American Academy of Optometry - UW Student Chapter

How do you earn the "FAAO" or "Fellow" designation?👀 As promised in yesterday evenings presentation, here are Candidate for Fellowship application timeline examples.

You have 3 years from the time of applying to complete the Candidate for Fellowship process. You will need to submit 50 points of written works, which can be earned in a variety of ways. As a clinical candidate, you will need to complete at least one case report.

There are excellent resources on the Academy website that go through writing case reports in detail, including several sample cases from previous candidates.
https://aaopt.org/membership/candidates-fellows/become-a-fellow/

Congratulations to our AAO Student Fellows of 2022! These hardworking optometry students attended Academy last Fall in San Diego, California and completed the various educational requirements for Student Fellowship designation. This evening they received their certificates and pins in recognition of their accomplishment.

⭐️Winnie Chow
⭐️Jenny Lee
⭐️Jennifer Li
⭐️Natali Milosevski
⭐️Chantelle Procunier
⭐️Meghan Sue
⭐️Glenda Thai
⭐️Amy Wang
⭐️Amy Zhang

The Academy offers the Student Fellowship program to encourage optometry students to fully experience the annual meeting, stimulate increased participation in the meeting’s events, promote future involvement in the Academy, and help encourage students to become Fellows upon graduation. The program is also a great opportunity for students to acquire new knowledge and exposure to the latest advancements in technology through lectures, workshops, posters, and more. It is designed to serve as a guide for optometry students as they develop their skills as optometric professionals. Requirements include being a current optometry student, a current student member of the academy, attending Academy, and attending continuing education events, poster sessions, symposiums, and submitting written pieces about your experience.

The AAO is selling final exam survival kits to get you through the exam season! Whether it’s for your optom friends, big/lil' sibs, or favourite profs/TAs/staff members - treat each other to some study snacks, stationary, a boost of caffeine and immunity, and more! All proceeds will go towards fundraising for optometry travel grants.

Etransfer [email protected] and fill out the google form: https://forms.gle/f7qWZCWeYAyt52Ed8

Thank you! 👓

Our fundraiser is up and running! The AAO will be selling planters to raise funds for optometry student travel grants. All optometry students, faculty members, friends, and family are welcome to purchase. Please note that plants are not included. Pick up will be at the University Optometry Building Parking Lot and CLV-North Residence.

Etransfer [email protected] and fill out the google form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfRDBh7R7rzOR2D0OCD7aC4UZc7ERUZvHHdWSiZ0aXAFR67Ow/viewform

You will be notified when the planters are available for pick up. Thank you!👓

Recipients of the 2022 AAOF Student Giving Matching Travel Grants, Natali and Chantelle, had an amazing time representing the University of Waterloo in San Diego, California at Academy last week and achieving their Student Fellowship designations. The AAO Executive members participated in various continuing education lectures such as “Detecting and Understanding Glaucomatous Damage with OCT” and “When Optometry Meets Neurology- Case Series from Stroke to Dementia.” We cannot wait for next year in New Orleans, Louisiana!

Amy and Jenny, 4th year students and past execs of UW AAO had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Mark Eltis yesterday at the AAO Academy Meeting in San Diego, CA 🌴☀️

The UW AAO Chapter has been lucky to host Dr. Mark Eltis for the past 2 years to talk to UW optometry students about the AAO and on obtaining the FAAO title 🎤👏🏻

Great to see you, Dr. Eltis!

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2022 American Academy of Optometry Foundation (AAOF) Student Giving Matching Travel Grants! Chantelle Procunier and Natali Milosevski will both be attending the AAO Annual Meeting in San Diego, California later this year with funds raised through successful UW AAO initiatives. At the Meeting the recipients will be pursuing Student Fellowship designations through the Academy’s wide selection of workshops, lectures, and poster presentations.

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Looking to join our team and learn more about the AAO? We are currently hiring second year fundraising representatives! The purpose of UW AAO is to act as a bridge between the Waterloo School of Optometry and Vision Science student community and the AAO. Our primary goal is to fundraise for travel grants for students to attend the annual AAO Meeting at which they can obtain networking opportunities, academic exposure, and a Student Fellowship designation.

As a fundraising committee member, you can learn about the AAO and fundraise for travel grants to send your peers to the conference and gain valuable educational and networking experience. Email us at [email protected] or send us a DM!

Happy first week back at school! Looking for a great way to get involved with the school this year?👀

The American Academy of Optometry – UW Student Chapter is looking to recruit TWO 2nd year representatives to make up our fundraising committee.

The purpose of UW AAO is to act as a bridge between the Waterloo School of Optometry and Vision Science student community and the AAO. Our primary goal is to fundraise for travel grants for students to attend the annual American Academy of Optometry Meeting at which they can obtain networking opportunities, academic exposure, and a Student Fellowship designation.

As a fundraising committee member, you can learn about the AAO and fundraise for travel grants to send your peers to the conference and gain valuable educational and networking experience. You may remember us from our planter fundraiser last year. The second years that are chosen will go on to take on a role of president or vice presidents in third year and will be working closely with Dr. Dalton.

If you are interested, send us a short statement (max 300 words) to [email protected] by Thursday September 15 @ 11:59pm EST outlining your fundraising ideas for the upcoming year!

We look forward to hearing from you! If you have any questions, you can reach out to: Chantelle Procunier (President), Natali Milosevski (VP Communications) & Sarah Klein (VP Events) & feel free to visit our page and Instagram !

Cheers,

Chantelle, Natali, and Sarah
AAO Exec Team

Class of ‘25 applications to join the UW AAO’s Executive Team as 2nd Year Representatives are due TOMORROW NIGHT! ⌛️

We are hiring 3 students for this position 😊

The Annual Academy is finally in person for the first time in 3 years! This year the Academy will take place in sunny SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA🏝. Being on the exec team will allow you to be involved with travel grants and learn more about the future of getting a fellowship. As well, you will have the opportunity to take on a bigger role in the club in your 3rd year.

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📩 Please send us a brief email (300 words max to [email protected]) by this Monday June 27 at 10pm EST outlining:

- Why you would like to be a part of the UW AAO executive team

- What you can contribute to the AAO fundraising committee and AAO executive as a whole

- Your potential fundraising ideas (like our planters from last year, and scrunchies from the year previous!)

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Please check the email we sent for the full details on the role and application

Hello 2nd years!👋

The American Academy of Optometry – UW Student Chapter (UW AAO) is looking to recruit three 2nd year representatives to make up our fundraising committee.

The purpose of UW AAO is to act as a bridge between the Waterloo School of Optometry and Vision Science student community and the AAO. Our primary goal is to fundraise for travel grants for students to attend the annual American Academy of Optometry Meeting at which they can obtain networking opportunities, academic exposure and a Student Fellowship designation.

As a fundraising committee, you can learn about the AAO and fundraise for travel grants to send your peers to the conference and gain valuable educational and networking experience. You may remember us from our planter fundraiser this past year. The three second years that are chosen will go on to take on a role of president or vice president in third year and will be working closely with Dr. Dalton.

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If you are interested, send us a short statement (max 300 words) to [email protected] by Monday, June 27that 5:00pm EST outlining:

1️⃣ Why you would like to be a part of the UW AAO executive team
2️⃣What you can contribute to the AAO fundraising committee and AAO executive as a whole
3️⃣Your potential fundraising ideas for the upcoming school year

We look forward to hearing from you!

If you have any questions, you can reach out to: Chantelle Procunier (President), Natali Milosevski (VP Communications) & Sarah Klein (VP Events) & feel free to visit our page and Instagram !

Stay safe & see you all in September!😊

Cheers,
Chantelle, Natali, and Sarah
AAO Exec Team

Today we’re featuring Natali Milosevski, one of the rockstars behind our highly successful Planter Fundraiser this year ⭐️. Additionally, we’re proud to announce that Natali will be taking on the role of VP Communications as she heads into 3rd year 👏🏻

Here’s to learning a bit about your new VP Comms:

🌟Interesting fact 🌟
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One interesting fact about me is that I have a tea collection and my favourite is salted caramel matcha 🍵

🪴What are you looking forward to using the planters for? 🪴
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I’m looking forward to using my planters to add some colourful flowers for my living area and as candle holders!