LaVerne Higgins, of Fayetteville, N.Y., has been named
associate dean for Eastern Michigan University's College
of Business. Her appointment, approved at the Sept. 21
Board of Regents meeting, was effective Sept. 1.
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Higgins |
Higgins comes to EMU from LeMoyne College in Syracuse,
where she was chair of the department of industrial relations
and human resource management.
While at LeMoyne, Higgins also served as interim dean
of management in 2004. She joined the university in 1994
as an assistant professor.
Prior to joining LeMoyne, Higgins served as administrator
of the Institute for Disabilities Studies at the University
of Minnesota from 1987-1989, and was assistant dean for
fiscal and administrative services for the Carlson School
of Management at the university from 1981-1986.
She was a visiting professor at Beijing University in
2002, and a guest lecturer at Rikkyo University in Tokyo,
Japan, in 2000.
Higgins received her doctorate in human resource management/organizational
behavior from the University of Oregon; and her master's
in business administration and her bachelor's degree in
child psychology, both from the University of Minnesota.
