Creighton University Provost |
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| More about me: A member of the Creighton community since October 2020, it has been a tremendous honor and privilege to serve as Provost. I am a registered dietitian and hold a faculty appointment in the Department of Exercise Science. Before coming to Creighton, I served as Dean of the Doisy College of Health Sciences at Saint Louis University. Prior to SLU, the bulk of my faculty career, where I earned tenure and promotion to Professor, was at Illinois State University. It was at ISU where I began my administration career and served in various roles. After only one year in full-time clinical practice did an opportunity present itself to serve as faculty and program director at Illinois Central College. I was in the classroom for only a short time before I realized that higher education was my passion. Reflecting upon a career that has spanned nearly 29 years in higher education, I am blessed for the many wonderful students, faculty, staff and administrators that I have had the opportunity to work with and among. My husband, Dave, and I met while I was a senior in high school and have been blessed with 31 years of marriage and two wonderful sons, Jonah (21) and Elliott (18). Next year we will officially be empty nesters as Jonah is off to the LCMS Seminary in St. Louis and Elliott will be a freshman in college (location TBD). I enjoy running and baking – it’s a complimentary passion, as well as golfing and spending time together as a family. Writing these reflections: What a gift it is to express how the daily readings impact our daily lives. Although not an easy task as a lay person, spending time in scripture, and related prayer, provides the opportunity to take a necessary pause from the hustle and bustle that we all can get caught up in. Finding God in all things requires us to be vigilant about looking for God in all things.
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e-mail: MardellWilson@creighton.edu |
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