Alum and textbook author makes gift to renovate auditorium
March 18, 2025 02:10 PM
They may not recognize her face, but nursing students everywhere know her name.
As in, “get out your Jarvis.” “Look it up in Jarvis.” “Turn to page 41 of Jarvis.”
The bible for many nursing students, “Physical Examination & Health Assessment,” is often referred to simply by the last name of its author, Carolyn Jarvis, PhD ’05, FNP‑C.
Soon, students at the UIC College of Nursing will know her name for another reason. The alumna has made a major gift to fund a gut rehab of the first‑floor auditorium on the Chicago campus. The fully modernized and updated auditorium will be named the Carolyn Jarvis Auditorium.
The largest lecture hall in UIC Nursing’s Chicago campus building, the auditorium is original to the 55‑year‑old building. As UIC Nursing grows – enrollment in the BSN program went up by 11% this fall – the goal of the project is to increase capacity and outfit the space with the latest technology.
