{"id":16665,"date":"2025-08-18T08:33:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T12:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=16665"},"modified":"2025-08-18T08:33:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T12:33:17","slug":"purdue-global-appoints-marlo-robinson-as-new-nursing-dean-and-vice-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/Q3\/purdue-global-appoints-marlo-robinson-as-new-nursing-dean-and-vice-president","title":{"rendered":"Purdue Global appoints Marlo Robinson as new nursing dean and vice president\u202f\u202f\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. \u2014 Purdue Global announced the appointment of Marlo Robinson to its leadership team as dean and vice president of the School of Nursing, effective Monday (Aug. 18).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robinson of Hollywood, Florida, will oversee nearly 400 faculty and staff members in a school that offers an associate degree program, an RN-to-BSN program, master\u2019s and postgraduate certificates with six specialty options, dual master\u2019s degrees, and a doctorate program for nursing. The nursing school serves almost 4,000 students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robinson has served as an adjunct faculty member with Purdue Global for more than a decade. She previously served as national dean of nursing for Concorde Career Colleges. She earned her doctor of nursing practice from Purdue Global, her Juris Doctor from Nova Southeastern University and her Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. She is a certified doula and birth trainer, a licensed attorney in Florida, and serves as the National League for Nursing\u2019s appointed consultant to the National Student Nurses\u2019 Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDr. Robinson brings a breadth of experiences we believe have prepared her to lead our growing School of Nursing. Her knowledge of numerous online platforms, health care organizations, simulation centers, firsthand observations in private practice about the needs of nurse leaders, and her work with nursing students all stood out,\u201d said Purdue Global Provost Carolyn Nordstrom. \u201cWe are excited to see her build on the School of Nursing\u2019s culture of excellence, student success, innovation and growth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Purdue Global<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Purdue Global is Purdue\u2019s online university for working adults who have life experience and often some college credits. It offers flexible paths for students to earn an associate, bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s or doctoral degree, based on their work experience, military service and previous college credits, no matter where they are in their life journey. Purdue Global is a nonprofit, public university accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and backed by Purdue University. For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdueglobal.edu\">https:\/\/www.purdueglobal.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"note\" class=\"post-content__attribution \">\n    <div class=\"columns\"> \n                    <div class=\"column\"> \n                <p class=\"post-content__source\">\n                    <strong>Media contact:<\/strong> Matthew Oates, <a href=\"mailto:oatesw@purdue.edu\">oatesw@purdue.edu<\/a>, 765-496-6160, @mo_oates                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. \u2014 Purdue Global announced the appointment of Marlo Robinson to its leadership team as dean and vice president of the School of Nursing, effective Monday (Aug. 18). 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