NSUCO - The Visionary Fall 2010

the VISIONARY • Summer/Fall 2010 27 Another candidate we support is Mark Marciano, O.D., an NSU gradu- ate, running for the Florida House of Representatives in District 83 be- cause it is important to have an optometrist in office. FOSA members helped spread the word about Dr. Marciano by going door to door de- livering information about his campaign on April 11. These candidates and a few others not mentioned will continue to need our help as we approach the upcoming elections. FOSA Events We kicked off the 2009-10 academic year with the FOSA Social , our an- nual pool tournament at Gatsby’s in Davie. Doctors and students teamed up to compete for the FOSA Cup and bragging rights for a year. Congratulations to the 2009 pool tournament winners Dr. John Davis from Flamingo Falls Eye Care and his student partner, OD-2 Tiffany Doan. Another terrific event was called Meet the ODs , which is held annually during our winter semester. This is a great time to meet many local ODs, including recent NSU graduates who are in different modes of practice. Students make connections and get questions answered by those that are in the real world of optometry. Thank you to all of our participating ODs who take the time out of their busy schedules every year to visit with us. FOA Convention The 2009 FOA Annual Convention was held at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami with over 40 students in attendance. Many continuing edu- cation courses were available and free to optometry students, plus other meetings and fun events. Farewell We will surely miss Pravina Patel and Wendy Wendel as FOSA officers, but we know they will continue to support us as new Florida ODs. Con- gratulations on graduating. After two years as FOSA president, my term has sadly come to an end. I truly enjoyed serving in this organization, and I will continue to sup- port FOSA as past president. I have passed on the torch to Ernie Cepero, our new FOSA president for the 2010-11 academic year. Please join me in welcoming him in his new position. He is hardworking and dedicated to Florida optometry and will continue to expand FOSA and serve as a great leader.