Leslie Gauntlett Is Salus PCO
The Salus PCO Quiz Bowl competition was held on April 29 at the Hafter Student Community Center before a crowd of 150. The annual Salus PCO event, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Optometric Association (POA) and the Salus PCO chapter of the American Optometric Student Association (AOSA), was a great success. Optometry students competed to answer questions carefully crafted by the judges - optometrists and Salus PCO faculty. The winner was Leslie Gauntlett '18OD, (pictured above, center) who will represent Salus PCO at the 2017 Varilux Student Bowl during Optometry's Meeting, the annual American Optometric Association (AOA) conference, to be held in Washington, DC. Read more
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Veterans Readiness Initiative 2016
Salus University, Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) and Montgomery County Community College (MontCo) collaborated again this year to ensure student veterans received vision, hearing and balance screenings. This is the second year the Veterans Readiness Initiative (VRI) program has provided screenings for veterans, which has also served as clinical practice for both optometry and audiology students. There is hope that eventually the program will expand to other schools and become nationwide. Read more
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Third Annual Visit for
Charter School Students 
On Tuesday, April 19, 27 students and their teacher arrived on campus to spend the day with Salus University Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO) student volunteers. The level of enthusiasm was high when the fifth graders of the City Neighbors Charter School in Baltimore, MD walked into the clinical skills lab to meet their optometry student "teachers." Read more
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Dr. Barbara Schwartz-Bechet (center), associate dean for the College of Education and Rehabilitation, recently assisted at the Shafallah Center in Doha, Qatar as part of the Fulbright Specialist Program (FSP). Learn more about her experience here.
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WE SALUTE
The Salus community extends a warm welcome to the following new members:
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Katherine Abbott, CCC-SLP
Instructor,
Speech-Language Pathology
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Abigail Arocho
Clinical Research Coordinator,
Office of Research
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Yvette Chambers
Patient Account Representative,
The Eye Institute
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Lynette DeLuzio, CCC-SLP
Instructor,
Speech-Language Pathology
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Dexter Keel
Custodial Technician
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Stacey McLean
Security Officer
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Christina Minkoff, CCC-SLP,
Instructor
Speech-Language Pathology
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James Pollard
Custodial Supervisor
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Rachel Wherry
Security Officer
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Sherrie Wylie
Manager, Patient Accounts
The Eye Institute
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The Salus community extends its sincere congratulations to the following members:
Dr. Linda Casser,
coordinator of interprofessional education, and
Dr. Melissa Vitek, director of International and Continuing Education, on their contribution to an IPE article published in
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Dr. Jenny Myung, assistant professor, on receiving the Patient's Choice Award from "Top PHL Optometry."
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Dr. Fern Silverman, director of Doctoral Program in Occupational Therapy, and
Dr. Andrea Tyszka, assistant professor, on receiving the American Occupational Therapy Foundation Award for Community Volunteerism.
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Class of 2017 students
Mary Jordan and
Jenessa Stiles, Osborne College of Audiology, on receiving travel grant awards from the Alumni Association to attend the American Academy of Audiology's
AudiologyNOW! meeting.
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Mitchell Scheiman, OD, dean of Research and nationally recognized expert on
convergence insufficiency, successfully defended his dissertation last month and became the first Salus faculty member to earn the University's PhD in Biomedicine. Dr. Scheiman is only the second person to earn this degree, and he will receive it at the May 26 commencement. Read more
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Salus Now ASHA-Approved CE Provider
Salus University has recently been approved by the Continuing Education Board (CEB) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to offer continuing education courses for audiologists and speech-language pathologists. ASHA Approved CE Providers are the only organizations approved for offering continuing education courses for audiologists and speech-language pathologists for ASHA Continuing Education Units (CEUs). Read more
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Chinese Optometric and Optical Association Campus Visit
On Friday, April 15, officials from the Chinese Optometric and Optical Association (COOA) arrived in Elkins Park for a meeting with the University's administration. The Association is the University's partner for an on-campus, full-time Master of Science in Clinical Optometry (MSCO) degree program.
In addition to continuing discussions about the program, this visit provided the opportunity for COOA officials to meet with the students currently enrolled in the program. Read more
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Relocation Notices
The University's library has been moved to the second floor of the Hafter Student Community Center until construction on the new Learning Resource Center is completed. Learn about the progress of the Learning Resource Center here.
The Office of Academic Success has moved to the ground floor and is now located in room W103J in the Student Affairs suite.
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2016 Audiology Alumnus of the Year
Kathy A. Foltner, AuD '03
Since more Salus OCA alumni are able to attend AudiologyNOW! than Alumni Weekend in Elkins Park, it has been the custom to present the recipient with his/her award at the alumni reception during the conference. Present in Phoenix this year were former Alumnus of the Year awardees, Drs. Rita Chaiken, Gail Gudmundsen, and Robert DiSogra.
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Let's Twist & Shout -
"Looking Out for Kids" 10th Anniversary!
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Spring 2016 Alumni Magazine
Digital Edition
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