QUILLEN COLLEGE A `TOP 10` - ETSU National Alumni Association
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QUILLEN COLLEGE A `TOP 10` - ETSU National Alumni Association
ETSU Alumni Association Board of Directors Mr. Gary Poe ’68, President Lieutenant General (ret.) Ronald V. Hite ’64 Mr. Jeffrey C. Taylor ’85, Vice President Ms. Renee Bays Lockhart ’87, ’89, Secretary Dr. Tony Katras ’84, ’89. Treasurer Mrs. Dorothy Lee Grisham ’74, Past President Ms. Linda Buck ’80,’84 Mr. Lawrence F. Counts ’79 Mr. Brian Daniels ’95,’97 Mr. Roger D. Kennedy ’69 Mr. Larry La ’84 Ms. Ann Mooneyhan ’65 Dr. Jack Parton ’78, ’79, ’82 Mr. Don Raines ’71 Mr. Charles Stahl ’83 Mr. Mark W. Thomas ’84 Ms. Diane T. Wear ’90 Ms. Eleanor E. Yoakum ’65 Mr. Brian Bowman, SGA President Ms. Ashley Bowser, SGA Vice President Dr. Paul E. Stanton Jr., ETSU President Dr. Richard A. Manahan, Foundation President/CEO Robert M. Plummer ’84, ’87, Associate Vice President for University Advancement Executive Director ETSU Alumni Association ETSU foundation officers and directors Mrs. Leslie Parks Pope, Chairman of the Board Mr. D. Roger Kennedy ’69 Vice Chairman of the Board Mr. M. Thomas Krieger, Secretary Dr. Steve Conerly, Treasurer Mr. Tim P. Jones Immediate Past Board Chairman Mr. Wayne G. Basler, Past Chairman Mr. Donald R. Raber Investment Committee Chairman Mr. Stuart E. Wood ’60 Planned Giving Committee Chair Dr. Paul E. Stanton Jr., ETSU President Dr. Richard A. Manahan Foundation President/CEO Dr. David D. Collins ’96 Foundation Chief Financial Officer Mr. Frederick “Pal” Barger Jr. ’55 Mr. Jeff Byrd Mrs. Betty DeVinney Mrs. Janey Diehl ’50 Mrs. Ruth Ellis DiGregorio Mr. Louis H. Gump ’73 The Hon. William L. Jenkins Mrs. Melissa Steagall-Jones ’91 Mr. Dale Keasling ’70 Dr. Stephen Kimbrough Mrs. Theresa K. Lee ’74 Ms. Michelle Livengood ’84 Mr. Paul Montgomery Ms. Ann Mooneyhan ’65 Mr. Scott Niswonger Mr. David A. Ogle ’79 Mr. Gary D. Poe ’68 Mr. Dennis Powell Mr. Art Powers Mr. Stan Puckett Mr. K. Newton Raff Mr. James W. Reel ’58 Mrs. Lottie Fields Ryans Mr. Kenneth W. Simonds ’57 Mr. Robert T. (Rab) Summers Mr. Gerald Thomas ’67 Mr. Raymond R. Thomas ’59 Mr. Dennis Vonderfecht Dr. May Votaw Dr. Susan Gentry Williams ’67, ’68 Mr. Guy B. Wilson Jr. Mrs. Eleanor E. Yoakum ’65 tennessee board of regents Honorable Phil Bredesen Governor of Tennessee & Chair Ms. Fran Marcum, 4th District Ms. Pamela Fansler ’73, 2nd District Ms. Agenia Clark, 7th District Mr. Gregory Duckett, 9th District Honorable Ken Givens ’69, ’71 Commissioner of Agriculture Mrs. Judy T. Gooch, 3rd District Mr. Jonas Kisber, 8th District Mr. Kenny Dunn, Faculty Regent Mr. John S. “Steve” Copeland, 6th District Mr. Paul Montgomery, 1st District Dr. Richard G. Rhoda, Executive Director of THEC Mr. Howard Roddy ’74, At-Large East Tennessee Mr. J. Stanley Rogers, At-Large Middle Tennessee The Honorable Tim Webb, Commissioner of Education Mr. Robert P. Thomas, Vice-Chair, 5th District Mr. John Farris, At-Large West Tennessee Mr. Sean Ochsenbein, Student Regent tennessee higher education commission Mr. Jack Murrah, Chair, Hixson Mr. Charles Mann, Vice-Chair, Columbia Mr. Katie Winchester, Vice-Chair, Dyersburg Mr. A. C. Wharton, Jr., Secretary, Memphis Mr Tre Hargett, Secretary of State Mr. Justin P. Wilson, State Comptroller Mr. David H. Lillard, Jr., State Treasurer Mr. Robert White, Johnson City Mr. Gregory P. Isaacs, Knoxville Mr. Sue Atkinson, Nashville Mr. Charles W. Bone, Hendersonville Mr. Cato Johnson, Bartlett Dr. Gary Nixon, non-voting ex-officio, Executive Director, State Board of Education Ms. Jessca Brumett, non-voting ex-officio, Tennessee Technological University Mr. Ross Rowland, non-voting ex-officio, University of Tennessee, Knoxville university advancement Office of University Advancement Dr. Richard A. Manahan Vice President for University Advancement / President/CEO, ETSU Foundation Jeff Anderson ’83 Associate Vice President for University Advancement & Planned Giving Jeremy Ross ’07 Associate Vice President for University Advancement Major Gifts Carol Sloan Associate Vice President for University Advancement Tisha Harrison ’80, ’09 Director of University Advancement Karen Sullivan Director of University Advancement Pat Holland, Administrative Coordinator Pat Barcel, Office Manager Peggy McCurry ’80, Office Coordinator Steven Dais, Graduate Assistant Dorothy Reid, Graduate Assistant Deidre Yowell ’07, ’09 Graduate Assistant Laure Craddock, Executive Aide Receptionist Pat Elledge, Executive Aide Administrative Office of University Alumni Robert M. Plummer ’84, ’87 Associate Vice President for University Advancement Executive Director ETSU Alumni Association Lee Ann Davis ’91, ’09 Director of University Alumni Programs Leisa Harvey ’94, Office Coordinator Cyndi Ramsey ’06, Coordinator of Alumni Activities Jennifer Barber ’05, Information Research Technician Ashly Garris, Graduate Assistant Ben Daugherty ’08, Graduate Assistant Chris Hackney ’10, Student Photographer Jenny Wilkins ’10, Student Writing Assistant Office of Advancement Services Shea Renfro, Director of Advancement Services Donald Harvill ’92, Computer Operations Coordinator Ashley Martin, Information Research Technician Anthony Aiken, Information Research Technician Office of ETSU Foundation Accounting Dr. David D. Collins ’96, Foundation Chief Financial Officer and Vice President for Business & Finance Kathy Carder, Account Clerk Leisa Wiseman ’84, Accountant Page 3: Story courtesy of Rex Barber & the Johnson City Press Page 8: Quillen grads photo courtesy of Jeffrey Carter Page 9: G.I. Jobs cover courtesy of G.I. Jobs magazine Page 9: Times-News Readers Choice Award logo courtesy of Kingsport Times-News Page 9: The Princeton Review logo courtesy of Princeton Review Page 12: Bill & Judy Derby photo & graphic courtesy of Bill and Judy Derby & the Johnson City News & Neighbor Page 12: David Ferrell photo courtesy of David Ferrell Page 12: Chris Street photo courtesy of Chris Street Page 12: Juan DeAngulo photo courtesy of Juan DeAngulo Page 13: Col. Mark Cooter photo courtesy of Col. 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Stanton, Jr. University President Richard A. Manahan Vice President for University Advancement ETSU Foundation President/CEO Robert M. Plummer Associate V.P. for University Advancement Executive Director of ETSU Alumni Association managing editors Richard A. Manahan Robert M. Plummer ’84 ’87 Jennifer Barber ’05 contributors Anthony Aiken Jeff Anderson Jennifer Barber Pat Barcel Laure Craddock Lee Ann Davis Ben Daugherty Pat Elledge Carol Fox Ashly Garris Chris Hackney Tisha Harrison Leisa Harvey Donald Harvill Chris Henson Jennifer Hill Pat Holland Ashley Martin Peggy McCurry Jo Anne Paty Robert Plummer Cyndi Ramsey Shea Renfro Jeremy Ross Fred Sauceman Carol Sloan Joe E. Smith Karen Sullivan Mike White Jenny Wilkins photographers Ben Daugherty, ’08 Larry Smith ’78 Jim Sledge ’87 Jim Padgett Chris Hackney ’10 credits 15: Ken Davis photo courtesy of Ron Campbell & the Johnson City Press 15: Jim Beverly photo courtesy of Bevard College 16: Jennifer Webster photo & book cover courtesy of Jennifer Webster & Black Rose Publishing 16: Keith Donnelly photo & book cover courtesy of Keith & Tessa Donnelly 17: Thomma Lynn Grindstaff photo & book cover courtesy of Thomma Lynn Grindstaff 17: “Shoun moves from social work to stage” photo courtesy of Lee Talbert & Teresa Hicks, Johnson City Press 22: Story & photos courtesy of Rex Barber, Ron Campbell, & the Johnson City Press 29: Story courtesy of Joe Avento & the Johnson City Press 30: John Lowry story & photo courtesy of the City of Johnson City 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, and 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 and employment opportunities should be available to all eligible persons without regard to age, gender, color, race, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation. Conceptual design by Absolute Communications, Inc. Print Production by McQuiddy TBR. 160-014-09 76M *Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the Johnson City Press as coverage of the “State of the University—Annual Address” By: Rex Barber, Johnson City Press Stanton: Despite economy, ETSU remains Strong After a year of buyouts and budget cuts East Tennessee State University is still strong, the school’s president said in August. Delivering the annual state of the university address at the faculty convocation Friday, Dr. Paul Stanton, ETSU president, said the challenges ETSU faced in the 2008-2009 fiscal year were tough but manageable because of good planning and good employees. “When I delivered the state of the university address last year, I was preparing for ... retirement, having made that announcement for medical reasons,” Stanton told the faculty gathered in the school’s D.P. Culp University Center auditorium. “Come October of last year, with the economic crisis worsening on all levels, I reversed my decision and decided to stay on as your president. I knew it was a horrible time to be out looking for my successor.” ETSU faced an unprecedented budget reversion going into fall 2008 that got worse in October as state budget revenues fell. Stanton subsequently appointed a budget reversion task force charged with looking at ways to reduce costs and increase efficiency. Among the recommendations of the task force was a voluntary buyout program, which was successfully implemented this past spring. “Faced with a national economy that almost collapsed and an ever-worsening financial situation on the state level as revenues fell dramatically, we formed that budget reversion task force to try and figure our way out of the mess,” Stanton said. “We were forced to close our administration unit in Bristol and to cease on-campus printing operations. And probably most dramatically of all, the budgetary crisis led us to offer those voluntary buyouts for both faculty and staff.” Stanton told the crowd that 128 of their fellow employees opted to take the buyout, taking away a combined 2,500 years of service from the school. The buyout offered payments for each year of service to the school and other benefits. “That loss of corporate memory and longtime experience created, yes some hardships, but our people – you – banded together to fill those gaps the best way that you could,” Stanton said. Stanton told the faculty gathered that despite the financial struggles and other challenges ETSU dealt with over the past year, his speech was not “doom and gloom.” He said the school has done a good job of adapting to the situation. He said the school has been through trying fiscal times before and remains a vital part of academe. “Our story is one of survival,” Stanton said. “Fiscal year 2008-2009 wasn’t the first instance of hard times for this institution. In 1936, for example, in the middle of the Great Depression, the Tennessee General Assembly considered closing this institution as an unnecessary luxury.” Now, Stanton said, ETSU is considering celebrations for its 100th anniversary in 2011. And the year was not all full of serious challenges or bad news, Stanton said. Stanton referenced an increase in global outreach opportunities for ETSU students, citing a recent trip to Rome for the study of that city’s architecture and a burgeoning exchange program with China as examples. Other examples of positive markers for the university included: • The College of Medicine awarding more than 1,500 degrees since 1982 • Student enrollment approaching 14,000 (Note: Official Count 14,677) • College of Pharmacy achieving full enrollment (Note: Currently 299, with a target of 320 at full enrollment) “It’s an epic now nearly a hundred years in the making,” Stanton said of the school’s story. “But it’s a story still fresh, still alive, still evolving.” alumni association awards honors ETSU Alumni Association 2009 Alumni Award winners civic boards and commissions, including the ETSU Foundation, the ETSU Alumni Association, and United Way, to name a few, and currently serves on the boards of Atmos Energy Corporation and the Niswonger Foundation. Garland is frequently recognized in his community for his efforts and was awarded the Outstanding Alumnus Award by ETSU in 1973. Tusculum College awarded Garland an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree and the Distinguished Service Award. More recently Tusculum named its library the Thomas J. Garland Library in his honor. his wife Pat. his award with Garland and his wife, Pat, live in Greeneville, Tenn. The 2009 Outstanding Alumna The George L. Carter Award is the is Ms. Evelynne L. Swagerty. Alumni Association’s highest honor given to alumni and friends Ms. Evelynne L. Swagerty of East Tennessee State University. The award is bestowed graduated from East Tennessee only to recipients whose works reflect unselfish support and State University in 1969 and is faith in ETSU’s future, much like the example set by George currently an Assistant General L. Carter. The 2009 recipient is Mr. Thomas J. Garland. Counsel in the Corporate Legal The Honorable Thomas J. Garland graduated from Department of Bank of America in ETSU in 1959 with a bachelor’s in English and served in the Boston, Mass. Swagerty is a member U.S. Air Force from 1952 until 1956. Garland has pursued of the bar for the Commonwealth careers in business, education, and government, and has of Massachusetts, the United States contributed to his community by serving on various boards District Court for the Eastern District of Massachusetts, and the United and commissions. States Supreme Court. Garland served as chairman of the board of Commerce Union Bank, now Bank of America, in Greeneville, Tenn. Upon her graduation from ETSU cum He was also a founding director of Peoples Community Bank laude in 1969, she attended the Smith in Johnson City and served on the board of First American College School for Social Work, where she successfully completed her studies Poe gives a gavel to Mrs. Dorothy Bank, Tri-Cities. on of and was awarded a Master of Social Grisham for Appreciatioci ation Ass as vice Ser From 1985 to 1990, Garland served as chancellor and CEO Work in 1971. She was offered her 3 Years President of the Tennessee Board of Regents, the sixth largest public first job as a psychiatric social worker college and university system in the nation. During the at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Mass., providing 1999-2000 school year, Garland served as interim president direct psychological treatment to individuals, couples, and of Tusculum College in Greeneville, Tenn. Garland served 21 families. In 1981, she was accepted as a full-time law student at years in the Tennessee Senate and led a gubernatorial study Boston College Law School in Newton, Mass., graduating with a Juris Doctorate degree in 1984. of the state government. land shares The Honorable Evelynne L. Swagerty James E. Rogers 2009 Outstanding Alumnus ’64 • B.S. – ’ 66 • M.B.A. Charlotte, North Carolina Thomas J. Garland 2009 Outstanding Alumna ’69 • B.S. Arts & Sciences Boston, Massachusetts 4 Garland has served on numerous corporate, charitable, and Swagerty’s legal career started with the Department of the Attorney George L. Carter Award ’59 • B.S. English Greeneville, Tennessee alumni association awards Mr. Thomas Gar Following retirement alumni association awards from Quillen, Franzus traveled to the Atoll of Majuro in the Republic of the Marshall Islands from 2002 to 2007. While there, she taught science, revised and developed curriculum formats, and created a program for students in the Health Academy based on the Swagerty resides in Sharon, Mass., with her husband, the National Health Care Skill Standards. In 2005, Franzus was Honorable Wilbur P. Edwards Jr., and their daughter, Marissa, named Employee of the Month by Marshall Islands High School and has been featured in publications for her service a 17-year-old high school junior. to the students in the Marshall Islands. The 2009 Outstanding Alumnus is Mr. James E. Rogers who graduated from ETSU with a bachelor’s degree in 1964 and an Franzus lives in Johnson City, Tenn., and has three children. M.B.A. in 1966. Rogers has been involved with ETSU for many Her husband was the late Dr. Boris Franzus of the ETSU years; in 1986-1987, he served as president of the National Alumni Chemistry Department. Association, and served on the board of the ETSU Foundation Mrs. Doris Ladd graduated from ETSU in 1975 with a and the ETSU University Council. Rogers currently serves on the Board of Advisors of the College of Business and Technology bachelor’s degree in accounting. She has developed a career and is a member of the ETSU Distinguished President’s Trust. in financial management with Asahi Glass Corporation, holding almost After being discharged from Air Force active duty, Rogers moved every financial to Charlotte, N.C., in 1969. Rogers has been involved in the manage me nt commercial real estate business his entire career. In 1982, he position over the was founding partner of Cauble and Company of Carolina, a last 30 years. commercial mortgage banking and real estate investment sales company. In 2005, Rogers was a co-founder of Flagship Capital In 2007, Ladd Partners, a company that specializes in acquiring medical office chose a new buildings in the southeastern United States. In 1994, Rogers was c a r e e r p a t h instrumental in the founding and formation of the Charlotte an d i s n ow Commercial Board of Realtors and was named Realtor of the involved with Year in 1997. the Kingsport Housing & her award Rogers has been very involved in the Charlotte community, Mrs. Doris Ladd proudly displays Redevelopment ily. with her fam serving on several boards of directors and receiving numerous awards recognizing his contributions. He has received the Authority. As Shelley R. Lyons Circle of Excellence Award from Leadership director of HOPE VI & Redevelopment, she oversees a $30 Charlotte, Volunteer of the Year Award from the American million housing redevelopment project for revitalization of Lung Association, the George Williams Lifetime Achievement areas within the city of Kingsport. She also oversees programs within KHRA involving moving families to self-sufficiency Award from the YMCA, among many others. and homeownership and providing housing assistance for The 2009 Awards of Honor were presented to Mrs. Bettylene the homeless and people living with AIDS. General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1988, where she served as an assistant attorney general enforcing the state’s consumer protection laws in the areas of banking, commercial transactions, education, and housing and real estate matters. She conducted trials and pursued judgments in the trial courts of Massachusetts and the United States Bankruptcy Court. W. Franzus, Mrs. Doris Ladd, Mr. Charles Montgomery, Ladd is also involved in her community, volunteering as and Mr. Thomas L. Tull. a Big Sister, with Meals on Wheels, and serving as board Mrs. Bettylene W. Franzus graduated from ETSU in 1975 chair of YMCA, American Heart Association, United Way The Award of Honor recipient is married to Marvin Ladd, and they have two sons in college. Doris Ladd Charles Montgomery 2009 Award of Honor ’75 • B.S. Accounting Johnson City, Tennessee 2009 Award of Honor ’75 • M.S. Microbiology Johnson City, Tennessee 2009 Award of Honor ’60 • B.S. Arts & Science Jonesborough, Tennessee Bettylene W. Franzus committees, and chairing community projects such as Fun Fest, Leadership Kingsport, and participation in Rotary. alumni association awards with a master’s degree in microbiology after completing a B.S. in science at the University of Illinois. Franzus worked as a clinical microbiologist at hospitals in Greeneville, Tenn., and then moved on to work with the Internal Medicine department at the Quillen College of Medicine. 5 alumni association awards J. Brian Ferguson 2009 Honorary Alumni Kingsport, Tennessee Dawn H. Werner 2009 Award for Distinguished Education ’93 • M.A.T.-Teaching ’05 • Ed.D.-Education Leadership Bluff City, Tennessee 6 Thomas L. Tull 2009 Award of Honor ’95 • M.B.A. – Business Elizabethton Tennessee alumni association awards The 2009 Award for Distinguished Education goes to Mr. Charles Montgomery graduated from ETSU in 1960, Dr. Dawn Heterick Werner. the same year he became a 2nd Lieutenant. He began a career in Dr. Dawn Heterick Werner graduated from ETSU in 1993 book manufacturing at Kingsport Press and served in almost with a Master of Arts in Teaching degree, then in 2005 with every position at the company, eventually being named CEO a doctorate in educational leadership and policy analysis. Dr. of Kingsport Press, the largest of the Arcata Corporation Werner was inspired to be an educator by her father, known as companies with 3,300 employees. Dr. Bob, who had a successful career at Virginia Tech. In 1985, Montgomery founded Southeastern Color Graphics Dr. Werner has been the recipient of numerous honors and in Johnson City with investors and operating partners. During awards, including Tennessee Teacher of the Year and the the 15 years that Montgomery served as CEO and Board recipient of the YWCA of Bristol’s Tribute to Women Award Chairman, SECG grew to become a nationally respected in the education category in 2006. That same year, Dr. Werner book manufacturing firm, serving the nation’s premier book was given the honor of attending the State of the State address publishers and employing 450 skilled and dedicated people. as a special guest of the governor, and she was appointed by the Montgomery has served on the ETSU Foundation Board as well governor to the Appalachia Regional Comprehensive Center as on several civic, hospital, and bank boards. He was a founder (ARCC) at Edvantia Advisory Board. In addition, Dr. Werner was and is currently a director of TriSummit Bank. Montgomery selected to serve as a member of the Tennessee State Vocabulary and his wife, Martha, are members of the ETSU Foundation Committee and has been a contributor to Scholastic Inc. for a Bronze Society, established a scholarship endowment they paper on Effective Teachers and Retention of Effective Teachers. continue to support in memory of Montgomery’s mother, During her 15 years with Bristol Tennessee City Schools, Dr. Lula Montgomery. Werner has taught kindergarten and first grade, as well as served Montgomery’s wife, Martha, is University of South Carolina as a Title I teacher focusing on remedial reading. Currently, graduate and elementary school teacher, and they have grown she is the grant administrator and project director for an eight million dollar Safe Schools/Healthy Students grant for Bristol twin daughters. Tennessee City Schools. Mr. Thomas L. Tull received his master of business administration from ETSU in 1995. Currently, he serves as Dr. Werner is married to Mark Werner, regulatory affairs assistant vice president for Washington County Operations manager for Phoenix Medical Products Inc., in Mountain City. and Guest Services with Mountain States Health Alliance. The couple resides in Bluff City, Tenn. He is currently completing a fellowship with the Advisory Three individuals were named Honorary Alumni for their Board, a health care think tank located in Washington, D.C. friendship and dedication to the university: Mr. J. Brian Tull is an alumnus with strong ties to the university; he has Ferguson, Mr. William Jenkins, and Dr. Debra Myers taught as an adjunct in the College of Business and Technology Wilson. since 1997. He received the ETSU College of Business and Mr. J. Brian Ferguson was raised in Phoenix, Ariz., and Technology Horizon Award in 2008 and has participated in graduated from Arizona State University with a bachelor’s degree the Alumni Return to the Classroom program. For the past in chemical engineering. In 1977, Ferguson began his career with 11 years, he has been widely renowned for his enthusiastic Eastman Chemical Company at its Longview, Texas, plant. In leadership as Chair of the ETSU PRIDE program. 1989, he transferred to the Kingsport, Tenn., corporate office Tull has remained involved in his community as well, working where he served in business and strategic planning assignments. with the American Heart Association at the Washington In 1996, Ferguson relocated to Hong Kong where he served as County and state levels, as well as United Way of Johnson managing director for business development in Greater China, City and Girls Inc. In 2000, he was recognized as one of then moved to Singapore to take on responsibilities for all the “Forty Under 40” in the Business Journal of Tri-Cities Eastman Chemical Company operations in the Asia Pacific region. Ferguson retired on May 7, 2009, as the CEO and Chairman of Tennessee/Virginia. the Board of Eastman and was touted for successfully leading Tull and his wife, Chrisann, live in Elizabethton and have the company to restored financial health. two children. Ferguson is involved in his community, as well. He is currently Chairman of the Executive Committee for the American Chemistry Council and will be Chairman of its Board in 2010. Ferguson is also a member of the ETSU Foundation and board of directors. Ferguson has served on a variety of boards during his career, including the board of directors of Florida Power and Light. manufacturing before alumni association awards joining Wilson Pharmacy in 1987. Wilson is now president of Wilson Pharmacy, Inc., Pharmacy Network Services, Inc., and Clinical Management Concepts, Inc. In recent years, Wilson has helped develop programs that provide pharmacy knowledge-based services. She has been Ferguson has been married for 34 years to his wife, Teri, and involved with several pharmacy organizations, including they have two sons and two grandsons. National Community Pharmacists Association, Senior Care Pharmacy Alliance, and National Home Infusion Association The Honorable William L. Jenkins was educated in the with particular focus on legislative activity affecting the public school systems of Rogersville and Hawkins County profession of pharmacy. before earning degrees from Tennessee Tech University and the University of Tennessee College of Law. Upon completion of his Wilson was actively involved in the founding of the Bill Gatton education, Jenkins served on active duty as a Second Lieutenant College of Pharmacy. She currently oversees a co-funded in the United States Army Military Police Corps. This honoree college of pharmacy professor position and other studentserved in the Tennessee House and was held in such regard that involved rotations at Wilson Pharmacy and related companies. he rose to the rank of Speaker of the House from 1969 to 1971. From 1990 ’til 1996, he served as a judge on the Tennessee 3rd Wilson was instrumental in establishing the Guy and Miriam Wilson Nursing Scholarship at ETSU, in memory of her Judicial District Circuit Court. husband’s parents, and continues to support this ongoing Jenkins served as a member of the United States House of effort to help nursing students who want to achieve a graduate Representatives from the First District of Tennessee from 1997 degree. through 2007. He represented the First Congressional District of Tennessee in the 105th through the 109th Congresses, serving on Wilson has been an advisor to the Dispensary of Hope project the Judiciary and Agriculture committees, the Subcommittees that will provide necessary prescription medication to needy on the Constitution and Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual individuals in Washington County, Tenn. Property. Jenkins also served on the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management and the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture Programs. In 2003, Jenkins was named Chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture Programs. This appointment was fitting as Jenkins is a seventhgeneration Tennessean and has worked as a family farmer and attorney. Currently, Jenkins owns and operates a family farm with beef cattle. Jenkins is married to the former Kathryn Myers, and they have four children and 11 grandchildren. He is a member of the First Baptist Church of Rogersville, the Hawkins County Farm Bureau, and a life member of the Tennessee Bar Association. Mrs. Debra Myers Wilson graduated with honors from the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy in 1975. She is also a 2001 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School Executive Management Program for Pharmacy Leaders. & her family ne Swagerty Ms. Evelyn celebrate the occasion. For more details or to submit future nominees, please contact the ETSU Alumni Association by calling (423) 439-4218. alumni association awards 2009 Honorary Alumni Johnson City, Tennessee 2009 Honorary Alumni Rogersville, Tennessee The ETSU Alumni Association Awards are part of an annual program which began in 1970. A complete view of After graduation from pharmacy school, she held positions previous award recipients can be found at www.ETSU. in hospital, chain, retail pharmacy and pharmaceutical edu/alumni. On the campus, the Alumni Gallery in the lower level of the D. P. Culp University The Honorable Center displays permanent recognition Debra Myers Wilson William L. Jenkins for Outstanding Alumni, Honorary Alumni and the prestigious George L. Carter Award. 7 campus briefs a For the first time in more than two decades, the James H. Quillen College of Medicine at East Tennessee State University has increased its class size enrollment. The Class of 2013, which arrived for orientation activities on July 28th, consists of 66 students, a 10 percent increase from previous years. llence Celeb r Years of E 5 3 g xc e tin Quillen College increases class enrollment by 10% The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has been advocating for the nation’s medical schools to increase enrollment. When the selection process began last fall, Quillen College of Medicine Dean Dr. Phil Bagnell directed the admissions committee to Dr. Philip Bagnell identify 66 students rather than 60, and the Dean of Medicine college is now able to have these additional slots by reallocating resources rather than through any new dollars. More than 90 percent of the incoming students are Tennessee residents. Quillen College a ’top 10’ Quillen Grads cover Emergencies at Wake Forest ETSU Medical Residents are a common sight in our region’s emergency rooms and other hospital departments. On July 4th in Winston-Salem, N.C., ETSU Quillen Alumni were seen in action. For 6 million Americans in North Carolina and southwestern ETSU and nine other medical colleges were recognized for this Virginia, this was the day that 5 graduates from Quillen College accomplishment with a “Top Ten Award” from the American of Medicine covered all traumatic, pediatric, general, vascular, and Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). The presentation cardiothoracic surgical emergencies. was made during the recent Society of Teachers of Family Medicine conference in Denver. East Tennessee State University’s James H. Quillen College of Medicine is among the top 10 schools in the nation with the highest percentage of graduates entering the field of family medicine. Recipients of the “Top Ten Award” had the highest percentage of alumni entering a family medicine training program from 2005-2008. The three-year average for Quillen was 16.7 percent. The 2010 “America’s Best Graduate Schools” edition of U.S. News & World Report ranked ETSU 17th in the nation for family medicine education. Three regional patient care centers – ETSU Family Medicine Associates in Johnson City, ETSU Family Physicians of Bristol, and ETSU Family Physicians of Kingsport – are housed within the Department of Family Medicine. Left to Right: Luke Neff, M.D. ’06 ; Jeff Carter, M.D. ’05; Kayla Griffith, M.D. ’09; Matt Goldman, M.D. ’09; Ryan Buckley, M.D. ’09 campus briefs Quillen College Receives Accolades 8 The Quillen College of Medicine is receiving strong accolades for its current revisions in its curricula. Medical schools across the nation are looking to increase enrollment and follow this trend. The curriculum content at the Quillen College of Medicine is constantly being examined closely to identify areas to trim and where more content can be added. More than ever before topics related to professionalism, practice of medicine, and medical ethics are being explored. Students from the Quillen College of Medicine study a curriculum that includes overlapping sciences and clinical exposure. In their fourth year students begin addressing business and legal aspects of medical practice. This unique focus on curricula has the potential to give the students of the Quillen College of Dr. Ken Olive, Executive Associate Dean of Medicine, Medicine the skills needed to be lifelong learners adjusting to the explosion of leads these curriculum changes medical information. 14,677* campus briefs ETSU named a ’Military Friendly’ school G.I. Jobs magazine has named East Tennessee State University as a “Military Friendly School.” This distinction places ETSU in the 15 percent of colleges, universities and *Largest Enrollment in ETSU History top trade schools considered nationwide. The More than 14,000 students now attend East institution will appear in the 2010 Guide to Military Friendly Schools, a publication that Tennessee State University. caters to the 8 million military troops and ETSU reported that 14,677 students were veterans eligible for GI Bill education benefits. enrolled, which is an increase of 765 students, or 5.5 percent, compared to fall 2008’s enrollment In 1946, what was then East Tennessee State College welcomed 250 World War II veterans, and ETSU continues of 13,912. that tradition today. The school houses a Veterans Affairs First-time freshmen enrolled total 1,993, the Office and a Veterans Upward Bound program. In addition, the largest incoming class in almost 20 years. university participates in the Yellow Ribbon program, enabling Included in this fall’s numbers are 817 students veterans to receive matching funds from the U.S. Department and resident physicians in the College of of Veterans Affairs to supplement GI Bill benefits. Medicine and the College of Pharmacy. Both the medical school and pharmacy school recently Some 400 ETSU student veterans are using Montgomery GI Bill increased the number of available slots in benefits to achieve their higher education goals. In addition, their first-year classes. The number of transfer the university works closely with Reserve and National Guard students increased from 1,020 in fall 2008 to members who are deployed and offers complete reimbursement 1,146 this year. ETSU at Kingsport also reported of tuition and fees for that semester. a 13 percent enrollment jump. Veterans can take advantage of free tuition and fee deferment The school attributed the exponential growth to many factors, at ETSU. Since no funds are required until the last day of the including affordability, range of degree offerings, the Tennessee semester, veterans do not need “up front” money in order to HOPE Scholarship and the in-state tuition waiver for students attend classes, and they have time for the details of their benefits living in the border counties of Virginia and North Carolina. to be processed. ETSU Wins Awards East Tennessee State University is one of the nation’s best value undergraduate institutions according to The Princeton Review in the new 2009 edition of its ranking, Best College in the Southeast, which profiles 150 colleges and universities with excellent academics, generous financial aid packages and relatively low costs. ETSU is featured as one of 103 public colleges and 47 private colleges in 40 states that were chosen for inclusion based on student opinion data and information obtained from 646 institutions. ETSU wins the 2009 Reader’s Choice Award for Best College or University Over 30 factors are considered when rating the colleges in four categories: academics, tuition GPA (sticker price minus average amount students receive in scholarships and grants), financial aid (how well colleges meet students’ financial needs), and student borrowing. Business & Technology • Dr. Amelia Brown—Family & Consumer Sciences • Dr. Ronald Weir—Management & Marketing NEW Nursing Arts & Sciences • Dr. Ronald Giles—English • Professor Thomas Headley—Communication • Dr. Marian Whitson—Criminal Justice & Criminology • Dr. Nancy Alley—Nursing • Dr. Patricia Smith—Professional Roles/Nursing Medicine University Libraries Public Health • Ms. Rita Scher—Sherrod Libraries Congratulation s & Thank Your! • Dr. Daniel David—Family Medicine • Professor Gene McCoy—Health Sciences campus briefs ETSU Faculty Emeriti 2009 9 campus briefs ETSU opens Centennial Hall for student living August 27th marked the opening of the new co-ed dormitory, aptly named Centennial Hall to mark ETSU’s 100th anniversary in 2011. The residence hall houses 402 students on six floors and sprawls over 143,000 square feet. Construction on the building was begun in the summer of 2008 and cost $31.3 million. It was built on the former site of Cooper and McCord Halls. Centennial Hall offers two-bedroom apartments as well as efficiency units, 24-hour card swipe security to the main lobby and students’ apartments, and a mini-market that offers convenience items and hot foods. Each apartment is furnished with bedroom and living room furniture, a full kitchen, and its own bathroom. ETSU Students Study Architecture in Rome This past summer seven worst days of this trip and it would thirteen ETSU students still be the best week of my life.” studied Architectural History in Rome, Italy. The class was designed and taught by Jeremy Ross, an assistant professor in Many of the class the ETSU Department of Engineering members had never Technology, Surveying and Digital Media, f l ow n pre v i ou s l y with the support and assistance of the and only one already department’s chair, Dr. Keith Johnson and possessed a passport. Dr. Linda Garceau, the dean of the College This course was a once of Business & Technology. in a lifetime opportunity for most enrolled in the program. Kevin Varney, Over sixteen students have already enrolled a graduate student in Engineering for courses in Rome next summer. Like Technology, said, “You could take the last year’s students, significant financial help will be provided through ETSU Scholarships and the generosity of donors that include Anita Bates, Skip & Betsy Burleson, Bill Breeding, Peggy Campbell, Dan Eldridge, Bill & Jean Frank, Linda Garceau, Louie & Lucy Gump, Jim Kalogeros, Ken Ross, Paul & Nancy Stanton, Jim Street and others. ETSU welcomes Exchange Students from China Eight students arrived at Tri-Cities Regional Airport and began classes at East Tennessee State University. It was a long flight from home. They transferred to ETSU from North China University of Technology in Beijing as part of a formal partnership between the two institutions. “The transfer arrangement is just one of many outcomes that have resulted through our exchange agreement with North China University,” said Dr. Rebecca Pyles, dean of the ETSU Honors College. Pyles and other ETSU administrators and faculty have been working with the school for several semesters on a number of collaborative initiatives in teaching and research. “These students will be joining others from North China who are now enrolled at ETSU. There are a number of programs within East Tennessee State University has entered into two new our university that are of interest to that university, particularly exchange agreements with institutions in other nations. our master’s degree in mathematics and the doctoral program in A study abroad arrangement has been established with the educational leadership and policy analysis, which would benefit University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. their faculty and staff who serve in administration,” Pyles said. Founded in 1996, the highly ranked school has a student body The College of Nursing at East Tennessee State University has inked of some 8,000 students. The university was established to serve a formal agreement with Suzhou Health College (SHC), located in the rapidly growing area north of the city of Brisbane and Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, in the People’s Republic of China. This has a campus designated as a flora and fauna reserve that is partnership will allow for the development of joint programs while located adjacent to Mooloolah River National increasing educational opportunities for students, faculty and staff. Park. The institution’s award-winning facilities ETSU Dean of Nursing Dr. Wendy Nehring was part of a delegation are known for their environmentally suitable from campus that visited China earlier this summer to meet with and sustainable design. officials at Suzhou Health College and at two other universities An exchange program has also been established where formal partnerships with ETSU already exist. With the with Woosuk University in Wanju, North Jeolla exception of airfare, the partnering Chinese universities funded Province, South Korea. all travel-related expenses for ETSU. 10 campus briefs enters new exchange agreements Bluegrass, Old-Time Country Music Program releases promotional DVD A new promotional video has been released to highlight the academic and performance opportunities offered by East Tennessee State University’s one-of-a-kind Bluegrass, Old-Time and Country Music Program. Founded by accomplished musician Jack Tottle in 1982 and now housed in ETSU’s Department of Appalachian Studies, the program has grown steadily through the years to an enrollment of over 400 students in the spring 2009 semester. The DVD includes clips of interviews with current and former students—some from as far away as Norway and Japan—who discuss why they chose to come to ETSU to study bluegrass and what they have learned. “It had an enormous effect on me as a person, as a songwriter, as a musician,” award-winning country music superstar Kenny Chesney says on the DVD. “I was just so consumed by it— wanting to get better and wanting to learn more.” Faculty interviewed for the project discussed the career opportunities in bluegrass and old-time music and stressed that students not only study the music itself, but are also taught the business side of the music industry. Some of the other faculty featured on the DVD include Grammy and International Bluegrass Music Association award-winners Adam Steffey and Barry Bales, as well as program Associate Director Daniel Boner, Roy Andrade, and others. Popular bluegrass artist Rhonda Vincent, whose band includes fiddler Hunter Berry, a former student and faculty member, was also interviewed. ETSU offers new major East Tennessee State University is now offering a new undergraduate degree major in international affairs this semester. Becky Buller and Valerie Smith’s album entitled “Here’s a Little Song . . .” has been quite successful since its release in late 2008. The album has spent several months on the Roots Music Report Bluegrass Chart – reaching as high as number 2 – and received the 2009 Vox Populi “Americana Album of the Year ” Becky Buller (left), Valerie Smith (center) and other members of award in the popular vote Liberty Pike perform during a component of the Musician special session with students in Atlas Independent Music the ETSU Bluegrass, Old-Time Awards. It also earned and Country Music Program. “Best Bluegrass Album Band members discussed life of the Year” honors from on the road, songwriting and how they prepared the Rural Roots Music musicianship, for their careers, and much more. Commission, part of the National Traditional Country Music Association. “Whisper Baby,” a single from the album, also spent time on the charts, including Bluegrass Unlimited magazine’s National Survey. Buller, an alumna of ETSU Bluegrass, Old-Time & Country Music, joined Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike following her graduation in 2001, contributing vocals, fiddle, clawhammer banjo, guitar and songwriting skills to the band. The group maintains a busy tour schedule with performances throughout the U.S. and abroad, including headlining the annual Bell Buckle Music Cruise, sponsored by Smith’s own Bell Buckle Records and Bell Buckle Café. In addition, Buller has two solo albums to her credit— “Rest My Weary Feet” and “Little Bird”—and her songs have been recorded by numerous artists, including Rhonda Vincent, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, Mark Newton, IIIrd Tyme Out, and others. For more, visit www.beckybuller.com or www.valeriesmithonline.com. ETSU hosts health career summer camp In order to promote health careers within Sevier County, the ETSU-Sevier County Partnership conducted a three-day camp this summer. Fifty high school students from the four county high schools enrolled at the camp which was held at Sevier County High School. campus briefs Established through the ETSU Department of Political Science, the new program will provide students with insight into and an understanding of international and global affairs. The international affairs major will help students meet the challenge of living and working in an ever-smaller world and prepare them for employment opportunities in local, state and federal government, with non-governmental organizations and in businesses that may be locally owned but whose marketing and production is progressively more global. campus briefs “Here’s a Little song . . .. a success for Buller The goal of the partnership was to assist in long-term recruitment of health professionals to the county and promote interest in health careers. To help with this, The ETSU international affairs major is the only one of its kind two new degree programs will be available through an offered in East Tennessee and is a reflection of the university’s agreement with Walter State Community College that emphasis on the globalization of its curriculum and its increasing will allow students to complete a degree in nursing or radiography while staying in Sevier County. 11 links to schools in other countries. unique alumni News & Neighbor reaches milestone February 14, 2009, represented 500 issues of The Johnson City News & Neighbor. That means almost 16 million newspapers into area homes if you add up circulation week after week, which adds up to almost 200 million pages of news, photographs and advertisements from local merchants. Bill & Judy Derby Eleven and a half years ago, Bill and Judy Derby came up with the concept for a saturation delivered shopper full of commercial news delivered to every home by mail. The first edition was April 12, 1998. The News and Neighbor has since developed into a community newspaper filled with event schedules, birthdays, anniversaries and congratulations. Animator Street Chris Street (B.S. ’04) has been studying animation since 2000 when he arrived at ETSU. After graduating from ETSU and marrying Jennifer Vander Zee Street (B.S. ’04), they moved to Florida and took on graphic design positions. Chris took additional classes with AnimationMentor.com, taking what he’d learned from ETSU’s digital media department and furthering that with the online courses. In 2008, Chris was able to get his first animation job with Rhythm & Hues Studios. Chris has worked on three movies since arriving in Los Angeles; Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian, Aliens in the Attic, and Alvin and the Chipmunks 2. Chris now lives in Los Angeles. He says Chris Street it’s different from anywhere he has lived before. He thinks of LA as combination of Tennessee and Florida with mountains and beaches. unique alumni Two teachers that he credits with having taught him the most are Gigi Alandt and Pete Hriso. “They really helped me set up a great foundation for design and animation. The 2D animation class I had with Gigi Alandt was one of the most important classes I had. Learning the principles of animation is a necessity. If you can learn that, you can apply that no matter the medium,” said Chris. 12 WIN $ 5000 IN FREE GAS Only $20 per chance 439-8398 ETSUBUCS. COM To be awarded Saturday, Nov. 14th at Homecoming Ferrell selected as Director of Law Enforcement David Ferrell (B.S. ’85) has been selected to serve as Director of Law Enforcement and Investigations in Washington, D.C. for the United States Forest Service David enrolled as a Job Corps student at the Flatwoods (VA) Center before coming to ETSU for college and to play football. He returned as an employee in 1984, launching his career. He excelled in David Ferrell his work with Job Corps and held several positions in locations around the country. In 1993, he was offered a position in law enforcement as a criminal investigator/special agent for the National Forests in North Carolina. He served as a uniformed law enforcement officer on the National Forests in North Carolina, a criminal investigator on the National Forests in Georgia, a supervisory special agent in the agency’s southern region, and special agent in charge of the Forest Service’s Intermountain Region (southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah and western Wyoming) before becoming deputy director. Juan DeAngulo welcomed to Board of Directors Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (HSDC) welcomed the newest addition to its 46-member board of directors, Chicago real estate executive Juan DeAngulo (B.B.A. ’97), on June 21. DeAngulo is regional manager for Cape Horn Group, a national real estate development company specializing in acquiring commercial properties that Juan DeAngulo can be upgraded and repositioned to increase their value. Since joining the firm in 2006, Juan has been responsible for general oversight of all Cape Horn projects in Chicago including marketing, sales, operations and overall development activities. He played a key role in the survey and legal work required for 55 West Wacker’s and the LaSalle Wacker’s vertical subdivisions into individually owned offices. Dr. Susan G. Williams Receives Prestigious Honor Dr. Susan G. Williams (M.A. ’67), Professor of Management at Belmont University’s Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business, is the 2009 Ned R. McWherter Leadership Award Winner. Dr. Williams was instrumental in the creation of the Center for Quality at Belmont University, which extended the adoption of the Criteria for Performance Excellence into the Nashville community through classes and consulting. The Ned R. McWherter Leadership Award recognizes individual. who exemplify outstanding leadership. Winners are dedicated to the principles of the Criteria for Performance Excellence, have furthered performance improvement beyond the boundaries of their organizations and are committed to the core values of the Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence program. ETSU Alum is an Air Force Success Colonel Mark A. Cooter (B.S. ’85) has been in the Air Force since 1985 and he has been honored with numerous awards and decorations for all of his achievements during his service. Cooter joined the U.S. Air Force through the Air Force Officer Training School after college. Since then, he has served in many leadership positions at the combat command, group, squadron, and flight levels. He also led the Combined Air Operation Center of Intelligence, Col. Mark Cooter Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Division at the Al Udeid Airbase in Qatar. Cooter has also operated the EQ-1/MQ-1 Predator, as an instructor sensor operator, and mission commander. He was operations operator for the Predator during missions over Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan before and after 9/11, Cooter has been a participant in Operations DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM; JOINT FORCE/JOINT ENDEAVOR; ALLIED FORCE, ENDURING FREEDOM; and IRAQI FREEDOM. Cooter has received numerous awards for his service including two Kuwait Liberation Medals, one from the Government of Kuwait and the other from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He has received the NATO medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal, and a Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary medal among many others. Cooter has been stationed in many different areas including MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, where he is currently stationed; Norfolk, Virginia; Nellis, Nevada, and Spangdahlem, Germany. Cooter has completed Squadron Officer school, two Master of Science degrees, Joint Advanced Warfighting School. He currently resides in Florida with his wife Captain Angela Maguinness and two children, Brittany and Jaclyn. While at ETSU Cooter was active with Sigma Chi Fraternity. Photo courtesy of Tennessee Titans Carter assists Titans Darrell Castle (B.S. ’71. is currently an attorney in private practice with firms in Memphis, TN, St. Louis, MO, and Kansas City, MO. The Castle Law Firms specialize in Bankruptcy and Personal Injury. Castle has also served the local church as deacon and deacon chairman. In 1998, he and wife Joan founded Mia’s Children Foundation, Inc. (www.miaschildren.org), a Christian mission in Bucharest, Romania which ministers to homeless gypsy children. Darrell Castle Castle is also an active member of the Constitution Party. In 2008 he was the Constitution Party candidate for Vice President, running along with Presidential nominee, Baptist pastor Chuck Baldwin. He served two terms as Constitution Party of Tennessee State Chairman, is serving his third term as Vice Chairman of the National Committee and two terms as Platform Chairman at the National Convention. Castle has taught the Institute on the Constitution course and written articles and commentaries addressing national issues and analysis of current events. Since 2005, he has served on the Board of the Conservative Caucus. He also served as Chairman of the National Veterans Coalition, an outreach of the National Constitution Party, in 2007. Castle and his wife Joan have been married for 30 years, and they live in Germantown, TN. ETSU Golf Team Named Academic National Champs The Golf Coaches Association of America announced that the ETSU men’s golf team has been named the nation’s Division I Academic National Champion. In fact, the Buccaneers posted not only the top GPA among Division I programs, but the highest team average of any school in any division. In the first year of the award, a total of 82 teams submitted GPAs of 3.00 or higher and earned All-Academic Team recognition. ETSU Chairs of Excellence! • Boston Rocker - 27” D x 23” W x 40 1/2” H Rocker or chair with logo..................................... $310.00 • Standard Chair 18 1/4” D x 23” W x 34 1/2” H Personalization under logo (front of chair) • Choose all black or black with cherry finish crown and armtops Brass plate engraved.............. $25.00 1st line................................... $25.00 • Your choice of logo: University Seal, Mountain, ETSU Alumni, 2nd line.................................. $10.00 Shipping . .ETSU PRIDE, QCOM or Foundation, engraved on cherry crown 3rd line................................... $10.00 & handling............................. $29.50 . or silk screened on black crown Standard 4-6 week delivery • Brass recognition plaques available engraved Rush orders available at additional charge........... CALL For more information or to order your chair call the ETSU Alumni office at (423) 439-4218 or visit www.etsu.edu/alumni unique alumni ETSU and University High grad Casey Carter is on top of his game working as the assistant athletic trainer for the Tennessee Titans. This two-time East Tennessee State graduate is currently in his first season with the Titans. He joined the Titans organization after being employed by Champion Sports Medicine as the Director of Rehabilitation for Troy University in Troy, Alabama. His other collegiate football experiences include Auburn Casey Carter University, University of Georgia, and Georgia Tech. Receiving his undergraduate degree in physical education with an emphasis in athletic training as well as his doctorate degree in physical therapy, Carter is a dual health care professional and is a licensed athletic trainer and physical therapist in the state of Tennessee. unique alumni Castle Founds Mia’s Children 13 unique alumni Christian Byrd takes zMAX to NHRA Christian Byrd Photo courtesy of Lowe’s Speedway PR Christian Byrd is the Executive Director and General Manager of zMAX Drag way in Charlotte, NC. The dragway is quickly approaching its one year anniversary. With an upcoming NHRA event in mid-September, it is a 60 million dollar project by Speedway Motorsports. zMAX is built to the highest standards of any speedway motorsports tracks a n d NA S C A R tracks all across the country. zMAX has four lanes vs. two—which is intended to help drag racing make its way back to live TV. Whether drag racing appear o. PINKS All Out or NHRA—I series, Byrd believes that the sport has potential as a live event, and there ar. a lot of different ways run a four lane track. Byrd was late to register and get paperwork filed and his sister had a roommate leave. Since he was there and she needed a roommate, he decided to move in and ended up staying and finishing school. “I really enjoyed my time at ETSU. When you go from these big state schools where the first couple of years you just got hundreds and hundreds in your classes and you’re really more of a social security number than you are a name and a face. I really enjoyed the scale of ETSU and the professors and the class sizes. Once I got in there. I really liked being at a smaller school. I probably never would have guessed that when I left high school to go to college,” said Byrd. Many fans consider the downside of drag racing for many “For me, I think it was the right time and right place to years to be the time consuming process of cleaning up oil happen upon ETSU and I still have very fond memories of from the track between races, which can take anywhere the area and Johnson City.” from 15 minutes to 45 minutes. Downtime in drag racing makes it very difficult to stay on live TV. Byrd believes that four lanes will eventually allow zMAX to be able to switch lanes in five minutes or less and remain televised and keep fans interested and entertained. He believes it is a logical next step to move back to that format for the sport ETSU Class of 1974 Dental Hygiene reunion gathered in Gatlinburg, TN for a weekend of fun (girls only) on August 14-16, zMAX fans that usually visit the NASCAR events at Lowe’s 2009. The group plans on hosting another reunion in five years. Motor Speedway, have taken time to get acclimated to the dragway. Byrd said that fans quickly realized that every ticket is similar to having a pit pass; they can walk around, see the drivers, get autographs and watch the crews park the cars and work on the. between races. Dental Hygiene Class of ’74 Reunite unique alumni Byrd says, “With all the different classes of cars and with the fast cars and some of the other sportsman cars, there’s something for everybody out there, and the great thing about the Charlotte market in general is that it is a growing metropolitan area and what we’ve seen in drag racing that sometimes it doesn’t show up as much on the NASCAR side of things as in the fan base. We think that is one of the reasons we’re able to add a second date in 2010.” 14 Byrd came to ETSU from NC State. He transferred to the University of Tennessee for a year and although he enjoyed it, he missed his friends in Chapel Hill and Raleigh, North Carolina. He thought he would goo back in that direction and finish up school. Coincidentally, Front row, left to right: Beverly Shadden Lovegrove, Pam Gray Montgomery, Angie Ford Kelly, Sandra Trantham Hidrick, Teresa Keefauver Carson Second row: Nancy Kane Mann, Sharon Burke Gryder, Vicki Pellicoat Piland, Susan Maynard, Marilyn Levine Segal (not pictured, Sarah Jordan Makin and Jeanine Martin Manning) Cartozzo ‘representing’ on TV Mike Cartozzo (B.S. ’85) has always worked in television, starting at WJHL-TV when he was a freshman at ETSU and working his way up to WSB-TV in Atlanta. He is now employed at Home Depot. He represents the company on live national television. He has made appearances on “Fox and Friends” and the “Today Show”, among others. He has also worked on projects for the company such as shooting videos covering Home Depot’s involvement in the aftermath of catastrophes like earthquakes, floods, and 9-11. Mike even spent three weeks in Torino, Italy doing daily video updates on the company’s associates competing in the Olympics. Home Depot partners with many popular shows, and Mike has had the opportunity to appear on “ESPN’s Gameday”, “This Old House”, and “Trading Spaces.” Mike Cartozzo Mike said, “The highlight for me has to be my two appearances on the ‘Today Show.’ Not only were the crew members and hosts a real pleasure to meet and work with, but I got phone calls from people I hadn’t spoken with since high school who had seen the segments. And it really was an honor to be a part of a television institution that has been on the air for nearly 60 years. Standing in that plaza inside the audience barriers looking out at all those viewers from around the country and the world was a real thrill.” unique alumni Sigma Chi Open Scores Big Fundraiser July 18th, 2009, marked the 12th anniversary of the Sigma Chi Open Golf Classic, allowing ETSU Sigma Chis to score a “hole-in-one”. The tournament, an annual fundraiser for the active chapter and the House Corporation, was held at Buffalo Valley Golf Course. Alumni from all over the state of Tennessee—including Chattanooga, Memphis, Nashville, and the Tri-Cities—participated in the event. In addition, faithful alumni from as far away as California, Florida and Missouri—and five other states— participated in the event and spent the weekend catching up with Brothers. Alumni Scott Davenport of Hollywood Beach, CA, traveled the farthest. A total of 107 golfers participated in the 2009 Sigma Chi Open. Ken Davis serves as DSS special agent After he graduated, Ken Davis (B.A. ’98) worked for the Johnson City branch of the Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell law firm. After a year, Ken accepted a position with the U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Security Service (DSS). unique alumni In August of 1999, Ken was sworn in as a DSS Special Agent and was assigned to the Houston Field Office where he was responsible for Jim Beverly Moves conducting criminal investigations in South Texas and carrying out to coach Brevard Tornados protective operations all over the Jim Beverly (B.S. ’00) broke every ETSU weight-lifting world. Ken provided protection record by the time he graduated and for Nelson Mandela and Princess played football for Mike Cavan and Victoria of Sweden before Paul Hamilton at ETSU. He then went volunteering for the U.S. Office on to tie the all-time combine record Pristina, Kosovo. There, Ken ran at Indianapolis by bench-pressing 225 Ken & Kelly Davis the protective operations mission lbs. 44 times for NFL scouts, making for the Chief of Mission, the highest ranking American him the strongest offensive lineman in in the country. For this service, he was awarded the the country eligible for the 2000 draft. Department of State’s Meritorious Honor Award. Jim trained with the Carolina Panthers Jim Beverly Since August of 2008, Ken has served as the Deputy and signed on with NFL Europe, playing for the Frankfurt Operations Coordinator for the U.S. Embassy’s Security Galaxy and Barcelona Dragons, and played in the 2001 World Office. He is currently on assignment in Brussels, Belgium. Bowl at Amsterdam. After three knee surgeries, he gave up on vying for a place in the NFL and is now the offensive line Ken has been married to Kelly, also a resident of East Tennessee, for two years. coach for Paul Hamilton at Brevard College. 15 unique alumni Webster publishes 1st suspense novel Jennifer Webster (B.A. ’01) is putting her degree in criminal justice and psychology to good use. Jennifer has published her first novel, Through a Glass Darkly, a thriller centered on Lily Wright, a doctoral student in psychology. Lily endures psychological trauma when she attempts to uncover the causes of her anxiety and depression. In the process, she Jennifer Webster falls for the mysterious Dr. Gabriel Martin, a man who may not be what he seems. Jennifer says, “When people learn that I’ve written a novel, they always ask what genre it is in, and I honestly have a hard time answering that. Is there some sci-fi? Yes. Some romance? Yes. Some drama? Definitely. The truth is, I had a story to tell about sacrificial love, forgiveness, and redemption, and I told that story in Through a Glass Darkly without trying to categorize it.” A native of Richlands, Va., Jennifer moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and obtained her M.S. in criminal justice from the University of Cincinnati after graduating from ETSU. Currently, she is a doctoral candidate in criminal justice and a faculty lecturer at Northern Kentucky University. Donnelly releases 2nd novel Keith Donnelly (B.S. ’67), author of Three Deuces Down has released a second novel of the Donald Youngblood Mystery Series. His second book has bee. reviewed as “. . . great, exciting, wonderful, could not put it down . . .” and another review says Donnelly is approaching the style of Elmore Leonard in Three Days Dead. Keith Donnelly Three Days Dead, a continuation of Three Deuces Down, follows Tennessee investigator Donald Youngblood through a missing person case. Youngblood is trying to help a young lady find her mother after vowing never to try and find another missing person. Keith Donnelly was born and grew up in Johnson City, TN. He presently resides in Gatlinburg, TN, with his wife, Tessa. Donnelly is currently working on the third book in the Donald Youngblood Mystery Series, Three Devils Dancing. For more information, visit: www.donaldyoungbloodmysteries.com. Brown publishes collection of Poetry Jennifer resides in Covington, Ky., with her husband, Brandon, and their daughter, Lily. Her book is available from Black Rose Writing and any online bookstores. Tippitt addresses Education Kevin Brown His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in The New York Quarterly, Connecticut Review, South Carolina Review, REAL: Regarding Arts and Letters, The Pacific Review, and h2so4, among other journals. He has a scholarly work They Love to Tell the Story: Five Contemporary Authors Take on the Gospels, forthcoming from Kennesaw State University Press. Exit Lines is Kevin Brown’s first full-length collection of poetry and was published in 2009 by Plain View Press. Kevin grew up in Johnson City with his father and mother retiring from ETSU. Kevin is currently an Associate Professor at Lee University in Cleveland, TN, where he has taught for 8 years. Do you enjoy receiving ETSU Today? unique alumni Andy Tippitt, a current middle school math teacher and coach, is the author of the new book Edu-lution. This book focuses on the problems with our school systems as well as our country. The reviews given on amazon.com are nothing but positive and encouraging. The reviews state Edu-lution is a must read for parents, teachers, and even students. This book opens readers’ eyes and allows one to see what children face on a daily basis in the education system as well as in their lives. It is obvious Andy has a fire and passion for children and through his book one can hopefully gain respect and knowledge Give Online Today for the dedicated at life-style of www.ETSUalumni.org educators and students. Kevin Brown (M.A. ’94) received a Ph.D. in English from the University of Mississippi with a dissertation that dealt with Mark Twain’s influence on Kurt Vonnegut. He also has a master’s in English from East Tennessee State University, a master’s in Library Science from the University of Alabama, and a bachelor’s degree from Milligan College. Checks payable to the ETSU Foundation can be sent to the ETSU Alumni Association at: Box 70709 Johnson City, TN 37614 16 Call 423-439-4218 or visit www.etsualumni.org to make a gift. Voluntary subscriptions of $25 per year to help defray the mounting expenses associated with publishing ETSU Today are greatly appreciated. Shoun moves from social work to stage Debbie Shoun (B.S.W. ’74) has retired from social work after 35 years and is pursuing a dream she left behind in high school: acting. When Debbie’s children grew older, she began auditioning for community plays to occupy her newfound free time. She landed a small part at the Old West Dinner Theatre in 1997 which whetted her appetite for performing. Since then, she has performed at Johnson City Community Theatre, Jonesborough Repertory Theatre, Theatre Bristol, Kingsport Theatre Guild, and Niswonger Performing Arts Center. unique alumni Retired Major General Harrell Gives Commencement Address Ret. Major General Gary L. Harrell (B.S. ’73). the former Commanding General of Special Operations Command Central, returned to ETSU in the spring of 2009 to give the commencement address. Maj. Gen. Harrell is a graduate of the U.S. Army War College and Armed Forces Staff College, and he has completed the Army’s Airborne Course, In September, Debbie performed in a play called Wit at Jonesborough Ranger School, Special Forces Underwater Repertory Theatre, a production in which she played an English professor Major General Operations (SCUBA) course, and the military dying of ovarian cancer. For this role, she is considering shaving her Gary L. Harrell free fall course. His post-military time finds head. “I am willing to do that,” she says. “I think the role calls for that.” him engaged internationally as a consultant on defense issues. Additionally, Debbie has taken on the role of grandmother and looks Among his many prestigious decorations, Maj. Gen. Harrell counts after her granddaughter four days a week. “I’ve never worked so hard a Bronze Star with V device for valor, the Purple Heart for his in my life,” she says, “but it’s great.” wounds received in Somalia, and the Humanitarian Service Ribbon. The Major General is married to the former Jennifer Counts and is the father of three: Chad, who attended ETSU and is now a Grindstaff Debuts 1st novel. U.S. Army Ranger, Amanda, and Andrea Burchette. Andrea, an graduate, and her husband, Kevin Burchette, are the parents with 2 more in the works ETSU of the Harrells’ granddaughters, Carson Grace and Callie Faith. Thomma Lyn Grindstaff (B.S. ’91) has Harrell’s address received a standing ovation as he provided kin. and written fiction since she was a child, but in distinct guidance to the newest graduates. 2001, she began writing seriously, with an eye toward publication. In 2006, she left her Teresa Leonard named finalist job of 14 years with the ETSU Admissions Office to pursue fiction writing full time. for 2010 Principal of the Year Mirror Blue is her debut novel, but she has more novels in the works. Her current work-in-progress is Patchwork Stained Glass, and it’s about a young Thomma Grindstaff atheist woman who falls in love with a country preacher and how the two of them must work to find common ground between faith and empiricism to build a future together. Her next work-in-progress will be Heart’s Chalice, a story of a piano professor who is empowered to travel to an alternate reality in which she built a life and a family with her first love, Robert, whom she desperately hurt but never forgot. Teresa Leonard (M.A.’88) has been named as a finalist for the 2010 Principal of the Year. She has been the Principal of Boones Creek Elementary School for 15 years. Boones Creek Elementary is a K-4 school with approximately 500 students. Ms. Leonard has had extensive experience in education. She has taught middle and high school as well as elementary school. She also served as Assistant Principal at Boones Creek Elementary. Teresa has previously been awarded Teacher of the Year twice, the “Make a Difference” award, and was recognized by Boones Creek Elementary as achieving the Most Effective School in Tennessee for Value-Added Achievement Test results in 2008. When asked what the best thing about being principal of Boones Creek Elementary, Teresa says, “ Hopefully, I will make an impact on student learning in many ways. Students today need all the hands and HEARTS one can give! It’s an honor to work with so many community volunteers, relatives, and parents, at Boones Creek Elementary. I knew this was one way to make impact on educating children and hoped I could make a difference in young people’s lives.” iTunes! iTunes U has something for everyone iTunes U is a special area of the iTunes Store in which a group of leading universities, including East Tennessee State University, share information with students, alumni, and the world. Stay connected with your Alma Mater, brush up on your favorite subject, or get the latest updates on the ETSU Bucs Athletes. East Tennessee State University provides a wealth of informative and entertaining audio and video in iTunes U. unique alumni Check out 17 advancement Leslie Parks Pope New Foundation Board Members for ETSU Steve Conerly Wayne Basler Tim Jones During its annual membership meeting on May 14, the East Tennessee State University Foundation announced the election of officers for its fiscal year beginning July 1. Leslie Parks Pope, Kingsport, was re-elected as chair of the Foundation’s board of directors for 2009-10. The chair of The Parks Group, LLC, Johnson City, previously served as head of the Foundation’s board from 1991-94. Tim P. Jones, Johnson City, will continue on the board as immediate past chair. Other officers re-elected for 2009-10 include D. Roger Kennedy, vice chair, Jonesborough, and several who will continue in their existing roles: Dr. Steve Conerly, Management Services/Strategic Planning, Johnson City, treasurer; M. Thomas Krieger, retired business executive, Jonesborough, secretary; Donald R. Raber, president, Aldebaran Financial Inc., Kingsport, chair of the Investment Committee; Stuart E. Wood Jr., president, Holston Distributing Co., Johnson City, chair of the Planned Giving Committee; and Wayne G. Basler, Kingsport, representing past chairs of the board. The following were elected to serve a three-year term on the board of directors ending June 30, 2012: Jeff Byrd, Bristol; Dr. Stephen Kimbrough, Theresa K. Lee and Melissa Steagall-Jones, Johnson City; and James W. Reel, Jonesborough. Elected to serve a second three-year term on the board of directors ending June 30, 2012, were: Guy B. Wilson Jr., Johnson City; Robert T. “Rab” Summers and Gerald R. Thomas, Jonesborough; Betty DeVinney, Kingsport; and Raymond R. Thomas, Atlanta. The membership of the Foundation is comprised of 384 individuals from throughout the region and across the nation who devote their time and financial resources to the continuous improvement of educational opportunities at ETSU. The Foundation welcomed 23 new members: • Elizabethton: Dr. David Mills, Mills Optometry, and Andrew H. Whetsel, executive vice president, Citizens Bank Tri-Cities Leslie Parks Pope receives Chancellor’s Award advancement Tennessee Board of Regents Chancellor Dr. Charles Manning bestowed the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Philanthropy on Leslie Parks Pope, who has helped East Tennessee State University and her community in extraordinary ways. 18 Pope, chair of The Parks Group, LLC, Leslie Parks Pope Johnson City, and longtime leader of the ETSU Foundation board of directors, received this acknowledgement of her “unrivaled generosity of time and financial support (that) is based on the fact she is helping students” during the annual business meeting of the ETSU Foundation at The Millennium Centre. Roger Kennedy Tom Krieger Donald Raber Stuart Wood • Gray: C.L. Butler, retired, RGIS Inventory Specialists, and Dr. Stanley E. Vermillion, physician, East Tennessee Medical Associates • Johnson City: Ryan Broyles, president, Mountain Empire Oil Co.; Lois Carrier, Carrier & Maurice Investment Advisors; Stephen Edens, president, Amusement Operator Services and Ten-Tex Attractions Inc.; Laurie Higgins, audiologist; Sonia King, retired, Deloitte & Touche; James C. Martin, retired, Eastman Chemical Co.; Chuck Mason Jr., Chuck Mason Equipment Sales; Ben and Helen Siler, owners, The Soundroom; and Sheila Wandell, State Farm Insurance. • Jonesborough: Daniel J. Eldridge, president/CEO, Grace Development L.L.C.; Leanna Robertson, Valley Equipment Co.; and Kelly Wolfe, Wolfe Development • Kingsport: Buddy Scheerer, Lamar Advertising Tri-Cities, and Michael D. Snow, CEO, Wellmont Health System • Maryville: Kenneth R. Vaught, president/CEO, Green Bank, Blount County • Memphis: Dr. Jane E. Hayden, physician, East Memphis Neonatology • Athens, Ga.: Dr. Louise McBee, University of Georgia vice president for academic affairs emeritus and former Georgia state legislator • Lubbock, Texas: Shirley Berk, retired microbiologist In addition, 22 individuals renewed their membership in the Foundation through June 30, 2017: Joe Macione and Scott MacMorran, Bristol; John Seward Jr. and Richard Tetrick, Elizabethton; Richard Shadden, Gray; Brandon Hull, Greeneville; Jeff Anderson, Dr. Thomas B. McGinnis, Robert M. Plummer, Dennis T. Powell, Doug Sizemore, Dr. May Votaw and Stuart E. Wood Jr., Johnson City; James W. Reel, Jonesborough; Ken Bates, Bruce W. Cunningham, Olan Jones, Leslie Parks Pope, Dr. J. Shelton Reed, Dr. Samuel Wiles and Keith D. Wilson, Kingsport; and Dr. Archie Dykes, Leawood, Kan. Valley Equipment & & ETSU help Preserve the Past Staff from Valley Equipment Company in Jonesborough unloaded a huge ceramic pot beside the outdoor kiln yard at the art annex building. This 525-gallon, 6.5 foot tall ceramic pot is one of a series created by General Ceramic of New York in the 1920s. Don Davis, director of the ceramic program in the Department of Art and Design, has been working to save these historic pieces. Valley Equipment Company donated the pot to ETSU.
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