Nursing professor Judy Bornais has accepted a one-year appointment as acting executive director, experiential learning, effective July 1, provost Douglas Kneale announced Wednesday.

A 3M Teaching Fellow and University of Windsor Teaching Leadership Chair, Bornais has been a key figure in the Faculty of Nursing’s collaborative integration of experiential, simulation-based learning across the curriculum, Dr. Kneale noted.

In this new role, she and her team will support and expand work-integrated and experiential learning opportunities for students, including paid co-op placements, co-curricular volunteering, and program-integrated opportunities.

Read the report of the Provost’s Task Force on Experiential Education, Experiential Education: A Path Towards Improving the Student Experience.