The Senate of the Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences (HWG LU) yesterday elected two new vice presidents: The current incumbent Prof. Dr. Edith Rüger-Muck stood for re-election and was unanimously confirmed in office. Her second term will begin on February 1, 2023. Prof. Dr. Nina Knape was also elected by a large majority. On March 1, 2023, she will replace her predecessor Prof. Dr. Ellen Bareis, who did not stand for re-election at her own request. The two vice presidents, together with university president Prof. Dr. Gunther Piller and chancellor Carolin Nöhrbaß, complete the university management of HWG LU. The term of office of the vice presidents is four years.
Prof. Dr. Edith Rüger-Muck has been the university's Vice President for International Affairs and Diversity since February 2019. She studied business administration at the University of Mannheim and then worked as a research assistant at the Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Unternehmensführung (WHU) in Vallendar before receiving her doctorate in 2003. Her doctoral thesis led her to Microsoft in Redmond, WA as a Marketing Research Assistant. Various positions at Europcar in Hamburg followed, most recently as marketing director and authorized signatory with international marketing & pricing projects in Paris, Barcelona, Madrid and London. In 2011, she was appointed to a professorship in marketing at Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences and initially worked at Weincampus Neustadt. Since 2015, she has headed the master's program in International Marketing Management. With the new term of office, the structure of her department will change: she will then be Vice President for International Affairs and Communication.
Prof. Dr. Nina Knape has been Professor of Midwifery Science and Head of the Bachelor's programs in Midwifery and Midwifery Science as well as a member of the University Council at HWG LU since 2015. The 47-year-old studied nursing and health care management at the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences after her professional licensure as a midwife. She is particularly interested in health services research. Health economic evaluations for the obstetric care model midwife delivery room and the importance of care density and workload of midwives for the obstetric care quality are in focus here. She completed her doctorate at Witten/Herdecke University in 2017. Prof. Dr. Nina Knape will assume the office of Vice President for Studies, Teaching and Diversity in March 2022.
