America’s Best Contacts & Eyeglasses Sole Sponsor of PCO/Salus Summer Enrichment Program
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America’s Best Contacts & Eyeglasses Sole Sponsor of PCO/Salus Summer Enrichment Program
The Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO) at Salus University announces that America’s Best Contacts & Eyeglasses will be the sole sponsor of PCO’s Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) with its vision to increase underrepresented students of color in the optometric profession.
Totaling $300,000 through a five-year commitment, it is the largest sponsorship PCO/Salus has received, to date, in support of its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Originally founded in 1977 by Robert E. Horne, then PCO’s vice president and dean of Student Affairs, SEP has benefited more than 700 prior students. Renamed in his honor, SEP will be able to reach 100 new students thanks to the America’s Best commitment.
The redesigned program, which has been on hiatus since after the 2015 summer, will feature three weeks of remote (online) instruction and two weeks of in-person instruction, coupled with peer interactions and faculty mentorship. It is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2021 and Ruth Shoge, OD ‘06, Resident ‘07, a previous SEP participant and PCO/Salus faculty member, will be the director.
