program in continuous operation in the
United States and one of 19 optometry colleges in North America.

     Entering Ohio State optometry students in 1994 had an
average 3.5 grade point, among the highest in the nation,
according to a survey of the Association of Schools and Colleges
of Optometry.

     The college offers a four-year post-baccalaureate program of
study that leads to the Doctor of Optometry degree.  The first
two years consist mainly of basic sciences and pre-clinical
studies in areas such as anatomy, histology, physiology, optics,
pharmacology and pathology.  The third and fourth years emphasize
clinical training as students learn from licensed optometrists as
they examine patients in the college's general and specialty
clinics.

     Some 55,000 patient visits occur at the clinics annually.
About 5,000 people are screened or examined at schools, nursing
homes and other locations.

     Each year, the college admits 64 students for instruction
from 16 regular faculty and 45 clinical instructors.  Research
activities include contact lenses, eye characteristics and
diseases, pediatric and geriatric vision, sports vision, and
measures to correct eyesight.

     The college is part of Ohio State's Health Sciences Center,
which includes colleges of Dentistry, Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing
and Veterinary Medicine; the School of Allied Medical
Professions; University Hospitals; and the Arthur G. James Cancer
Hospital and Research Institute.

     More information about the open house or admissions is
available from the Office of Student Affairs, College of
Optometry, 338 W. 10th Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43210.

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Contact:   Shirrell Greens, academic counselor and staff
assistant, or Annie Pagura, academic counselor, 614-292-2647.


[Submitted by: Von Reid-Vargas (ereid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
               
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