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BOSTON -- In a message to the Emmanuel College community, Sister Janet Eisner, SNDdeN, announced Oct. 4 that she will leave office in a years time, following over four decades as president. The nations longest-serving woman college president, Sister Janet has been described as Emmanuels second founder in view of her transformative leadership of the Catholic liberal arts and sciences college opened by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in Bostons Fenway neighborhood in 1919.

After serving as president of Emmanuel College for 43 years, Sister Janet Eisner announced Monday she will retire in one year. Eisner joined the Roman Catholic college in 1979 and led Emmanuel’s transition from an all-women’s college to a coed institution in 2000. She is currently the longest-serving female college president, according to a press release. “Now, as we emerge