In accordance with the Process to Reopen Pennsylvania, we have resumed limited university operations effective June 8, 2020.
CPPD intends to use virtual communication to maintain the structure of their current schedule.
While teaching at Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry in Davie, Florida, Erin Jenewein, OD, MS, was looking for a change. She was searching for a new faculty position in pediatric optometry when she found out that the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO) at Salus University had an opening, she jumped at the chance.
When James Konopack, PhD, was offered the position of dean of Salus University’s College of Health Sciences, Education and Rehabilitation (CHER), one of his first thoughts was, disciplinarily speaking, it would be a homecoming of sorts for him.
Irving Bennett, OD ‘44, DSC (Hon.) ‘87, FAAO, an internationally renowned authority and publisher in the field of optometric economics and practice management, passed away Sept. 7, 2020, at the age of 97.
Even though there are more barriers to personal interaction now because of the pandemic, Nicholas Karbach, OD ‘17, Resident ‘18, said the flip side is students and their patients are now going through a shared experience that gives them another point of connection.
Salus University Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO) recently partnered with Hampton University, one of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), to offer a new articulation agreement to address the shortage of Black student representation in optometric education and the healthcare profession.