Centennial
Philadelphia Daily News - April 8, 1992
Arcadia University and Salus have been affiliated since 1986, when they signed an articulation agreement for optometry that remains in effect today. The 1986 agreement permits pre-optometry students from then Beaver College and now Arcadia to transfer to Salus after the completion of their third year and enter Salus’ Pennsylvania College of Optometry four-year Doctor of Optometry (OD) program. Through this program, students are able to complete their OD degree in just seven years as opposed to eight. The article above from the April 1992 issue of the Philadelphia Daily News references the history of this agreement.
And, then nearly 30 years later, in December 2015, Salus and Arcadia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that created a strategic alliance designed to enhance academic and administrative collaboration between the two universities. Students and faculty at both universities benefit from this collaboration. Arcadia students and faculty have additional opportunities provided through the health science programs at Salus, while Salus students and faculty are able to take advantage of Arcadia’s vast opportunities abroad. This alliance also opened the ability for additional advanced program tracks, such as the previously established optometry articulation agreement.
