Making His Mark - Maryville University

Rick Arnold
■ Caldwell
NEWSbriefs
Caldwell Promoted to V.P.
■ Symbolizing the significance that he places on the role
of student life in a student’s overall college experience,
Maryville University Mark Lombardi, Ph.D., has made
the University’s Student Life division a separate
division and has elevated Nina Caldwell, Ed.D.,
formerly Maryville’s dean of student life, to vice
president for student life and dean of students.
Caldwell had served as dean of Student Life since
joining Maryville in 2004. She holds a bachelor’s
degree in elementary education from Dillard
University in New Orleans, a master’s degree in
counseling from Illinois State and a doctoral
degree in education from the University of San
Francisco. She also earned an MBA at Maryville.
Library Throws Book at Old Look
■ The Library has undergone its first renovation since
being constructed in 1988. The centerpiece of the
renovations is the transformation of the first floor
into an Information Commons area, which provides
students, faculty and staff with the latest in
technological access. It also enables students to work
together on group projects or consult with reference
librarians or other library staff when conducting
research. “We want to make it more of a center for
learning with faculty, staff and students working in a
collaborative and technologically rich environment,”
said Genie McKee, Ph.D.,’82, dean of the University
Library.
The Information Commons includes 13 chairs with
tablet arms for laptops, 73 task chairs, 38 individual
workstations for desktop computers (up from 28
workstations previously) and many electrical outlets for
laptop use. Also, the number of group study areas in
the Library increased from four to nine.
■ left to right: XXXXXX and XXXXXX get “Dawbers” vitals
SimMan Providing Practice
for Nursing Students
■ Maryville nursing students now have the opportunity
to hone their clinical skills on “Dawbers,” a mannequin
that simulates vital functions including breathing and
heartbeats, thanks to a generous gift from Maryville
alumna Jean Raybuck, ’51. Dawbers, or SimMan, as
he is technically known, “is a high-fidelity, human
patient simulator that does almost anything you can
imagine,” said Jodi Green, R.N., clinical assistant
professor of nursing. He is used “to simulate clinical
situations that would occur in a hospital,” thereby
affording students the opportunity to practice their
skills in a safe environment where mistakes can be
made without harm to the patient.
Raybuck said she donated the money for Dawbers
“because Maryville University is my alma mater and
I am eternally grateful for the wonderful education
I received.” Raybuck received a bachelor’s degree in
history in 1951, and went on to study medical records
librarianship. Her husband, father, grandfather,
and two daughters are all employed in the health
professions so she felt it appropriate to make her
donation to the nursing program, hoping that her
“small bit will help.” The mannequin has been
nicknamed “Dawbers” because that is what Raybuck’s
grandchildren call her.
■ Students study in one of the new leather armchairs on the
ground floor of the Library
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