SOLutioN Networking in Action:
SOLutioN Annual Leadership Conference
Optometry's Meeting
Vision Expo West
Vision Expo East
American Academy of Optometry (AAO)
SECO
Optometry's Meeting
Vision Expo West
Vision Expo East
American Academy of Optometry (AAO)
SECO
SOLutioN 9th Annual Conference June 13-15th 2019 in Raleigh, NC
SOLN 2019
Returning SOLN members
SOLN 2018-2019 Executive Board
2019 Preston Cup Recipient: University of Houston College of Optometry's Private Practice Club (UHCO SOPMA)
Vision Expo East 2019
in New York, NY
Vision Expo East 2019
in New York, NY
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American Academy of Optometry 2018 in San Antonio, TX |
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SOLN Mixer at Academy 2018
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Vision Expo West 2018 in Las Vegas, NV |
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VSP Lip Smacking Foodie Tour in Las Vegas
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SOLN Leaders at Vision Expo West 2018
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Optometry's Meeting 2018
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SOLN 8th Annual Conference June 14-16th 2018 in Houston, TX
SOLN 2018
Returning SOLN Members 2018
New SOLN Members 2018
The SOLN Executive Board 2017-18 with The 2018 Preston Cup Award Recipients KYCO PPC
The 2018 Preston Cup Award Recipients KYCO PPC
Covalent Careers Partnership with SOLutioN
We are very excited to have a new partnership with Covalent Careers!
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Read this article find out more about our partnership
Visit our Optometry Jobs page to seek or post a job
Read this article find out more about our partnership
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American Academy of Optometry 2017 in Chicago, IL |
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2017 VSP & AAOF Practice Excellence Scholarship Recipients
SOLutioN leaders that were recipients of the 2017 VSP & AAOF Practice Excellence Scholarship
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Optometry's Meeting 2017
in Washington, DC |
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SOLN 7th Annual Conference June 8 - 11th 2017 in Dallas, TX
SOLN 7th Annual Conference 2017
Incoming & Outgoing SOLN Executive Board 2017
ICO receiving the Preston Cup Award for 2017
Check out our article on OD's on FB! (click photo)
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Check out our article on OD's on FB! (click photo)
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Vision Expo East 2017
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American Academy of Optometry November 9 - 12, 2016, Anaheim, CA
SOLutioN 6th Annual Meeting
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SOLutioN at Optometry's Meeting June 30th - July 3rd 2016
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Vision Expo East & West- 2016
SOLutioN would like to thank the Vision Council for their continued support! Look for the SOLutioN booth! It is run by students who want to share how SOLutioN has changed their lives!
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SOLutioN at Academy - October 2015, New Orleans
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The American Academy of Optometry 2015 was the first meeting that SOLutioN students and ODs had a table to share their experiences with each other and to the people in the profession. We had a great time!
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SOLutioN at Optometry's Meeting - June 2015, Seattle, WA
SOLutioN Members gather for dinner at the AOA Optometry's Meeting 2015!
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SOLutioN in Foresight Magazine
SOLutioN member, Elena Lischau, writes about her experiences in the National Optometry Student Magazine, Foresight. Read more here.
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SOLutioN 5th Annual Conference in Sacramento CA June 2015
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Future Leaders of Optometry Award Preston Cup to Sara Davies Illinois College of Optometry! Award presented at the 5th Annual Student Optometric Leadership Network (SOLutioN) Leadership Conference in Sacramento, California.
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SOLutioN Annual meeting - Columbus, OH, June 2014
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Our Fourth Annual SOLutioN meeting took place in Columbus, Ohio from June 4-7, 2014. This was the largest meeting yet with every representative from each of the schools and colleges of optometry in the U.S. and Puerto Rico in attendance. This meeting was also the first time SOLN extended an invitation to the student leaders from the National Optometric Student Association (NOSA).
Each day the student representatives had a fulfilling agenda which included leadership lectures and activities from 7am until our dinner, followed by a social gathering. We engaged in leadership training workshops and had the opportunity to asked the panelists/speakers many questions. I enjoyed hearing from the guest speakers who all had very unique story on how they became leaders. The Association of Practice Management Educators (AMPE) also encourage more courses on the Business Aspects of Optometry by communicating with our professors. The most helpful event to me was the Resource Round tables where each student spent quality one-on-one time with different industry groups, speakers and vendor partners to obtain sponsorship information and schedule speakers for their next school year. |
We also had field-trips to OSU, the VSP lab, and VSP Mobile Eyes® Clinics on wheels. Lastly, this meeting gave a chance to all Private Practice clubs across the nation to share ideas and bring back their experiences and knowledge to their respective school. By Susan Ly, UIWRSO 2016.
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Vision Source National Meeting - April 2013, Las Vegas
In our organization's third official year, SOLutioN met for an annual meeting in April 2013 in fabulous Las Vegas at the Vision Source National Meeting. At arguably our most productive meeting yet, several long term goals were accomplished and new task lists were decided upon. Our official logo was voted on and finalized (the banner for our website, seen above), committees were formed to allow individual members of SOLutioN to work together to continue to advance our club, and a board of directors was nominated and voted upon to give structure and provide sustainability for SOLutioN. Not only was this conference extremely productive for SOLutioN as a whole, but a lot was done to help improve the individual private practice clubs at each of the colleges of optometry. Doctor-to-student panels allowed students to mingle and ask important questions to several successful Vision Source doctors, leadership training sessions were held, and roundtable discussions with potential speakers allowed private practice club leaders to brainstorm new was to improve his/her school's private practice club. After a long weekend, lots of hard work, and --of course-- some old fashioned Las Vegas fun, I think it's safe to say this was a very successful meeting for SOLutioN!
Vision Expo West - September 2012 & Vision Expo East - March 2013
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Optometry's Meeting - Chicago, Illinois |
Vision Source National Meeting - Orlando, April 2012
The second official national meeting for SOLutioN was held at the Vision Source National Meeting in Orlando, Florida in April 2012. Our student organization was really beginning to take shape and form a name for itself.
Vision Expo East and West 2011
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SOLN in the News
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ASCO or the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry. ASCO is a non-profit education association representing the interests of optometric education. Check out our Press Release in the Summer 2011 ASCO Newsletter, pages 8-9.
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Optometry's Meeting - Salt Lake City, Utah
22 Representatives met in Salt Lake City over lunch to discuss the future of the group, design the mission statement, and form committees to attain the necessary goals of the organization at the 2011 Optometry's Meeting.
Where it all Began -Vision Source National Meeting - Houston, Texas
In April 2011, private practice club representatives from 16 optometry schools came together at the national Vision Source Meeting to learn how to better serve their clubs and students in their pursuits of optometric private practice. By sharing their experiences with each other, as well as attending leadership and practice management workshops, each student leader was able to leave the meeting with ideas on how to improve their local club.
The experience of sharing ideas and passion for optometric practice was so enriching the students wanted to create a national organization that would dedicate its time and resources to the development of practice management in optometric schools. Together, the Private Practice Student Optometric Leadership Network (SOLN) was formed! The purpose of the group is to provide national unification and recognition of student optometric private practice and practice management organizations, support local organization leaders, and promote the future of private practice optometry. As highlighted in the Summer ASCO EyeOnEducation Newsletter, it was made to provide a common resource for leadership training among the student leaders of optometric private practice organizations. Energized and ready to change the world, each student leader left Texas ready to change the world, and they started by strengthening their local clubs
The experience of sharing ideas and passion for optometric practice was so enriching the students wanted to create a national organization that would dedicate its time and resources to the development of practice management in optometric schools. Together, the Private Practice Student Optometric Leadership Network (SOLN) was formed! The purpose of the group is to provide national unification and recognition of student optometric private practice and practice management organizations, support local organization leaders, and promote the future of private practice optometry. As highlighted in the Summer ASCO EyeOnEducation Newsletter, it was made to provide a common resource for leadership training among the student leaders of optometric private practice organizations. Energized and ready to change the world, each student leader left Texas ready to change the world, and they started by strengthening their local clubs
