Answering the Call to Duty
Maryville nursing students benefit from a wide range of real-world experiences that Assistant Professor of Nursing Demetruis M. Leonard, MSN, RN, ’13, brings to the classroom.
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Building Blocks for Success
The popular video game Minecraft is helping Maryville software development students to approximate in-person learning in a virtual world.
Breaking the Code
New sequencing technology allows students to analyze DNA from three Midwestern rivers under the guidance of Alastair Pringle, PhD, professor of biology.
LEVEL UP
Matt Raithel, professor of practice of game design, brings the interactive aspect of gaming into his classroom, helping his students level up their education and prepare them for the real world.
THE BOOMING CAREER OUTLOOK
Inspired by her Maryville Online teaching experiences, Loretta Colvin, ACNP, clinical assistant professor of nursing and an SSM Health nurse practitioner, created on-demand education videos for patients using CPAP machines to treat sleep apnea.
Not All Who Wander Are Lost
Kevin Stokes, EdD, assistant professor of educational leadership, takes students abroad to study education in other cultures.
DESIGN THINKING IS THE STORY
Interior design students are learning to sketch a design and revise it in real time using digital tools. The technique is breeding confidence and skills they will take with them into the professional realm.
STRONGER TOGETHER
Victor Kizer, CSCS, TSAC-F, director of the exercise science program and assistant professor, has pursued his passion for exercise from the sands of Iraq and Afghanistan to the campus of Maryville University.
