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At its spring commission meeting May 20, the Tennessee Higher Education Commission granted final approval for three new academic programs at East Tennessee State University as well as an off-campus

For almost a decade, groups of East Tennessee State University business student volunteers have offered free tax preparation assistance through the Internal Revenue Service Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program.

East Tennessee State University has again earned the Military Friendly School designation for the 11th consecutive year and ranking among the nation’s top 10. ETSU was also designated Military Spouse

A. Lynn Williams, PhD, CCC-SLP, took office this month as the 2021 president of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. In her term, Williams will work to advance the objectives of ASHA and its more than 211,000 members and affiliates who are audiologists; speech-language pathologists; speech, language and hearing scientists; audiology and speech-language pathology support personnel; and students in communication sciences and disorders. “I am honored to serve as ASHA’s 2021 ...

Samuel Garcia, a sophomore Roan Scholar at East Tennessee State University, was recently named a recipient of the U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship. Since 2001, Gilman Scholarships have assisted qualifying students with study or intern abroad experiences by providing them with skills critical to national security and economic prosperity. The program is administered by the Institute of International Education and congressionally funded by the Bureau of ...

The Women’s Studies Program at East Tennessee State University will host a two-day institute in January about infusing trauma-informed care principles into strategies for teaching and learning. Phyllis Thompson, director of the Women’s Studies Program and associate professor in the Department of Literature and Language, is co-organizing the institute with members of the Women’s Studies Steering Committee. The project, “Trauma-Informed Strategies for Teaching and Learning: Cr...

Dr. Daryl A. Carter of East Tennessee State University was recently elected to chair the board of directors of Humanities Tennessee after serving on the board since 2014.