This is a really unfortunate conflict of interests and the wrong direction for any medical education. It really calls into question the integrity of all those associated with this.
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Jean yu
7 years ago
I graduated with nova and do not want to have it’s name changed
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Anonymous
7 years ago
Please, don't do this.
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Dr Stan Hallock
7 years ago
Some people are forgetting there are more important things than money
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John L Ellis II OD
7 years ago
I will no longer support anything related to NOVA. This includes non-participation in any CE event which has speakers who are faculty at NOVA.
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Eric Harris OD FAAO
7 years ago
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How does an organization that has a documented history of being a 7.5 minute refraction mill get its name on an educational institution, a place where students learn to adhere to practice standards? What's next? Pfizer's name being outside a urology center?
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Mahsa Rivera
7 years ago
Whole heartedly agree! Nothing against the National Vision corporation, but this is a major conflict of interest in my personal opinion.
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Doctor Rodney J Smith
7 years ago
Craziness. Absolute craziness.
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Jennifer Warne Davidson
7 years ago
The name of a school should not be up for sale. This is not a superficial matter. A name creates a powerful source of identity, and an affiliation to a brand is a disgrace to the profession. The statement regarding the justification of this change is laughable. NSU 2016
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Anonymous
7 years ago
This is going to hurt the entire Optometric field. Optometry is struggling enough already, we don't need something like this staining our name.
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Stephen J Thomas OD
7 years ago
Just shameful.
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Anonymous
7 years ago
I was a prospective student and as a student I do not want to get my degree from a corporate corporation
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Ciara Goodwin
7 years ago
The name seems unofficial
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Noel Rodriguez
7 years ago
I believe in NOVA.
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Anonymous
7 years ago
It’s just not right!
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Anonymous
7 years ago
Sad display of leadership of this school. Should seriously evaluate the board and leadership not realizing the effect on an academic establishment and its students. They were entrusted to develop /train ethically patient care first physicians. Wow
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1996
7 years ago
For those of you that don’t remember, this will become the college of optometry’s THIRD name since its inception in 1989. In 22 years, most of my patients in Florida still have never heard of the school as it is named now......shameful
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Frank Rivenson
7 years ago
I am totally against the name change and I’m not even a Nova grad but an ICO grad!
No to this renaming!!
This is a really unfortunate conflict of interests and the wrong direction for any medical education. It really calls into question the integrity of all those associated with this.
I graduated with nova and do not want to have it’s name changed
Please, don't do this.
Some people are forgetting there are more important things than money
I will no longer support anything related to NOVA. This includes non-participation in any CE event which has speakers who are faculty at NOVA.
How does an organization that has a documented history of being a 7.5 minute refraction mill get its name on an educational institution, a place where students learn to adhere to practice standards? What's next? Pfizer's name being outside a urology center?
Whole heartedly agree! Nothing against the National Vision corporation, but this is a major conflict of interest in my personal opinion.
Craziness. Absolute craziness.
The name of a school should not be up for sale. This is not a superficial matter. A name creates a powerful source of identity, and an affiliation to a brand is a disgrace to the profession. The statement regarding the justification of this change is laughable. NSU 2016
This is going to hurt the entire Optometric field. Optometry is struggling enough already, we don't need something like this staining our name.
Just shameful.
I was a prospective student and as a student I do not want to get my degree from a corporate corporation
The name seems unofficial
I believe in NOVA.
It’s just not right!
Sad display of leadership of this school. Should seriously evaluate the board and leadership not realizing the effect on an academic establishment and its students. They were entrusted to develop /train ethically patient care first physicians. Wow
For those of you that don’t remember, this will become the college of optometry’s THIRD name since its inception in 1989. In 22 years, most of my patients in Florida still have never heard of the school as it is named now......shameful
I am totally against the name change and I’m not even a Nova grad but an ICO grad!
Please don’t sell out.