Optometry students and administrators photographed at the Curators of the University of Missouri System meeting are (from left) Assistant Dean Edward Bennett, first-year student Nicholas Zahn, first-year student Michael Roberts, first-year student Ellen Sanders, third-year student Devin Sasser, University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe, second-year student Nicole Ethridge, second-year student Amanda Rickher, second-year student Laurie Thompson, first-year student Yousef Ibrahim, first-year student Ethan Brilley, first-year student Katie Loock, first-year student Kelsey Haugen, third-year student Jenna Osseck, Dean Larry Davis and UMSL Chancellor Tom George.
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