INDIANAPOLIS — Marilyn Wideman, dean of the College of Nursing for Purdue University Global, has introduced her retirement, efficient Could 29.
Melissa Burdi, affiliate dean of undergraduate applications, has been elevated to exchange Wideman, efficient June 1.
“After I first met Marilyn, I used to be instantly impressed by her private heat, mixed together with her professionalism and dedication to Purdue World,” Purdue World Chancellor Frank Dooley stated. “We’re grateful for Marilyn’s service to the College of Nursing and as a Purdue World chief. The work she achieved will proceed to profit our college students, which is ever so vital throughout these difficult occasions, particularly for well being care professionals. Marilyn has laid the vital groundwork for us to forge forward as educators.”
A nurse for 45 years, Wideman served Purdue World for 5 years, initially as affiliate dean of on-line nursing applications earlier than being promoted to dean.
“I’ve loved my tenure at Purdue College World and really feel honored to have been a part of such a dynamic nursing college and management staff,” Wideman stated. “The previous couple of years have been filled with change inside our applications to maneuver the College of Nursing ahead. The work and assist of the school had been key to executing and realizing these adjustments. I thank everybody for that and for his or her dedication to our college students.”
Realizing the significance of accreditation, Wideman rewrote the design of the grasp’s nursing schooling program as her first main challenge. The consequence was a 10-year full accreditation by the Fee on Collegiate Nursing Schooling for the Grasp of Science in Nursing program. Moreover, Wideman moved all of the pre-licensure applications below the College of Nursing, which resulted in a extra built-in program stream and a stronger educational expertise for college kids. It additionally optimized scheduling and school assignments towards their expertise and credentials.
Wideman introduced collectively varied teams throughout the College of Nursing to execute a multifaceted plan to enhance Nationwide Council Licensure Examination scores. NCLEX is the check that pre-licensure college students take to change into a licensed nurse. Purdue World pupil scores are actually persistently above the NCLEX nationwide common. One of many objectives for this work was that college students take their examination inside 10 weeks of commencement, and now practically 100% are doing so.
Moreover, Wideman took an progressive strategy to creating new applications, such because the two-step Bachelor of Science in Nursing, by which college students take bachelor-level programs as a part of the affiliate nursing diploma program. This enables college students to finish their BSN diploma in much less time. As one of many solely universities to supply this program, Purdue World has been in a position to save college students cash and get them to their diploma and employment a lot quicker. Moreover, Wideman labored with Jeffrey Buck, dean of the College of Enterprise and IT, to supply a joint Grasp of Science in Nursing and Grasp of Enterprise Administration. She additionally supervised the event and launch of a MSN nurse practitioner specialty in adult-gerontology acute care. One other new nurse practitioner specialty program for psychiatric-mental well being nursing is awaiting last approvals.
Burdi, who joined Purdue World in October 2018, now will lead the strategic efforts of the College of Nursing with a robust dedication to innovation, progress and high quality. She is going to additional discover methods to distinguish and serve college students, making Purdue World an trade chief for nursing academia.
“It’s an honor and a privilege to hold on the work that Marilyn has began,” Burdi stated. “My partnership together with her and the strategic initiatives she has outlined for the varsity will solely additional our success. Marilyn was a transformational chief who had a present to have the ability to relate to each our staff and college students. She pushed us to be the perfect variations of ourselves.
“We now have embraced the chance to handle a major quantity of constructive disruption because of current pandemic occasions and can proceed to reply to this evolving panorama with agility and velocity. Creating an distinctive expertise and positioning our college students for fulfillment in assembly their objectives stays our high precedence.”
Earlier than becoming a member of Purdue World, Burdi was the nationwide director of educational operations at Chamberlain College, the place she supplied management to university-wide operational and educational quality-related initiatives. Over the course of her profession, Burdi has supplied senior-level management within the educational area, main each DNP and RNBSN applications within the affected person care setting throughout quite a few well being care methods. She has been a frontrunner in high quality, skilled improvement and cardiac care, driving affected person security, excessive reliability and accreditation initiatives.
Burdi is a member of the Nationwide League for Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau Worldwide, the American Affiliation of Faculties of Nursing and the Institute for Healthcare Enchancment. Most just lately she was appointed a Nursing Fellow with the American Affiliation of Faculties of Nursing. She serves as a peer reviewer for knowledgeable nursing journal.
Burdi earned a Physician of Nursing Apply diploma from Chamberlain College, a Grasp of Science diploma in nursing administration and management from the College of Illinois at Chicago and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing diploma from Rush College. Her areas of experience are in management improvement, nursing mentorship and course of enchancment. She holds Lean Six Sigma Inexperienced Belt certification, in addition to certificates in nursing management and administration from the College of Illinois at Chicago and Main Revolutionary Change from the College of California, Berkeley, Government Schooling.
About Purdue College World
Purdue College World is the acute personalization on-line college, offering college students the aggressive edge to advance of their chosen careers. It gives a hyper-tailored path for college kids to earn an affiliate, bachelor’s, grasp’s or doctoral diploma, primarily based on their work expertise, desired tempo, navy service, earlier faculty credit and different issues – irrespective of the place they’re of their life journey. Purdue World serves greater than 31,000 college students (as of March 2020), most of whom earn their diploma on-line. It additionally operates a number of regional areas nationwide. Purdue World is a nonprofit, public college accredited by The Increased Studying Fee. It’s affiliated with Purdue College’s flagship establishment, a extremely ranked public analysis college positioned in West Lafayette, Indiana. Purdue College additionally operates two regional campuses in Fort Wayne and Northwest, Indiana, in addition to serving shut to six,000 science, engineering and know-how college students on the Indiana College-Purdue College Indianapolis (IUPUI) campus. For extra data, please go to purdueglobal.edu.
Media Contact: Tom Schott, 765-494-9318, tschott@purdue.edu
Sources: Frank Dooley, frank.dooley@purdueglobal.edu
Marilyn Wideman, marilyn.wideman@purdueglobal.edu
Melissa Burdi, melissa.burdi@purdueglobal.edu
Note to Journalists: Photos of Marilyn Wideman and Melissa Burdi are available on Google Drive.
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