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Table of Contents

  • 1: The President's Perspective
  • 2: Who's Going to ETSU?
  • 6: Dateline: ETSU
  • 8: Feels Like Home
  • 11: Making Service a Lifetime Priority
  • 12: A Return to ETSU Nicole Collins
  • 14: Going Full Circle Sharon James McGee
  • 16: White Boards and Glass Walls
  • 20: Celebrating Four Decades of Educating Physicians
  • 24: ETSU Day of Giving
  • 25: Five Questions Planned about Giving
  • 26: From Mars to Cars
  • 28: Faith, Family, and Football
  • 32: How Kingsport and Hawkins County Helped Win World War II
  • 34: ETSU Naturalization Ceremony Welcomes 97 New Citizens
  • 37: Treasures
  • 38: Basketball schedules
  • 40: Class Notes
  • 43: Obituaries

ETSU President

Brian Noland

Executive Editor

Fred Sauceman

Managing Editors

Joe Smith

Art Director

Stephen Russell

Advancement/Alumni Editors

Pamela Ritter; Bob Plummer

Contributing Writers

Kevin Brown; Karen Crigger; Lee Ann Davis; Jennifer Hill; Amanda Mowell; Brian Noland; Cyndi Ramsey; Fred Sauceman; Joe Smith; Amy Steadman; Kristen Swing

Cover/Graphic Design

Jeanette Henry

Photography/Art

Ron Campbell; Dakota Hamilton; Larry Smith; Charles Warden

Publication Date

Fall 2018

President's Message

Since the founding of East Tennessee State University in 1911, the stories of our students, faculty, staff, and alumni have built upon each other to tell an even bigger story, of an institution focused on improving the quality of life for the people of the region. Today, nearly 95,000 ETSU alumni live and work in 50 states and 68 countries. Each of you represents a part of our story as a university—from the chapters you helped write as students conducting important service, research, and educational missions to the chapters yet to be written, with compelling stories of our alumni making a difference here and across the globe. You are leaders, guiding important workforce agendas in business, health, education, and other fields. You are innovators, researching the best and newest ways to address world problems and needs. You are masters of your craft, improving the quality of life through arts such as storytelling, music, theater, and dance. No matter what major you pursued while attending ETSU or how you now choose to make a positive difference in the world, all of you have something in common: You are Buccaneers. You graduated from a university whose mission and values emphasize that people come first and are treated with dignity and respect. In an era when dignity and respect sometimes can be hard to find in the world, I encourage you always to remember and embrace your ETSU roots. As Mahatma Gandhi once said, “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” Thank you for all you do to make our world a more pleasant and productive place. Through your efforts, along with the work of our faculty, staff, and students, we continue to tell our ETSU story and to leave a lasting reminder of why this university is so important not only to the region but to our nation and world. Godspeed and Go Bucs! - Brian Noland, President

ETSU Today - Fall 2018

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