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The Pre-Optometry Club is the perfect solution! You will get many opportunities to learn about optometry. This fee also gets you a POC t-shirt.

UAB 2020-2021 Pre-Optometry Club Officers:

Co-President - Cora Green & Gracie Defoor
Vice-President - Anna Ren
Treasurer - Maria Valenzuela
Secretary - Bailey Rose
Service Chair - Ashley Rose Archard
Media Coordinator - Okaeri "Oky" Hernandez
Flyers Manager - Blair White

Faculty Advisor- Dr. Bej
Alumni Advisor - Hannah Lewis
Alumni Mentors - Hannah Lewis, Baylee Driggers, Natasha Chawla, and Deepa Mishra

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Interested in optometry? Each month the POC has a guest speaker ranging from optometrists, ophthalmologists, and admission directors from different optometry schools. Each guest speaker gives you great incite to the profession of optometry. Through the POC, you can also gain valuable shadowing experiences and volunteering opportunities. Membership Fees and Requirements
The annual fee for the POC is $15. As a member of the POC, you are required to meet our service requirement of 2 events.

03/23/2021

Make sure to catch ‘1 or 2’ events today on World Optometry Day!
At 12pm, UAB MAPS will be hosting an OD student over zoom, message for the zoom link.
At 5pm, UAB Pre-Opt Club will be hosting OD-2 students at the Student Hill Center rm 203 for our favorite equipment meeting! Bring your One Card and (Covid) Passport for entry, or catch us on Zoom or Instagram Live. Zoom link is available in engage, and don’t forget to rsvp (on engage)!!

02/15/2021

Our February meeting will be held this Tuesday (tomorrow), Feb 16 at 6:30pm via Zoom!!
Make plans to attend to hear from second year OD students from the UAB School of Optometry!!
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If you are not receiving club meeting emails and updates, make sure to send us your email!!
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11/17/2020

Our November meeting will be held this Wednesday (tomorrow), November 18 at 6:30pm via Zoom!!
Make plans to attend to hear from fourth year members of NOSA from the UAB School of Optometry!!
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If you are not receiving club meeting emails and updates, make sure to sign up on engage and/or message Bailey at brose18@uab.edu
Message for the Zoom link if needed
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10/19/2020

Our October meeting will be held this Wednesday, October 21st at 6:30pm via Zoom!!
We will be joined by Dr. Allie McKelvey, a pediatric optometrist who works alongside ophthalmologists. She is a UABSO grad, so make plans to attend to hear about her experiences!!
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To receive our club meeting emails and updates, make sure to sign up on engage and/or message Bailey (at brose18@uab.edu).
If you haven’t received our zoom info, message Gracie (at gracied4@uab.edu) for the meeting ID and Password
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09/04/2020

Our September meeting will be held this coming Wednesday, September 9th, at 6:30 p.m. This (Zoom) meeting is titled “What is Optometry,” and is designed to answer any questions you have about optometry school, the application process, or the career in general.
Dr. Simon from UABSO will be joining us so please make plans to attend!

Meeting ID: 813 3059 5092
Passcode: message this account or one of our officers if you don’t have the password yet!!

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81330595092?pwd=VUxINzJkVXZkUmtSLzhvdktXV0FPQT09

We look forward to seeing all of you!
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09/01/2020

❋Meet Your 2020-2021 Pre-Optometry Club Executive Board❋
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Be on the lookout for our first club meeting of the semester!! 🎉🤓

01/21/2020

Don’t forget about our January Meeting in the Spencer Honor House. We will have a great presentation from UABSO Alum, Dr. Fisk about the ingredients for a good optometry student. We can’t wait to see you all in a week!

12/03/2019

Don't forget about our December Meeting tomorrow night at 6pm in the Education Building Room 230! We will have a chocolate bar and other food as well. We hope to see you all there at our final meeting of the semester!

10/24/2019

Don't forget about our October Meeting tonight! We will get to hear all about SUNY College of Optometry and pizza will be provided. It starts at 6pm in Education Building Room 230. We can't wait to see you all there!

10/22/2019

We had so much fun at our cow eye dissection at UABSO earlier this month!

This Thursday at 6pm, we are having our second meeting of the month. Our speaker is a representative from SUNY College of Optometry in New York City! Pizza will be provided.

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Birmingham, AL
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UAB Pre-Optometry Club Officers: 2018-2019 President - Grace Mitchell Vice-President - Natalie Fliegel Treasurer - Alice Kim Secretary - Daniel Lindsay Service Chair - Wyatt Hyke & Avanit Patel Historian - Cora Green Faculty Advisor- Dr. Bej Alumni Advisor - Maryem Gandy Alumni Mentors - Maryem, Gandy, Hannah Lewis, Baylee Driggers, Natasha Chawla, and Deepa Mishra ------------------------------------------------------------------ Interested in optometry? The Pre-Optometry Club is the perfect solution! You will get many opportunities to learn about optometry. Each month the POC has a guest speaker ranging from optometrists, ophthalmologists, and admission directors from different optometry schools. Each guest speaker gives you great incite to the profession of optometry. Through the POC, you can also gain valuable shadowing experiences and volunteering opportunities. Membership Fees and Requirements The annual fee for the POC is $15. This fee also gets you a POC t-shirt. As a member of the POC, you are required to meet our service requirement of 2 events.