{"id":349,"date":"2015-07-14T11:33:36","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T16:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/academic-affairs\/?page_id=306"},"modified":"2025-06-17T17:01:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T17:01:37","slug":"associate-vice-president-for-academic-affairs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/academic-affairs\/associate-vice-president-for-academic-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Todd M. Keller<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A native of Morgan City, Louisiana, Keller earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ and his Master of Science in Nursing from University of Phoenix, New Orleans campus. His Doctorate of Nursing Science was earned from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center.<\/p>\n

Todd Keller quickly learned one thing after enrolling in college \u2014 he wasn\u2019t all that interested in money. Not sure what step to take next since finance was his major, Keller joined the military.<\/p>\n

While serving in the U.S. Navy, Keller became a hospital corpsman and realized his love for interacting with people and patients. When he returned home, Keller began working on his bachelor\u2019s degree in nursing at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½.<\/p>\n

Keller joined the ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ faculty in 1999 as an assistant professor of nursing and has held many different positions within the College of Nursing &\u00a0Allied Health and Department of Nursing including Director of Continuing Nursing Education, Assistant to the Department Head, Coordinator of Recruitment, Retention, Admissions, and Progression, and BSN Program Director. Having worked on two accreditation cycles for the BSN program and renewing accreditation of the continuing nursing education program, he also holds the credential of certified nurse educator.<\/p>\n

In his spare time, Keller has worked in live theater \u2014 acting, directing and performing other technical roles in the staging of a show; a hobby to which he would love to return. He also loves to read. \u201cReading allows your brain to build the scenery, the characters, the colors of the sky, the smell of the wind,\u201d he says. \u201cIt allows you to create along with the author.\u201d<\/p>\n

Upon entering his office people are often struck by the presence of many frogs in many different forms. When asked about the obsession with frogs he replies, \u201cIt\u2019s about the metamorphosis. An ugly tadpole can become the most beautiful creature; whether it be an Amazonian Rain Forest frog, or a common green tree frog. But you don\u2019t know that unless it is nurtured by its environment and allowed to become what it was meant to be\u2026much like the mind of a student. You have to provide the opportunity and nurturance to develop their potential. After all, you can\u2019t judge how far a frog will jump just by looking at it!\u201d<\/p>\n

Keller has resided in Thibodaux since 1990, and considers this the town where he truly grew up. Like so many others, his working career began at McDonalds then traveled through Kroger\u2019s supermarket and Domino\u2019s Pizza. His professional career included emergency nursing at Lakewood Hospital in Morgan City (now Teche Regional Medical Center) and Thibodaux Regional Medical Center in intensive care nursing. Now, his heart belongs to ÐÓ°É´«Ã½.<\/p>\n

Education:<\/strong> B.S.N., ÐÓ°É´«Ã½; M.S.N., University of Phoenix; Doctor of Nursing Science, Louisiana State university Health Sciences Center<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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