UMSL College of Optometry alumna Dr. Marcy O’Neil (left) is one of the preceptors in the Norton Sound Regional Hospital eye clinic who supervises fourth year clinicals for students such as George Dowdy (right) in Nome, Alaska. During his eight-week rotation, Dowdy helped care for the vision of Alaskans Natives in Nome and in some of the 15 indigenous villages the eye clinic serves. (Photo by Michael Burnett)
