We have conferred degrees on healthcare professionals since our first commencement in 1922 as the Pennsylvania State College of Optometry (PSCO). Over the years the name of our institution may have changed, but the excitement and anticipation of commencement day has remained the same.

This is a day of great pride for our graduates as well as their families and friends. The faculty and staff of Salus University are proud of what our graduates have achieved during their time with us and hope you will join us in this celebration of their achievements. Congratulations to the families and friends of the Class of 2023 for your ever-important, unheralded support of your graduate. Congratulations to the Class of 2023! We are proud of what each of you has accomplished.

Honors & Achievements

Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Awards

Alumni Association Award Optometry Accelerated Scholars Program

  • April Guo Dongni Mishley

Alumni Association Award Optometry Traditional Program

  • Zachary James Sloan

Dr. John E. and Ethel M. Crozier Memorial Award

  • Zachary James Sloan

Good-Lite Pediatric Award

  • Serena Elizabeth Stasko

Clinical Excellence Citation

  • Suite 1: Taylor Lynn Frank
  • Suite 2: Sukrana Uddin
  • Suite 3: Melissa L. Young
  • Vision Rehabilitation: Mariam Khaled Jamal
  • Neuro-Ophthalmic: Kelsey Jane Miller
  • Pediatrics: Gurjeet S. Rai
  • Scholars: Beck Ryan Branton

College of Optometrists in Vision Development Award for Excellence in Vision Therapy

  • Brandon Dakota Garces

Dr. Arthur Shlaifer Memorial Award

  • Amarpreet Singh Kahlon

Eshenbach Award for Excellence in Low Vision

  • Jasleen Phangureh

Noir Low Vision Award

  • Izabella Anna Busher

Beta Sigma Kappa Award

  • Zachary James Sloan

Cooper Vision Excellence in Contact Lens Award

  • Ashka Divyakant Patel

Blanchard Contact Lens Excellence Award

  • Taylor Lynn Frank
  • Zachary James Sloan

The I. William Collins, OD, FAAO Award for Achieving Excellence in the Study of Contact Lens Science

  • Dariela Cardo
  • Amrit Singh

GP Contact Lens Clinical Excellence Award

  • Alexis R. Wylam

Conforma Laboratories Award

  • Jin Allen Kim
  • Brett Robert Kline
  • Karen Tom Lin
  • April Guo Dongni Mishley
  • Sukrana Uddin
  • Melissa L. Young

Alcon Student Scholarship Award

  • Ashka Divyakant Patel

Pediatrics and Binocular Vision Service: Award for Excellence

  • Beck Ryan Branton

Graduation with Honors

Summa Cum Laude

  • Beck Ryan Branton
  • Taylor Lynn Frank
  • Amarpreet Singh Kahlon
  • Freshta Karemzadah
  • April Guo Dongni Mishley
  • Gurjeet S. Rai
  • Zachary James Sloan
  • Melissa L. Young

Magna Cum Laude

  • Izabella Anna Busher
  • David Ralph Carson
  • Lindsay Brianne Corle
  • Robert Joseph Dougherty
  • Chad Austin Frazier
  • Ishpal Kaur
  • Brett Robert Kline
  • Katherine Lindsay
  • Sonja Makitan
  • Nia T. Phillips
  • Sukrana Uddin

Cum Laude

  • Amina Nahid Azam
  • Hannah R. Begley
  • Zachary Todd Bryant
  • Dariela Cardo
  • Matthew Paul Graden
  • Jin Allen Kim
  • Israel Rose Moore
  • Sidra Munawar
  • Ando Ny Aina M. Razafindrabe
  • NoorEvelyn Sarsar
  • Michelle Cecilia Sturckler
  • Oksana Zubrzycka

Adornments

Beta Sigma Kappa

  • Beck Ryan Branton
  • David Ralph Carson
  • Robert Joseph Dougherty
  • Taylor Lynn Frank
  • Jan Nie Jiang
  • Amarpreet Singh Kahlon
  • Freshta Karemzadah
  • Brett Robert Kline
  • Sonja Makitan
  • Kelsey Jane Miller
  • Nia T. Phillips
  • Zachary James Sloan
  • Andrew James Aht Ming Styba
  • Sukrana Uddin
  • Melissa L. Young

Gold Key Honors Society

  • Amina Nahid Azam
  • Abrielle Elizabeth Garber
  • Darnel A. James
  • Jan Nie Jiang
  • Jacqueline Joy
  • Freshta Karemzadah
  • Jin Allen Kim
  • Sonja Makitan
  • Kelsey Jane Miller
  • Ashka Divyakant Patel
  • Callia A. Tweedell
  • Sukrana Uddin
  • Marina Lynn Verhagen
  • Alexis R. Wylam
  • Melissa L. Young

Optometry Advanced Studies

Anterior Segment

  • Amina Nahid Azam
  • David Ralph Carson
  • Carolina Castillo
  • Robert Joseph Dougherty
  • Hania Mahmood
  • Jensen Clair Maines
  • Ashka Divyakant Patel
  • Riya N. Patel
  • Callia A. Tweedell

Binocular Vision & Vision Therapy

  • Michael Ashurov
  • Krupa Baxi
  • Jessica Helen Bulkley
  • Abrielle Elizabeth Garber

Contact Lens

  • Dariela Cardo
  • Amrit Singh
  • Alexis R. Wylam
College of Health Sciences, Education and Rehabilitation

Awards

Alumni Association Award Blindness and Low Vision Studies Program

  • Meredith Jill Lowy
  • Mary Patricia Price
  • Sandra Toma
  • Jonathan R. Zobek

Blindness and Low Vision Studies AmbuTech O&M Award

  • Mary Patricia Price

Blindness and Low Vision Studies Excellence in Direct Service Award

  • Morgan Paige Dukes

Blindness and Low Vision Studies Noir Low Vision Award

  • Timothy J. Fountaine

Blindness and Low Vision Studies Dr. Audrey J. Smith/Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness Award

  • Alexis Eve Morrison

Blindness and Low Vision Studies Association of Vision Rehabilitation Therapists Academic Excellence Award in Vision Rehabilitation Therapy

  • Meredith Jill Lowy

Alumni Association Award Speech-Language Pathology Program

  • Luke A. Damiani

Speech-Language Pathology Leadership Award

  • Makenzie Jo Tobin

Speech-Language Pathology Clinical Excellence Award

  • Luke A. Damiani

Occupational Therapy Outstanding Leadership Award

  • Danielle Marie Ferrera

Occupational Therapy Excellence in Scholarship Award

  • Chrystyna Colón

Occupational Therapy Superior Professionalism Award

  • Aaron Valdin Laeno Brown
  • Bridgid R. Harkin
  • Yuliya Nesteryuk

Occupational Therapy Clinical Excellence Award

  • Danielle Marie Ferrera
  • Callie Amanda McDowell
  • Rebecca Nicole Timmerman

Occupational Therapy Service to the Community Award

  • Madison Courtney Buchys

Alumni Association Award Doctor of Occupational Therapy Program

  • Suzanne Briggs
  • Kelly Erin Quigley

Alumni Association Award Biomedicine Program

  • Edgar U. Ekure
  • Michael Robert McFarland
  • Graduation with Honors
  • Summa Cum Laude
  • Paige Kathryn deBlecourt
  • Chelsea Anne Blaney
  • Suzanne Briggs
  • Luke A. Damiani
  • Antonina Disco
  • Edgar U. Ekure
  • Madison Gates
  • Sara E. Herman
  • Alexandra Hart Johnson
  • Meredith Jill Lowy
  • Michael Robert McFarland
  • Kiara Janee McSween-Holmes
  • Rachel Elizabeth Morris
  • Alexis Eve Morrison
  • Hannah Leah Perloff
  • Madison T. Pisut
  • Mary Patricia Price
  • Kelly Erin Quigley
  • Helene M. Shapley
  • Makenzie Jo Tobin
  • Sandra Toma
  • Jordan Rae Wentz
  • Sophie Brianna Wollman
  • Carly Helen Zeltt
  • Jonathan R. Zobek

Magna Cum Laude

  • Veronica P. Baez
  • Gina Nicole Bischof
  • Carly L. Buchakjian
  • Bailey R. Cohen
  • Claudia Rae Cranmer
  • Ember Elizabeth DeBonaventura
  • Jenna D'Entremont
  • Emma Teresa Dierkes
  • Jamie Dorotov
  • Lindsay Nicole Edling
  • Rhiannon Joanne Elias
  • Cara K. Figarotta
  • Margaret Finn
  • Johana L. Fortune
  • Justin Laffey
  • Sharon B. Marcy
  • Kayla Jean Marks
  • Julia Mun
  • Rachel Lynn O'Brien
  • Brenna Rose Phillips
  • Hailey A. Plantarich
  • Sasha Nicolt Pineda
  • Alexa Michaela Pollice
  • Kathryn M. Reichel
  • Reshma Reji
  • Lindsay Erin Rock
  • Jeffrey Rodriguez
  • Kelly Ann Senkow
  • Amanda Marie Soper
  • Victoria Ann Syracusa
  • Lindsay Wachs
  • Mary Zhu

Cum Laude

  • Kristy Lee Bilger
  • Tavii Aleasha Denise Burrell
  • Taylor Foley
  • Alicia Renee Forrest
  • Healey Lynn Miller
  • Alyssa Susan Peter
  • Sultana Abdur-Raheem
Osborne College of Audiology

Awards

Alumni Association Award Audiology Program

  • Jenna Jalowiec
  • Jenna E. Putnam

Student Academy of Audiology George S. Osborne Service Award

  • Alexandra K.E. Howski

Victor Hugo Bray Fourth Year Clinical Excellence Award

  • Yeva Mishailov
  • Serafin Raya

Graduation with Honors

Summa Cum Laude

  • Jenna Jalowiec
  • Renee Judith Kochinski
  • Halle Grace Roesser

Cum Laude

  • Kathleen Patricia McGovern
  • Luke P. Obenrader
  • Serafin Raya

Adornments

Alpha Upsilon Delta

  • Renee Judith Kochinski
  • Halle Grace Roesser
Department of International and Continuing Education

Awards

Master of Science in Clinical Optometry Program Leadership Award

  • Rowland Tochukwu Ihejirika
Legacy Families

Krupa Baxi​, OD

  • Dhara Shah Patel, OD '16 - Cousin

David Boehme, OD

  • Jeffrey Boehme, OD '87 - Father

Francesca Collini​, OD

  • John Collini, OD '89 - Father

Lindsay Corle​, OD

  • Alex Corle, OD '19 - Brother-in-Law

Robert Dougherty​, OD

  • Leane Delbalso (formerly Lipinski), OD '99 - Aunt

Victoria Duque-Ferreira​, OD

  • Liana Ferreira, OD '21 - Sister

Sinead Eck​, OD

  • Mary Drummond Eck, OD '89 - Mother

Matthew Graden, OD

  • Ty Graden, OD '89 - Father

Benjamin Gutsin​, OD

  • Laura Gutsin, OD 209 - Sister

Kristen Huggler​, OD

  • Scott Huggler, OD '91 - Father

Jensen Maines, OD

  • Darrin Spingola, OD '91 - Cousin

Sharon Marcy, OTD

  • Bernie Blaustein, OD '67 - Father

Jordan Oliver​, OD

  • Tamara Hill-Bennett, OD '97 - Aunt

Merlin Philip, MSOT

  • Praveen Philip, MSOT '14 - Cousin

Alexa Police, SLP

  • Guy Brignola, OD '00 - Uncle
  • Shannon Burgess, OD '00 - Aunt

Lindsay Wachs, SLP

  • Karl Kaufman, OD '61 - Grandfather