Goodwin College Welcomes First Optical Class

First class in Goodwin College's Ophthalmic Science Program.

Seven students at Goodwin College, East Hartford, started their second semester in the school's new Associate-degree Ophthalmic Science Program. The school is administered by Program Director Maryann Santos and Practicum Coordinator Rebecca Soto, both licensed opticians in Connecticut. They have set up an optical training store, fabrication lab and contact lens clinic. OPS’s first year students are studying anatomy,

Soto and Santos in Goodwin's optical training store.

physiology and pathology of the eye, introduction to ophthalmic science, and ophthalmic fabrication and dispensing 1.