Latest News SECO Announces Recipients of Three Student Awards By Staff Monday, September 6, 2010 12:30 AM ATLANTA—SECO International has awarded three optometry students its 2010 Southern Council of Optometrists Clinical Excellence Awards, recognizing academic achievements by students from SECO-affiliated colleges. This year's award recipients are Nicole Psaltis, from Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry; Justine Siegers, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry; and Michelle Brennan from Southern College of Optometry. Each recipient was presented a $1,000 check and a plaque during her school's awards ceremony. SECO International has recognized outstanding optometry students through its annual Southern Council of Optometrists Clinical Excellence Awards since 1993.