EMU hires college's first woman president

Eastern Michigan University has a new president. And, for the first time in its 159-year history, it's a woman. Dr. Susan Martin, who is EMU's 22nd president, was previously provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs for the University of Michigan's Dearborn campus.

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"Isn't that great," Martin said of being the first woman president at EMU. "It is starting to sink in. It is unbelievable. I started on a farm. I went to a one-room school. Now I'm the farm girl who makes good. I am president of Eastern Michigan University."

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