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Graduate Connections Student Grant
Through the $250,000 Hoya/Cleinman Graduate Connections Grant Program, each of the 19 Schools of Optometry will receive an opportunity to present a unique workshop to students that will better prepare them for future ownership of private optometry practices. In addition, select 3rd and 4th year Optometry students will have the opportunity to participate, alongside the leaders of many of North America’s largest and most successful optometry practices, in Cleinman Performance Network (CPN), a division of Cleinman Performance Partners. The Network provides a unique long-term business development experience for the owners of large optometry practices. Twice per year these leaders meet in facilitated groups to exchange knowledge and develop new ideas about strategic, management and financial issues pertaining to their practices.
The students who win a Graduate Connections Grant will receive the opportunity to experience a Cleinman Performance Network meeting and will be introduced to the leaders of large optometry practices who are seeking associates, partners and successors.
Apply for the Grant
Students who wish to apply for the grant must complete the entire application. One Grant is available to one student from each of the 19 schools of optometry.
Controlling Your Destiny
In addition to the Student Grant, a special education program will be delivered at the participating Schools of Optometry designed to prepare graduates for their involvement in leadership positions in private practice. The title of the seminar is “Controlling Your Destiny: The Entrepreneurial Optometrist”, presented by Al Cleinman.