2013 ETSU Today Spring by ltharvey

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The ETSU

Arts Initiative

ETSU Alumni Association Board of Directors Lieutenant General (Ret.) Ronald V. Hite ’64, President Mr. Jeffrey C. Taylor ’85, President-Elect Ms. Renee Bays Lockhart ’87, ’89, Vice-President Mr. Lawrence F. Counts ’79, Secretary Ms. Eleanor E. Yoakum ’65, Treasurer Mr. Gary D. Poe, Past-President Ms. Linda Buck ’80,’84 Mr. Brian Daniels ’95,’97

Ms. Pauline Douglas ’84, ’87 Mr. Roger D. Kennedy ’69 Dr. Tony Katras ’84, ’89 Mr. Larry La ’84 Ms. Theresa Lee ’74 Ms. Ann Mooneyhan ’65 Mr. Don Raines ’71 Mr. Mark W. Thomas ’84

Ms. Diane T. Wear ’90 Mr. Andrew Whetsel ’77 Ms. Iqra Ahmad, SGA President Ms. Leah Tilson, SGA Vice President Dr. Brian Noland, ETSU President Dr. Richard A. Manahan, Foundation President/CEO Mr. Robert M. Plummer ’84, ’87, Executive Director

ETSU Foundation Officers & Directors Mr. D. Roger Kennedy ’69, Chairman of the Board Mr. M. Thomas Krieger, Vice Chairman of the Board Mr. Dan Mahoney ’66, Secretary Dr. Steve Conerly, Treasurer Mrs. Leslie Parks Pope, Immediate Past Board Chairman Mr. Wayne G. Basler, Past Chairman Mr. Donald R. Raber, Investment Committee Chairman Mr. Dennis T. Powell, Planned Giving Committee Chair Dr. Brian Noland, ETSU President Dr. Richard A. Manahan, Foundation President/CEO Dr. David D. Collins ’96, Foundation Chief Financial Officer Mr. Frederick “Pal” Barger, Jr. ’55 Mrs. Sharon Boles Mr. James Brinkley

Mr. Walter Lee Davis, Jr. Mrs. Janey Diehl ’50 Dr. James W. Gibson Mr. Richard L. Green ’73 Mr. Louis H. Gump Dr. Roberta T. Herrin ’70, ’72 Lt. Gen. Ron Hite ’64 The Honorable William L. Jenkins Mr. Dale Keasling ’70 Dr. Stephen Kimbrough Mrs. Sonia M. King ’63 Mrs. Theresa K. Lee ’74 Mr. Paul Montgomery Mr. Scott Niswonger

Mr. David A. Ogle ’79 Mr. Art Powers Mr. Stan Puckett Mr. K. Newton Raff Ms. Lottie F. Ryans Mr. James W. Reel ’58 Mr. Tom Seaton Mrs. Sally R. Simonds Mrs. Melissa Steagall-Jones Mr. Rick Storey Mr. Dennis L. Vonderfecht Dr, May Votaw Dr. Susan Gentry Williams ’67, ’68

Tennessee Higher Education Commission Robert White, Chair, Johnson City - 1st Congressional District Cato Johnson, Vice-Chair, Bartlett - 7th Congressional District Evan Cope, Vice-Chair, Murfreesboro - 4th Congressional District A C Wharton, Jr., Secretary, Memphis - 9th Congressional District Tre Hargett, Secretary of State Justin P. Wilson, State Comptroller David H. Lillard, Jr., State Treasurer

Gregory P. Isaacs, Knoxville - 2nd Congressional District Jon Kinsey, Chattanooga - 3rd Congressional District Charles W. Bone, Hendersonville - 6th Congressional District Sharon L. Hayes, Brownsville - 8th Congressional District Dr. Gary Nixon, non-voting ex-officio, Executive Director, State Board of Education Gregory Alan Frye, voting ex-officio, University of Tennessee, Martin Adam Jarvis, non-voting ex-officio, East Tennessee State University

Tennessee Board of Regents The Honorable Bill Haslam, Governor John S. “Steve” Copeland, DVM, 6th Congressional District, 2009-2012 Gregory Duckett, Vice-Chair, 9th Congressional District, 2006-2012 John Farris, At-Large West Tennessee, 2008-2014 Ashley Humphrey, Student Regent 2011-2012 Tom Griscom, 3rd Congressional District, 2010-2011 The Honorable Kevin S. Huffman, Commissioner of Education The Honorable Julius Johnson, Commissioner of Agriculture Jonas Kisber, 8th Congressional District, 2008-2014

Fran Marcum, 4th Congressional District, 2010-2016 Paul W. Montgomery, 1st Congressional District, 2007-2013 Richard Rhoda, Executive Director, Tennessee Higher Education Commission Howard Roddy, At-Large, East Tennessee, 2010-2016 Emily J. Reynolds, At-Large, Middle Tennessee, 2010-2012 Robert P. Thomas, 5th Congressional District, 2009-2015 Danni B. Varlan, 2nd Congressional District, 2010-2013 Bob Raines, Faculty Regent, 2012-2013 Vacant, 7th Congressional District

Editors, Photographers & Contributors Photographers Ron Campbell Jim Sledge, ’87 Managing Editors Larry Smith, ’78 Robert M. Plummer, ’84, ’87 Caleb Tull, ’10 Karen Crigger, ’90 Charles Warden, ’82 Grace McCord, ’11 Senior Editor Richard A. Manahan

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Contributors Anthony Aiken Jeff Anderson ’83 Jennifer Barber ‘05 Pat Barcel Laure Craddock Lee Ann Davis ’91, ’09 Pat Elledge

Carol Fox Colby Hall ’08, ’11 Tisha Harrison ’80, ’09 Leisa Harvey ’94 Donald Harvill ’92 Jeanette Henry ’98 Jennifer Hill Pat Holland

Page 11: A love of learning story excerpt and photo of courtesy of David Grace and Kingsport Times-News Jennifer Wellington courtesy of Linda Vance Gordon and · Dr. Nick Thornton “40 Under 40”story excerpt and Johnson City News & Neighbor · New website story excerpt photo courtesy of Knoxville News Sentinel & photo courtesy Rex Barber and Johnson City Press Page 14: Graduate to hold first ETSU doctoral degree Page 12: Hill Brothers made Legislative History story in early childhood education story excerpt courtesy Rex excerpt courtesy Johnson City News & Neighbor · Zarah Barber and Johnson City Press and photo courtesy of Cochran Bates photos courtesy of Zarah Cockran Bates Ron Campbell and Johnson City Press · Mark Collins and Studio Four Design defensive assistant coach for Atlanta Falcons story Page 13: Heart of the Green photo & logo courtesy excerpt & photo courtesy Falcons Coaches Biography of Heart of the Green facebook page · Nancy Miles website · The Business Journal of Tri-Cities TN/VA Tennessee Teacher of the year finalist story excerpt purchased by Johnson City News & Neighbor story courtesy Madison Mathews and Johnson City Press excerpt and photo courtesy Bill Derby and Johnson and photo courtesy of Nancy Miles · Judge Steven City News & Neighbor · Local trooper named to high H. Jones received Rotary International Award story post in THP story excerpt & photo courtesy Johnson excerpt courtesy Kingsport Times-News and photo City Press · Mountain States Foundation names Clem

Brad Lifford Lurelle Maxey Peggy McCurry ’80 Jo Anne Paty Cyndi Ramsey ’06 Shea Renfro Jeremy Ross ’07 Fred Sauceman

Carol Sloan Joe E. Smith Karen Sullivan Caleb Tull ’10 Mike White

Wilkes Spirit Award winner story excerpt courtesy of Johnson City News & Neighbor Page 26: Women’s 2013 Golf A-Sun Championship photo courtesy of A-Sun Photography Page 33: Layla Wright to appear in East TN PBS documentary story excerpt courtesy of News Channel 11 · Jarrod Burton added to Sports Performance Staff story excerpt & photo courtesy of CofCSports.com · Brown excited about return to area story excerpt courtesy Trey Williams and Johnson City Press and photo courtesy of Johnson City Press · Kenny Benson photo courtesy of Kenny Benson Page 35: New Chamber Board Members story excerpt courtesy of Linda Vance Gordon, Johnson City News & Neighbor

On the Cover: Arts Initiative East Tennessee State University is one of 45 institutions in the Tennessee Board of Regents system, the sixth largest system of higher education in the nation. The Tennessee Board of Regents is the governing board for this system which is comprised of six universities, thirteen community colleges, & twenty-six Tennessee Technology Centers. The TBR system enrolls more than 80 percent of all Tennessee students attending public institutions of higher education. East Tennessee State University is fully in accord with the belief that educational & employment opportunities should be available to all eligible persons without regard to age, gender, color, race, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity. East Tennessee State University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award baccalaureate, masters, and doctorate degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of East Tennessee State University.

E T S U T oday S P R I N G

2013

Brian Noland

University President

Richard A. Manahan

Vice President for University Advancement ETSU Foundation President/CEO

Robert M. Plummer

Associate Vice President – University Advancement Executive Director, ETSU Alumni Association

Contents President’s Message · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1 Arts Focus· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 2 Campus Briefs· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 4 Exceptional Students· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 10 Unique Alumni· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 12 Distinguished President’s Trust· · · · · · · · · 16 Advancement· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 18 A Student’s Appreciation· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 21 Alumni Events· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 22 Athletics· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 24 Class Notes· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 28 Obituaries· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 30

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Excerpts from ETSU Distinguished President’s Trust Dinner MeadowView Convention Center Friday, February 15, 2013

President's Message

Greetings from ETSU! On behalf of our more than 2,200 faculty and staff and 15,500 students, I would like to thank all of the members of the ETSU Foundation, the ETSU family and the achievements and contributions of individuals. Thank you for all that you do as contributors and supporters to expand the bounds of the possible and open doors of opportunity for students across our institution. In January, I closed my freshman year at ETSU and began my second year of service to the institution. Over the past few weeks many people asked me, “Dr. Noland, what was the most memorable event of your first year on campus?” While there are many highlights and embarrassing moments, ranging from the Easter Egg hunt at Shelbridge attended by more than 600 members of the ETSU family, to the day that I kissed a pig for diabetes research, to the evening that I dressed as Bucky at a basketball game and nearly passed out due to heat exhaustion…. the truth is that there are three days that stand out as truly special. The first is the day that my family joined me at Shelbridge. The other two are joined in purpose – May 5th and December 15th – our spring and fall commencements. In 2012, ETSU conferred just over 3,000 degrees. That’s 3,000 dreams that we – and by “we” I refer to all of us – helped to make possible. During our December commencement exercise, I paused at the close of the ceremony and asked that every student who was the first in their family to graduate from college rise and be recognized for their accomplishments. The scene of a full third of the graduate class rising in unison is an image that I will never forget and provides a constant reminder of our ability at ETSU to transform lives. I would like to take a few moments to reflect upon some of the other highlights from the past year: • Enrollment again topped 15,000, and we set a record for the largest graduate school enrollment in our history as 2,269 graduate students pursued an advanced degree in the fall of 2012. • Last spring, we earned the official designation as an Olympic training site for weightlifting, and we have already awarded scholarships to seven elite athletes who are now attending ETSU and are training daily. These student-athletes come from as far away as Minnesota and Kansas, and as close to home as Johnson City and Elizabethton. Those seven students are pursuing their dream to one day be part of the Olympic games. • Ground has been broken for a new student parking garage that will open later this fall, a facility which will also serve as the new home for our new campus welcome center. Additionally, we have begun work on the campus core, with the goal of creating an inviting green space that returns that heart of campus between Brooks and Gilbreath halls to our students. • In the spring semester we offered classes in Downtown Kingsport, and in June will open a permanent center in the Food City shopping complex. • In February, thanks to the generosity and vision of Gerald and Sandy Thomas we opened Thomas Stadium and a three-game home stand against Penn State. • In March we opened the “ETSU at The Sevier Center” serving Sevier County.

• On April 2, we announced our commitment to establish Intercollegiate Football with the help of Coach Phil Fulmer. A year ago, I stood here and asked everyone in this room to close their eyes and dream – to dream about the future of East Tennessee State University and specifically ask ourselves where we want this institution to be in the next five, 10, and 25 years. That was the same question I presented to every student, faculty and staff member at ETSU as we launched the work of the Committee for 125 during the fall semester. Under the leadership of Louie Gump, the Committee for 125 has challenged each of us to ask the “what if ” questions. The Committee for 125 has challenged us to dream, and reminded us that no dream is too big. Six task forces were formed, and recommendations from those groups were made to the Committee for 125 last December. The committee is in the process of reviewing those recommendations and engaging the campus and community for feedback. One of the recurring topics that emerged throughout the 125 process was the need for a fine and performing arts center. You may know of Mr. Martin’s generous lead gift, you learned that this dream of having an arts center – a dream that dates back to more than a quarter-century ago – is finally moving closer to becoming reality. In fact, the arts initiative, under the leadership of President Emeritus Stanton, is our number one priority. Governor Haslam has recommended approval for ETSU to use $1.5 million of planning money for what is projected to be a $38 million arts facility. We have begun the process of raising $9.5 million to meet the matching fund requirement set forth by the state, with hopes that the remaining funds will be available in the state’s 2014-15 budget. While this fundraising goal is an immediate priority, our arts initiative goes further into looking at what ETSU’s presence in the arts will be like during the next 25 years. This initiative includes plans to increase scholarship and graduate assistantship support, expand current arts programs, such as dance, and to renovate our current facilities. The arts initiative is about our students. Everything we do on our campus is for our students. Our students are the reason every one of us at ETSU gets out of bed in the morning and goes to work each day. Through the tireless dedication of our faculty and staff, we are preparing these students to become our region’s next generation of doctors, teachers, artists, and entrepreneurs. In these pages and throughout the university it is students like Shae Keane and Matt Pencarinha, whose work is found on pages 36 & 21. They provide a constant reminder of how we transform lives. Go Bucs!

Brian Noland

University President

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He has called it East Tennessee State University’s number-one priority. Of the hundreds of dreams President Brian Noland heard about when he was interviewing for ETSU’s top job in 2011 and then when he began rounds of visits both on the campus and throughout the region once his administration began in January of 2012, this one kept emerging, from stakeholders of varied backgrounds, ages, and interests: an arts center. It’s not a new idea at the university. Dr. Thomas Jenrette heard about it when he interviewed for a faculty position in the ETSU Department of Music in the late 1970s. When ETSU completed its 75th anniversary in 1986 and published a visionary document outlining goals to be accomplished by the institution’s 100th year, an arts center was included on the wish list. No, it’s not a new idea. But the consensus is: It’s an idea whose time has come. Included in Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam’s budget for 2013-14 is a $1.5 million item. That money, to be used for planning, represents the state’s very first financial commitment to this decades-old dream at ETSU. That dream was endorsed anew by another visionary group, the Committee for 125, formed by Noland on the heels of the ETSU Centennial to map the way toward the year 2036. One of the members of that group is ETSU President Emeritus Dr. Paul E. Stanton, Jr., who feels so strongly about the need for the center that he agreed to head up the fund-raising effort, despite his status as “retired.” The mechanics of state funding for the center require ETSU to raise around $9.5 million. That’s roughly a fourth of the total cost of $38 million. Stanton’s job got a good bit easier on Valentine’s Day 2013. On that day, Noland announced what he has called the “ETSU Arts Initiative.” On hand was James C. Martin, who stepped up with a lead gift of $3 million. “This gift brought Jim Martin’s total giving in support of the arts at ETSU to $7 million,” Noland said. “Jim is a true champion for the arts and a true champion for ETSU.” Martin is responsible for the creation of the Mary B. Martin School of the Arts, named in memory of Martin’s late wife. Both the Martins were employees of Eastman Chemical Company in Kingsport. “The arts have been a vibrant part of campus life since the doors opened in 1911,” Stanton said. “When Brian Noland asked me to chair this effort, my affirmative answer was easy and quick.” The existing ETSU master plan calls for the proposed arts center to be built on the campus, but off-campus locations nearby are under

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consideration as well. Among the center’s features will be a 1,400-seat concert hall, a 500-seat theatre, a 250seat recital hall, and gallery space.

Noland pointed out that while a new facility is a central element in the Arts Initiative, this “number-one priority” will also mean expansion of arts programs such as dance and strings, renovation of currently existing facilities, and significant increases in student scholarships and graduate assistantships.

Reaction to Noland’s February 14th announcement resounded throughout the region. ETSU alumnus Rick McVey, a full-time member of the Resident Acting Company at the historic Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia, said, “An arts center will provide the obvious benefit of a technical resource that gives the artists—actors, technicians, directors, designers, and more—better tools with which to do their work and that can lead to the creation of exciting new works of art. It will also help define the program’s identity by giving it a recognizable home.” “Most importantly,” McVey continued, “it will enhance the audience’s enjoyment of those works of art. The goal of the performing artist is to serve the audience, and an arts center of this kind is ultimately there to facilitate that purpose. So as exciting as the center will be for the artists, it will be even more exciting for the audience.” McVey, who worked in radio and television production before returning to school, says he really learned to appreciate the value of all the arts in exploring the human condition during his days as a student at ETSU. He cited ETSU’s commitment to practical applications of artistic skills that, he says, is “crucial to the long-term survival of the arts.” After hearing Noland’s Arts Initiative announcement, Dr. Frank Grzych, Chair of the ETSU Music Department, said he was “ecstatic.” He said the region’s “cultural traditions and classical art forms are just waiting for the opportunity to explode and blossom with increased opportunities for presentation.” Gryzch described the arts as “a cornerstone of life here in East Tennessee.” Of all the faculty and administrators on campus, Grzych is perhaps most keenly aware of the university’s current limitations when it comes to

arts-related programming. Spaces in Mathes Hall, the music building, are small. Nothing is soundproof. The building was designed for an academic discipline, not for performances. It’s a one-thing-at-a-time structure. For example, if a chamber concert, open to the public, is planned, all other activities in the building must come to a halt, since sound bleeds into the recital hall.

concerts a year, and we don’t have the space to do it. Truly for this great program to fly, we must have the center.”

“When the choir rehearses in Room 107, they can hear the Percussion Ensemble rehearsing in Room 19,” Grzych pointed out. “When a class is taking place in Room 18B, you can hear the music in Room 107.”

Cronin, whose television credits include “All in the Family,” “Alice,” “Home Improvement,” “Seinfeld,” and many others, adds that ETSU students in Radio, Television, and Film deserve a home that is not a rented movie theatre. “With ETSU alumnae Mithra Alavi and Katie Harbin getting MFAs at the most prestigious film school in academe, Florida State, shouldn’t we be showing their work in our own arts center before they show their work at Sundance?” Cronin asks.

Grzych said a new facility will allow concurrent rehearsals and even performances. “We can schedule multiple events at the same time and not be limited like we are now. As it stands now, we don’t have a central location for visitors to our region to experience our artistic culture.”

Cronin describes the BFA and MFA programs at ETSU as “among the finest in the country, with the work of graduates of these programs filling galleries across America and the world.” They, too, “need a home to display their work for the audiences who visit the new center.”

Music department faculty and students dream of the day when the sounds of Steinway pianos will fill a new performance hall. Through the generosity of longtime benefactors Jim and Sandy Powell, ETSU’s Department of Music is an all-Steinway School already.

Karlota Contreras-Koterbay is Director of ETSU’s Slocumb Galleries, named for Elizabeth Evans Slocumb, a Columbia University graduate who crossed over the mountains from North Carolina to join the faculty of East Tennessee State Normal School as the institution’s first art professor. Contreras-Koterbay is equally enthusiastic about the opportunities a new arts center will afford.

“Our gift of the Steinway pianos has been a source of great joy,” says Sandy Powell, who, along with Jim, has been supporting ETSU arts for over 30 years. “We have been delighted with the incredible talent that the Department of Music has been able to recruit and bring to our campus. Our hope for the future is to see an arts center, a place to celebrate and enjoy ETSU’s outstanding arts programs.” Over the years, despite those less than adequate physical facilities, ETSU students and faculty have excelled in the artistic world. Hanbo Ma, for example, came to the university largely because of those Steinway pianos. She describes ETSU as “a great place to grow and learn.” Hanbo began playing the piano at age four and came to the U.S. from China at age 18. She has won the International Russian Music Competition, the St. Andrews International Piano Competition, and the MTNA Steinway Young Artist Competition. At ETSU, she has accompanied flute and vocal ensembles and has participated in many performances in those tiny rooms in Mathes Hall. Although she will be an ETSU alumna out making a living in the professional world when the new arts center opens at her alma mater, she looks forward to returning to Johnson City to hear the sounds of those Steinways in the new home they deserve. Actor Patrick Cronin, who came to ETSU in 1999 for one semester as holder of the Wayne G. Basler Chair of Excellence and returned to accept a full-time faculty position in theatre, notes that in three years, the university has “gone from literally nothing to a Dance minor with 30 students, 15 of whom are majoring in the hard sciences.” Administrators Dr. Bert Bach, Dr. Gordon Anderson, and Dr. Amber Kinser are working with dance professor Cara Harker now to create a major in Dance. “This can’t happen without an arts center,” Cronin says. “To earn accreditation in dance, we must do at least three

“The proposed art gallery space at the new center will enable us to organize more prestigious, high-profile exhibitions by acclaimed artists with longer duration that will allow better viewing access for local and regional audiences,” she said. “By ensuring, in the planning stage, that the new gallery will have museum-standard levels of security, humidity, temperature, lighting, and storage, we can attract exhibitions with stricter traveling policies. More importantly, the centralized venue will provide better opportunities for collaboration between the performance and visual arts, providing visitors a more integrated, enhanced creative experience.” Catherine Murray, Chair of the ETSU Department of Art and Design, added that the new gallery space will be equipped with state-of-theart projection and sound technology. “This will enhance our ability to showcase new experimental video, performance, and digital art, all of which are increasingly important in contemporary art,” Murray said. The arts at ETSU have benefited from good neighbors. Milligan College, Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church, and the First Presbyterian Church have hosted ETSU performances for decades, as have many other churches, schools, and community centers around the region. As university officials express appreciation for that history of hospitality, they also realize that in order to fulfill its mission to the utmost, ETSU must have an arts center. “The art is here, the talent is here, the faculty and staff are here,” Cronin concludes. “We are literally bursting at the seams with energy and talent at ETSU. All we need is the place to show the world what we can do in the arts. The need is great, and the time is now.” Fred Sauceman holds a B.A. in English and history and an M.A. in English from ETSU.

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Campus Briefs ETSU unveils new Johnson City

Community Health Center East Tennessee State University dedicated the new Johnson City Community Health Center (JCCHC), a $6.8 million, state-of-the-art facility that will offer patients a wide spectrum of health care services under one roof. It is located at 2151 Century Lane, behind Woodridge Hospital off North State of Franklin Road.

The size of the facility – more than double the size of the one that it replaced – as well as ETSU’s focus on interprofessional education and health care delivery will yield significant new benefits for patients. Other programs from the university and the Academic Health Sciences Center at ETSU will deliver services at the clinic, and ETSU students training under faculty supervision will see patients there as well.

Grant helps provide nutrition services at JCCHC

Surgical simulator developed at ETSU

ETSU has received grant funding from the Washington-Unicoi-Johnson County Medical Alliance (WUJCMA) to assist in nutrition education and counseling provided to patients at the new Johnson City Community Health Center (JCCHC).

Medical school dean announces plans to retire Dr. Philip C. Bagnell, dean of the James H. Quillen College of Medicine, announced his plans to retire from the medical school’s top post this summer. He plans to return to his hometown and spend more time with his family. “We’re looking forward to living near our children and reaping the benefits of being full-time grandparents.” Bagnell joined the ETSU Department of Pediatrics faculty in 1991 and was instrumental in establishing a pediatric residency-training program at the university that gained full accreditation in 1996. He was named as the College of Medicine’s executive associate dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs in 2000 and succeeded Dr. Ronald Franks as dean of Medicine in September 2006. “Still, I submitted my retirement letter to Wilsie with some regret. Heather and I are returning home to be with family, but we are leaving family, too. This university, the College of Medicine, and so many people in this region have become very dear to us. So even though this was the right decision, it was not an easy decision.”

The world’s first full-body, high-fidelity surgical simulator will soon embark for medical teaching facilities around the globe, and the patented core technologies within this lifelike manikin, who goes by the name of Chloe, were developed and created at ETSU. Officially known as Surgical Chloe™, the surgical simulator is an anatomical facsimile of a human woman, developed to train medical residents, students and physicians in obstetrics and gynecological procedures. Surgical Chloe™ is lifelike in the sense that she not only resembles an adult female in outward appearance, but also internally, with a simulated circulatory system, lung sounds, heart sounds, a trachea and different uterine and abdominal wall inserts that can be interchanged to teach a range of medical procedures. Surgical Chloe™ came about through extraordinary measures of innovative thinking and collaboration among university faculty members from ETSU’s James H. Quillen College of Medicine and the College of Business and Technology. Gaumard Scientific, which specializes in manufacturing simulators for health care education, purchased the rights from ETSU to mass produce the Chloe prototype and is marketing Surgical Chloe™ to teaching facilities. Conceptualizing, developing, engineering, testing and re-testing Chloe were part of a nine-year process that started with Dr. Martin Olsen, a professor and director of the OB/GYN residency program in the ETSU Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

ETSU launches mobile app East Tennessee State University now has its own app.

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The ETSU Mobile App is free and available for Android and iOS mobile devices. It features a variety of modules, including maps, courses, athletics, campus directory, iTunesU, D2L (Desire2Learn) and more.

Changing Times & Changing Lives ETSU dedicated fountain, historical marker commemorating those who desegregated the institution

Although the dedication ceremony for this fountain in Borchuck Plaza was moved indoors due to snowy weather, Mary Luellen Owens Wagner (left), Elizabeth Watkins Crawford and George L. Nichols enjoyed visiting and getting a good look at the fountain.

High Technology in Gross Anatomy A hands-on learning experience that has been a cornerstone of medical education for hundreds of years has undergone a recent advancement at East Tennessee State University’s James H. Quillen College of Medicine and that puts the college on the leading edge of technology. The Quillen College of Medicine has integrated iPads into the gross anatomy lab in a way that few U.S. medical schools could match. The school designed special mechanical “arms” that hold an iPad in place at each anatomy dissection table. “I don’t think any other school in the country has what we have,” said Dr. Thomas Kwasigroch, the director of the medical human gross anatomy program at ETSU and who has taught every medical student who has graduated from the school. The project came about through the vision of Dr. Caroline Abercrombie, input from medical students and a year’s worth of development. The loyalty that develops among family of Quillen alumni even played a role as well. Abercrombie, the director of the anatomy lab at the College of Medicine, developed the iPad project and wrote a grant proposal that won approval and funding from ETSU’s Technology Access Fee program. “Each student in gross anatomy learns from day one that the cadaver is their first patient,” Abercrombie said. “When you’re studying anatomy, it’s difficult for students to visualize certain aspects because the systems are so complex. Having an iPad at each anatomy station puts everything in one place – course notes, high-definition illustrations – and students also have three-dimensional images to help them identify structures.” “One of the best things is that facility is open 24/7 to students, so I can come in at 6 in the morning or 8 at night if I need to,” first-year medical student, Anuj Patel, said. “Having the iPad there as a reference tool is great. It’s a big differentiator.”

Jean and Robert McKinney, the widow and son, respectively, of the late Clarence McKinney at the dedication of the fountain.

Members of the East Tennessee State University community and the general public joined in honoring and remembering the five students who desegregated East Tennessee State College, now ETSU, at the official dedication of Memorial Fountain and a new Tennessee Historical Marker on Monday, March 25, at noon in front of Sherrod Library. Those honored and memorialized include Elizabeth Watkins Crawford, George L. Nichols, Mary Luellen Owens Wagner, and the late Eugene Caruthers and Clarence McKinney. These men and women were the first black students to attend what was then East Tennessee State College. Caruthers enrolled as a graduate student in 1956. The other four students enrolled as undergraduates in 1958 after graduating from Langston High School, Johnson City’s school for black children. The fountain was designed by Carol R. Johnson Associates and was built by Preston Construction. The fountain features five granite stones emerging from the water. Five points extend across the plaza from the base of the fountain in the manner of a star. Each “ray” of the star has one of the five students’ names inscribed on it.

ETSU Ranked by Princeton Review The Princeton Review named East Tennessee State University a 2013 “Best Southeastern College.” From several hundred schools in each region, Princeton Review narrows the list based on data collected from the schools, visits to schools over the years, and the opinions of their staff, as well as college counselors and advisors. Only one-fourth of the nation’s institutions of higher learning are selected for inclusion. Among the student comments, one describes ETSU as a place for “a good education, meeting new friends, having new experiences and making dreams of a better future come true.” Robert Franek, The Princeton Review’s senior vice president and publisher, says, “We’re pleased to recommend these colleges to users of our site as the best places to earn an undergraduate degree. We chose them mainly for their excellent academic programs.” The 136 institutions named as “Best in the Southeast” may be found in “2013 Best Colleges: Region-by-Region” on the company’s website at www.princetonreview.com/best-regional-colleges. aspx.

East Tennessee State University’s College of Business and Technology is listed among the nation’s most outstanding business schools in the Princeton Review 2013 edition of “Best 296 Business Schools.” According to Franek, “We consider ETSU one of the best institutions a student could attend to earn an M.B.A. We selected the schools we profile in this book—280 of which are in the United States and 16 are international—based on our high regard for their academic programs and our reviews of institutional data we collect from the schools. We also solicit and greatly respect the opinions of students attending these schools who rate and report on their experiences at them on our 80-question survey for the book.” M.B.A. candidates at ETSU praised the faculty and administration, noting they are “very student-oriented.” Professors are deemed “very knowledgeable in their fields, and many of them are widely recognized as great scholars.” One student noted: “We are like family at ETSU. We are all interested in each other’s success.”

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Tennis Courts

Recently completed tennis courts replace the ones taken by the parking garage project.

Construction Update

Crosswalks

New solar-powered flashing crosswalk signs are now seen on campus to enhance pedestrian safety at night.

Graduate Certificate in Appalachian Studies ETSU’s graduate certificate in Appalachian Studies has been approved by the Tennessee Board of Regents and is a first for the State of Tennessee. In the fall of 2012, the Department of Appalachian Studies began offering a graduate certificate in Appalachian Studies. The new certificate program will deliver an 18-hour curriculum designed to complement master’s-level programs of study and to attract graduate students for whom a formal program of study in Appalachian Studies – but not necessarily a master’s degree – would improve qualifications for the job market. Course topics include Appalachian religion, art, literature, folklore, and history. Students may enroll in the program beginning with the upcoming fall semester and can apply and enroll concurrently in both the certificate and a master’s program, provided they are accepted into both programs.

Parking Garage

ETSU’s new student parking garage construction continues; it is scheduled to open in the fall.

GPS to Help Athletes’ Performance Global positioning systems (GPS) can do wonders for getting a person from point A to point B, but sport scientists have now found a way to integrate GPS with other technology to help improve athlete performance. One such device is the Catapult MinimaxX S4, which is already being used by major sports teams around the world. The Catapult MinimaxX S4 is now making its way into the classroom at ETSU, where future sport scientists and coaches will gain expertise in using the device and getting the best results on the sport field. This initiative was made possible through a new partnership ETSU has formed with Catapult Sports. ETSU launched the nation’s first doctoral program in sport physiology and performance in 2010. The program is integrated with the ETSU Center of Excellence for Sport Science and Coach Education, which oversees the new U.S. Olympic Training Center for weightlifting. Though many major sports teams around the world are already using the MinimaxX, ETSU will be the first university in the nation to implement the training and use of the device into its curriculum.

Quillen Providing Telemedicine Program to Five Rural Counties through Aid of USDA Grant The James H. Quillen College of Medicine is developing a telemedicine system to deliver physicians’ specialty and sub-specialty services to five rural counties in Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia, thanks to grant funding from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA awarded a grant of $191,600 to Quillen, and ETSU contributed $96,000 to start the program. The funding is assisting the university in establishing a telemedicine system that connects the resources of the counties: Hancock and Johnson in Tennessee, Harlan in Kentucky, and Smyth and Tazewell in Virginia.

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Reece Museum

Volunteers assemble shelves for the Reece Museum, collections as it prepares to reopen.

Unique Partnership Formed The East Tennessee State University College of Public Health, the statewide public health training center housed within the college, and the Sullivan County Regional Health Department have formed a unique partnership to raise the levels of public health practice, workforce training and research throughout the region. Each brings something different and essential to the table to form (SCAHD), Sullivan County Academic Health Department. Through SCAHD, the College of Public Health and LIFEPATH gain opportunities for students to receive hands-on training. And, in turn, the health department gains greater access to the research and program assessment tools available at ETSU. Though academic health departments have been established elsewhere, SCAHD is believed to be the first in the nation where a doctoral student serves in the leadership role as coordinator. The doctoral student serving as coordinator at SCAHD, Christian Williams, is in her second year in the college’s doctor of public health degree program, and she plans a career in public health department leadership.

The fossil site was discovered in 2000 by a road crew. Then paleontologists were hired to excavate at the site and species findings included an elephant, alligator, saber-tooth cat, sloth, rhino, camel and a red panda. The museum, funded by the state of Tennessee, was opened in 2007.

Bucky’s Food Pantry facility The East Tennessee State University food bank, Bucky’s Food Pantry, is now open, in its newly refurbished quarters on the second floor of the ETSU/Mountain States Health Alliance Athletic Center, or Mini-Dome. Students and employees at ETSU who find themselves in need can turn to Bucky’s Food Pantry for assistance. Supported by the campus and the community, the food bank provides a helping hand to those who are facing difficult times.

Schubert celebrated 5th Anniversary of the Gray Fossil Site Blaine Schubert, the director of the Don Sundquist Center of Excellence in Paleontology at ETSU and a professor of geosciences, celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Gray Fossil Site. According to a recent article in the Johnson City Press, around 250,000 people have visited the East Tennessee State University and General Shale Brick Natural History Museum and Visitor Center since it opened five years ago.

Dr. Sherlin named ETSU Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Joe Sherlin has been named Vice President for Student Affairs. Joe will be reporting directly to ETSU President Brian Noland. Sherlin says, “Our division team is excited about the opportunities provided by this reorganization, and we look forward to working closely with President Noland and our partners in Academic Affairs as we pursue the institution’s student success and engagement agenda.”

Cline-Parhamovich Named Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Karen Cline-Parhamovich, a forensic pathologist and assistant professor in the ETSU Department of Pathology, was named chief medical examiner for the state of Tennessee.

Dr. Reid Blackwelder elected president of TAFP Dr. Reid Blackwelder, residency program director with ETSU Family Physicians of Kingsport, has assumed the presidency of the Tennessee Academy of Family Physicians (TAFP). He is a professor in the department of family medicine at East Tennessee State University’s James H. Quillen College of Medicine.

Dr. Boone named coordinator in downtown Kingsport ETSU has selected Dr. Elaine Boone as coordinator of the university’s activities in the Downtown Kingsport Academic Village, working in collaboration with the Kingsport Higher Education Commission. ETSU is offering classes this semester at the Regional Center for Applied Technology, and Boone will oversee the ongoing progress of the university’s presence by determining program needs and matching faculty and classes to fill those needs as ETSU transitions to a larger space in the Food City Shopping Center.

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Shemwell one of top 5 business lecturers on iTunes Dr. Don Shemwell’s business lectures posted on iTunesU are among the five most popular. His lecture is a 19-part series that introduces listeners to the key principles of successful marketing on a global level.

Price-Rhea receives national teaching award Dr. Kelly Price-Rhea, a faculty member in the College of Business and Technology’s Department of Management and Marketing, has been named one of 10 recipients to receive a 2013 Hormel Teaching Excellence Award.

McCook awarded for maternal/child health work Dr. Judy McCook, a researcher and associate professor in the College of Nursing, has received the Effective Practice Award from the American Public Health Association (APHA), a national award for her work in maternal/child health.

Lloyd named Appalachian Teaching Fellow Dr. Theresa Lloyd, a professor in the departments of Literature and Language and Appalachian Studies, has been designated as an Appalachian Teaching Fellow for the 2013-14 academic year by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for her work in the Appalachian Teaching Project (ATP) at ETSU.

Dr. White featured in bankrate.com Chris Kissell of the online financial site Bankrate.com recently interviewed Dr. Larry White, holder of the John H. Poteat Chair of Banking at East Tennessee State University. He was asked his views about the future of banks and banking services, as well as ways to “cure bad banks’ greed.”

Dr. Hillhouse received CDC grant funding Dr. Joel Hillhouse, a professor in the ETSU Department of Community and Behavioral Health, is co-principal investigator with Dr. Sherry Pagoto, a colleague at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in a study of the effects of tanning. The CDC is providing a $598,006 grant to fund their study. The two universities will divide the study along geographic lines. Dr. Hillhouse’s research team will investigate the availability and use of tanning beds in rural areas, while Massachusetts’ researchers will explore their use in urban environments.

Dr. Dula on list of 25 highest-rated professors ETSU faculty member Dr. Chris Dula made the list of the top 25 highest-rated university professors on the website RateMyProfessor.com for the 2011-12 academic year. He is an associate professor in the ETSU Department of Psychology and the recipient of the 2011 Distinguished Faculty Award in Teaching. He also won the inaugural ETSU Student Choice Award for best instructor in the College of Arts & Sciences.

Moore collaborates on Alzheimer’s Test Dr. Norman C. Moore, a professor of Psychiatry in the James H. Quillen College of Medicine and director of research for ETSU, is among the 22 researchers from around the nation who confirmed a new diagnostic test to diagnosis Alzheimer’s disease in a living patient. Previously, Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis could only be made with a postmortem examination of the brain.

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Dr. Wallace featured on ‘Nightline’ Dr. Steve Wallace, a paleontologist and associate professor of Geosciences at East Tennessee State University, was featured during a segment on the ABC news show “Nightline” that aired August 22, 2012. The story focused on red pandas, those “adorable creatures” that, according to ABC correspondents Dan Harris and Jake Whitman, are on the brink of extinction.

Linville Appointed Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education Dr. David Linville (MD ’00) was appointed associate dean for graduate medical education at the James H. Quillen College of Medicine. He will serve the college as its designated institutional officer (DIO), a position in which he will function as Quillen’s liaison and representative to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. As DIO, Linville will direct the ETSU Office of Graduate Medical Education and be responsible for oversight and management of all programs related to that office. He will also serve as Quillen’s principal liaison to all health systems that partner with the university on graduate medical education.

Henley named director of Office of Admissions Brian Henley has been named director of the Office of Admissions at East Tennessee State University. He replaced Mike Pitts, who retired in 2012 after 37 years of service to the university. A Cleveland, Tennessee native, this new position at ETSU marks a return to his home state for Henley. He comes to ETSU from the University of Oregon in Eugene, where he was director of admissions since 2008.

Baird is new executive assistant to the president Bridget Baird is executive assistant to the president for Community and Government Relations. In this new position, she will focus on building and expanding community relations and strengthening the university’s presence across the region. She will also oversee government relations at the local, state, and national levels.

Army ROTC held Hall of Fame induction The ETSU ROTC Hall of Fame recognizes alumni, former cadre members and others, who have distinguished themselves professionally and have made significant contributions to the ROTC program.

The new Hall of Fame members include: Rear Adm. Frank A. Anderson USNR (Ret.), a

member of ETSU’s Class of 1950, who received a D.D.S. degree from the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry and served in numerous locations during a 30-year military career.

Maj. Gen. Gary Harrell (Ret.), a member of the ETSU Class of 1973, who served in many global “hot spots” facing the nation during his career. Harrell was a commander during the 1993 battle of Mogadishu which was the premise for the movie “Black Hawk Down.” Dan Mahoney, ETSU Class of 1966, who served in

the U.S. Army Transportation Corps in Thailand and then as a captain in the U.S. Army Reserve for the next 10 years, before returning home to manage Mahoney’s Outfitters in Johnson City.

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Exceptional Students ROTC program places first in 7th Brigade Championship

The Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program at ETSU sent its Ranger Challenge team to Fort Knox, Ky., to compete in the annual 7th Brigade Championship. ETSU’s team placed first among 40 teams fielded by ROTC units from Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. The team’s victory earned it an invitation to participate in the international Sandhurst Competition during the spring at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. The events in the challenge included a three-hour, nighttime land-navigation course; weapon assembly and disassembly; marksmanship; zodiac inflatable boat operations; a 10-mile loop to be completed while carrying a 35-pound pack past stations requiring written tests and problem-solving; a 12-station obstacle course; construction of a onerope bridge and movement of the team across a ravine; movement of 300 pounds of supplies while carrying a pack and weapons across mountainous terrain for two and a half miles in the dark; and rappelling off a 60-foot wall.

ETSU again named ‘Military Friendly’ School G.I. Jobs magazine has again named ETSU as a “Military Friendly School.” This distinction places ETSU in the top 15 percent of more than 12,000 Veterans Administration-approved colleges, universities and trade schools nationwide. The institution will appear in the 2013 Guide to Military Friendly Schools, a publication that caters to the eight million military troops and veterans eligible for GI Bill education benefits.

ETSU nursing student Awarded Tylenol scholarship Kaitlyn Luckey-Smith, a student in the East Tennessee State University College of Nursing, has been awarded a Tylenol Future Care Scholarship. She is one of only 40 students nationwide chosen for the scholarship and the only recipient in Tennessee. Luckey-Smith, who is pursuing a bachelor of science in nursing degree, received a grant of $5,000. She was already a paramedic when she enrolled to pursue her dream of becoming a flight nurse. She is scheduled to graduate in December 2013.

ETSU announces new class of Roan Scholars Five high school seniors from the region have been selected as the newest members of the Roan Scholars Leadership Program at ETSU. The Roan Scholars Leadership Program was established more than 10 years ago to help retain, educate and develop the region’s best potential leadership talent. In addition to the scholarship’s financial incentives, Roan Scholars also benefit from leader development opportunities, such as international travel and study abroad experiences, internships, service projects and other unique programs during their time at ETSU. The number of scholars has grown from 4 to 5 selected in recent years to extend the number of students for the program that builds future local leaders. To support the Roan Scholars effort, contact Jeff Anderson , University Advancement (423) 439-4242.

James William

Carlee Dawn

Grindstaff Elizabethton, Tennessee Unaka High School

Haas

Taylor Anne

Martin

Chuckey, Tennessee Kingsport, Tennessee North Greene High School Sullivan Central High School

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Chandler Caroline

Millie Patricia

Canton, North Carolina Pisgah High School

Johnson City, Tennessee Science Hill High School

Parris

Robinson

A Love of Learning Jennifer Wellington, now a third-year medical student at Quillen College of Medicine and a 2nd lieutenant in the Army Reserves, came home in 1990 to go to college. She is a unique student who was recently featured in an article in the Johnson City News & Neighbor. She says she did not want her parents to continue paying for her education and decided to enlist in the Army to become a linguist. She then was accepted in flight school and learned to fly Apache helicopters. Wellington left active duty in 2004 and joined the Army Reserves. Two years later she returned to the states and enrolled at Belmont University to complete the prerequisites for medical school, where she heard someone from Quillen speak to her class about working with veterans.  She applied to several schools but after her interview at Quillen, she cancelled the other appointments. She had found the right school for her. After med school, she will complete a residency in a military program and return to active duty as a captain.

New Website with Classroom Feel Colin Lokey, an MBA student at East Tennessee State University, Christopher Phillippe (MS ’12) and Bryan Black (BS ’10) recently founded the website Classmate, which could be described as a free-to-learn, open-source social media educational management system. It can be accessed at classmatelive.com. “The main point is that education and learning are social activities, so we think that the social goes hand in hand with the education,” Lokey said. “And of course the classroom is a social construct, right? So if you don’t design it from the ground up with social in mind then you won’t faithfully replicate the classroom experience.”

Maintaining Buffalo Mountain Park Trails The trails of Buffalo Mountain Park are in continuous need of attention, and ETSU students are up to the challenge. Scotty Bowman and Amy Jordan are both ETSU students who maintained the trails during the fall semester, and they receive college credit for their work. Scotty and Amy are both earning degrees in parks and recreation management and enjoy working outdoors. An employee of Buffalo Mountain, Connie Deegan is over maintaining the parks and in a Johnson City Press’ article written in October, said that Buffalo Mountain alone has 725 acres. Connie concluded that partnerships like the one with ETSU and eager students like Scotty and Amy are important to trail maintenance and the success of the park.

Generation Rx earns 2nd place national award Less than a year after the Generation Rx organization formed, the ETSU team has been recognized with an award as the second-place national chapter at the annual meeting of the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists. ETSU students delivered over 25 public presentations on prescription drug abuse, reaching more than 2,000 people. Drawing on student input from all five colleges in the ETSU Academic Health Sciences Center, the team developed a “provider’s tool kit” which includes information and resources that health care professionals can use to become educated on prescription drug abuse and prevention. The Gatton College of Pharmacy also became the first school in the nation to develop a “Girl Scouts Rx Awareness Badge” workshop that drew dozens of Scouts to the college to learn about prescription drug abuse. For Chris Lopez, Generation Rx is another step in a personal mission that began when he enrolled in pharmacy school. When Lopez was 15 his mother passed away, a victim of prescription drug addiction. He decided to begin sharing the story of his mother at public presentations. Jacob Peters, a second-year student pharmacist and chairman of ETSU Generation Rx, said the chapter, which has approximately 40 student members, is one that can be especially beneficial in a region that has high rates of prescription drug abuse.

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Unique Alumni Hong Kong Polytechnic University Welcomed ETSU Alumni Frank Wolfe as Commencement Speaker HFTP CEO Frank Wolfe (BS ’83), CAE, had the honor to address 1,200 attendees at the commencement ceremony for the Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Hotel and Tourism Management in November. Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP) is the global professional association for financial and technology personnel working in hotels, clubs, and other hospitality-related businesses. Wolfe gave an inspirational address that stressed the importance of seeking a career the students would be passionate about and not to let opportunities pass by the wayside. “One of your life’s greatest memories might happen when you least expect it,” said Wolfe. “Seize the moment of opportunity when it presents itself.” Wolfe stated that this event was for him, one of his greatest opportunities and would be an experience he would remember for a long time. He went on to acknowledge the students’ families. Wolfe said, “One of my favorite parts of the speech was thanking the families of the students, who had made sacrifices to put their children through college. I think that seemed to resonate with them the most.” HFTP has had a student chapter with the school since 2007. The student members are currently assisting HFTP with the research for the Global Hospitality Accounting System Users Guide (GHASUG).

Hill Brothers made Legislative History It did not take long for the Tennessee House of Representatives to make history during the legislative session. When the new members were officially sworn in, the House had two brothers serving at the same time for the first time in its history, according to research conducted by the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) staff. State Rep. Matthew Hill (BS ’01) has represented the 7th District in the House since 2004. This year, he is joined by his brother Timothy Hill (BS ’03), who was elected last fall to represent the 3rd District. “It is an honor to be part of Tennessee history,” Rep. Matthew Hill said. “I love Tennessee and I love serving the families of Washington County. I am looking forward to serving with my brother in the House.”

Day on the Hill

Just outside the Tennessee Senate chamber, Lieutenant Governor Ron Ramsey visits with ETSU students, faculty and alumni.

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Bates Wins National Design Competition Zarah Cochran Bates (BS ’07) is the Director of Interior Design at Studio Four Design in Knoxville, Tennessee. She won the Mohawk Group’s National Design Competition for her work redesigning the University of Tennessee Basketball offices. She was faced with the task of renovating the University of Tennessee 1980’s era Men’s and Women’s basketball offices. The project directive was to establish a new main entrance for the offices, representing the history and tradition of the program. She also created a new entry lobby and museum space, designed to allow visitors and fans to interact with the history and tradition of the programs.

Heart of the Green Jimmy Daniels (BS ’93) has been around the game of golf for a long time. He began playing while he was a student at ETSU, oftentimes at Pine Oak Golf Course in Johnson City because of the student discount. He also grew up in a house that overlooked Pine Oaks. Jimmy is helping raise awareness of heart disease through his charity, Heart of the Green. Last year, he played 1,000 rounds of golf over a year’s time, breaking a Guinness World Record, in order to launch the organization. The mission of Heart of the Green is to promote awareness of heart disease, to promote CPR certification, and to provide defibrillators, all while using the game of golf to reach communities. The Heart of the Green organizes a “National Scramble Championship” across the United States; golfers set up tournaments in their clubs, and the finals are held at Disney in Orlando. The National Scramble is an annual amateur golf tournament and allows golfers to become proactive in preventing heart disease. The tournament raises money to purchase defibrillators, which are around $1,200 each; however, the Heart of the Green works with companies to purchase them at wholesale prices. Their first tournament, which was held in the summer of 2012, included 91 teams, and they are already planning a tournament for 2013.

Nancy Miles teacher of the year finalist Nancy Miles (MAT ’04) was a finalist for the title of Tennessee’s Teacher of the Year. She is a second-grade teacher at Woodland Elementary in Johnson City. “It’s very humbling, because I really feel like I don’t do anything different in this classroom that (second-grade teacher) Mary Archer doesn’t do across the hall, that Robin Adams doesn’t do in kindergarten, that Kathy Calhoun doesn’t do in fifth grade, so to be honored by your peers was truly an honor,” she said. “I really love elementary, because I like seeing them figure out what that letter says, what happens when you put words together and form a sentence; then they look up at you and you can tell that they just read that — that’s exciting,” Miles said.

Judge Jones receives Rotary International Award Judge Steven H. Jones (BS ’71) received Rotary International’s highest distinction during a 2011 Kingsport Rotary Club meeting – a Paul Harris Fellow, for a second time. He received the award for his extensive work that focuses on youth nationally and locally. Judge Jones served as Sullivan County’s General Sessions’ court judge as well as juvenile court judge for 25 years. He has been an active member and served on the boards of the National Council on Juvenile Justice, Character Counts, Moral Kombat Alliance, and the State Juvenile Justice Reform Commission. Although Judge Jones retired in 2006, he remained active in the judicial system and also initiated programs to teach character through sports. Judge Jones is an author, writing manuscripts and books about youth. He has won the Tennessee Medical Association Service to Mankind Award, God’s Honored Service Award, and the Leader in Christian Service Award through Milligan College.

Dr. Thornton one of 2011 “40 Under 40” Dr. Nick Thornton (MS, ’01) was featured in the Knoxville News Sentinel as one of the 2011 “40 Under 40.” He is currently a family practice physician with the Summit Medical Group, and is leading the medical home pilot program. He also serves on the finance committee of the medical group, which consists of over 200 physicians. He has been recognized by several organizations, including the National Committee of Quality Assurance, and the Leadership Summit.

Tennessee Historical Commission appoints Kathie Fuston Governor Bill Haslam recently appointed Kathie Fuston (BS ’81) to the Tennessee Historical Commission. The commission is dedicated to the historical preservation around the state and directs federal programs such as the National Register of Historic Places. Kathie received the Columbia “Mayor’s Beautification Award in 2011” for her work in restoring West 6th Street in Columbia, Tennessee. Kathie has been a part of over 4,000 structure renovations across the states of Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia, and Maryland. Kathie has also been featured on the cover of Better Homes and Gardens. Kathie was a member of SGA and Phi Mu Fraternity while attending ETSU.

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Collins Atlanta Falcons assistant Mark Collins (BBA ’97) started another year with the Falcons coaching staff as a defensive assistant for the 2012-13 season. Mark joined the NFL after 11 years of coaching college football. He started his coaching career at ETSU in 1999 after playing four years as defensive end and outside linebacker. Mark was then hired at the University of Michigan and won two Big East Championships and made back-to-back trips to the Rose Bowl. In 2005, Mark coached at Elon University where the defense became the 3rd best defense in the Southern Conference. He continued to Georgia Southern in 2006 and in 2007 was hired at the University of Georgia. Moving again in 2009, Mark worked as an assistant coach at the University of Louisiana-Monroe. Originally from Michigan, Mark graduated with a bachelor’s degree in finance at ETSU.

Business Journal purchased by News & Neighbor

Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame inducts Joe Taggert Joe Taggert (BS ’64) was inducted into the Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame in October 2012. Joe grew up playing golf in Kingsport, Tennessee, at Ridgefields Country Club. He came to play at ETSU under coach Hal Morrison and during his senior year Joe won the Tennessee Intercollegiate Championship. In 1964 Joe became a professional golfer and served as an assistant at Lancaster Country Club in Pennsylvania and then at Canterberry in Ohio. Joe continued to Nashville and became the head pro at Richland Country Club in 1971. In 1993 Joe and associates started a golf tournament to raise money for junior golf. He serves as the tournament’s operation director and tournament director, having raised over $6 million to date. Throughout Joe’s career he held elected office in the Tennessee Section and in 2005 Joe received the Tennessee Distinguished Career Award.

Dr. Justice Appointed to 2012 TNCPE Board of Examiners

The Johnson City News & Neighbor purchased the The Business Journal of Tri-Cities TN/ VA on March 28, 2012. Bill Derby (BS ’72), wife Judy and son Jeff Derby are now the owners of this longtime regional publication. Bill who has spent 40 years in the publishing business, saw this opportunity to grow.

The board of directors of the Tennessee Center has appointed Robert A. Justice, (Ed.D ’06), Director for the Tennessee Small Business Development Center in East Tennessee State University’s College of Business and Technology, to the 2012 Board of Examiners for Performance Excellence (TNCPE). Every year, the TNCPE award program recognizes organizations demonstrating excellence in business operations and results.

“We are excited about our acquisition and the readers will quickly notice new graphics, more photography, and more news. Our plans include broadening the content, the audience, and the advertisers, giving the best possible circulation and distribution in the marketplace. We look forward to serving our readers, subscribers and customers in the coming years.”

Local trooper named to high post in THP

First Doctoral Degree in Early Childhood Education Helen Morris Lane (BS ’70, MED ’94, PHD ’12) patiently waited 14 years for East Tennessee State University to offer a doctorate in early childhood education. She became the first graduate of that program, though she jokingly admits such an endeavor is not “for the faint of heart.” She attended the University of Houston and then finished at ETSU for her bachelor’s degree in English in 1970. After that she worked as an elementary school teacher. In 1994 she got her master’s degree in early childhood education with an endorsement in special education from ETSU.

Dean Hurley, who started his career with the THP in 1977, serving in Sullivan County and his native Washington County as a road trooper, is now Lt. Colonel in the state agency. Most recently, Hurley served as major over operations in East Tennessee. Hurley is an adjunct faculty member, teaching criminal justice courses at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, where he also received his Master of Arts degree in criminology and a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice. Hurley served in the U.S. Air Force from 1973-1976.

Mountain States Foundation names Wilkes 2012 Spirit Award winner The Mountain States Foundation announced that Clem Wilkes, Jr. (’75), had been chosen as the 2012 Spirit Award winner. The award was presented at the Foundation’s 23rd annual Spirit Gala, held at the Millennium Centre on January 26. Wilkes, co-manager of Citizens Investment Services, a subsidiary of Citizens Bank Tri-Cities, has served on the Mountain States Health Alliance board of directors for the last 13 years where his tenure has included leadership as board chairman and chair of the finance and investment committees. As a member of the Tennessee Hospital Association Trustee Board since 2004, he was instrumental in designing a trustee certification process for hospital boards in the state of Tennessee. The Mountain States board of directors was the first hospital board in Tennessee to have every board member achieve this certification.

Street new First Judicial District Criminal Court judge Stacy Street (BS ’89) was appointed to be the new First Judicial District Criminal Court judge by Governor Bill Haslam. Before his appointment, his practice in Elizabethton was focused mainly on criminal law.

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ETSU College of Business and Technology The Lifetime Achievement in Business Award is presented to alumni of the College of Business and Technology who have recorded significant accomplishments in business or public service, and demonstrated exemplary service to the community and a commitment to the college and university. Glenn N. Barker (1929-2012)

attended Emory and Henry College for two years but graduated from ETSU in 1951 with a degree in business administration. After graduation, he served from 1951-1954 in the U.S. Army in the Signal Corps in Germany. When he returned home, he helped operate the family store and managed family rental properties.

R. Lynn Shipley Jr. earned his

bachelor’s degree from ETSU and completed his studies at the University of Virginia School of Bank Management along with numerous other professional courses. He also served honorably in the U.S. Air Force. He joined First American National Bank in 1984. By 1992, he was president of the bank’s Tri-Cities Region, and in 1996, he was named

chair of the advisory board. He retired from AmSouth in 2004. In a little over two years later, he had helped organize and open TriSummit Bank, where he presently serves as director, president and chief executive officer.

Brig. Gen. Billy J. Stalcup (Ret.) graduated from ETSU in 1957. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant through the university’s ROTC

program, beginning a long and illustrious military career. Post-retirement, he joined Computer Sciences Corp., working with information technology and logistics information systems in support of government contracts at home and abroad. He retired from his second career in 2004 and resides in Alexandria, Va.

The Excellence in Business Award is presented to individuals whose work has brought distinction to the College of Business and Technology. Although they do not need to be ETSU graduates, recipients must have significant accomplishments in business or technology, exemplary service to the community, and a demonstrated commitment to the College of Business and Technology and East Tennessee State University. Frank T. Atchison Jr. received

a bachelor’s degree in economics from ETSU in 1964, and he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army through the ETSU ROTC program.

After his military discharge, he entered the insurance business. By 1986, he was the owner of his own award-winning Allstate Insurance agency in the Houston area.

Vance W. Cheek Sr. served in

the U.S. Air Force in the Philippines during World War II, returning to North Carolina in 1946. After attending Asheville-Biltmore College (now University of North Carolina-Asheville), he transferred to ETSU to complete his bachelor’s degree in education.

After a 10-year teaching career, Cheek was hired as an assistant secretary at what became Home Federal Savings Bank. Over the years, he earned increasing responsibility and promotions, until he became president and chief

executive officer in 1965. He held those positions until his retirement in 1992. For the next year he served as a consultant and member of the advisory board of directors. He is a former mayor and city commissioner for the city of Johnson City. He and his son, Vance W. Cheek Jr., are the only parent-child combination to each serve as mayor of Johnson City.

Carl R. Moore is a graduate of

the University of Alabama, where he majored in personnel management. Moore began his

political career in the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1965, and he was a member of the Tennessee State Senate from 1976 through 1988, at one time serving as Senate majority leader.

Dennis Vonderfecht earned a

bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of NebraskaKearney and two graduate-level degrees from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Since 1990, he has been the president and chief executive officer of Mountain States Health Alliance.

The Business Horizon Award is presented to graduates of the ETSU College of Business and Technology who are establishing noteworthy careers and display significant accomplishments in business as well as a commitment to the college and the university. Jack C. McKinney II is a 1987

magna cum laude graduate of ETSU with a degree in marketing. In addition, he obtained an M.B.A. with a concentration in transportation/logistics from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.

Next, he began a career in automotive logistics, primarily managing the movement of new automobiles from ports of entry and assembly plants to dealerships and rental car locations around the United States. Since 2000, he has been a vicepresident with marketing, sales

and operations responsibilities at Centurion Auto Transport, based in Commerce, Ga.

Tammie Pinkston began her

college education at South Carolina’s Clemson University but transferred to ETSU, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in 1985 and remained to study for an M.B.A. degree, awarded in 1987. She continued her education at the University of Georgia, where she received a Ph.D. in strategic management in 1991.

Pinkston became an assistant professor, teaching undergraduate and graduate classes at the University of Oklahoma. She uses her more than 20 years of combined academic and global management consulting experience in planning, designing, developing and driving organization/workforce transformational change.

Matthew Wilhjelm is

remembered by many as the Buccaneer football quarterback from 19972001. After earning his bachelor

of business administration degree in finance in 2001, he continued at ETSU, receiving his master of business administration degree in 2004. After employment in business development, sales and marketing, he became a financial analyst. Currently, he is vice president of finance and corporate administration and a member of the board at Free Service Tire Co., a 93-yearold family business. In addition to responsibility for all financial aspects of the business, he also manages real estate transactions.

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Distinguished President’s Trust

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for excellence in philanthropy presented to Martins and Thomases

ennessee Board of Regents (TBR) member Paul Montgomery of Kingsport and Chancellor John Morgan bestowed the Chancellor’s and Regents’ Awards for Excellence in Philanthropy upon individuals who have helped East Tennessee State University and their comunities in extraordinary ways.

These acknowledgments of the generosity of the recipients came during the annual Distinguished President’s Trust Dinner, held Feb. 15 at the MeadowView Conference Resort and Convention Center. Both the TBR Regents’ Award and the Chancellor’s Award recognize people and organizations that have clearly demonstrated generosity of time and resources to TBR institutions, encouraged others, promoted higher education, and provided examples of ethical leadership, civic responsibility and integrity. Regents’ Award recipients are selected on the basis of their giving to a TBR institution and their outstanding volunteer fundraising efforts for the school. Only four are given annually, and winners are selected from nominations submitted by institutions throughout the entire TBR system. Chancellor’s Awards are presented at select occasions hosted by the nominating entity. The Regents’ Award was presented to James C. Martin and the late Mary B. Martin, whose support has enabled ETSU to establish and operate the Mary B. Martin School of the Arts. While working full time as a chemical technician at Eastman Chemical Co. in Kingsport, Mary Martin took night classes at ETSU and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1962. She went on to hold two United States patents for her inventions. Outside her work, she had a lifelong interest in and passion for the arts, especially music and storytelling, and that involvement has resulted in a lasting legacy since her death in 2008. James Martin was also a chemist at the Eastman Chemical Division of the Eastman Kodak Co. He holds numerous patents for his

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innovations over many years. He established a $1 million endowment in the ETSU Foundation in honor and memory of his wife, leading to the creation of the Mary B. Martin School of the Arts in 2009. The annual earnings from the endowment are used to ensure collaboration and coordination among the university’s various arts programs, including the performing arts of music, dance, theater and storytelling, as well as the graphic arts, such as painting, sculpture, photography, digital media and more. The school reaches out to the community by bringing to the region artists who would typically perform or present in major metropolitan areas. Since his initial gift, Martin has continued to give, and the endowment now exceeds $5 million. He has made funds available for current operations of the school. In addition, the Martins have supported the Department of Chemistry, public radio station WETS-FM (89.5) and the Reece Museum at ETSU through the years, and James Martin has supported the International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough and Milligan College with naming gifts in Mary’s memory. In his letter nominating the Martins for the Regents’ Award, ETSU President Dr. Brian Noland noted that the Mary B. Martin School of the Arts allowed the university “to undertake some groundbreaking approaches for educational possibilities in the arts, foster collaborative relationships among ETSU and a diverse spectrum of artists, and create opportunities for the artistic and cultural enrichment of the people of our region and beyond. “Jim’s forward-looking stewardship and Mary’s living legacy for the arts,” he continued, “are truly transformational for the arts here at Mary’s university and will continue to be so for the future well-being of the arts in higher education, and shall also strengthen and consolidate ETSU’s position as the region’s leader for the broad enhancement of the arts for the people we serve.”

Distinguished President’s Trust welcomes new members

TSU President Dr. Brian Noland welcomed forty-five new members of ETSU’s Distinguished President’s Trust during a formal dinner held at MeadowView Conference Resort and Convention Center on February 15.

The Chancellor’s Award was presented to Gerald D. and Cassandra Thomas and the Thomas Construction Co. Inc. for their philanthropic leadership in the recent development of ETSU’s athletic facilities, including their recognition by the TBR with the naming of the university’s new baseball facility as Thomas Stadium. The Thomas family provided stadium site development, labor and materials valued at approximately $500,000, and their support helped ETSU to move its intercollegiate baseball program to campus after playing for many years off campus. The family also provided site work for the Betty Basler Field, home of the ETSU Lady Buccaneers softball team. The Thomas family’s total contributions to ETSU over the years exceed $1.3 million and include gifts to the James H. Quillen College of Medicine, Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy, Buccaneer Athletic Scholarship Association (BASA) and Hoops Club. Gerald Thomas is president and owner of Thomas Construction Co. Inc., a Johnson City infrastructure contractor that builds roadways and municipal utilities and does site work for commercial, industrial and residential developers throughout Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina. Thomas has been with the company since its inception in 1973 and purchased full ownership from his brother, Joseph V. Thomas, in 1999. Thomas, a native of Meadowview, Va., and U.S. Navy veteran, graduated from ETSU with his bachelor’s degree in 1971 and his master’s degree in 1972. ETSU’s 2008 Outstanding Alumnus serves on the Johnson City Power Board, Johnson City/Washington County Economic Development Board, Blue Ridge Physicians Group Board and Bank of Tennessee Washington County Advisory Board. He is a member of the ETSU Foundation board of directors and Distinguished President’s Trust, as well as the Mountain States Health Alliance Foundation. Gerald and Cassandra are active with their support of ETSU’s BASA and with numerous other community organizations.

Distinguished President’s Trust (DPT) members consistently rank among the most loyal supporters of the university through the ETSU Foundation. The DPT point of entry for individuals, organizations and businesses is cumulative giving in excess of $10,000, usually the result of annual giving or combinations of significant major or planned gifts. Dr. Richard A. Manahan, vice president for University Advancement and president/CEO of the Foundation, noted that DPT members have contributed over $208 million to benefit the university. “Your continued generosity has enabled ETSU to provide scholarships and educational support for our students, and critically needed resources for our faculty and staff, too,” he told the gathering. “The recognition of our new, as well as existing, Distinguished President’s Trust members is always a privilege for the university and the ETSU Foundation,” Manahan said. “We are always very pleased and so honored to add these individuals, businesses and organizations to our Trust membership. They will serve as sterling examples for future donors to follow in annual giving and significant gift planning – joining together with other alumni and friends to build the ‘Margin of Excellence’ for our students, faculty and staff at the university.”

Noland described this group of more than 1,350 contributors as the backbone of the university’s scholarship and educational efforts. “This group of donors has distinguished itself by providing, over many years, valuable resources for student scholarships and for faculty and staff support,” he said. “I am deeply grateful for the continued leadership and the tremendous spirit of giving demonstrated by these outstanding donors. For over 100 years, alumni and friends have given to build an outstanding institution of higher education at ETSU, and I am confident that they will join us to meet new challenges and create new opportunities for ETSU.” D. Roger Kennedy, chairman of the ETSU Foundation board of directors, stated, “The ETSU Foundation continues to benefit greatly from the leadership, support and service of these new members and all Distinguished President’s Trust members. They each provide exemplary support for ETSU that empowers the university in providing access to high-caliber educational opportunities for our students and resources for our faculty and staff. “I encourage other alumni and friends to join the Distinguished President’s Trust in enabling ETSU to continue its enduring legacy of service for our region, nation and world.”

The newest Johnson City DPT members include: Dr. Fred J. Alsop III and Jo Ann Alsop; Johnson City Honda – Joe Trujillo; Dr. B.J. King and William E. King; Dr. David and Sherri Linville; Elizabeth F. and Kenneth S. Lowe; Andrew and Barbara Massimilla (In Memory of Joseph J. and Yvonne T. Massimilla); Dr. Cecilia A. McIntosh; In Memory of Henry C. and Marie Sims Miller; Dr. Jack and Martha Rhoton; Frank M. and the late Doris M. Smith; Pat Van Zandt; and Dr. Edwin and Calvert Williams.

New members also include: Jeffrey A. Blake, and Janice Randolph and the late Carl Randolph, Jonesborough; William F. Hamilton Jr. and Kimberly A. Hamilton, Kingsport; Dr. Robert G. and Mona C. Miller and Dr. Laura O. Moody, Memphis; Dr. Brenda T. Gulledge, Herber Springs, Ark.; Ray Baskette and Mary Ruth Gilly Baskette, Tucker, Ga.; the Estate of Nathan Yokum, Indialantic, Fla.; Red Barn Radio, Lexington, Ky.; WWOZ, New Orleans; Bluegrass Review, St. Paul, Minn.; Art of the Song Creativity Radio, Albuquerque, N.M.; Estate of Julia Hudson – James Burke/ In Memory of Katie Burke, Cameron, N.C.; Stephen J. and Liz LaPorte, Houston; WFIU, Bloomington, Ind.; Jason and Courtney Berry, Abingdon, Va.; Jan David Brown, McLean, Va.; WQED, Pittsburgh, Pa.; and Mr. and Mrs. George Woloch, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ADVANCEMENT 19

ETSU Foundation honors top contributors

Noted D. Roger Kennedy, chair of the ETSU Foundation board of directors, “On behalf of the members of the ETSU Foundation, it is once again an honor to recognize these donors on the Foundation’s Wall of Honor for the President’s Society. These individuals, businesses and other organizations continue to generously invest in The DPT – comprised of more than 1,350 contributors whose indithe people and programs of the university. They are confident in vidual cumulative gifts to the ETSU Foundation have surpassed the the quality educational experience that ETSU provides in so many $10,000 level – welcomed 45 new members at the dinner. academic areas and know the many other cultural and economic “East Tennessee State University is about transforming lives and benefits ETSU has given to our region and its people since 1911. dreaming bigger dreams, and the support from our Distinguished “These honorees enable ETSU to be the best regional university in President’s Trust members and other donors helps make that posthe nation. I am very grateful to these and all donors and encourage sible,” ETSU President Dr. Brian Noland said. “These generous other alumni and friends to join the ETSU Foundation President’s individuals allow ETSU to raise the bar even higher as we serve our Society Wall of Honor in the days and years ahead with their current students, our faculty and staff, and our community.” and estate gifts to build together an even better university.” Most of these donors are permanently recognized The newest inductees into the Diamond Society, on the President’s Society Wall of Honor located which honors donors with cumulative gifts of $5 on the main ETSU campus in Johnson City. The million, are James C. Martin, Johnson City, and the second floor of Burgin E. Dossett Hall adminislate Mary B. Martin. James Martin gave the initial tration building features engraved portraits of gift that established the Mary B. Martin School of President’s Society members whose significant the Arts at ETSU in memory of his wife and has lifelong contributions to the ETSU Foundation given numerous subsequent gifts to support the exceed $50,000. work of the school. Dr. Richard A. Manahan, vice president for With cumulative contributions of $100,000 to University Advancement and president/ CEO of $500,000, new Silver Society members are Dr. David and Hilda the ETSU Foundation, said that President’s Society members have Collins, Dr. T. Watson and Linda Wright Jernigan, and Dr. Sam cumulatively given more than $191 million to the university, includW. and Carolee P. McKinstry, Johnson City; James E. Rhein, ing planned and estate gifts. Jonesborough; the Estate of Glenn N. Barker, Kingsport; Dr. Robert “This year’s 27 honorees for the ETSU Foundation Wall of Honor join D. Patton, Nashville; Raymond W. and Ruth Gilly Baskette, Tucker, with other President’s Society members to continue the outstand- Ga.; and the Estate of Nathan Yokum, Indialantic, Fla. ing legacy of leadership that provides the ‘Margin of Excellence’ for The Bronze Society recognizes donors with cumulative contribuprivate support,” Manahan said. “Their continued gifts – especially tions of $50,000 to $100,000. New members are Blackburn Childers now – assure a promising future for the overall quality of education and Steagall PLC, Dr. J. Kenneth Herd, Andrew and Barbara at ETSU. And, as the ultimate beneficiaries of this generosity, the Massimilla (In Memory of Joseph J. and Yvonne T. Massimilla), university’s students, faculty and staff are always grateful for this steland Drs. Leslie and Peter Panus, Johnson City; Dr. Louis and Linda lar record of giving. Modica (In Memory of Andrew and Flora Modica), Jonesborough; “With $13.4 million in current and planned gifts this past fiscal year, Dr. and Mrs. Richard Feit and O. Jean Seal (In Memory of Hope together with past years of generous support from ETSU’s alumni Modrell), Kingsport; WFIU, Bloomington, Ind.; and WWOZ, New and friends, these achievements will continue to make the future Orleans. even brighter for ETSU and for those we serve in our region and around the world.” op donors from the private sector were honored by ETSU for generous contributions to the ETSU Foundation during the Distinguished President’s Trust (DPT) dinner at MeadowView Conference Resort and Convention Center on February 15.

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A Student says “Thank You!” Matt Pencarinha

Matt Pencarinha is a member of the Roan Scholars Leadership Program and a part of President’s Pride. He is from Kingsport, Tennessee, and graduated from Dobyns–Bennett High School.

ood evening! My name is Matt Pencarinha and I am a Roan Scholar at ETSU. I want to thank Dr. Noland for giving me the opportunity to speak to you this evening. I have an objective this evening and for my short time up here with you tonight. My objective is to ensure that you know just how much you are appreciated.

To start off, I feel we ought to give a round of applause to our servers here tonight. Waiters and waitresses, I want you to know that I truly appreciate having you here with us tonight and that without you I would be very hungry. As for you, donors, movers and shakers of society and of my very life, the depths of my gratitude cannot be expressed through typed words and thoughts of the mind and calculation. The very magnitude of your generosity beckons something beyond the understanding of the mind, something much deeper; something from my heart, my core, my very being; something only a story can tell. And I am going to let you in on my heart with this short story: There was a boy. He had dark blond hair, deep blue eyes, and a dimple-ridden smile. He felt that he was an average boy, nothing special; yet, he wanted to be a mover and a shaker of society. He wanted an excellent education from an excellent school, but his family did not have enough money. At school he would hear about all the smart kids who made straight A’s, and how excellent universities approached them with opportunities for after high school so that they would become movers and shakers of the world. Everyone only thought the straight A students would become those people. Even still, he wanted to become a mover and a shaker, but he was not a straight A student. He felt average, limited, capped. In class

and at home he dreamed of becoming an international speaker and an entrepreneur, he wanted to be a mover, and a shaker, like you. But what qualified him to do these things? He was not one of those smart kids. He felt average, limited, capped. To make money, he actually worked within these very walls, serving these very same tables, and maybe even serving you at one point. He would watch the people he served, and wish he could be one of them, a mover, a shaker. But he felt average, limited, capped. This boy, this student, this dreamer, this banquet server was me. When I was selected into the Roan Family, I was overjoyed! Because of you I could have an excellent education and my family would not have to worry. Not only that, but six days from now I fly out of the United States to Panama City, Panama, in Central America for my first international speaking engagement. There I will speak to youth, like myself, and show them that they are not average, limited, or capped; but instead, movers and shakers of this world like you. I now have the opportunity to call upon the drive and talents of a rising generation all because of you. The dreams of becoming an international speaker and an entrepreneur are coming true because you gave to show me I indeed do have something to offer. As for the banquet server, here he now stands before, because of you. Because you believed in me and gave to me when I did not believe in myself or feel like I had anything to offer! I am so thankful to you and indebted to you. Each day as I pray to God, I thank Him for you, and for how my life is forever changed because of you. My grandfather often says, “Matt, your future is so bright, you have to wear sunglasses.” I chuckle with him and that boy in my heart smiles because he now believes that with all his heart; he remembers you, prays for you, and thanks you. For all of this, is because of you. By sharing your riches, you have not only given me an excellent education and incredible opportunities through the Roan Program, but also revealed to me my own riches: the talents and strengths to be unleashed from inside of me. Through the Roan, you have done this for me. And I now live to give back to you, just as you have given to me. Thank you and have a great night.

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Alumni Events

A Winter & Spring of Celebrations ETSU held its first Winter Celebration hosted by President Dr. Brian Noland and First Lady Donna Noland in November.

Dr. Noland poses with Alumni Host Larry La and Congressman Phil Roe during An Evening with Dr. Noland in Washington, D.C.

Students and the community had a great time cheering on the Buccaneers during Homecoming 2012. During the week, students raised approximately $40,000 and donated around 100 T-shirts for charity, gave 87 units of blood to Marsh Regional Blood Center, performed over 400 hours of service with Impact Johnson City, and more.

Dr. Noland talking with Steve Smith at an ETSU Evening with Dr. Noland in Abingdon.

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Members of the ETSU Bluegrass band perform for the guests at An Evening with Dr. Noland in Knoxville.

James P. Rogers, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Eastman Chemical Company gave the commencement address on December 15, 2012.

Dr. Noland is introduced to a prospective Buccaneer during An Evening with Dr. Brian Noland in Chattanooga.

The Noland Family with ETSU Alum, Mike Smith, Head Coach of the Atlanta Falcons at An ETSU Evening with Dr. Noland in Atlanta.

Runners from throughout the region got into the holiday spirit for Buckyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 5K Jingle Bell Fun Run/Walk on Dec. 1. This brand-new race, which started and ended at ETSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Summers-Taylor Stadium, allowed 341 runners to wear jingle bells, Santa hats, and other Christmas-themed attire, and prizes were awarded for the most festive costumes. Proceeds from the race will benefit ETSU athletic teams.

Representatives of various ETSU offices and departments shared information with prospective students at the ETSU/ Downtown Kingsport Center in Kingsport.

George L. Carter Railroad Museum at ETSU celebrated five years of operation.

Friends and Alums were excited to be reunited for An Evening with Dr. Noland in Knoxville.

William MacMorran played bagpipes in the December Commencement Ceremony.

Tony Spezia, president and CEO of Covenant Health, addressed those gathered for the recent opening of the new ETSU/Sevier County Center in Sevierville.

Dr. Noland addressing the attendees at An Evening with Dr. Noland in Greeneville.

Dr. Henry McCarthy, Jenn Berry, Dr. Noland and Mrs. Noland and Jason Berry pose for a photo during an ETSU Evening with Dr. Noland in Abingdon.

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Athletics

Football

coming back to ETSU! During a news conference on Tuesday, April 2, ETSU President Dr. Brian Noland announced plans to start a football program that could be on the field by the fall 2015 semester. His announcement came four days after the Tennessee Board of Regents approved a $125 student fee increase that will be used to fund the program. The ETSU Student Government Association voted to recommend the fee this past January. The increase is expected to generate approximately $2.5 million in revenue. “Football is an American tradition,” Noland said. “It builds school spirit, it builds school pride, and it builds engagement – engagement with our students, with our community, and with our alumni. “Conversations about the presence of football at ETSU have been taking place for more than a decade. These conversations have put people on opposite sides of the table. It was one of the first questions I was asked when I interviewed for this job, and I have

been talking about football on a daily basis ever since. The time has come to move these conversations forward.” ETSU dropped its football program in 2003 due to budget cuts and revenue shortfalls. The Buc football team played its last game on Nov. 22, 2003, against The Citadel, winning 16-13. An effort during the 2006-07 academic year to return football was not successful when students voted down a $200 fee increase. Noland added that announcements regarding a head coach, conference affiliation, and possible locations for a playing field will be made at a later date. ETSU first fielded a football team in 1920 during its days as East Tennessee State Normal School. The team, called the Normalites, finished with a 3 - 3 season. The athletic teams were first referred to as the Buccaneers in 1935.

Sander tabs Fulmer to help kick off football Interim Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Dr. Richard Sander announced Tuesday, April 2, that former University of Tennessee head football coach Phillip Fulmer will join the ETSU Buccaneer program to facilitate planning and help launch the institution’s new gridiron team. Sander said Fulmer’s official title will be special assistant to the athletic director for football. He will be helping the Bucs restore a program that had an 80-year history before being disbanded following the 2003 season. “When you have a chance to use the knowledge and skill of a Hall of Fame coach who has won a national championship and is revered as one of the truly great coaches in college football, you have to jump on that opportunity,” Sander said during a press conference inside the D.P. Culp Center. “Phil Fulmer will make a huge contribution to the success of ETSU football.”

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Thomas Stadium officially dedicated With construction complete on the first phase, the ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics officially named its new baseball stadium in honor of primary benefactors, Gerald and Sandy Thomas, during a special dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony at home plate. Thomas, who is president and general manager of Thomas Construction, Inc. in Johnson City, said he was honored to give back to the university that has provided so many opportunities in his own life. “ETSU’s new baseball stadium project embodies much of what makes the university such a meaningful part of my life,” Thomas said. “The higher education I received at ETSU helped lay the foundation for professional and personal achievements later in life. I believe athletics is an important part of the college experience for students, regardless of whether they compete. ETSU is also arguably the region’s most important economic engine, and the growth and success of its athletic programs plays a major role in economic growth.” “By helping to build and placing my name on the ETSU baseball stadium, I hope to let the university’s alumni world know I did my part to grow ETSU athletics and ultimately grow the university as the region’s higher education leader,” Thomas said. “With other important facilities planned, I urge fellow alumni to step up to the plate and contribute to ETSU’s ongoing pursuit of excellence.”

Locker room named in honor of Woods The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has officially named the Buccaneers’ men’s basketball locker room in honor of legendary player Tommy Woods. He was one of the greatest basketball players to ever wear the blue and gold of ETSU – particularly as a defender and rebounder. But there was much more to his story. Woods, who became the program’s first African-American player in 1963, could have simply let the color of his skin define his career as a Buccaneer. Instead, he set about rewriting the basketball record books at ETSU and creating a legacy that would be equally balanced by his outstanding accomplishments on the hardwood, his character in the face of hate and bigotry, his determination to earn a college degree, and his accomplishments in the professional world once he left the hills of Northeast Tennessee. While his professional playing career with the Kentucky Colonels of the ABA came to a premature end due to injury, Woods went on to work for over 30 years as a probation officer for troubled youth in the city of Louisville, Ky., and is currently a special assistant to Louisville’s office of the mayor. He also continued to play basketball recreationally until the age of 66.

Basketball practice facility dedicated in honor of Gordon Ball For Gordon Ball, earning his undergraduate degree from East Tennessee State University in 1970 served as the first step in what would be a long and successful career path. Ball, a Knoxville attorney and partner at the law firm of Ball & Scott, was recently honored for his substantial financial gift toward the completion of a new indoor practice facility inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center. Gordon Ball Court, a new practice facility for the ETSU men’s and women’s basketball programs that is located at the northeast corner of the Dome, was officially dedicated during a ceremony in late January. “East Tennessee State gave me my educational start in life, and I hope to always support the goal of ETSU to prepare young adults to thrive in our global world,” said Ball. “Public education is the life-blood of our country and must be fully funded to allow our country to grow and prosper, and it should be all citizens’ goal to make public education our number one priority.”

Volleyball headed to its first NCAA Post-Season Tourney The ETSU volleyball team saw its historic season come to an end as Kentucky swept the Bucs (9-25, 17-25, 15-25) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament inside Memorial Coliseum. The Bucs, who were making their first-ever appearance in the “Big Dance,” played in front of a crowd of 1,917. The volleyball team saw its historic season come to an end as Kentucky swept the Bucs (9-25, 17-25, 15-25) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. ETSU had won three straight and 11 of its last 14 matches coming into the tournament and ended the season with an overall record of 23-13 – marking the Bucs’ second 20-win season in the last three campaigns. Meanwhile, Kentucky – the tournament’s No. 16 seed nationally – improved to 21-10 and advanced to play Ohio State in the second round.

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ETSU women bring home another A-Sun Championship The ETSU women’s golf team is once again the class of the Atlantic Sun Conference. For the second time in program history, the Buccaneers captured the conference championship thanks to a tournament total of 880, holding off defending champion Kennesaw State on the final day of competition at the Jekyll Island Golf Club’s Pine Lakes Course. Individually, the Bucs placed three players in the top seven on the leaderboard, led by a second-place effort by junior Sian Evans (Gillingham, England) and a third-place showing by sophomore Gabrielle Wahl (Heidenheim, Germany). Evans finished at 2-under-par for the tournament, while Wahl ended the event at 1-under. Meanwhile, true freshman Vivienne Chin (Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia) finished seventh and was 1-over-par for the championships.

Sander Interim AD Dr. Richard Sander came to Johnson City to help assist with the ongoing Committee for 125 process, and said the program will be in good hands during the transition. “Dr. Sander is an esteemed leader in the field of intercollegiate athletics, and we are honored to have him join the ETSU family and to lead our program into this new era,” Noland said. “The university is in the process of defining where we want to be as an institution in the next five, 10, and 25 years, and having Dr. Sander’s expertise will be especially vital as we envision the future of our athletics program.” Sander retired as athletic director from VCU in 2006 and founded Docdi Consulting, LLC, which specializes in brand-enhancement initiatives and strategic planning working with such programs as Gonzaga, George Mason, Western Kentucky and the Colonial Athletic Association. During his tenure, the VCU Rams claimed 27 CAA (Colonial Athletic Association) championship titles and made deep runs in the NCAA tournaments in men’s basketball, men’s and women’s tennis, golf, men’s and women’s soccer, and baseball. Sander also oversaw nearly $40 million in capital improvements for VCU athletic facilities. Sander assumes the duties of Dave Mullins – who was the longest tenured AD in the program’s Division I era – and will become a special assistant to the president for athletics. Mullins will officially retire from his full-time role at the institution on June 30, and will continue in his new position from that point. Having worked for over 44 years in the Tennessee Board of Regents system, Mullins has spent the last 11 seasons as the program’s director of intercollegiate athletics. He previously coached the ETSU men’s tennis team from 1987 to 2002; following the departure of then AD Todd Stansbury. ETSU President Dr. Paul E. Stanton, Jr. later formally named Mullins the program’s 17th director of intercollegiate athletics on April 14, 2003.

‘Mister” Jennings, Falcons coach Smith named to ETSU Athletics Hall of Fame “We are proud to announce today the names of six ETSU greats for induction into the ETSU Athletics Hall of Fame,” said ETSU Interim Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Dr. Richard Sander. 2013 ETSU Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees 1. Keith Jennings - Men’s Basketball Student-Athlete, 1989-1991 2. Mike Smith – Football Student-Athlete, 1978-1981 3. Norm Davis – Announcer, 1963-Present 4. Ed DeChellis - Men’s Basketball Head Coach, 1996-2003 5. Seamus Power – Men’s Track and Field Student-Athlete, 1991-1994 6. Kim (Toohey) Reid - Women’s Tennis Student-Athlete, 1988-1992

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ETSU Kickoff Fund aims to raise football dollars Along with several major announcements regarding the start of a new football program, the ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics also unveiled plans for a new Kickoff Fund which will immediately begin raising dollars for the upstart program. With a $250 donation – which is equal to the yearly athletics fee which ETSU students will begin paying for the football program beginning this fall – alumni, fans and former football players will earn “priority points” toward the purchase of future season tickets while also securing limited invitations to special “football-related” announcements in the future. “We think this is a perfect way for those football supporters who have been dreaming of this day to immediately do something for the program,” said ETSU Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Dr. Richard Sander. “With a gift of $250 they are saying that they are willing – just as our students are – to do their part financially to help us launch this new program.” Examples of events that Kickoff Fund contributors will be invited to include the unveiling of the program’s helmets and uniforms, as well as the announcement of the team’s first head coach. The ETSU ticket office will also begin taking pre-orders for season tickets immediately, which will require a $50 “down payment” per ticket. While this down payment guarantees a seat somewhere in the new stadium, seating priority will be based on the priority points system which is determined by annual giving to the Buccaneer Athletic Scholarship Association. For more information on the ETSU football program, visit ETSUBucs. com and click on the football link.

Seventh Heaven! Bucs take down UNF, 4-2, win A-Sun title The ETSU men’s tennis team won its seventh consecutive Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship, taking down top-seed North Florida, 4-2, at the ETSU Tennis Complex. The great crowd on hand erupted as sophomore Rogerio Ribeiro (Sao Paulo, Brazil) clinched the title on court two, 6-3, 6-4, past Daniel Sotomarino. Ribeiro was named A-Sun Tournament MVP, winning a crucial doubles set alongside last year’s MVP Jesus Bandres (Caracas, Venezuela) and going undefeated in singles at 2-0 through the tournament. “This seventh championship is beyond understanding,” said Director of ETSU Tennis Yaser Zaatini, who has coached the Buccaneers to all seven of their A-Sun tournament titles. “I can’t explain. I’m just so proud of the team, the way they fought and what they’ve given to this university.” The first round of the NCAA Tournament begins May 10.

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Class Notes

Richard C. Crain (MACC ’09) passed the Ashley Churn (BA ’06) married Warren Shaunda Blackwell (MBA ’02) is the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination English at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church on vice president and commercial lender for First Fadi Abu-Shahin (RES ’12) joined the in August 2012. He was inducted as a member May 9, 2012. Ashley is a sales representative Bank & Trust Company. Shaunda will focus medical staff of Lee Regional Medical Center. of the Tennessee Society of Certified Public at The Limited in Chattanooga and Warren is on commercial relationship management, Dr. Abu-Shahin specializes in diagnosis and Accountants. chief resident at the UT Emergency Medicine and will serve customers in Kingsport and treatment of lung and breast cancer and program at Erlanger Hospital. the surrounding areas. Kyle Loudermilk (BSED ’09) was among blood disorders. 15 educators named across Tennessee to Jennifer Peters (RES ’06) joined Wellmont Travis Edmonson (BS ’02) was recently Remigiusz Switalski (RES ’12) joined share best practices statewide. Kyle works Medical Associates as a family medicine promoted to CEO of Clayton Bank and Trust Holston Valley Medical Group. Dr Switalski for Sullivan County’s Blountville Elementary. physician. Dr. Peters previously practiced at in Knoxville. He has worked at the bank for brings experience in critical care, infectious The Reward School Ambassador Program Stone Mountain Health Services and Holston 6 years and, before his promotion, served disease, palliative medicine, neuro-ICU, and enlists highly effective teachers to share Family Health Center in Damascus, Virginia. as the bank’s senior credit officer. general medical in in-patient care. best practices and help improve students’ Jennifer Whittington (BS ’06, MD ’10) Steven (Curt) Rose (BS ’02) has been achievement across the state. Alyson Watson (BS ’12) is the new project and David Harris III (MD ’12) were married on selected to the list of 2012 Mid South Super manager for The Corporate Image in Bristol. Mary McCormick (MD ’09, RES ’12) joined September 29, 2012. Jennifer is a surgery Lawyers Rising Stars. Curt is a partner at Alyson will be in charge of media relations Holston Medical Group as a family physician. resident and David is a ophthalmology resident West & Rose in Kingsport where he practices and event planning. Mary is a member of the American Academy in Kentucky. insurance defense litigation. Jennifer Clements (MBA ’11) is the of Family Physicians. Whitney Calhoun (BA ’05) married John Holly Flora (MED ’01, EDD ’05), the principal director of Marketing and Special Events in J. Anthony Penny (BS ’09) won first place Goetz on August 18, 2012, at First Presbyterian of Jackson Elementary in Kingsport Tennessee, ETSU’s Office of University Relations. Jennifer in the 2012 Bluegrass Half Marathon. He Church in Johnson City. After a honeymoon in was recognized as a contributing person to is responsible for developing and implementing finished in a time of 1:11:37 beating his first Rome, Italy, the couple resides in Washington, Jackson making the list as a “Reward School” branding and marketing strategies for the place time of 1:14 two years ago. D.C., where they both work for the United in Tennessee. Jackson Elementary scored in the university, overseeing marketing initiatives States Senate. top 5 percent statewide in overall achievement. Keiko Suzuki (MD ’09, RES ’12) joined the and campaigns, and evaluations. medical staff at Kingsport Medical. Dr. Suzuki Joshua Gibson (BS ’05, DPT ’08) and Emily Jessee (BS ’01) graduated from North Brian Allen Moore (BS ’11) married will practice family medicine. Rosanna Gibson announced the birth of their Carolina State University with her doctorate in Brittany Tester on September 22, 2012. Brian daughter, Faith Elizabeth Gibson, on August Technology Education in December of 2012. Danielle Bowers (BS ’08) married Joshua 16, is employed at Bluff City Police Department 2012. She is married to Jared Jessee (BS ’01) and (J.T.) Osborne in June 2012. Danielle is employed as a police officer, Brittany works at Loxx Hair they have two children. The family lives in in Kingsport as an occupational therapist. J.T. Nathan R. Holt (BBA ’05, MACC ’08) is a Studio as a licensed cosmetologist. Fuquay-Varina, NC. is employed by Washington County EMS as realtor for Greeneville Real Estate and Auction Cozette Sanders (BBA ’11, MACC ’12) an EMT-IV tech. Team. Since 2010 Nathan has served as a Tiffany Jenkins (BSN ’01, MSN ’09) joined joined the Knoxville office at Rodefer & Co., Medical Group as a family nurse Chris Hammond (BS ’08) is working as a commissioner for the Greene County Commission. Holston PLLC as audit associate. Cozette worked as practitioner. Tiffany is certified to teach and high school health science education teacher Chris Kimmons (BBA ’05) earned the an accounting intern at the Kingsport Area coordinate certified nursing assistant classes. and as a registered respiratory therapist in Certified Financial Planner certification awarded Chamber of Commerce. Knoxville. Chris is pursuing a M.Ed. in Curriculum by the CFP Board. The award is a reflection of Ashley Kohlrus (BA ’01) was named the Andrew Harris (BBA ’10) joined Bank and Instruction. knowledge of the industry, dedication to work, Credit Union Executive Society’s (CUES) 2012 of Tennessee as junior relationship manager and outreach to clients needs. Chris works Next Top Credit Union Executive. Ashley is the Travis (T.J.) Jackson (BS ’08) is a writer at the Erwin office. Andrew will be working for Merrill Lynch in Johnson City. chief experience officer at Allegacy Federal for Beckett Media. Travis has a two-year-old with real estate loans, consumer loans and Credit Union in Winston-Salem. CUES honors son, Titus Justice Jackson. Nate Bailey (BS ’04) joined Waddey & relationship management. emerging leaders age 35 and under within P.C. as its newest Associate. Nate Dora Misciagna (BA ’08, BBA ’08) joined Patterson, the credit union community. is a registered patent attorney and his areas Mallory Leeann Markland (BSED ’10, Hunter, Smith & Davis as an associate, practicing MA ’12) married Ryan Howell on September 1, with the firm will include all aspects of patent Steve M. Neilson (MCM ’01) was in the corporate/business section. Dora will 2012, at The Charles in Johnson City. Following and other intellectual property litigation. presented the Distinguished Planner Award concentrate on federal and state taxation, a reception the couple took a wedding trip to by the Tennessee Chapter of the American transactional law and complex estate planning Carla Dunn (BBA ’04) is the new executive Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Planning Association. Steve is the development issues. director of Elmcroft of Kingsport. Carla has for the city of Johnson City and Patrick Medukas (BBA ’10) married Melody Melissa Harkleroad (BFA ’07, MAT ’09) over 12 years of leadership experience in coordinator also an adjunct faculty member at ETSU for Jones of Kingsport Tennessee, on June 24, the senior care industry. the public management program. has joined Milligan’s graduate and professional 2012. Patrick graduated from ETSU with a studies staff as a teacher education admissions Diego Iglesias (BBA ’04, MBA ’09) is degree in management. Edie Shealy (BS ‘00, MAT ‘02) is now the coordinator. currently a financial advisor for Edward Jones Hardware Support Technician for Western Elizabeth Palmer (RES ’11) joined Holston Amanda Zanotti (BSN ’07) married Ryan Investing in Jonesborough, Tennessee. Pennsylvania State Senate Democratic Caucus. Medical Group as a family physician. Elizabeth Parkins on May 19, 2012. Amanda is a nurse Tim Mann (BS ’04) joined the Bank of Edie interacts with the State Senators and completed her residency with ETSU Bristol at Piedmont Heart Institute and Ryan works Tennessee’s Nashville branch as vice president their staffs to resolve any computer issues. Family Practice. as a mechanical engineer. and relationship manager. Tim joined Bank of Bert Smith (BS ‘00, MD ‘04) was recently John Bulla (BS ’09) was awarded the Medal Brittany Burke (BS ’06) is the director of Tennessee in 2006 and has been in banking Dr. promoted to Regional Medical Director for of Distinguished Service, the second-highest for 10 years. human resources and business services for Hospital Medicine within Mountain States medal the department can award. John works Nuclear Safety Associates in Charlotte, North Anita Ashby (MSN ’03) was awarded the Health Alliance. Dr. Smith will be responsible for the Elizabethton police department and Carolina. Brittany joined NSA in 2007 as a Governor’s Award for Nurse with Outstanding for the management and oversight of Mountain was honored for his courageous actions in human resource specialist. Contribution to EMS. Anita has been involved States Health Alliance hospitalist programs in the line of duty. in public safety agencies for 20 years and was Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. recognized for her efforts to deliver outstanding emergency medical services.

2000s

CLASS NOTES

Karen Jo Williams (BGS ’00, GCR ’01, Scott H. Braswell (BS ’94, MA ’98) is Dr. Lisa Johnson (BS ’89, MED ’95, EDD

MPH ’02) is the new executive director of operations for Wellmont Medical Associates. Karen will be over special operational projects, strategy development, and coordination of new services.

the director of new media at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Scott is also the co-author of the 3rd edition of “Morality Stories” which was released in 2012.

associate chief nurse at the Community Living Center at the VA Medical Center. Sherry will be responsible for nursing oversight and outpatient hospice care.

the second-highest medal the department can award. Major Workman works for the Elizabethton police department and was honored for his courageous actions in the line of duty.

’05) has been named assistant vice president of academic affairs at Tusculum College. Dr. Johnson will oversee the Academic Resource Center, advising, Registrar’s Office, faculty services and the institutional review board.

Greg Workman (AAS ’94, BS ’01) was Sherry Williams (BSN ’00) is the new awarded the Medal of Distinguished Service, Stephen M. Street (BS ’89) is Captain

1990s

of the Tennessee Highway Patrol in the Fall Branch District. Stephen has served as Patrol Sergeant in both Carter and Sullivan counties. Stephen served as Administrative Lieutenant since 2010 prior to promotion to Captain.

Casey Thornton (BS ’93) married Marjorie Cindy Tvardy (BS ’89, MED ’91) is the Allison Pastorek (BSED ’99) won the Mullins on September 22, 2012. Casey new clinical site director at Church Street

women’s overall title in the 2012 Bluegrass graduated with a degree in communications Pavilion for Frontier Health. Cindy will supervise Half Marathon. Allison ran the race in a time at ETSU and the couple resides in Kingsport. 16 mental health case managers and will of 1:28:39. Dr. Jose Velasco (RES ’93) was presented continue to coordinate services. Dan Wheeley (BBA ’99) was awarded with the Overall Hospital Care Award. Jose Donald Edward Wise, Jr. (BS ’89) was with a 2012 First Responder Award from is a primary care physician and the Chief of selected by his peers to be included in The the Department of Safety and Homeland Staff at Hawkins County Memorial Hospital. 2013 Best Lawyers in America for his work in Security. Captain Wheeley was recognized for practice area of workers’ compensation Ginger Lane Little (BA ’92) was recently the his leadership during the tornado outbreak in law. He is an attorney and partner with named Church Hill Middle School “Teacher Washington County in April 2011. In December Arrington Schelin and Herrell. of the Year” and Hawkins County “Teacher 2012, Dan was elected to become the new of the Year in Grades 5-8.” Rita Booher (BSW ’88) was reelected to EMS executive director. the Elizabethton Board of Education. Rita was Lewis (BBA ’92, MACC ’94) is the elected for the third time to the board. She Molly Campbell (BS ’98) is the new Shane new director of internal audits at Northeast public relations coordinator for the town of was first elected to fill a half-term in 2006 State Community College. Unicoi. Molly has worked for the Johnson City following a recall election. This term will be Press, grant specialist, social researcher, and Michael Shoun (BS ’92) is the Vice President her second full term on the school board. executive director of Elizabethton’s Chamber at McConnell Golf LLC in Raleigh-Durham, Wayne Winkler (BS ’88, MA ’93) has of Commerce. Molly will coordinate community North Carolina. In January of 1999, Michael been with the WETS-FM public radio station events. began his tenure at Raleigh Country Club at ETSU for 35 years. Currently the station and his responsibilities have since grown to manager, Wayne has been a witness to the Dr. Matt Roberts (BA ’97) is the new dean oversee and manage all eight courses within constant change of technology and media. of academic affairs for King College. Matt the network of McConnell Golf. began his career at King College in 2008 Roy Allen Johnson (BBA ’87) won serving as the associate dean of teaching Timothy W. Davis (BA ‘91) won a Tennessee his fourth Pro Stock win of the season in and educational development. Associated Press award in the category Long Sonoma, California. Allen beat four-time world Curt Alexander (BBA ’96, MBA ’00) was Light Feature for his story on the Santa Train. champion, Greg Anderson, for the win in a unanimously reelected mayor of Elizabethton. Jack Teachey (BS ’91) has been promoted Dodge Avenger. Curt has been the mayor since 2006. Curt to defensive coordinator at Wofford College. Jill White (BS ‘87) received Tennessee works at Edward Jones Investing and is a Jack has been with the Terriers for 19 years Certified Prevention Specialist II certification. professor of business at ETSU. and for the last 13 seasons, he has also been The certification represents 4000 hours of Wofford’s football recruiting coordinator while Tara Musick (BBA ’96, MACC ’97) and her also handling prospective student-athletes paid and volunteer experience and planning, staff were awarded a Certificate of Achievement delivering, supervising or evaluation of alcohol in western North Carolina. for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the and drug prevention services and 200 contact Government Finance Officers Association of Dr. Patti Vanhook (BSN ’91, MSN ’94, hours of prevention training. the United States and Canada for work on DSN ’07) has been inducted into the American Denise Brown (BS ’85, MED ’89), Unicoi their comprehensive annual financial report. Academy of Nursing. Patti, an associate dean County Director of Schools, was celebrated Tara is the Financial Director for Bristol. of nursing at ETSU, is one of two nurses for her work and the staff’s contribution to Steve Norman (MD ’96) joined IPC as a from Tennessee to receive induction this year. make Love Chapel Elementary and Unicoi hospitalist at Holston Valley Medical Center. Richard Mashburn (BS ’90) is the CEO of Elementary “Reward Schools”. These He will be managing IPC patient care in Mashburn Outdoor LLC which is the largest schools were recognized as being in the hospital and developing patient recovery airport advertising company in the United top 5 percent of schools in the state based and discharge plans. Steve is board certified States. The advertising targets frequent on TCAP proficiency levels. in family medicine. business and leisure travelers. Ronald S. Range, Jr. (BS ’85) was named Robert White (BBA ’96) retired as the utilities 1980s to the 2012 Mid-South Super Lawyers. Ronald chief public relations officer after 30 years works for a firm of more than 630 lawyers with the Johnson City Power Board. Robert Lesley Chapman (BBA ’89) married and was one of four Johnson City lawyers began his career in 1984 as a meter reader James Thurston of Kingsport, Tennessee, on given the honor. and moved up through the years to chief. July 22, 2012. Lesley is a caregiver for her Lyle Ailshie (MAT ’84, EDD ’96), Kingsport mother and Scott is employed at Studsvik Christine Rigsby (BSN ’95, MSN ’04) Processing superintendent, was commended on the award Facility. is currently working with Tri City Pediatric received by Jackson Elementary School. Cardiology. Christine works within the Johnson Teresa Lynn Gardner (BSN ’89) was Jackson is listed among the “Reward Schools” City and Kingsport clinics as well as three awarded the 2012 American Academy of across the state. The list features schools satellite clinics in Abingdon, Norton and Marion. Nurse Practitioners Domestic Humanitarian that have test scores or score growth in the She is married to Jim Rigsby and has two Award. Teresa works at The Health Wagon top 5 percent statewide. in Southwest, Virginia. daughters, Megan and Mia.

Honors College institutes Alumni Advisory Board The Honors College has instituted an advisory board composed of seven of the college’s alumni. The board will advise the college on engaging alumni, planning and organizing alumni events, and creating initiatives to foster and sustain the active involvement of alumni. Dr. Rebecca Pyles, dean of the Honors College, says, “This is an opportune time for the ETSU Honors College to reconnect with all our Honors alumni. As ETSU strategically positions itself for the next century, our Alumni Advisory Board will help us create a vibrant Honors College Alumni Organization for the more than 1,000 Honors Program graduates.”

Rambo in-house legal counsel John Rambo (BS ’91) is a full-time Washington County employee, becoming the first in-house legal counsel announced in The Johnson City Press in August 2012. John, who has been in private practice for 18 years, will shut down his private practice in order to join Washington County’s plan to modernize county government. John will serve as legal counsel for Washington County Schools and the County Commission. He will also oversee delinquent tax collection and legal aid oversight of personnel policy and compliance in the form of a human resource officer. John will serve a four-year term and be reappointed at the County Commission’s discretion. The county hopes to save money by having John collect attorney fees from the clerk’s office and return them back to the county.

Callahan competes in Army Ten Miler Joseph J. Callahan, Jr. (BS ’69) competed in the 28th Army Ten Miler placing 3rd in the 65 to 69 year old age group. He finished 2,677th overall out of a total of more than 21,900 runners in all age groups. He is a Buc Battalion Alumnus and a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel. The 28th Army Ten Miler race course started and finished at the Pentagon and took runners past numerous monuments and government buildings in Washington D.C. The race is run annually to raise money for the Army Morale, Welfare and Recreation program.

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David Saddler (BBA ’84) joined Triten Insurance and Financial Services Inc. as a partner and will concentrate on retirement planning and personal finance. David is a CPA and has more than 25 years of financial work experience.

Michael K. Williams (BS ‘75) received the 2012 Community Programming Advocacy Award from the SouthEast Association of Telecommunications Officers & Advisors (SEATOA).

Obituaries

1980s Mark D. Cannon (BS ’88) in Bristol on February 15, 2013.

Pete Zannis (BS ’75) retired as Science 2000s Timothy Duane Cass (BS ’88) in Bristol, Hill’s tennis coach after 14 years of dedicated Virginia, on September 18, 2012. Ernest Bailey (BSN ’11) in Johnson Connie Holdway (MED ’83), Director of service. Pete led Science Hill to five Class AAA Matthew City on December 7, 2012. Charlotte Anne Armstrong (MA ’86) in Schools in the Claiborne County school system, state titles, and also guided three doubles Greeneville on September 9, 2012. was elated to learn that the school district is teams and one individual to championships. Kermit Owen Phipps (BS ’08, MS ’10) in one of 21 districts across the state to earn Margaret A. Campbell (BS ’86, BSN ’92) in Senator Rusty Crowe (BS ’74) was appointed Harriman, Tennessee, on April 1, 2013. exemplary status. Claiborne Co. school system Elizabethton on November 11, 2012. to the Governor’s Council for Armed Forces, Julia L. Caldwell Robinson (MS ’07) in was commended for raising achievement Veterans and Their Families. The council is in Bradenton, Kentucky, on December 24, 2012. James H. Davenport (BBA ’86) in Morristown scores and closing the learning gap between charge of strengthening the system of care for on November 2, 2012. subgroups including students with disabilities, Kimberly Lee Johnson Fielder (MD ’06) service members, veterans and their families. minorities, and the economically disadvantaged. Kathleen Denise Franklin Goff (BS ’86) in Nashville on December 24, 2012. Theresa K. Lee (BS ’74) retired after 25 Robert D. Van de Vuurst (BS ’83) was years from Eastman Chemical Company. Justin Gillespie (BBA ’06) in Knoxville on in Knoxville on October 28, 2012. one of four Johnson City lawyers named to the November 24, 2012. Janice W. Stroud (MED ’86) in Greeneville, Theresa served as senior vice president and 2012 Mid-South Super Lawyers list. Robert Tennessee, on December 27, 2012. chief legal and administrative officer. Leigh Anne Neal (BS ’06) in Kingsport on works for Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell January 10, 2012. Gloria Dianne Winters (BBA ’86) in Elizabethton & Berkowitz, PC. Barry Nelson (BS ’72) was promoted to on November 14, 2012. Regional Labor Relations Officer in the Atlanta Nikki Johnson Booker (BS ’04) in Bristol Jackie Peters (BS ’82) and wife Dawn, with Region. Barry works for the Social Security on December 2, 2012. Ronald E. Fry Sr. (BS ’85) in Kingsport on help from the Mann family, are the authors of the Administration. November 24, 2012. new book “Carter County”. The book introduces Thomas E. Gilley (BS ’04) in Morristown on never before published photographs that tell Garda Ann Turner Browning (MS ’70) September 26, 2012. Kelly Ivan Buskell, III (BBA ’84) in Bristol important parts of history of Carter County. married Kenneth Paul Scott (MA ’69) on June on April 15, 2013. Jennifer Nicole Henderson (BS ’04) in 2012. The couple is residing in Dandridge, Richard “Rick” A. Wilson (BS ’80) is 19, Morristown on September 9, 2012. Gary Million (MEH ’84) in Kansas City, Missouri, Tennessee. the principal at John Sevier Elementary in on December 20, 2012. Steve Hurd (BS ’03) in Kingsport on January Maryville, Tennessee. John Sevier won the 1960s 23, 2013. Keith “Barney” Barnhart (AS ’83, BS ’86) in SCORE Prize and was named a Reward School Port Orange, Florida, on December 28, 2012. in 2012. The Score Prize recognizes schools Lowell Crawford (BS ’69) joined the Samuel Duffy Mays (BFA ’03) in Johnson that dramatically improve student achievement. Senior Service team at Triten Insurance and City on February 7, 2013. Paul Harvey Eads (BBA ’83) in Johnson Financial Services Inc. Lowell has more than 15 City on December 28, 2012. Connie Jean Ashby Goddard (BS ’01) in 1970s years of experience, most recently with United Kingsport on March 14, 2013. Stuart Gaines Harris (BFA ’83) in Knoxville Mark Finucane (BS ’79, ALE ’79) retired HealthCare’s Medicare and Retirement division. on January 21, 2013. after 27 years of service with the Johnson Dianne Barker (BS ’66) recently published 1990s Marlys Kay Tester (AS ’83, BS ’04, MA City Fire Department. Mark started his career her tenth book, Cabbages and Kings-Reflections Dr. Marjorie King (EDD ’98) in Johnson City ’06) in Johnson City on December 14, 2012. in 1986 as an emergency dispatcher and on Living Abundantly in Christ. Dianne is a on April 5, 2013. worked his way up, becoming captain in 1997. member of the Christian Writers Guild and Steven Lawrence Browning (BBA ’82 ’03, Finucane will still serve out his term as the American Christian Writers. Patsy Dugger (BGS ’96) in Elizabethton on GCR ’06, MPH ’09) in Knoxville on February State Fire Commission chairman. 7, 2013. Henry F. Joy, III (BS ’66 MA ’76) was February 8, 2013. Rick Winkle (BBA ’79) was promoted to inducted into the Parks and Recreation Wall of Brent Robinson (BS ’96) in Bradenton, Debra Ann Castle-Hartman (BSW ’82) in electronic banking manager at Citizens Bank. Fame in November. Henry is a retired Johnson Kentucky, on December 24, 2012. Bristol on March 15, 2013. Rick has been in the financial industry for City school teacher and little league coach Dr. Stephen Smith (RES ’95) in Johnson Beth Degutis (BS ’82) in Knoxville on February more than 30 years. and was honored for his positive impact in City on January 16, 2013. 12, 2013. the community. Tom McCormack (BS ’78) was appointed Brannen Rentz (BS ’94) in Johnson City on Nila Amick Collins (BS ’81) in Bluff City on to a state commission by Governor Bill Haslam. Judith (Judy) Lyle Shelton (BS ’65, MED September 30, 2012. November 18, 2012. Tom will be involved with the commission on ’91) and Alan Shelton celebrated their 50th Firefighting Personnel Standards and Education. wedding anniversary on August 25, 2012. Wendi Womack (BSN ’94) in Marietta, Georgia, Anthony A. Mejia, Jr. (BS ’80) in Fall Branch There were a total of 109 individuals appointed Alan is a retired banker and now works as a on January 30, 2013. on October 7, 2012. to 48 state boards and commissions. realtor. Judy recently retired from her private Tracy Littreal-Miller (BS ’92) in Knoxville Julie J. Smith (ADH ’80) in Hendersonville, Phillip McLain (BS’ 77) was recently marital and family therapy practice. on February 7, 2013. Tennessee, on November 6, 2012. elected for his third term to the Washington James A. Riley (BS ’61, MA ’66) is the Carolyn Louise Browning (MBA ’91, EDD ’98) Cindy Brown Tucker (MA ’80) in Conestoga, County School Board. Phillip is a retired sales author of a new book called Of Monarchs in Princeton, West Virginia, on August 12, 2012. Pennsylvania, on April 2, 2013. manager for Valleydale Foods Inc., after 24 and Black Barons released in May 2012. years of service. The book is James’s seventh book published. Debra Buchanan (BS ’90) in Farragut, Hugh L. White, IV (BS ’80, MA ’85) in Kingsport Tennessee, on February 8, 2013. on February 21, 2013. Howard Shipley (MA ’76) was appointed vice chairman of the Hamblen County Commission. Debra Sue Johnson (BBA ’90) in Bristol on 1970s The Commission voted unanimously in his favor. December 12, 2012. Eugene Hunter Johnson, Sr. (MA ’79) in Jerome Kitchens (BS ’75, MBA ’99) was Ali John Ozdil (BBA ’90) in Knoxville on Bristol on November 23, 2012. elected to be Elizabethton’s city manager. Jerome September 12, 2012. had been serving as interim city manager and Ronnie Lynn Stout (BS ’79) in Gray on also served as director of finance and city clerk. March 25, 2013. Edwin Carl Williams (BS ’79) in Church Hill on January 20, 2013.

CLASS NOTES

Steven Fitzhugh Atkinson (BS ’78) in Jerrold B. Padgett (BS ’72) in Decatur, Byron Brown (BS ’67) in Peachtree Corner, Shelbyville on November 22, 2012. Georgia, on November 15, 2012. Georgia, on November 4, 2012. Jeanne “Jeannie” Karen Hall (BSW ’78) Gary Lowell Stallard (MBA ’72) in Kingsport Irene Dixon Cowan (BS ’67) in Abingdon, in Knoxville on February 7, 2013. on February 15, 2013. Virginia, on December 3, 2012. Roger Allen Smith (BS ’78) in Bristol on Sondra Sue Sullins (BS ’72) in Knoxville G. Ralph Hobbs (BS ’67, MED ’82) in Athens, November 1, 2012. on October 11, 2012. Tennessee, on January 15, 2013. Lucille Frizzell (BS ’77, MA ’80) in Johnson Charles Thomas Vanhook (BS ’72) in Big Ted C. Smith (BS ’67) in Johnson City on City on November 23, 2012. Stone Gap, Virginia, on September 7, 2012. November 28, 2012. Randall Brian Ogle (MEH ’77) in Beverly Georgia Caudle (BSN ’71, BS ’74, MED James R. Bowles (BS ’66) in Kingsport on Hills, Florida, on March 18, 2013. ’83) in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, on October February 22, 2013. 5, 2012. David Ralph Oliver (BS ’77) in Bluff City Cora Lee Carrier Thompson (BS ’66) in on January 9, 2013. Van Chambers (BS ’71) in Elizabethton on Johnson City on September 4, 2012. December 11, 2012. Anita Gates Barrett (BS ’76, MA ’79) in Raymond K. Williams (BS ’66) in Kingsport Johnson City on October 28, 2012. Sherman Arthur Harrison (MA ’71) in on August 31, 2012. Kingsport on December 28, 2012. Daniel Colby Cook (BSW ’76) in Bristol on Samuel D. Haga (BS ’65) in Kingsport on October 11, 2012. Wanda Jean Shaw (BS ’71) in Louisville, August 27, 2012. Kentucky, on October 19, 2012. Emma Jean Haynes (BS ’76) in Kingsport Susan Humphrey (BS ’65) in Jonesborough on November 17, 2012. Gary Wayne Skelton (BS ’71) in Kingsport on February 11, 2013. on November 24, 2012. James Crowder (BS ’75) in Mountain City Thelma G. Nunley (BS ’65, MA ’74) in on September 14, 2012. Clarence McKinney (BS ’70) in Johnson Kingsport on August 24, 2012. City on August 12, 2012. Jane McCosh (BS ’75) in Fayetteville, North Harold Amos Robinson (BS ’65, MBA Carolina, on October 22, 2012. Barbara Riddle (BS ’70) in Johnson City ’67) in Kingsport on November 23, 2012. on November 28, 2012. Dennis Ray Tipton (BS ’75) in Kingsport Eva Geraldine Gragg Swartz (BS ’65) in on November 5, 2012. Ruth-Marie Schaedlich Rosser (BS ’70) Knoxville on July 26, 2012. in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on November Dr. Judy Ann (Daniels) Walters (MA ’75, Fredric Wetzel (BS ’65, MA ’80) in Elizabethton 4, 2012. on September 29, 2012. EDD ’80) in Talbott on September 1, 2012. James Keene White (BS ’70) in Kingsport Leila E. Edwards (BS ’74, MED ’84) in Lynn Edward Bryngelson (BS ’64) in Bristol on September 14, 2012. Nashville on March 18, 2013. on December 27, 2012. Patrick Hilton (BSN ’74) in Jonesborough on April 1, 2013.

1960s

Herman E. Davis (MA ’64) in Kingsport on March 13, 2013.

Denver W. Blevins (BS ’69) in Spartanburg, Dr. L. Marvin Marion (EDD ’74) in Maryville, South Carolina, on March 17, 2013. James Carroll Delp (BS ’64) in Lebanon, Missouri, on August 11, 2012. Virginia, on April 14, 2013. Allen Ray Hubmann (BS ’69) in Kingsport Larry M. Newman (BS ’74) in Rogersville on March 18, 2013. Herbert Lamar Sluder (BS ’64) in Winchester, Virginia, on September 6, 2012. on November 19, 2012. Marguerite Mettetal (BS ’69) in Johnson Frances Williamson Smithwick (MAT City on January 12, 2012. Brock Therrell (BS ’64) in Snellville, Georgia, ’74) in Kingsport on November 22, 2102. on January 8, 2012. Bill Rhea Starnes (BS ’69) in Blountville, Opie Armentrout (BS ’73) in Jonesborough Tennessee, on August 24, 2012. Benjamin “Ben” Edward Bean (BS ’63) on March 9, 2013. in Kannapolis, North Carolina, on December Roy L. Clary (BS ’68, MAT ‘71) in West 18, 2012. Lieutenant Colonel David Dukes (MA ’73, Springfield, Massachusetts, on February 27, MA ’78) in Jonesborough on March 4, 2013. 2013. Charles William Foster (MA ’63) in Florence, Alabama, on September 7, 2012. James Earl Mann (BEH ’73) in Mount Carmel Richard Lynn Gilmore (MA ’68, EDD ’76) on February 13, 2013. in Morristown on September 11, 2012. Odell Ritchie (BS ’63) in Drexel, North Carolina, on January 30, 2013. Mark D. Slagle (BS ’73) in Johnson City Brenda G. Hensley (BS ’68, MA ’74) in on March 5, 2013. Erwin on January 5, 2013. Max Allen Weaver (MA’63) in Kingsport on October 4, 2012. John Steven Wygal (BS ’73) in Nacogdoches, Norma Jean Mosley (BS ’68) in Jonesborough Texas, on September 11, 2012. on March 31, 2013. Rebecca Lyons (BS ’62) in Kaufman, Texas, on February 1, 2013. Samuel K. Chaffin (BS ’72) in Kingsport James Clay Neely (BS ’68) in New Tazwell, on October 30, 2012. Tennessee, on November 25, 2012. Edwin Kline Matlock (BS ’62) in Maryville on January 19, 2013. Elizabeth Geraldine Ensor (BS ’72) in Judy Aileen Netherland (BS ’68, EDS ’02, Church Hill on October 16, 2012. EDD ’04) in Bristol on January 15, 2013. James R. Ramey (BS ’62, MA ’73) in Kingsport on December 25, 2012. Jerry Wayne Harmon (BS ’72) in Milwaukie, Ruth Marie Austin Preston (BS ’68) in Oregon, on February 6, 2013. Bristol on October 15, 2012. John M. Whited, Jr. (BS ’62) in Knoxville on March 12, 2013. Norma Kelly (BS ’72) in Kingsport on January John Franklin Sheffield (BS ’68) in Glade 24, 2013. Spring, Virginia, on December 4, 2012. Edward Bryant (BS ’61) in Johnson City on January 29, 2013. Jack Stephen Newman (BS ’72) in Luttrell, William Granville Stover (BS ’68) in Bristol, Tennessee, on March 10, 2013. Virginia, on October 17, 2012. William C. “Bill” Gheesling (BS ’61) in Gatlinburg on October 19, 2012.

Dr. Gibbs awarded tenure Dr. Karen A. Gibbs (BS ’88) was awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at Texas State UniversitySan Marcos. After graduating from ETSU with a BS in Health Education and Administration, she went on to complete MS in Physical Therapy and Doctor of Physical Therapy degrees from University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA. In 2011 she received a PhD in Adult, Professional, and Community Education from Texas State University. She is a Certified Wound Specialist and focuses her research and practice in the area of wound management. Dr. Gibbs lives near Austin with husband David (‘89).

Kathryn Wilhoit retires Kathryn Wilhoit (BSN ’69, MSN ’81, PhD ’12) retired after 39 years of service with Mountain States Health Alliance. Celebrated in an article in the Johnson City Press in August 2012, Kathryn’s philosophy of patient-centered care transformed nursing programs and was admired by many throughout the years. Kathryn retired as vice president and chief nursing executive at MSHA but had served in various nursing positions starting out at Memorial Hospital of Johnson City. She was influential in many improvements to MSHA, including her efforts to provide a holistic approach to patient-centered care and making MSHA a magnet hospital for nurses. Kathryn was instrumental in furthering nurse education, improvement of nursing schedules, creating MSHA nursing scholarship fund, and getting a new ICU waiting room at JCMC. She was also a driving force in JCMC receiving certification as the state’s first magnet hospital in 2004. Kathryn’s most prized title is “R.N.” even after receiving her P.h.D this past year. Although retired, she will remain active in the community and her legacy at MSHA will continue on for many years.

Butler’s 1st child Michaele Butler (BS’ 00) and Michael Butler (BS ’00) are excited to announce the birth of their first child, William Michael Butler. William weighed 9 pounds and was 20.5 inches when he was born on May 19, 2012.

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James M. Gumm (MA ’59) in Hendersonville, Merle Tate (BS ’56) in Kingsport on October Eleanor Janice Evans (BS ’51) in Knoxville Edith Masengill Quinn (BS ’40) in Knoxville Tennessee, on October 31, 2012. 4, 2012. on November 5, 2012. on March 29, 2013. James W. Krause (BS ’59) in Johnson City O. Ruth Grindstaff (BS ’55) in Mountain City Nina Proffitt Valentine (BS ’51) in Cosby, Mary G. Simcoe (BS ’40) in New York City on December 29, 2012. on January 1, 2013. Tennessee, on February 7, 2013. on November 25, 2012. Marvin Lemons (BS ’59) in Jacksonville, Todd Y. Tillman (BS ’55) in Sherveport, Louisiana, John Bryant (BS ’50) in Harriman, Tennessee, Dr. Fred Thornton (BS ’40) in Kingsport on Florida, on December 13, 2012. on January 19, 2013. on September 17, 2012. January 21, 2013. Alvin Carl Parish (BS ’59) in Cookeville, Mona Marie Ellis Hamrick (BS ’54) in Winter Arthur M. “Bud” Kelsey (BS ’50) in Johnson Tennessee, on November 22, 2010. 1930s Park, Florida, on December 17, 2012. City on December 28, 2013. Sarah Frances Reed (BS ’59) in Kingsport Jean Hawk Troy (BS ’37) in Chattanooga, Charles “Jerry” Tedford (BS ’54) in Roswell, Carl “Bill” Mathes (BS ’50) in Radford, Virginia, Tennessee, on February 26, 2013. on August 2, 2012. Georgia, on October 25, 2012. on November 8, 2012. Grady Clark, Jr. (BS ’58, MA ’63) in Marion, Josephine Davidson Pendergrass (BS ’33) Margie H. Veal (BS ’54) in Maryville on Noleta Williams McNeal (BS ’50) in Asheville South Carolina, on September 1, 2012. in Kingsport on December 22, 2012. September 15, 2012. on September 11, 2012. Kenneth Karl Kennedy (BS ’58) in Bristol, Ruth McAnally (BS ’32, MA ’66) in Johnson Jack Douglas Hodges (BS’ 53) in Johnson 1940s City on November 28, 2012. Virginia, on November 11, 2012. City on March 13, 2013. Harold Reynolds (MA ’58) in Mobile, Alabama, Benjamin King Wexler (BS ’49) in Greeneville Betty J. Kilmer (BS ’53) in Raleigh, North 1910s in September 2012. on August 11, 2012. Carolina, on October 30, 2012. Besse Brown Cooper (CER ’16) in Monroe, Thomas G. Roberts (BS ’58) in Warrensville, Ruth Hawk (BS ’48) in Johnson City on Dr. Roger B. Solomon (BS ’53) in Greeneville Georgia, on December 4, 2012. North Carolina, on March 1, 2013. September 20, 2012. on April 12, 2013. Beatrice Walls Barr (BS ’57) in Shady Valley, Eileen Jayne Johnson (BS ’48, MA ’52) in Charles L. Wallace (BS ’53) in Johnson City Tennessee, on March 16, 2013. Johnson City on December 31, 2012. Full obits on on April 22, 2011. Bill Cleveland Bowers (BS ’57) in Claxton, Paul Sherwood (BS ’48) in Unicoi on November www.ETSUAlumni.org Dr. Raymond C. Bunn (BS ’52) in Knoxville 29, 2012. Tennessee, on October 3, 2012. on December 28, 2012.

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Stidham involved in Health School Team program Nancy Stidham (AS ’96), the school nurse at Boones Creek Middle School, spends part of her busy schedule involved in the Health School Team program. The program involves teachers, parents and kids to plan and promote healthy living through good nutrition and exercise. Featured in a September Johnson City Press article, Nancy concluded that one of the goals is to get kids healthy and happy. Nancy is 62 years old and remains active, riding her bike daily hoping to influence the students to maintain an active lifestyle. In the summer Nancy rode a total of 1,200 miles. Now, bringing her bike and biking attire to school, as soon as her day ends Nancy rides 20 miles roundtrip.

Slagle releases book Dr. Judith Bailey Slagle, chair the Department of Literature and Language, has just released a book. Romantic Appropriations of History: The Legends of Joanna Baillie and Margaret Holford Hodson. The book was published by Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. Slagle, who received her Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, was named a Notable Woman of ETSU in 2008 and received the College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Research Award for 2007-2008.

Benson becomes partner Kenny Benson (BS ’98, MACC ’03) was named Partner at Rodefer Moss & Co. He will manage the tax department in the Greeneville office. He specializes in individual and small business tax compliance and planning. Prior to being named Partner, Kenny was a Senior Manager. He has been with Rodefer Moss for eleven years. “Kenny has long been a valuable asset to our Greeneville team,” said Rodefer. “His attention to detail and dedication to providing unmatched service is commendable. We are pleased with his success and are happy to have him at the helm of our Tax Department in Greeneville.” A graduate of East Tennessee State University, Kenny holds a master’s degree in Accountancy. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants (TSCPA).

Wright appears in documentary

Brown to teach at Boone

Layla Wright (BS ’01, MED ’03), co-founder of Red Legacy Recovery, is helping to make positive changes in our community and will share her story in a PBS documentary called “East Tennessee Makers.”

Johnson City is where it all started for “Big” Bob Brown, and he hopes it’s where he’ll produce a big finish.

Wright is co-founder and co-president of Red Legacy Recovery, an organization that empowers women in recovery from substance abuse to become selfsufficient, self-confident and employed. As project leader for Appalachia Recovery Houses, she has been instrumental in the establishment of the first transitional Oxford House for recovering women in Johnson City. The Northeast Tennessee native is also founder and director of the Appalachian Social Advancement Project, a grassroots organization that orchestrates civic engagement to create political action and awareness in Appalachia.

The former All-Ohio Valley Conference center for Sonny Smith at East Tennessee State University was hired as a teacher at Daniel Boone. He plans to help Ryan Arnold’s basketball program and/or the feeder teams after he moves back to the area. Brown comes from a stint teaching in Memphis at Mitchell High School and Wooddale Middle School, where many of the students are coming from challenging childhoods.

Burton joins Sports Performance Staff

Emerging Leaders Academy First grads

College of Charleston Director of Sport Performance Steve Bamel has announced the addition of Jarrod Burton as an Assistant Sports Performance Coach.

The inaugural class of the Dr. Brenda White Wright Emerging Leaders Academy at East Tennessee State University was recently recognized at a graduation and celebration.

Prior to the U.S. Olympic Training Center, Burton was an accomplished DI track and field thrower at East Tennessee State University, where he holds school records in outdoor shot, hammer and weight. He also holds the school and conference record in indoor shot put (17.47m). In 2012, Burton qualified for the USA Indoor National Track and Field Championships and finished ninth-place in the weight throw.

The Emerging Leaders Academy (ELA) was formed as a part of ongoing strategic initiatives in the Division of Student Affairs, supported by the work of the Student Activities Organizations and Leadership Team chaired by Dr. Bonnie Burchett, director of Housing and Residence Life.

Burton earned a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Exercise Science from ETSU with a minor in coaching. While at ETSU Burton did a coaching practicum with the strength and conditioning department and served as a volunteer throws coach for the ETSU track & field team. “To be hired at the College of Charleston and have the opportunity to work with athletes that compete at the highest level is a tremendous honor,” Burton said. “I am extremely excited to begin my professional career at the College of Charleston and aid in the development of these athletes as we continue to strive for excellence.”

The inaugural class, comprised of 23 undergraduate students, was nominated and selected to participate based on demonstrated outstanding leadership potential and a commitment to campus involvement. The Division of Student Affairs named the program in honor of ETSU alumna Dr. Brenda White Wright for her support of and friendship with the Division for over 20 years. Her annual presentations with Preview leaders and new students on the topics of diversity, civility and respect are always the highest ranked of the annual Preview events. The group met weekly to explore members’ leadership styles and strengths, participate in developmental activities relating to advocacy and diversity, learn about having an opportunity to work as a team and plan and complete group service projects.

Watch for this tag! A 1975 Asheville-area alumni proudly shows off his Buc Pride with a personalized North Carolina license plate.

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The ETSU Art Project Mr. William Baxter Bledsoe (BFA ’92, MFA ’10) has been enlisted to create a series of 12 unique and collectible artworks to reflect his very popular “Centennial” painting commemorating ETSU’s first one hundred years. These paintings or prints open the mind’s door to images that appear throughout the campus landscape eliciting memories for all who have attended or maintain a special relationship with our region’s university. “Centennial” was the catalyst for the latest pieces of art created by Bledsoe. Each of the oil paintings will capture various campus images on 20” x 24” stretched canvas. They will reflect existing structures and landscapes of ETSU throughout the various seasons. The collection will serve as an exhibition of art and will communicate an appreciation for high art and its relationship with the university. Beyond the original work, a series of different products, such as numbered prints and calendars, are expected to come from the additional paintings. Watch for more information on our ETSU media outlets.

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Congratulations Laura Jansome Laura Jansome, a former ETSU women’s golf standout and two–time Atlantic Sun Conference individual champion, recently tied for 25th at the Ladies European Tour qualifying school. She earned a LET card and guarantees her status for the upcoming year on one of the world’s premier professional tours.

2012 ETSU Service Awards East Tennessee State University held the 2012 Service Awards on November 13, 2012. A 45-Year Award was given to Emmett M. Essin III. The following people received a 40-Year Award: Fred J. Alsop III, Murray S. Anthony, Gordon Lee Bailes Jr. and John E. Stone. The following people received a 35-Year Award: Bonnie Lou Burchett, Jack Richard Cotrel, Anthony John DeLucia, Dorothy C. Dobbins, Kathy Lee Graves, Patricia Gail Holland, Sammy N. McCray, Marilyn Lee Puckett, Thomas N. Trent, Jennie Lue Walls and McKinney Woodby. The following people received a 30-Year Award: Robert V. Acuff , Patricia Lee Branham, Margaret S. Carr, W. Scott Champney, Raymond Feierabend Jr., Kenneth Emil Ferslew, David Roy Ginn, Frederick Steb Hipple, Ricky Lynn Holmes, Barbara E. Love, Janice M. Lyons, Harold W. McInturff, Lee Johnson Morrow, Mary Ellen Musick, Margaret W. Pate, Carol McKenzie Plummer, Anna Duggins Roberts, Jean Garner Stead, Walter Edward Stead and Mercedes G. Wells

New Chamber Board Members Officers of The Johnson City/Jonesborough/ Washington County Chamber of Commerce for the 2013 business year will include: Dr. Larry Calhoun, Chair – ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy; Lottie Ryans, ChairElect – CenturyLink; Jeff Jones, Treasurer/ Secretary – Citi; Tom Seaton, Immediate Past Chair – Firehouse Restaurant & Catering, and Gary Mabrey (’73, ’74), President/ CEO - Chamber of Commerce. Board members include Mike Elbers (’00) – KatzAmericas and Judy Fowler-Argo (’73) – Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Dr. Brian Noland – East Tennessee State University. Phil Scharfstein (‘89) – One Stop Wine and Liquors was a oneyear appointee.

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My ETSU Shae Keane

Shae Keane is a member of the University Honors Scholars program and part of President’s Pride. She is from Brentwood, Tennessee, and graduated from Father Ryan High School.

This is not a campus. This is not a campus. It is a conduit of dreamsThousands of dreams, Past and presentThat have been treasured, And respected, And realized: Of saving lives. Of protecting parks. Of healing hearts. Of transforming thought. Of leading A community, A nation, A world.

Four letters That have woven their way So perfectly Into my own story, And that of countless others before me, In a way that I never Could have even imagined Four years ago: E-T-S-U. This is not a campus.

It is the most magical harmony Of over 15,000 voices, And the infectious rhythm It is a patchwork of passions- of bluegrass Medical That permeates every heart Social Political Inviting this institution International To feel its beauty, Make-a-more-beautifulTo celebrate its faces, world Every one. Passions. To love its songsThis is not a campus. Sung for over one hundred years… It is the mountains I love, And the valleys below. No, this is not a campus. And those powerful four letters Trimmed neatly Into the greenery That I pass every day On my way to class36

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It is a portraitOf student life: Of souls finding their place In an overwhelming world, And being celebrated and supported Every step of the journey-

A portraitOf over 240 student organizationsSymbols of a community Determined to show that they care, To guide more Determined to touch lives in compassionately a lasting way, To lead more effectively Determined to leave their To write more truthfully mark. A place where A place where people, I’ve a refuge Young and old, When failure Discover how to do, Challenges hope But also how to just beWhere I am guided far Of students lost in novels beyond Under budding spring trees, What I believed possibleOf curvy sled paths, Carved into snowy slopesA place where voices remind Bonds of fellowship being me built I am not the only one As fall leaves Who values my dreams, Color the ground. Who believes in my success. This is not a campus.

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