Valerie Brown Awarded Scholarship from Arkansas
Optometric Association
LITTLE
ROCK (September 3, 2014)-The Arkansas Optometric Association (ArOA) has
announced Valerie Brown as the recipient of the 2014 Dr. Milton Webb Optometric
Leadership and Service Scholarship.
Valerie Brown-Arnold is from Crossett, AR and received her
B.S. in Biology from Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, AR. While
at Southern Arkansas University, she was very active on campus as a member of
the Lambda Mu Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and in various other
clubs and organizations. She competed in several pageants during her
years at SAU and represented the school at Miss Arkansas as Miss Magnolia
2009, Miss Southern Arkansas University 2010 and Miss Texarkana, AR 2011.
She now attends the University of Missouri in St. Louis College of
Optometry where she is a second year student and will graduate in 2017.
At UMSL, she is very involved on campus and is the president of the UMSL
chapter of the National Optometric Student Association. Valerie was
married to KeAndre' Arnold of Texarkana, AR on June 28, 2014 and the now live
in Saint Louis, MO with their miniature schnauzer Prince.
The Arkansas Optometric Association annually awards a
$1500 scholarship to one Arkansas optometry student attending an accredited
college of optometry. This scholarship was established in memory of the
late Dr. Milton Webb, with a gift from his wife’s estate, in recognition of his
lifetime of service to the profession of optometry. To be eligible for
the Scholarship, a student must be a second-year or higher Optometry student
member in good standing in the Arkansas Optometric Student Association and
American Optometric Student Association; be an Arkansas resident; be a student
in good academic standing; submit an essay on a topic chosen by the ArOA Board
of Directors and present two letters of recommendation, one from someone
affiliated with their school of optometry and from a service organization.
The Vision of ArOA is to be the trusted resource in eye
health and vision care. The Mission of the Arkansas
Optometric Association (ArOA) is to preserve, promote and advance Optometry
in Arkansas. The Arkansas Optometric Association serves over three
hundred members and is an affiliate of the American Optometric
Association.
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