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Table of Contents

  • 1: President's Perspective
  • 2: Take a Slide or a Stroll Through ETSU's New Park: University Commons
  • 4: A Dose of Hope
  • 6: The Next Chapter: The Committee for 125 Chapter II
  • 7: Pomp. Circumstance. And In-Person
  • 8: Commissioner Piercey Returns Home
  • 9: The Future of Substance Use Research
  • 10: The Sky is the Limit
  • 11: From School Counselor to Dean
  • 12: Building a Stronger Future for University School
  • 13: Passing the Torch
  • 15: Meet ETSU's New Provost
  • 16: Celebrating a ""Boy from Elizabethton""
  • 18: Meet the ETSU Board of Trustees: Kelly Wolfe
  • 20: DATELINE: ETSU
  • 23: Spring Homecoming Marks Return
  • 24: ETSU Goes Prime!
  • 27: Esports Finishes Year One
  • 28: Bay of Pigs:
  • 30: Ellzy Credits Quillen Mentors
  • 32: Who's Going to ETSU
  • 34: Grad Student's Thesis Published
  • 36: Treasures
  • 37: Alumni Association Hosts Assembly Sessions
  • 37: A Paramount Day of Giving
  • 38: ETSU Alumni Association Elects New Officers, Members
  • 39: Capital Campaign Approaches Final Year
  • 40: ETSU Golf Programs
  • 41: Stallworth Caps Off Stellar Cross Country Campaign
  • 42: Class Notes
  • 46: Obituaries

ETSU President

Brian Noland

Executive Editor

Fred Sauceman

Managing Editors

Joe Smith

Advancement/Alumni Editors

Pamela Ritter; Whitney Goetz

Contributing Writers

Kevin Brown; Karen Crigger; Lee Ann Davis; Jennifer Hill; Amanda Mowell; Melissa Nipper; Brian Noland; Fred Sauceman; Jon See; Joe Smith; Joel Spears

Cover/Graphic Design

Jeanette Henry Jewell

Photography/Art

Ron Campbell; Matthew Carroll; Tanner Clements; Rob King; Larry Smith; Rebecca Proffitt; Charles Warden

Publication Date

Summer 2021

President's Message

Throughout my time as President of East Tennessee State University, I have enjoyed the privilege of working with many great leaders – individuals who have distinguished themselves as legends in Tennessee higher education. Having the opportunity to continue the legacy of Dr. Paul Stanton was one of the greatest honors ever bestowed upon me. My arrival at ETSU also allowed me to reconnect with Dr. Bert C. Bach, who at the time was the institution’s Provost. He and I had worked closely together during my tenure at the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, and we had collaborated on many initiatives. Dr. Bach is a true champion for higher education, a steadfast patron of the arts, and a prolific authority on the subject of baseball. In 2019, Dr. Bach retired after 43 years of distinguished service in Tennessee higher education. And there was Dr. Wilsie Bishop, a longtime employee at ETSU who not only was a highly respected leader across the state, but who had garnered regional and national recognition for her work with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and also for being one of higher education’s greatest champions for interprofessional health professions learning. Dr. Bishop began her career at ETSU as a nursing faculty member and rose through the ranks, serving in such capacities as an Associate Vice president, Dean, and Chief Operating Officer before becoming Vice President for Health Affairs. Following Dr. Bach’s retirement, she stepped into the role of Interim Provost and Senior Vice President for Academics. During the 2020-21 year, after more than 40 years as a member of the ETSU family, Dr. Bishop announced her plans to retire. I invited her to be one of our guest speakers at Commencement this past May, where she gave her “last lecture,” to members of the Class of 2021. One of Dr. Bishop’s greatest achievements at ETSU was to help position the institution as a national model for interdisciplinary health professions education. In the late 1980s, she was part of the ETSU team that helped bring a major grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to the university that set up rural training sites in Mountain City and Rogersville for medical, nursing, and public and allied health students. That was the first chapter in a long, ever-evolving story of ETSU’s work in interprofessional health education – a story that Dr. Bishop has helped pen every step of the way. Because of Dr. Bishop’s leadership, colleges and universities across the country have turned to ETSU for guidance on how to shape and expand their health professions programs. A few weeks ago just before her departure, our Board of Trustees voted to name our interprofessional education and research center on the VA campus in honor of Dr. Bishop as a lasting tribute to her work in this area. Every season brings new faces to our campus community, and with every season also come times we must say farewell. Our graduates cross the stage with new destinations ahead. Our faculty and staff depart as they retire or leave to pursue other opportunities. Saying goodbye is never easy, but our graduates and retirees will always be part of the ETSU family. Like Dr. Bishop, they leave a legacy – a legacy that has forever changed our campus and a legacy that has transformed the lives of others. Sincerely, - Brian Noland, President

ETSU Today - Summer 2021

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