BucBeat: an ETSU News Roundup Podcast [2024-2025]

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  BucBeat | March 17, 2025 | Transforming rural education, summit, Bucky reigns, and summer programs

  University Marketing and Communication, East Tennessee State University

  In this episode of BucBeat, ETSU’s weekly news podcast, we cover:

  ETSU launches the Center for Rural Education and Development

  ETSU will host domestic violence and sexual assault summit

  ETSU’s Bucky defends title of Best Mascot in the Southern Conference

  Summer programs at Quillen College of Medicine

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  BucBeat | March 10, 2025 | New ambassadors, statewide voice, old-time fun, busy calendar, and more

  University Marketing and Communication, East Tennessee State University

  In this episode of BucBeat, ETSU’s weekly news podcast, we cover:

  ETSU Student Foundation Ambassadors help spread philanthropic spirit

  Gatton College of Pharmacy student elected president of Tennessee Society of Student Pharmacists

  Square Dance Extravaganza to feature Hogslop String Band and ETSU’s Twin Taters

  ETSU’s March calendar is full of events

  ETSU SGA Spring concert

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  BucBeat | March 3, 2025 | Persistence, support, Truman finalists, Fulbright semifinalists, and more

  University Marketing and Communication, East Tennessee State University

  In this episode of BucBeat, ETSU’s weekly news podcast, we cover:

  Fall-to-spring persistence rates at ETSU are the highest since 2020

  ETSU offered support to helpers and survivors in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene

  ETSU has two Truman Scholarship finalists

  Five ETSU community members are Fulbright semifinalists

  Eleven students selected for Roan Scholars Leadership Program

  ETSU Department of Theatre and Dance presents “The Wolves”

  Giant flying squirrel discovered at Gray Fossil Site and Museum

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  BucBeat | February 24, 2025 | Weather extremes, tops in Tennessee, and tips for success

  University Marketing and Communication, East Tennessee State University

  In this episode of BucBeat, ETSU’s weekly news podcast, we cover:

  ETSU releases analysis of 2024 weather patterns

  ETSU’s MSN Program ranked best in Tennessee

  ETSU professors share advice on classroom success

  Appalachian Highlands Economic Forum

  Leading political scholar to hold events at ETSU

  ETSU Counseling Center offers D&D Therapy

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  BucBeat | February 17, 2025 | Over $56 million for science, Grammy Award winner, and Bluegrass spotlight

  University Marketing and Communication, East Tennessee State University

  In this episode of BucBeat, ETSU’s weekly news podcast, we cover:

  Tennessee’s proposed budget includes over $56 million for ETSU science facilities

  Musician and ETSU adjunct faculty member Trey Hensley wins Grammy Award

  ETSU’s Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Roots Music Studies program gains international attention

  ETSU student wins prestigious Gilman International Scholarship

  TISL leadership includes ETSU students

  ETSU lecture to focus on Civil War’s impact on modern medicine

  ETSU Board of Trustees to meet

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  BucBeat | February 10, 2025 | Statue of honor, center marks 40th, and new book chronicles epidemics

  University Marketing and Communication, East Tennessee State University

  Welcome to BucBeat, a weekly news roundup from East Tennessee State University. This is Richard Lovette. Coming up: A new memorial…..40th anniversary….influenza impact…..a new resource ….responding to change…..and gaming powerhouse.

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  BucBeat | February 3, 2025 | Hope for regenerative medicine, research day, and Great Lecture Series

  University Marketing and Communication, East Tennessee State University

  In this episode of BucBeat, ETSU’s weekly news podcast, we cover:

  ETSU professor part of international regenerative medicine study

  ETSU to celebrate research and engagement at Boland Research Day

  Great Lecture Series to resume at ETSU

  NETN Music Census finds millions in economic impact

  ETSU’s February calendar is full of events

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  BucBeat | January 27, 2025 | Festival headliner, honoring MLK, dean’s list, and new director

  University Marketing and Communication, East Tennessee State University

  In this episode of BucBeat, ETSU’s weekly news podcast, we cover:

  LeVar Burton to speak at ETSU’s Festival of Ideas; Rush seating available

  ETSU continues honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this week with 2 programs

  ETSU fall 2024 dean’s list

  New director for Center of Excellence in Early Childhood and Development

  ETSU Martin Center to host Spyro Gyra as part of Johnson City Jazz Festival

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  BucBeat | January 21, 2025 | CBAT milestone, Pulitzer Prize winner, and arts showcase

  University Marketing and Communication, East Tennessee State University

  In this episode of BucBeat, ETSU’s weekly news podcast, we cover:

  ETSU is among the nation’s elite with four ABET-accredited programs

  ETSU’s Festival of Ideas will be headlined by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anthony Doerr

  The ETSU Mary B. Martin School of the Arts Showcase will take place Jan. 26

  ETSU Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy will have a free Pharmacy Career Showcase event Feb. 22

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  BucBeat | January 13, 2025 | Mother, daughter go through nursing school together and Chanticleer coming to ETSU.

  University Marketing and Communication, East Tennessee State University

  In this episode of BucBeat, ETSU’s weekly news podcast, we cover:

  A mother and daughter are together in the classroom. Eva Jessee and her daughter, Kali Holt, earned bachelor’s degrees in nursing together from ETSU’s College of Nursing and now, they’re both enrolled in ETSU’s family nurse practitioner master’s program. Jessee pointed to ETSU educators who inspired her and her daughter to be the best they could be. She said it’s like every level of education at ETSU builds upon itself and ETSU helped lay a great foundation for them. Jessee also said where she and her daughter ended up is a direct reflection and credit to where they came from.

  Chanticleer, the internationally acclaimed “orchestra of voices,” is coming to Johnson City. The Grammy award winners will perform at East Tennessee State University’s Martin Center for the Arts on Saturday, Feb. 1, at 7:30 p.m.

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  BucBeat | January 7, 2025 | Winter Prediction, Archives of Appalachia Grant, and ETSU Alumni Awards

  University Marketing and Communication, East Tennessee State University

  In this episode of BucBeat, ETSU’s weekly news podcast, we cover:

  Winter in Southern Appalachia will likely lean on the milder side, but forecasting can be a wild-card. Dr. Andrew Joyner, associate professor in the Department of Geosciences at ETSU and Tennessee’s official climatologist, says seasonal forecasts are always challenging.

  Archives of Appalachia receives a $170,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ “Save America’s Treasures” program to help preserve letters, photographs and rare recordings of Appalachian music.

  ETSU National Alumni Association honors 7

  ETSU climbs in Higher Education Research and Development ranking

  ETSU Occupational Therapy students gain experience at Jeremiah Café

  ETSU has two on Leadership Tennessee NEXT Program

  January calendar at ETSU is full of events

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  BucBeat | December 16, 2024 | ETSU celebrates new graduates, FAFSA open, major biomanufacturing grant and more

  University Marketing and Communication, East Tennessee State University

  In this episode of BucBeat, ETSU’s weekly news podcast, we cover:

  Fall 2024 Commencement highlights, with over 1300 graduates, including 27 from the BlueSky Institute

  Students are being encouraged to complete the 2025-26 FAFSA application now and current and admitted ETSU students should also complete the University scholarship application

  ETSU Research Corporation secures biomanufacturing grant, and names new chief intellectual property officer

  Gatton College of Pharmacy recognized for helping Flip the Pharmacy initiative

  ETSU and Blue Ridge Community College sign transfer agreement

  Over $35,000 raised during relief concert at the Martin Center for the Arts

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  BucBeat | December 9, 2024 | Fall 2024 Commencement

  University Marketing and Communication, East Tennessee State University

  Commencement ceremonies, No. 1, nursing advancement leader, new dean, 6 honored by health sciences, and double milestone.

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  BucBeat | December 2, 2024 | National spotlight

  University Marketing and Communication, East Tennessee State University

  Marching Bucs make history at Macy’s, helping veterans become entrepreneurs, thesis competition, notable women honored, great lecture series, December activities and more help for the arts.

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  BucBeat | November 25, 2024 | Making history

  University Marketing and Communication, East Tennessee State University

  Marching Bucs at Macy’s, closing the salary gap, prestigious finalist, value in higher education, using public data in mortality study, hall of fame inductees, Wilkes agreement and winter fun.