The Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents approved
the appointment of one new faculty member and one faculty
promotion at its regular meeting Nov. 18. This appointment
is effective Jan. 1, 2009.
The new tenure-track faculty member and her department
is:
Joan Visger, of Mason, assistant professor, School of
Nursing. Before coming to Eastern Michigan University,
Visger was a graduate teaching assistant at Wayne State
University from 2006-2008. Previously, she was a department
manager of obstetrics at Sparrow Hospital from 2004-2005
and manager of clinical nursing at St. John Detroit Riverview
Hospital from 2002-2004. Visger received her master's degree
in nursing from the University of Phoenix and her bachelor's
degree in psychology from Wayne State University.
The faculty promotion and her department is:
Jiang Lu, of West Lafayette, Ind., associate professor,
School of Engineering Technology. Before coming to Eastern
Michigan University, Lu was a lecturer of interior design
at Purdue University from 2001-2008. Lu received two master's
degrees, one in art from Indiana University and the other
in architecture from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.
Lu received her bachelor's degree in architecture from
Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.