Janet Eisner

Sr. Janet Eisner is the current president of Emmanuel College[1] and is the longest currently serving female president of a college in the United States and the longest current serving president of a Catholic college or university.[2] She entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1958.[3]

Sr.

Janet Eisner

SND
EducationEmmanuel College AB, 1963

Boston College MA

University of Michigan PhD
OccupationCollege President
TitleEmmanuel College President
Term1979-present
PredecessorSr. Mary Frances McCarthy, SND
Board member ofColleges of the Fenway

The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

St. Sebastian's School, Needham MA

Biography

Education

Eisner graduated from high school in Lynn, Massachusetts at St. Mary's High School. She then earned her bachelor's degree in English at Emmanuel College, a master's degree from Boston College, and a PhD from University of Michigan.[1]

Role as President

Sr. Janet is Emmanuel College's 12th president and she filled the role in September 1979 after serving as the acting president in 1978.[4] Prior to becoming president, Eisner served as a faculty member and a director of admissions at Emmanuel College.[1] Eisner is known as the "second founder" of Emmanuel College as she revived the college's enrollment in the early 2000s.[5] Under Eisner's leadership in 2001, Emmanuel College leased land to Merck which makes Emmanuel College the only college with a private pharmaceutical research facility on campus.[6] Also in 2001, Emmanuel College welcomed its first coed class.[6]

References
  1. "Biography of Sr. Janet Eisner, SND | Emmanuel Archive". library.emmanuel.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  2. "How a longtime Catholic college president is navigating the pandemic". Global Sisters Report. 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  3. kiracostello (2019-12-24). "Sr. Janet Eisner". Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  4. "Sr. Janet Eisner, SND, Presidential Inauguration Collection | Emmanuel Archive". library.emmanuel.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  5. Farragher, Thomas (May 19, 2019). "Sister Janet Eisner has been the heart and soul of Emmanuel College — for 40 years - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  6. "Facts". centennial.emmanuel.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
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