POSITION: Director of Health Services
DEPARTMENTS:
Student Life
Health Services
LOCATION: Main Campus, Harrisonburg | UC 256
PHONE: (540) 432-4302
EMAIL: irene.kniss@emu.edu
Irene grew up in a rural farming area in Ohio. She was the first in her immediate family to choose higher education. Irene met Philip,her husband of 41 years, in Florida and is the mother of three daughters and grandmother of four.
Irene has worked as a nurse in critical care, pediatrics, general medical/surgical and oncology. Irene has volunteered at the local Free Clinic. Irene worked in a law firm as a legal nurse consultant for almost 14 years, reviewing and analyzing medical records and drafting legal documents. Irene continues to provide these services through her private consulting business, Kniss & Spencer Legal Nurse Solutions.
Irene is an avid baseball and college basketball fan.
AS, Marion Technical College (Nursing)
BS, Old Dominion University (Nursing)