East Tennessee State University

East Tennessee State University
Established October 2, 1911
Type Public university
Endowment US$73.2 million (2009)[1]
Chancellor Charles W. Manning
President Paul E. Stanton, Jr
Provost Bert C. Bach
Vice-Chancellor David Gregory
Academic staff 783 (Fall 2009)[2]
Students 15,536 (Fall 2011)[3]
Undergraduates 10,259 (Spring 2009)[4]
Postgraduates 2,144 (Spring 2009)[4]
Doctoral students 445 (Fall 2010)[3]
Other students 723 (Spring 2009)[4]
Location Johnson City, Tennessee, United States
Campus Urban, 350 acres (1.4 km2)
Colors Navy Blue and Old Gold         
Nickname Buccaneers
Mascot Bucky
Affiliations Atlantic Sun Conference
NCAA Division I
Website www.etsu.edu

East Tennessee State University (ETSU) is an accredited American university located in Johnson City, Tennessee. It is part of the Tennessee Board of Regents system of colleges and universities, the nation's sixth largest system of public education,[5] and is the fourth largest university in the state.[6] ETSU has off-campus centers in nearby Kingsport, Elizabethton, and Greeneville, Tennessee.

Listed by The Princeton Review as one of America’s Best Value Colleges, ETSU has a host of programs that benefit both the region and nation, including the Quillen College of Medicine, consistently ranked as one of the top schools nationwide for rural medicine and primary care education,[7] the Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy, the College of Nursing, and the recently formed College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences. Unique programs include a nationally acclaimed and accredited program in Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music, the nation's lone master's degree in Storytelling, and the Appalachian Studies programs, focused on the surrounding Appalachian region.

ETSU had a record enrollment of over 15,000 students in Fall 2010. In 2011, ETSU had its 100th anniversary.

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History

ETSU was founded as East Tennessee State Normal School, to educate teachers; the K-12 training school, called University School, operates to this day. East Tennessee State officially became a college in 1925 when it changed its name to East Tennessee State Teachers College, subsequently gaining accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in 1927. In 1943, East Tennessee State Teacher's College was expanded into a college with a range of liberal arts offerings, becoming East Tennessee State College. The college became a University in 1963, adopting the name it holds today.[8]

ETSU announced plans to open a College of Pharmacy in 2005, rapidly receiving local support to secure the approval. Full accreditation was granted in June 2010, shortly after the first class of the Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy graduated.[9]

In December 2007, the College of Public and Allied Health split into two new colleges, the College of Public Health and the College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences. Both are part of ETSU’s Health Sciences Division, which also includes the James H. Quillen College of Medicine, the Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy, and the College of Nursing.

In late 2009, the Tennessee Higher Education Commission and the Tennessee Board of Regents authorized the formation of a Ph.D program in Sport Physiology and Performance. This program, the first of its kind in the United States, will focus on sports science and physiology in athletics. It will feature concentrations in sport physiology and sport performance, and is expected to start in 2010.[10]

Research

The research mission of ETSU advances scholarly and creative activity that enhances the teaching and learning environment and benefits the regional, national, and global communities served.[11] ETSU strongly supports and encourages faculty and student research. In FY09, ETSU was awarded over $40 million in research, public service, and training/instruction grants.[12] The ETSU Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Administration (ORSPA) organizes an annual event, the Appalachian Student Research Forum, for students to showcase their research via poster and/or oral presentations. At the April 2010 event, over 100 student poster presentations were made and over $3500 was given in prize money to udergraduate, graduate, and medical students, medical residents and postdoctoral fellows.[13]

Athletics

ETSU collegiate athletic teams, nicknamed Buccaneers, compete in the NCAA Division I Atlantic Sun Conference. In the 2006-07 year, ETSU won both the conference's men and women's All-Sport trophies, winning seven team titles. They repeated as the overall and men's All-Sport champions in 2007-08 with three team titles, in 2008-09 with five team titles, and in 2009-10 with three team titles.[14] ETSU has won the Bill Bibb Trophy for the best overall Atlantic Sun athletic program all four years since it was first awarded for the 2006-07 season.[14]

Current men's sports at ETSU are baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis and track and field. Women's sports are basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field and volleyball. Men's soccer competed at the club level in the fall of 2007, before entering NCAA and Atlantic Sun competition as a scholarship program in the 2008 season.[15] A new on-campus soccer field, Summers-Taylor Stadium, opened in fall 2007. In the 2007-08 season, the women's basketball team made their first trip to the NCAA tournament. In 2009 and 2010, both the men's and women's teams earned automatic berths to the NCAA championship by winning the Atlantic Sun Conference tournaments.

The Mini-Dome on the campus of ETSU houses the intercollegiate athletics offices, and is the venue for men's and women's basketball. Still known by students, faculty, and the community as the Mini-Dome, this campus landmark has been officially renamed from Memorial Center to the ETSU/Mountain States Health Alliance Athletic Center. The largest building on the ETSU campus, it hosts several indoor track and field meets, and was once the home field for the university's football program. The Mini-Dome has hosted many non-athletic events that could not be housed in an indoor setting on most American college campuses, such as national indoor championships for free flight model aircraft.

Basketball

The men's head coach has been Murry Bartow since 2003, and he has led the Bucs to win the 2004 Southern Conference championship, 2007 Atlantic Sun title, the 2009 Atlantic Sun Tournament championship, and the 2010 Atlantic Sun Tournament championship. Bartow has led the Buccaneers to berths in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship (2004, 2009 and 2010) three of the program's total nine times.[16]

The women's head coach is Karen Kemp. Coach Kemp has led the Lady Bucs to three consecutive appearances in the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship (2008 to 2010) and has averaged 20.3 wins over the 2006-2009 seasons. In addition, a large variety of all-conference accolades have been awarded to both her and her teams during her career, including two Coach of the Year awards, four Player of the Year awards, two Freshman of the Year awards, over 20 athletes with All-Conference honors, and numerous athletes with All-Academic honors. Kemp is only the second head coach at ETSU to reach the 100-win milestone and currently holds the record for most wins in the school's history at 214 and rising.[17]

Football

The 2005 move of the Buccaneers from the Southern Conference to the Atlantic Sun was an indirect result of ETSU President Stanton's decision, following the 1999 ETSU Athletic Task Force recommendations, to drop the ETSU football program after the 2003 season, in response to budget limitations imposed by the state legislature. The football program was posting close to $1 million in financial losses each year between 1999 and 2003.[18]

Proposed student athletic fee increase

ETSU President Stanton announced on December 22, 2006 that the ETSU administration is now supporting the return of the ETSU NCAA Division I FCS football program to the university, after accepting the recent ETSU Football Task Force report calling for increased student athletic fees to both restore the ETSU football program and additional funding for equivalent female athletic programs to meet U.S. federal Title IX gender equity requirements. Dr. Stanton has stated that ETSU will "need $4 million to $5 million" collected each year from of a combination students fees and private contributors to "get it all done."[19]

Both the ETSU student body (by a referendum vote) and the Tennessee Board of Regents would have needed to approve Stanton's proposal to increase ETSU student athletic fees for funding a new football program before competing in the 2010 season.[20]

Stanton also stated that ETSU generates approximately $500,000 of revenue from every $25 student athletic fees collected each semester at ETSU (i.e., a conservative estimate of student fees fully funding ETSU football at the $5 million dollar level would amount to an additional $250 in ETSU student athletic fees each year).[19] During the last year of the football program in 2003, ETSU was only able to raise $127,000 (of the minimum $1.5 million needed) in private contributions toward the operating costs that will associated with the ETSU football program (excluding approximately $15 million dollars for a new 10,000 seat stadium).[18]

On April 10–11, 2007 the football referendum failed by a vote of 59%-41%, with about 3,500 students voting. Stanton released a statement following the vote, saying the issue of football was dead for the immediate future.[21][22]

Greek life

There are several Greek organizations offered at East Tennessee State University. Greek life provides occasions for social interaction and intramural participation between young men and women.[23] The Interfraternity Council offers young men eight fraternities: Kappa Sigma, Sigma Chi, Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and Pi Kappa Alpha.[23] The Pan-Hellenic Council offers young women four sororities: Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Xi Delta, Kappa Delta, and Sigma Kappa.[23] The National Pan-Hellenic Council offers four fraternities and sororities: Alpha Phi Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, Omega Psi Phi and Alpha Kappa Alpha.[23] The Multicultural Greek Council offers one fraternity: Sigma Beta Rho.[23]

Campus life

In April 2002, the 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m2) Basler Center for Physical Activity was opened The building contains recreational facilities such as an indoor 40-foot (12 m) climbing wall, raquetball and basketball courts, an indoor swimming pool, and a 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m2) weight room. The Basler center also offers a diverse selection of fitness classes from yoga to martial arts.

Campus buildings

Academic and administrative facilities

Residence halls

Colleges and schools

Honors College

The Honors College at East Tennessee State University provides numerous opportunities and benefits to students, including:[24]

Presidents

Alumni

Recording star Kenny Chesney, four-time Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year, holds a degree in advertising.[25] Another notable ETSU attendee is Timothy Busfield, known for his Emmy Award-winning role on the popular 1980s TV series thirtysomething. Busfield attended ETSU for a short while, but did not graduate. He starred in a series of advertisements for the school in the late 1980s. Ron Ramsey, the current Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee, graduated from ETSU in 1978 majoring in Industrial Technology. Ronald E. Carrier, a 1955 graduate of ETSU, was the fourth President of James Madison University, serving from 1971 to 1998. Mike Smith, current Atlanta Falcons head coach, also attended ETSU. R. Alan King, awarded two Bronze Stars and author of Twice Armed: An American Soldiers Battle for Hearts and Minds in Iraq, graduated from ETSU in 1987. Besse Cooper, the oldest person in the world as of June 21, 2011 (2011 -06-21), graduated from East Tennessee Normal School in 1916.

See also

References

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  9. ^ ETSU pharmacy school accredited
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  13. ^ "Appalachian Student Research Forum". http://www.etsu.edu/studentresearch/. Retrieved 2010-06-23. 
  14. ^ a b "Atlantic Sun All-Sports Race". AtlanticSun.org. http://www.atlanticsun.org/quickhits/allsportsrace/. Retrieved 2010-08-29. 
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  19. ^ a b Watson, Sam (2006-11-21). "ETSU poll shows support for return of football program". The Kingsport Times-News. http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=3701571. Retrieved 2007-06-27. 
  20. ^ White, Michael (2006-12-22). "Stanton defines plans for return of ETSU football" (Press release). ETSUBucs.com. http://www.etsubucs.com/sports/football/presser.pdf. Retrieved 2007-06-27. 
  21. ^ "Students vote down football fee referendum". ETSU.edu. 2007-04-11. http://www.etsu.edu/calendars/calendars_news.asp?EventID=5940. Retrieved 2007-06-27. 
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  23. ^ a b c d e http://www.etsu.edu/students/sorc/greeklife
  24. ^ "Honors College". ETSU.edu. http://www.etsu.edu/honors/thinkingabout.asp. Retrieved 2010-03-05. 
  25. ^ "Kenny Chesney 1998 Distinguished Alumnus in the Arts". ETSU.edu. Archived from the original on 2007-06-25. http://web.archive.org/web/20070625152632/http://www.etsu.edu/alumni/award/98award_chesney.asp. Retrieved 2007-07-09. 

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