Service is part of the very fabric of Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University. Our Franciscan institution has been a leader in healthcare-related education in Louisiana for 100 years and we value the opportunity to serve others "with joyfulness of spirit, and with humility and justice for all those entrusted to our care." These values are reflected by our board, leadership, faculty and staff.
You may think that as a university president...I have possessed a life-long love for education. Well, not so. As a young girl, I constantly complained about school and its drudgery. Nevertheless, my demanding mother, a first-generation American of Japanese parents, took academic achievement very seriously. Her constant reply was, “School is work. Work is good. Now get to work!” As a point of honor, I obeyed. It was not until later in life that I began to sincerely appreciate the real value of education.
Office of the PresidentDr. Tina Holland has been President of Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University (FranU) since 2014.
Before coming to Baton Rouge, Holland served for more than 22 years at Holy Cross College at Notre Dame, Indiana, where she served in various roles, including mathematics professor, program director for at-risk students, Vice President for Student Affairs, and Executive Vice President. Prior to her career in higher education, she served as an intelligence officer in the United States Marine Corps.
Holland earned a PhD in Higher Education Administration and Leadership at Indiana State University, a Master of Arts degree in International Relations at the University of San Diego and a Bachelor of Science degree in General Engineering and in Political Science from the United States Naval Academy.
Dr. Holland serves on the boards of several education and service organizations at the local, state and national levels. She is a trustee of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Colleges (SACSCOC) and of the national Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU). She also serves on the Executive Board of the Association of Franciscan Colleges and Universities. Holland was appointed by Governor Edwards to the Board of the Louisiana Educational Television Agency (LETA) and by the President of the United States to the White House Commission for Presidential Scholars.
Tina and her husband, Peter Holland have been married for 38 years, and they are blessed with four grown children and three beautiful grandsons.
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