NSUCO - The Visionary Spring 2012

THE V ISIONARY • S PRING 2012 — 4 Briefs NEWS Pictured (from left) are NOPMA board members Justin Coleman, Chris Daldine, Natalia Carrillo, Beth Seidman, Sara Williams, Jenny Chan, David Chao, and Bryan Mirone. OD3 Stephanie Frankel Melanie A. Crandall, O.D., M.B.A., FAAO The College of Optometry was recognized in three categories when finalists were announced for the 13 th Annual NSU Student Life Achieve- ment Awards (STUEYS), which was held on April 17 at the Rose and Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center on NSU’s main campus. The Student Life Achievement Awards, affectionately known as the STUEYS, is an annual celebration of NSU’s best in scholarship, leader- ship, involvement, service, commitment, integrity, and inclusion. Five finalists in each category are selected, with the winners being an- nounced at the awards ceremony. Following are the three NSUCO STUEY Award finalists: NSUCO Earns Three STUEY Nominations STUDENT OF THE YEAR GRADUATE ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR Nova’s Optometric Practice Management Association Haiying Wang, M.S., is serving as a teaching assistant in the field of vision science at the College of Optometry under the supervision of Bai-Chuan Jiang, Ph.D., FAAO. Dr. Wang is a Chinese visiting scholar who began work- ing with the college in January 2011 and then returned in January 2012. Dr. Wang received her Master of Medical Science in Ophthalmology from Tianjin Medical Univer- sity and worked on anisometropia research. She is cur- rently an associate professor in binocular vision, contact lens, and ophthalmology at Tianjin Professional College and the China national coordinator of the International Association of Contact Lens Educators. Additionally, Dr. Wang has been acknowledged as a National Excellent Courses (China) recipient for her teaching and course design for contact lens modules. She met Dr. Jiang while working at the Tianjin Eye Hos- pital in 2005 and credits him with providing her the op- portunity to learn from him. Dr. Wang volunteers her time at a population-based pediatric eye disease epidemic project. She has published nine research papers in aca- demic journals and was also an associate editor-in-chief for Refracting and Dispensing, published in 2007 by China Light Industry Press. Chinese Visiting Scholar at NSUCO by Nathaniel King, B.A., Co-Editor, The Visionary