Faculty Handbook 2020-2021

SUNY College of Optometry

Faculty Handbook 2020-21

Service to our Patients and Community Goal 4: Deliver unparalleled care to our University Eye Center patients. Goal 5: Provide service to the greater community. Community and People Goal 6: Cultivate an institutional culture that encourages a sense of community, inclusion, institutional pride, collective purpose and shared responsibility. Goal 7: Promote the growth and development of all members of the College community. Effective Foundational Support Goal 8: Attract the brightest and most motivated students with demonstrated leadership potential. Goal 9: Provide the financial foundation, administrative support and environment to achieve the College’s mission. BRIEF HISTORY The State University of New York College of Optometry is dedicated to the education of optometrists, to the advancement of eye and vision care through research and graduate education and to the care of communities through the provision of comprehensive visual health services. The College is the only institution of its kind in New York State and the surrounding region. The College of Optometry was established as an integral unit of the State University of New York through passage of legislation in 1970 and 1971. In 1971, the University entered into a contract of affiliation with the Optometric Center of New York (OCNY) the largest non-profit, vision care clinic in the country. As the College expanded, the need for clinical and research facilities increased, and the clinical programs of the Optometric Center of New York (OCNY) became fully integrated with the College by legislative act in 1975. At that time, the OCNY became known as the University Optometric Center. The Optometric Center of New York, also in 1975, changed its charter to become an affiliated foundation dedicated to the support of the College of Optometry. ACCREDITATION The State University of New York College of Optometry is accredited by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York of the New York State Education Department, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, and the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education of the American Optometric Association.

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