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Important Dates & Holidays

MAY

          10th - 11th In-house OPT IV clinic orientations Wednesday and Thursday

          11th Orientation for Summer UEI OPT 3 Clinics Thursday

          11th All externships begin Thursday

          12th No UEI clinics (UHCO commencement) Friday

          15th First day of all UEI clinics and classes begin Monday

          29th  Memorial Day Holiday Monday

 

JUNE

          6th OPT III Developmental Optometry Course #1 First Session 8:00 AM – Noon          Tuesday

          12th OPT III Developmental Optometry Course #1 Second Session 1:30 PM-5:00 P.M. Monday

          17th-18th OPT IV Practice Management Class Saturday and Sunday

          21th-25th AOA meeting Wednesday thru Sunday
          (All clinics and classes continue to meet as scheduled)

          26th OPT IV Benedict Professor Lecture Monday evening

          29th OPT III Developmental Optometry Course #2 First Session
          8:00 AM – Noon Thursday

JULY

          4th  Independence Day Holiday Tuesday

          6th OPT III Developmental Optometry Course #2 Second Session 1:30 PM-5:00 P.M. Thursday

          15th - 16th Second weekend of OPT IV Practice Management course Saturday and Sunday

 

AUGUST

         11th  All externships, classes and clinics end Friday

AUGUST

          18th First Year Orientation Friday

          21st All clinics, externships, classes, and labs begin Monday

          26-27th OPT IV Practice Management Class Saturday and Sunday

SEPTEMBER

          4th Labor Day Holiday Monday

          TBD OPT III & Externship Preceptors Meeting Saturday

          20-26th OPT I & OPT II Exam Week #1 Wednesday thru Tuesday

OCTOBER

          2nd OPT IV Benedict Professor Lecture Monday evening

          7-8th OPT III Clinical Medicine Course Saturday and Sunday

          10-13th OPT III & IV Classes and Clinics Cancelled for American Academy of
          Optometry Tuesday thru Friday (does not apply to all externship sites)

          11-14th American Academy of Optometry Wednesday thru Saturday

          20-22nd OPT III KMK NBEO Review Course Weekend #1 Friday P.M.-Sunday
          No OPT III Clinics Friday afternoon only. All Friday morning clinics operate as
          scheduled.

          25-31st OPT I & OPT II Exam Week #2 Wednesday thru Tuesday

          28-29th OPT IV Practice Management Class Saturday and Sunday

NOVEMBER

         4th OPT II Mock Competency for Pre-Clinical Practicum Saturday

         18-19th OPT III KMK NBEO Review Course Weekend #2 Saturday and Sunday

         20th OPT II Pre-Clinical Practicum – No classes, clinics, or labs Monday (does
          not apply to externship students)

         22-24th Thanksgiving Holiday Wednesday thru Friday (externship students will
          have to verify exact days with their site.)

DECEMBER

         1st All externships, classes, labs, and clinics end Friday

         4th-13th Final Exams Monday thru Wednesday

         5 or 7th NBEO Part II (PAM) Tuesday or Thursday (OPT IV students select one)

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