in 1970, sco moved into its current structure, which houses multimedia classrooms, laboratories, faculty/administrative offices, the library, a student center, a computer learning resource center and an out-patient clinic known as the eye institute. the eye center at sco opened in 2002. the free-standing eye and vision center now serves up to 60,000 patients a year and is one of the largest facilities of its kind in the united states. there are 70 fully equipped examination rooms, 14 individual spaces for advanced technology-based testing, a retinal laser center, a digital angiography center, a full service optical, and on-site ophthalmology services.