Susan Martin to be inaugurated as EMU's 22nd president

MADAME PRESIDENT: Eastern Michigan University President Susan Martin will be inaugurated as EMU's 22nd president Nov. 20, at 11 a.m., in Pease Auditorium.

Dr. Susan W. Martin will be invested as the 22nd president of Eastern Michigan University during inaugural ceremonies Thursday, Nov. 20, at 11 a.m., in Pease Auditorium. She is the first female president at EMU in its 159-year history.

Martin, 58, officially took office July 7, after being appointed to the post by the EMU Board of Regents in May. Prior to her appointment, she served as provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs at the University of Michigan-Dearborn since 2006.

The inauguration will feature remarks by Chairman of the Board of Regents Thomas Sidlik and Dr. Richard N. Robb, who served on the board from December 1967 to December 1992.

A campus and community-wide reception will immediately follow at the EMU Student Center.

Martin has an extensive background both in education and government. The majority of her higher education career was at Grand Valley State University, where she taught and published as professor of accounting and taxation. While at Grand Valley, she served as director of the master of taxation program, director of international business programs, and chair of the accounting and taxation department.

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