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Dr. Michelle Freeman, left, assisting student Sydney White
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ETSU Accountancy Department adds controllership concentration to master’s program

New courses in the Master of Accountancy (M.Acc.) Program at East Tennessee State University are allowing students the flexibility to prepare for careers in the corporate sector.

Dec 11, 2018 at 10:48 AM
Dr. Deborah Harley-McClaskey
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Harley-McClaskey co-authors ‘Seven Habits of Highly Effective College Students’

This past summer, East Tennessee State University faculty member Dr. Deborah Harley-McClaskey got an unexpected phone call.

Dec 11, 2018 at 10:22 AM
Jeremy Barker, an instructor for the Upward Bound students' elective ecology course, searches some of the residue found in the creek at a previous field trip activity. (David Floyd/Johnson City Press)
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ETSU Upward Bound awarded $160,000 for student STEM projects

Area high school students participating in the Upward Bound program at East Tennessee State University will experience an enhanced science, technology, engineering and math curriculum thanks to a supplemental award from the U.S. Department of Education.

Dec 11, 2018 at 10:21 AM
LaDarren Landrum, who has trained with DeWeese at the Olympic Training Site, recently won the contest “Next Olympic Hopeful."
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Winner of ‘Next Olympic Hopeful’ reality show has ties to ETSU

LaDarren Landrum is one of the eight winners of NBC’s “Next Olympic Hopeful,” a talent identification program that invites athletes across the country to compete for a chance to join Team USA at the Olympic Games.

Dec 11, 2018 at 10:21 AM
Jerri Blanton is a third-grade English and social studies instructor at Jonesborough Elementary School.
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Five Questions

Five Questions: Jonesborough Elementary instructor inspired by father to become educator

Jerri Blanton, a third-grade English and social studies instructor at Jonesborough Elementary School, says educating others is just something that runs in her family.

Dec 8, 2018 at 6:00 PM
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ETSU

ETSU: Star Wars Night to be held Saturday at Freedom Hall men's basketball game

The East Tennessee State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics will hold its second annual Star Wars Night Saturday when ETSU men’s basketball hosts Univerity of Tennessee-Martin, ETSU announced in a Wednesday news release. In addition, Saturday is faculty and staff appreciation night, when ETSU employees can purchase up to four tickets for half-price.

Updated Dec 7, 2018 at 5:57 PM
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South Side Elementary receives Read to be Ready grant from TDOE

The Tennessee Department of Education announced on Thursday that South Side Elementary is one of 218 schools across the state to be awarded a 2019 Read to be Ready Summer Program grant. The grant will allow for a month-long literacy-focused summer camp that is tuition-free for its participants.

Dec 7, 2018 at 4:31 PM
Construction on the James C. and Mary B. Martin Center for the Arts resumes Wednesday afternoon.
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ETSU

ETSU: James C. and Mary B. Martin Center for the Arts on track to be completed by 'early 2020'

An East Tennessee State University dream more than three decades old is finally coming to fruition as the James C. and Mary B. Martin Center for the Arts continues to take shape after construction began Sept. 9, 2017.

Dec 7, 2018 at 9:23 AM
Tennessee Commissioner of Education Candice McQueen said the State Report Card provides a "snapshot" of how the state's schools are doing.
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Local News

Tennessee Department of Education releases new State Report Card, local results

The Tennessee Department of Education released its new, redesigned State Report Card for 2017-18 Tuesday to give parents, educators and community organizations an idea of how their local school districts have been doing.

Dec 4, 2018 at 11:45 PM
Michelle Treece, left, and Paula Treece at their first Johnson City Board of Education meeting Monday since being elected to serve on the board.
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Johnson City Schools

Three new board members attend first Johnson City school board meeting

Monday evening marked the first Johnson City Board of Education meeting for newcomers Michelle Treece, Robert Williams and Paula Treece after they, along with incumbents Tom Hager and Kathy Hall, pushed through November’s school board election.

Updated Dec 3, 2018 at 8:46 PM
Retired Johnson City Schools teacher Michelle Treece spoke about homeless students during a May press conference hosted by the Washington County Democratic Party and the Northeast Tennessee Democratic Socialists of America. Both groups were openly opposed to a proposed "camping ban" being considered by the City Commission.
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Five Questions

Five Questions: New school board member looks to take on challenges in education

As a retired school teacher and a local activist, Michelle Treece has often emphasized the importance of equity and diversity within the local school system before throwing her hat in the ring during the November school board elections.

Dec 2, 2018 at 11:41 PM
FILE - In this April 20, 2012, file photo, nurse Catherine Craige draws a chickenpox vaccination in Berlin, Vt. Vermont parents who don't want their kids vaccinated can take a "philosophical exemption" for the last time in 2015, as Vermont became the first state to do away with the philosophical exemption. Lawmakers left the religious exemption intact. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)
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health care

Locals weigh in on cause of November Asheville chickenpox outbreak

In November, at least three dozen students in Asheville, North Carolina’s Asheville Waldorf School contracted chickenpox, renewing a local debate about vaccination exemptions.

Dec 1, 2018 at 5:18 PM
Science Hill juniors, left to right, Greta Higginbotham, Franklin Dyer and Helen Hoye.
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Johnson City Schools: Science Hill trio earns perfect score on ACT, 89 others finish with 30 or above

Science Hill students Franklin Dyer, Helen Hoye and Greta Higginbotham were admittedly surprised to learn the news. But it didn’t take long for that surprise to turn into excitement once the juniors learned that they had aced the ACT.

Nov 30, 2018 at 6:50 PM
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Gatton alumna appointed to Tennessee Board of Pharmacy

A graduate of the Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy at East Tennessee State University has been appointed to one of the highest pharmacy positions in Tennessee.

Nov 30, 2018 at 5:05 PM
Women's infertility is the topic Dr. Julia Dodd will address in East Tennessee State University’s “Women on Wednesdays” Lecture Series on Dec. 5 at noon at the Reece Museum.
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Dodd to discuss effects of infertility on women in ‘Women on Wednesdays’ talk

“Infertility Finds All the Weak Spots: Effects of Infertility on Women’s Mental, Physical and Relational Functioning” is the topic Dr. Julia Dodd will address in East Tennessee State University’s “Women on Wednesdays” Lecture Series on Dec. 5 at noon at the Reece Museum.

Nov 30, 2018 at 5:05 PM
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