Pre-Optometry Club students (from left) Tina Ingoldsby, Yunho Kim, Xavier Robinson, Cortney Luehrmann and Lucy Ellermann show off some of the donated eyeglasses and cases they received last year during an eyeglasses collection to benefit people in need in developing countries. The group, led this year by Ellermann, are once again collecting used eyeglasses and cases at two locations: the Millennium Student Center Bridge and at the Marillac Hall lobby. (Photo by August Jennewein)
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