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MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN
College of Optometry
“Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare
to make dreams into reality.” -- Jonas Salk
This month I have been thinking about the power of hope. A lot of
the “business” of the College of Optometry deals in hope. We help
our patients realize their hopes for better vision, healthier eyes, and
access to the care that they need. We help our students realize their
hopes for a professional career of service and healing. We help our
employees realize their hopes for professional potential and their
hopes for supporting their families.
It is easy to be in a hopeful mind-set at the start of the New Year
when we are full of winter holiday memories, and rested from our
break. But what about when we are facing challenging
circumstances? This past month I have seen many individuals facing
difficult situations and facing those situations with hope and
dignity. Hope is a very powerful thing. Orison Swett Marden tells
us, “There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no
tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.”
Elizabeth Hoppe, OD, MPH, DrPH
I recently surveyed the employees within the College of Optometry,
asking them if they speak another language to share different
translations of the word “hope”. In the College of Optometry we
speak the language of hope -- 15 different ways!
Japanese: 希望 (kibou) Hoop – Afrikaans
The word for hope in Bosnian
is nada.
“Esperanza” – Spanish
Espoir – French
A’mal – Arabic
Hope is Hoffnung in German
Hope in Twi pronounced
(Chwii), one of many Ghanaian Punjabi –
languages and also the most Hindi – सहायता
common is anidaso QR Code
pronounced any-da-so.
“Hope” in Chinese is 希望, Braille
pronounced like “she want” Tamil நம் பிக் கை nambikai
with silent t Gujarati aasha
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College of Optometry
“Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare
to make dreams into reality.” -- Jonas Salk
This month I have been thinking about the power of hope. A lot of
the “business” of the College of Optometry deals in hope. We help
our patients realize their hopes for better vision, healthier eyes, and
access to the care that they need. We help our students realize their
hopes for a professional career of service and healing. We help our
employees realize their hopes for professional potential and their
hopes for supporting their families.
It is easy to be in a hopeful mind-set at the start of the New Year
when we are full of winter holiday memories, and rested from our
break. But what about when we are facing challenging
circumstances? This past month I have seen many individuals facing
difficult situations and facing those situations with hope and
dignity. Hope is a very powerful thing. Orison Swett Marden tells
us, “There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no
tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.”
Elizabeth Hoppe, OD, MPH, DrPH
I recently surveyed the employees within the College of Optometry,
asking them if they speak another language to share different
translations of the word “hope”. In the College of Optometry we
speak the language of hope -- 15 different ways!
Japanese: 希望 (kibou) Hoop – Afrikaans
The word for hope in Bosnian
is nada.
“Esperanza” – Spanish
Espoir – French
A’mal – Arabic
Hope is Hoffnung in German
Hope in Twi pronounced
(Chwii), one of many Ghanaian Punjabi –
languages and also the most Hindi – सहायता
common is anidaso QR Code
pronounced any-da-so.
“Hope” in Chinese is 希望, Braille
pronounced like “she want” Tamil நம் பிக் கை nambikai
with silent t Gujarati aasha
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