Patient Care Center Groundbreaking:
A Historic Event

Over 150 students, staff, faculty, and dignitaries were present Friday afternoon, February 20, 2015, for the historic groundbreaking ceremony of the new UMSL Patient Care Center.  Although a snow-laden exterior prohibited an outdoor ceremony, the event was very successfully held within the former Ward E. Barnes Library. see more

The clinical excellence UMSL students and graduates are well known for, resulting in well above average performance on national board examinations and excellence in optometric practice, is the result of several factors .  see more

College Students and Faculty Provide Eye Care to Over 1,350 Patients in Guatemala

In the last issue of the EyeWire, we devoted an article to how devoted our faculty are to being involved in vision service mission trips to foreign countries.  This is in addition to our College of Optometry having one of the most productive and engaged Student Volunteers of Optometric Services to Humanity organizations in the country.  see more