Layton earns Dr. William R. Jackson, Jr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship at Southern College of Optometry in Memphis

Maria Layton of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, was recently honored with the Dr. William R. Jackson, Jr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship at Southern College of Optometry. The award recognizes a Missouri student with a competitive GPA, Optometry Admission Test score and extracurricular activities. It comes with a $16,000 monetary award to support the recipient’s optometric education. Layton is a graduate of the University of Missouri.

Each year, Southern College of Optometry recognizes its most outstanding students with scholarships to help defray the costs of their optometric education. This year, the college awarded those students approximately $250,000 for the pursuit of their Doctor of Optometry degrees.

About Southern College of Optometry

Southern College of Optometry was established in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1932. SCO is an independent, not-for-profit institution of higher education with more than 500 students and residents from 40 states. The Eye Center at SCO serves nearly 60,000 patients annually, helping make the college one of the top in the nation for clinical optometric education. SCO’s Community Outreach Program reaches more than 12,000 children through vision screenings provided annually to Shelby County students in public, private and charter schools. Additionally, SCO opened a second clinic, University Eye Care, on the campus of The University of Memphis in 2013. For more information on SCO, please visit http://www.sco.edu.

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