{"id":2992,"date":"2023-03-28T21:10:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T21:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/lp\/?page_id=2992"},"modified":"2023-03-31T16:36:54","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T16:36:54","slug":"optometry-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/lp\/college-of-optometry\/optometry-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Events OD"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero-secondary\" id=\"slateform\">\n  <div class=\"relative bg-black\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"adhere object-cover\" src=\"\/media\/lp\/111519-care-harbor-la-23-2.jpg\" srcset=\"\/media\/lp\/111519-care-harbor-la-23-2.jpg 1200w, \/media\/lp\/111519-care-harbor-la-23-2-300x233.jpg 300w, \/media\/lp\/111519-care-harbor-la-23-2-1024x794.jpg 1024w, \/media\/lp\/111519-care-harbor-la-23-2-768x596.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"student performing eye exam.\">\n      <div class=\"adhere gradient-overlay\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"relative container\">\n      <div class=\"grid grid-cols-1 lg:grid-cols-2 gap-32 place-content-center\">\n        <div class=\"px-12 flex items-center\">\n          <div>\n                        <span class=\"t-h3 text-white\">Become a<\/span>\n                        <h1 class=\"t-h1-sans text-white\">Doctor of Optometry (OD)<\/h1>\n                        <span class=\"t-h3 text-white\">Your Career in Health Care Starts Here<\/span>\n                      <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"px-12 mt-32 md:mt-0\">\n                    <div class=\"p-32 sm:p-40 md:px-0 md:py-80 bg-black\">\n            <div class=\"md:px-40 lg:px-80\">\n                          \t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"text-lockup text-lockup--black\">\n\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-serif  block text-yellow\">VIRTUAL <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-sans  block text-white\">ADMISSIONS EVENT <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg-content t-p2 mt-24 text-white\"><div class=\"slate-form\" id=\"form_1d8bdcfe-421c-4c8d-bb44-710d4ee540dc\">Loading&#8230;<\/div><script async=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/apply.westernu.edu\/register\/?id=1d8bdcfe-421c-4c8d-bb44-710d4ee540dc&amp;output=embed&amp;div=form_1d8bdcfe-421c-4c8d-bb44-710d4ee540dc\">\/**\/<\/script><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"my-48 md:mt-96 md:mb-72\" vue-app>\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"app-gutter\">\n      <div class=\"relative md:flex md:justify-end\">\n        <div class=\"app-gutter\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"md:absolute md:-top-32 md:left-0 w-full md:w-5\/12 lg:w-6\/12 h-240 sm:h-320 md:h-full object-cover rounded-t-5 md:rounded-8\" src=\"\/media\/lp\/041221-co-laser-lab-094.jpg\" srcset=\"\/media\/lp\/041221-co-laser-lab-094.jpg 1200w, \/media\/lp\/041221-co-laser-lab-094-300x200.jpg 300w, \/media\/lp\/041221-co-laser-lab-094-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/media\/lp\/041221-co-laser-lab-094-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw\" alt=\"Laser Lab\">\n                  <\/div>\n        <div class=\"md:w-8\/12 xl:w-7\/12 app-gutter\">\n          <div class=\"p-32 sm:p-40 md:px-0 md:py-80 rounded-b-5 md:rounded-8 bg-red\">\n            <div class=\"md:ml-1\/8 lg:ml-1\/4 xl:ml-1\/7 md:px-40 lg:px-80\">\n                              \t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"text-lockup text-lockup--red\">\n\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-serif  block text-yellow\">Innovation<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-sans  block text-white\">in Education<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg-content t-p2 mt-24 text-white\">The College of Optometry offers an innovative Doctor of Optometry program that emphasizes optometric rehabilitation including neuro-optometry. This emerging specialty helps patients who have visual and perceptual problems as a result of brain injury, stroke, physical disability or neurological illness. Our emphasis on optometric rehabilitation also includes vision therapy, low vision rehabilitation, and care for vulnerable populations such as those with developmental disabilities.<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"my-48 md:mt-96 md:mb-72\" vue-app>\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"flex flex-wrap md:flex-row-reverse md:items-center app-gutter\">\n      <div class=\"md:w-6\/12 xl:w-7\/12 app-gutter pl-16\">\n        <div class=\"rounded-5 md:rounded-8 md:h-560 bg-red\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full h-256 md:h-560 object-cover rounded-5 md:rounded-8 transform -translate-y-10 -translate-x-8 md:-translate-y-18 md:-translate-x-16\" src=\"\/media\/lp\/100318-view-visual-pathways-test-16-1.jpg\" srcset=\"\/media\/lp\/100318-view-visual-pathways-test-16-1.jpg 1200w, \/media\/lp\/100318-view-visual-pathways-test-16-1-300x200.jpg 300w, \/media\/lp\/100318-view-visual-pathways-test-16-1-1024x684.jpg 1024w, \/media\/lp\/100318-view-visual-pathways-test-16-1-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw\" alt=\"Students working together to solve vision pathways.\">\n                  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"md:w-6\/12 xl:w-5\/12 mt-32 md:mt-0 px-12 md:pr-40 lg:px-80\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"md:pb-40\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"text-lockup text-lockup--default\">\n\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-serif  block text-red-light\">Faculty Mentorship &#038;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-sans  block text-red\">Student Camaraderie<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg-content t-p2 mt-24 text-black\">WesternU\u2019s College of Optometry, affectionately termed WUCO, is known for its community of peer and faculty support. Low student-to-faculty ratio and instructors who treat students as colleagues from day one gives WesternU its unique environment. Students enjoy being surrounded by peers who are willing to lend each other a hand through the challenging OD curriculum. In the long-term, WUCO students take away meaningful personal and professional connections.<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"my-48 md:mt-96 md:mb-72\" vue-app>\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"app-gutter\">\n      <div class=\"relative md:flex md:justify-end\">\n        <div class=\"app-gutter\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"md:absolute md:-top-32 md:left-0 w-full md:w-5\/12 lg:w-6\/12 h-240 sm:h-320 md:h-full object-cover rounded-t-5 md:rounded-8\" src=\"\/media\/lp\/images\/mini-medical-school-2018.jpeg\" srcset=\"\/media\/lp\/images\/mini-medical-school-2018.jpeg 1200w, \/media\/lp\/images\/mini-medical-school-2018-300x200.jpeg 300w, \/media\/lp\/images\/mini-medical-school-2018-1024x684.jpeg 1024w, \/media\/lp\/images\/mini-medical-school-2018-768x513.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw\" alt=\"Western University of Health Sciences students from the Pediatric Interest Group hosted about 40 children - who were mostly kindergarten students - for the school\u2019s inaugural Mini-Medical School at the Pomona campus\">\n                  <\/div>\n        <div class=\"md:w-8\/12 xl:w-7\/12 app-gutter\">\n          <div class=\"p-32 sm:p-40 md:px-0 md:py-80 rounded-b-5 md:rounded-8 bg-red\">\n            <div class=\"md:ml-1\/8 lg:ml-1\/4 xl:ml-1\/7 md:px-40 lg:px-80\">\n                              \t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"text-lockup text-lockup--red\">\n\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-serif  block text-yellow\">Community Health<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-sans  block text-white\">Focused<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg-content t-p2 mt-24 text-white\">We are a College of scholars and practitioners that care for one another. Our faculty members act as mentors helping to ensure student success. Our students flourish in an environment dedicated to excellent educational experiences in the classroom, in the laboratory, in clinical education settings, and in the community. <br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nStudents have the opportunity to volunteer at health fairs around the region, touching countless lives. Because of this, our graduates go on to become ODs with a shared vision of our core values of humanism, caring, and scientific excellence.<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"my-48 md:mt-96 md:mb-72\" vue-app>\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"flex flex-wrap md:flex-row-reverse md:items-center app-gutter\">\n      <div class=\"md:w-6\/12 xl:w-7\/12 app-gutter pl-16\">\n        <div class=\"rounded-5 md:rounded-8 md:h-560 bg-yellow\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full h-256 md:h-560 object-cover rounded-5 md:rounded-8 transform -translate-y-10 -translate-x-8 md:-translate-y-18 md:-translate-x-16\" src=\"\/media\/lp\/061319-infantsee-levi-07.jpg\" srcset=\"\/media\/lp\/061319-infantsee-levi-07.jpg 1200w, \/media\/lp\/061319-infantsee-levi-07-300x206.jpg 300w, \/media\/lp\/061319-infantsee-levi-07-1024x703.jpg 1024w, \/media\/lp\/061319-infantsee-levi-07-768x527.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw\" alt=\"\">\n                  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"md:w-6\/12 xl:w-5\/12 mt-32 md:mt-0 px-12 md:pr-40 lg:px-80\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"md:pb-40\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"text-lockup text-lockup--default\">\n\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-serif  block text-red-light\">Early Clinical<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-sans  block text-red\">Experiences<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg-content t-p2 mt-24 text-black\">The curriculum emphasizes direct hands-on patient care in every semester beginning in the first year and continuing through full-time clinical rotations in the fourth year. The curriculum supports many different learning styles with modes of instruction including lectures, laboratories, clinical education, and service learning. <br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nOur students\u2019 formal optometric education culminates with the fourth year externship and it is expected that students will reach proficiency in optometric scope of practice that will fully prepare them for graduation, residency training, and licensing anywhere in the U.S. and Canada.<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"relative mt-48 md:mt-72\">\n  <div class=\"absolute top-128 bottom-0 left-0 w-full bg-gray\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"container relative pb-80 md:pb-112\">\n    <div class=\"px-24\">\n      <div class=\"bg-black py-48 md:py-64 relative px-24 sm:px-40 text-white rounded-5 md:rounded-8 md:text-center overflow-hidden\">\n                <div class=\"relative\">\n                      <h2 class=\"t-h2-sans  block text-white\">Choose WesternU<\/h2>\n                                <p class=\"t-p2 mt-24 md:w-8\/12 mx-auto\">We are here to answer your questions. 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