Vol. 6, No. 7
- School of Nursing Loses Assistant Professor Pauline W. Brown
- Associate Professor Pamela Rowsey Named as Academic Leadership Fellow
- Durham Herald Sun Publishes Editorial by Assistant Professor Tom Bush about Nurse Practitioners
- Professor Donna Havens Selected to Influence Patient Care Delivery
- Adjunct Faculty Lauren Kearns to Work on the Economics of Nursing Practice
- Ethnic Minority Visiting Scholar Arrives in February
- Nashville-area Alumni: Join Us for a Jan. 20 Continuing Education & Game Viewing Event
- Join Us in London – This March
School of Nursing Loses Assistant Professor Pauline W. Brown
The School of Nursing lost a beloved faculty member on Dec. 15, 2009.
Assistant Professor Pauline Brown passed after a brief illness at UNC Hospitals. She was surrounded by family and friends at the end of her life.
A two-time alumna from the SON, Brown received her MSN in medical-surgical nursing in 1974 and her PhD in adult and higher education in 1991. She book-ended her professional career as
Asst. Prof. Pauline W. Brown taught at the SON from 1974-1984 and from 2007 until December 2009.
a SON faculty member, beginning her academic activities as an instructor and assistant professor in the undergraduate program from 1974-1984. She returned to the School in 2007 as an assistant professor. In the between years, she held faculty positions at nursing schools at the University of Texas-El Paso, the University of Texas-Arlington, Santa Fe Community College and the University of New Mexico-Albuquerque.
Throughout her career, Brown was known as an innovator in nursing education and published scholarly works on creating concept-based curricula. Working with Jean Giddens, she was instrumental in the development of The Neighborhood™, a nationwide virtual community designed to support faculty in their efforts to teach across those concepts. Her involvement led to the SON being chosen as one of nine pilot schools to test The Neighborhood™.
Brown was a consistent leader in the School. She served on multiple committees, including the Ethnic Minority Visiting Scholar committee that is charged with bringing ethnic and racial minority scholars to the School. She also sat on the Baccalaureate Admissions Committee and the Faculty Executive Council. In 2008, she was elected to a three-year term as a SON representative to the University Faculty Council.
But more than her academic accomplishments, Brown will be remembered for the support and care she exhibited in her relationships with others as adviser, mentor and friend. Since returning to the School, she served as a mentor for new faculty and as a student adviser, helping them acclimate to the climate, culture and hectic pace within our walls.
To everyone with whom she worked – faculty, staff and student alike – Brown offered a warm smile and a ready ear. Her presence in the School of Nursing will be sorely missed. Work is underway to establish the Pauline W. Brown Memorial Fund at the School of Nursing.