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Table of Contents

  • 1: president's message
  • 2: top stories
  • 4: unique alumni
  • 8: campus briefs
  • 11: athletics
  • 14: advancement
  • 19: annual fund
  • 23: looking back
  • 24: classnotes
  • 31: market place

ETSU President

Paul E. Stanton, Jr.

Managing Editors

Richard A. Manahan; Robert M. Plummer; Jennifer Hodge

Contributing Writers

Jeff Anderson; Amy Brown; Margaret Carr; Lee Ann Davis; Carol Fox; Kristn Clark Fry; Tisha Harrison; Leisa Harvey; Donald Harvill; Chris Henson; Jennifer Hill; Jennifer Hodge; Pat Holland; Richard A. Manahan; Mark Montgomery; Carol Ollis; Joanne Paty; Robert Plummer; Cyndi Ramsey; Shea Renfro; Pamela Ripley; Jeremy Ross; Fred Sauceman; Tyla Short; Carol Sloan; Joseph E. Smith; Karen Sullivan; Jenny Wilkins; Leisa Wiseman

Photography/Art

Larry Smith; Jim Sledge; Lee Ann Davis; James Padgett; John Bullington

Publication Date

Spring 2008

President's Message

Providing an excellent education for today’s college student entails many aspects of life that generations of students before them only have dreamed. Beginning with the most basic requirement of high-quality instruction in the classroom, we could build a complete system around the student that includes access to the Internet for World Wide Web use, the full services of our university libraries, online “classrooms” for entire classes, and those places students can go after the traditional schedule of class time to continue their discussions, complete assignments, and more. Learning is engaging 24 hours a day and certainly accessible well beyond a campus where wireless access can be found. At ETSU, we are also facing new challenges that our changing society demands. The tragedies on other campuses and related incidents remind us to be vigilant and to take prudent steps to assure student safety and that of the university as a whole. ETSU has instituted text messaging and electronic mail alerts from a central system plus specially equipped warning systems with sirens and public address features to provide necessary messages in urgent situations. The quality of life for today’s student coming to our Johnson City campus is the best in ETSU history. The Basler Center for Physical Activity has become a hub of student engagement for recreation and wellness. The response to new residence hall facilities has been tremendous as we have been able to replace aging housing facilities with more comfortable, spacious, and technology-ready environments. And, we are happy to report the D.P. Culp University Center has been renovated for another generation of students. In working to achieve our objectives, we are truly blessed with strong partnerships. The first partnership is with our students and their families. Through the shared revenues of their tuition and fees, we address a majority of the educational costs. The State of Tennessee continues to provide a measure of educational support and the state is able to assist in academic facility renovation and replacement. The most vital of the partnerships for us to “reach higher,” as our fund-raising campaign motto states, is our many alumni and contributors. Financial support through private and corporate giving, personal engagement as volunteers, daily stewardship of ETSU through their individual achievement in the workplace, and contribution to the enrichment of their communities— this is the real evidence to all the people our alumni meet. They demonstrate the importance of a college education, the value of the higher education experience, and the important difference found in people who come from East Tennessee State University. Because of you, we stand together with ETSU PRIDE! - Paul E. Stanton, Jr., President, East Tennessee State University

ETSU Today - Spring 2008

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