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DATELINE: ETSU

Wilhoit Lewis Kearley

 JANUARY 13

ETSU announces Dr. Kathryn Wilhoit as Director of the Appalachian Highlands Center for Nursing Advancement.

 JANUARY 24

Timothy Lewis becomes Director of New Student and Family Programs.

 FEBRUARY 4

ETSU announces that public health graduate student Justin Kearley is elected as the 2022 student representative to the Rural Health Congress, the National Rural Health Association’s policy-making body.

 MARCH 2

ETSU is ranked No. 144 by Forbes in the America’s Best Midsize Employers category.

 MARCH 9

ETSU and Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine announce a guaranteed admissions interview program for ETSU undergraduates who have applied to attend medical school at VCOM.

 MARCH 10

ETSU earns the Military Friendly School designation for the 12th consecutive year.

Leaders from the National Junior College Athletic Association visit the ETSU esports arena to talk with staff about gaming, partnerships, and possible new opportunities for college students. ETSU announces strong performance of a team of business students in the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute Research Challenge. Clemmer College announces new graduate certificate in Nature-Based Therapy which offers comprehensive preparation for the creation of nature-based therapeutic services, including the integration of nature-based therapeutic practices into traditional approaches.

 MARCH 18

The Quillen College Class of 2022 celebrates Match Day.

 MARCH 24

Gatton College of Pharmacy’s American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists Operation Substance Use Disorders committee (formerly Generation Rx) is national first runner-up for the APhA-ASP Operation Substance Use Disorders Chapter Achievement Award in 2020-21.

 MARCH 28

ETSU Civility Week and the Festival of Ideas begin with keynote speakers Van Jones (CNN), political commentator Meghan McCain, and award-winning journalist David Plazas.

 MARCH 31

Dan Bishop is named ETSU Director of Veterans Affairs.

 APRIL 1

ETSU names Dr. Nick Hagemeier as Vice Provost for Research and Chief Research Officer.

 APRIL 5

ETSU signs two articulation agreements with Virginia Highlands Community College and Southwest Virginia Community College to expand opportunities for students wanting to pursue careers in the health sciences.

Former poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Natasha Trethewey speaks at ETSU.

 APRIL 10

ETSU Theatre and Dance completes inaugural season in Bert C. Bach Theatre, with all shows performing to soldout audiences.

 APRIL 12

Dr. Trena Paulus is a 2022-23 Fulbright Scholar and will spend six months working with faculty and students at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poland on qualitative research methods and more.

 APRIL 22

The ETSU Board of Trustees votes not to increase tuition for undergraduates and graduate students attending in fall 2022. The board also approves the final report from the Committee for 125 Chapter II, a transformative document that will guide the university through 2036.

 MAY 5

ETSU announces Jenny Lockmiller as Director of University Career Services.

 APRIL 29

ETSU hosts country music artist Miranda Lambert during the SGA Spring Concert at Greene Stadium to a record crowd of 11,180 guests.

 MAY 7

ETSU confers degrees to more than 2,000 members of the Class of 2022. ETSU begins a new tradition by presenting two specially designed coins each to newly tenured or promoted faculty: one to keep in recognition of professional achievement and another to give to a student who has been an important part of the professor’s professional life.

 MAY 12

Theatre and Dance faculty member Cara Harker publishes new book, “Foundations for Performance Training: Skills for the Actor-Dancer.”

 MAY 18

ETSU and Ballad Health bring together leaders from 12 colleges and universities from Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia for a strategic planning meeting to brainstorm ways to increase the pipeline of students into the field of nursing. This was the first regional gathering of the Appalachian Highlands Center for Nursing Advancement. Plans are to start the pipeline with students as young as sixth grade and to address increasing nurses at all levels including CNAs, LPNs, RNs, and beyond.

 JULY 1

Dr. Donald Samples stepped down from his role as Dean of the College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences (CCRHS) effective July 1, 2022, to return to the classroom until he retires. Samples Williams

A respected member of the ETSU family since 1990, Samples has spent 23 years of his tenure serving in administrative roles. He was Chair of the Department of Allied Health for nine years and spent five years as the college’s Associate Dean of Academics before becoming Dean in 2013.

Dr. A. Lynn Williams was appointed Interim Dean of CCHRS. She has served as CCRHS Associate Dean for Academic Affairs since 2014 and as Professor in the ETSU Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology since 1995.

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