2020-June-22-Bucs Calling Bucs Provides Unique Way To Say Hello To Every Etsu Student, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY (June 22, 2020) – Calling each East Tennessee State University student is an ambitious goal, but Bucs Calling Bucs is close to that achievement.

The initiative, spearheaded by the Division of Student Life and Enrollment, began in mid-April after the university’s COVID-19 response had shifted all classes online. The goal of the program is simply to provide a friendly voice during a difficult time to check in and say hello. More than 100 volunteers from across campus – including faculty, staff and senior leadership – have made calls.

Scott Jeffress, who serves as director of the Roan Scholarship …

2020-June-22-Etsu Bachelor Of Science In Nursing Ranked In Top, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY (June 22, 2020) – East Tennessee State University’s College of Nursing was ranked in the top 50 best Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) programs in the country according to Study.com.

Study.com evaluated hundreds of schools for this list using data from the U.S. Department of Education and their own research and ranked schools based on academic and career resources for BSN students, the quality of education, program accessibility and other factors.

The ETSU College of Nursing ranked No. 43 on the list. In the ranking, Study.com highlighted the college’s seven track options that are available to …

2020-06-22 Resolution Regarding Student Relief From Online And Hybrid Course Fees, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

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Faculty Senate resolution regarding student relief from online and hybrid course fees for the Fall of 2020.

2020-June-19-New Lgbtq Organization, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY – (June 19, 2020) East Tennessee State University has announced the creation of its first Faculty and Staff LGBTQ+ Association.

The group was launched by the university’s Office of Equity and Inclusion and will hold its second meeting during Pride Month.

“ETSU is an institution where people come first and are treated with dignity and respect,” said Dr. Keith Johnson, Vice President for Equity and Inclusion. “Our campus is a welcoming place for all members of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies, and the formation of this group has been a long-standing dream of many of our faculty …

Staff Council Agenda, Georgia Southern University, Staff Council

Staff Council Meeting Minutes & Agendas

• Call to Order
• P1-5, Presidential Updates
• P3-5, HR Updates
• Information Sharing and Gossip
• P4, Approval of May 15, 2020 Minutes-VOTE
• P4, Treasurer's Report
• P3-5, Committee Reports
• New Business
• P4, July 1st Transition of Executive Committee/Council
• P1-5, USG Staff Council Updates
• Adjournment

Staff Council Meeting Minutes, Georgia Southern University, Staff Council

Staff Council Meeting Minutes & Agendas

No abstract provided.

2020-June-18-Etsu Students Planning Second Annual Quillen, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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UPDATE: This event has been postponed until spring 2021 due to the uptick in COVID-19 cases in our region.

JOHNSON CITY (June 18, 2020) – Medical students from East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine are making plans for the Second Annual Quillen 100 to be held on Aug. 1 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

As a non-profit health organization started by Quillen students, The Quillen 100 focuses on educating those in the community about lifestyle choices that lead to healthy heart practices by hosting a cycling race around the iconic track in Bristol.

The cycling race involves a competitive …

2020-June-18-Etsu Health Receives Grant To Install Fitness Equipment At Kingsports Riverwalk Park, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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KINGSPORT (June 18, 2020) – An idea that began in March with the COVID-19 quarantine has evolved into a series of workout videos and a new outdoor fitness park that will open later this summer along the Greenbelt at Riverwalk Park in Kingsport.

Dr. Tyler Schmitz, a resident physician with ETSU Health Family Medicine Kingsport, received a Local Humanitarian Grant from the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) to fund his Quarantine Fitness Project.

“As official quarantine and stay-at-home orders were placed with gyms and restaurants closed, I knew we were in unprecedented times that needed creative solutions for …

2020-06-18 Agenda Book, Morehead State University. Board Of Regents.

Morehead State Board of Regents Agenda Books and Meeting Minutes

Agenda booklet for the Board of Regents quarterly board meeting for June 18, 2020. Includes the approved meeting minutes of April 16, 2020.

Malaware Defensive: A Game To Train Users To Combat Malware, Tyler Moon, Tamirat Abegaz, Bryson Payne, Abi Salimi

Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice

Several research findings indicate that basic cyber hygiene can potentially deter the majority of cyber threats. One of the ways cybersecurity professionals can prepare users to ensure proper hygiene is to help them develop their ability to spot the difference between normal and abnormal behavior in a computer system. Malware disrupts the normal behavior of a computer system. The lack of appropriate user training has been one of the main reasons behind the exposure of computer systems to threats, from social engineering to viruses, trojans, and ransomware. Basic knowledge about common behavioral characteristics of malware could help users identify potentially …

2020-June-16-White Coats For Black Lives, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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Leading the Way for Social Change

(June 16, 2020) More than 100 individuals, including health care professionals, students, community leaders and other supporters, came together for White Coats for Black Lives, a solidarity march and demonstration against racial injustice, on June 15.

The event was planned by the East Tennessee State University Student National Medical Association, the Gold Humanism Honor Society and the Organization of Student Representatives at Quillen College of Medicine.

After the march along University Parkway and State of Franklin Road, …

2020-June-16-Etsus Department Of Appalachian Studies Delivers Governors School Online, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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2020 Governor's School

JOHNSON CITY (June 16, 2020) – Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, 26 top high school juniors and seniors from across the state were able to participate virtually in the 33^rd annual Governor’s School for the Scientific Exploration of Tennessee Heritage offered this month by the Center of Excellence for Appalachian Studies and Services at East …

2020-June-12-Whitney Goetz Returns To Etsu To Lead Alumni Programs, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY – (June 12, 2020) Whitney Calhoun Goetz has been named Executive Director of the ETSU National Alumni Association. She assumes this position July 1.

Goetz is a member of the Class of 2005 at East Tennessee State University and holds a B.A. degree in mass communications. She later earned an M.B.A. from Milligan College.

“Whitney is a proud graduate of ETSU and has many deep ties within the Appalachian Highlands community,” said Pam Ritter, Vice President of University Advancement.  “I am impressed by her passion for identifying new ways to engage with our alumni and to share their …

2020-June-11-Tennessee Poll Mental Health, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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Tennesseans' mental health impacted by COVID-19

Respondents report increased anxiety but most remain hopeful for future

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JOHNSON CITY (June 11, 2020) – Tennesseans are showing increased levels of anxiety and depressive disorder post COVID-19.  While a national survey conducted in 2019 found that 8.2% of adults have symptoms of anxiety and 6.6% had symptoms of depressive disorder in the previous seven days (CDC, 2020), these numbers were considerably higher in the most recent Tennessee Poll conducted from April 22-May 1 …

2020-June-11-Etsu Health Organizing White Coats For Black Lives, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY (June 11, 2020) – ETSU Health will host “White Coats for Black Lives,” a solidarity march and demonstration against racial injustice, on Monday, June 15.

Organizers hope that the march will promote conversations about racism as a public health concern and encourage health care professionals and students to lead the way for social change. All supporters are welcome and encouraged to participate.

The event was planned by the ETSU Student National Medical Association, the Gold Humanism Honor Society and the Organization of Student Representatives at Quillen College of Medicine.

“Health care students across the country are sharing their …

2020-June-10-Etsu Offering Online Health Data Analytics Graduate Certificate, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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Dr. Michael Smith

JOHNSON CITY (June 10, 2020) – East Tennessee State University’s College of Public Health is now offering a Health Data Analytics Graduate Certificate, which is designed to help health care workers use data to improve decision-making and enhance communication skills. 

The program, which can be completed in as few as nine months either on campus or online, was designed by faculty with substantial experience working in data management and analytics roles in public health and health care systems. Applications are currently being accepted for fall enrollment. 

“This program is …

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter: Volume 6, Number 2, Larry Starr, Phd

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter (Formerly Strategic Leadership Newsletter)

In this Issue:

• End of the Ideal Doctorate
• Pandemic Scholarship
• Coronavirus Coping and Responding
• Coronavirus Contributions
• Dissertation Proposals and Defense
• Commencement 2020: Congratulations to our Doctoral Candidates
• Congratulations to Tom Guggino
• Congratulations to Professor John Pourdehnad
• Congratulations Scott Koerwer, Cohort 1
• Congratulations to Jim Plummer, Cohort 2
• Congratulations Syed Kazmi, Cohort 4
• Congratulations to Jay Combs-Harris, Cohort 7
• Congratulations to John Ervin, Cohort 6
• Congratulations to Andrew Braverman, Cohort 6
• Research from the Spring 2020 Class of DSL 712
• Faculty Scholarship

2020-June-09-Dr Andrea Clements Receives Harold Love Award For Community Service, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY (June 9, 2020) – East Tennessee State University psychologist Dr. Andrea Clements is a recipient of the 2020 Harold Love Outstanding Community Involvement Award from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC).

Clements, a professor and assistant chair of curriculum in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Psychology, is praised for her work in the community and region in two areas: promoting trauma-informed practices in court, police, education and mental health systems, and collaboration with faith-based groups to address the problem of opioid use and addiction.

Beginning in 2015, Clements partnered with Becky Haas, then of the …

A Comprehensive Model Of Employment Support, Alberto Migliore, Thinkwork! At The Institute For Community Inclusion At Umass Boston

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This brief describes a model of employment supports centered around achieving quality job matches and based on five key elements: building trust, getting to know job seekers, support planning, finding jobs, and support after hire.

2020-June-09-College Of Nursing Community Health Centers Ensure Patients Can Afford Access Care, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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College of Nursing Community Health Centers ensure patients can afford, access care during pandemic

JOHNSON CITY (June 9, 2020) – The Johnson City Community Health Center and the Johnson City Downtown Day Center, which are managed by the East Tennessee State University College of Nursing, a part of ETSU Health, have implemented policies to help ensure that patients continue receiving important medical care throughout the pandemic. 

“Although COVID-19 is the disease in the headlines, we know that our patients have a host of other health concerns that continue to require medical care and attention,” said Silas Tolan, executive director of …

"Thinking Across Borders." 13th Annual Research Week: Event Proceedings, Office Of Research And Sponsored Projects Operations

Excellence Summit (Research Week) Archived Proceedings

Poster and podium presentations of research by students and faculty of University of the Incarnate Word.

2020-June-08-Article Co-Authored By Etsus Dr Candace Forbes Bright Wins First Zumkehr Prize, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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Click here to read the award-winning article in the Journal of Heritage Tourism.

JOHNSON CITY (June 8, 2020) – Dr. Candace Forbes Bright of East Tennessee State University is a co-author of a recent article presenting a new method researchers, museums and historic sites could employ to better tell their stories that won the 2020 Zumkehr Prize for Scholarship in Public Memory.

The prize, which is supported by the Charles E. Zumkehr Professorship in Communication Studies at Ohio University (OU), was awarded to the best article published in 2019 on a topic related to the study of public memory. Members …

2020-06-08 Message From The President, Morehead State University. Office Of The President.

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Message sent by the President to the students on June 8, 2020.

2020-06-08 Message From The President, Morehead State University. Office Of The President.

Staff Congress Records

Message sent by the President to the campus community on June 8, 2020.

2020-06-05 Hybrid Faculty Evaluation Report, Morehead State University. Office Of The Provost.

Faculty Senate Records

The Evaluation of ‘Hybrid’ Employees at Morehead State University: An Analysis of History, Policies, and Practice with Recommendations submitted to the Faculty Senate on June 5, 2020.

The Challenge Of Research Supervision: The Experience Of Lecturers In Various Academic Disciplines, Angela Wright

Conference Materials

Research supervision is the highest level of teaching for academics. Yet, in many cases, academics are allocated supervision without any formal training. For many supervisors, their supervision approach will be a mirror of what they have experienced themselves at post-graduate levels. Many supervisors consider that this form of teaching is stressful and onerous due to the responsibility placed on it by the Higher Education Institution and the student ultimately. What can be done to support supervisors in their supervisory journey? There is a void in the academic literature on research supervision with scant aids available to the supervisor (Cullen, 2009). …

The Changing Nature Of Graduate Roles And The Value Of The Degree, Denise Jackson

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

This study explores industry perspectives on the changing nature of graduate roles and the importance of the undergraduate degree, and any impact these have on traditional non-graduate roles in different sectors and industries. Amid declining labour markets, it is critical to consider graduate pathways to employment and the implications of increasing numbers entering non-graduate roles on expectations and turnover. Ongoing disequilibrium in many areas of the graduate labour market points to developing our understanding of alternative pathways into professional roles beyond the undergraduate degree. Interviews were conducted with twenty-one industry members involved in recruiting and/or supervising new graduates. Findings affirmed …

2020-June-04-Straight From The Tapirs Mouth, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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ETSU alumna Julia Schap

JOHNSON CITY (June 4, 2020) – The Gray Fossil Site of East Tennessee preserves the remains of mastodons, rhinos, rodents, trees and many more organisms that made their homes in this part of the world between 4.5 and 4.9 million years ago. But was this a safe and stable habitat or a dangerous place of mass mortality? A new study published in the journal Palaeontologia Electronica suggests the former is more likely. 

To answer …

2020-June-04-Health Care Innovation Flourishes At Shark Tank Presentation, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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Winning Idea

Sean Vinh ('21), from Knoxville, helped present for the winning team, “MedGuardian,” which seeks to help combat the opioid epidemic and reduce opioid-related health care costs through a smart pill dispenser.

JOHNSON CITY (June 4, 2020) – Budding pharmacy entrepreneurs at East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy displayed their business savvy during the annual “Shark Tank” event, the college’s version of the popular reality show.

The students were challenged to develop business plans that addressed health care gaps in the community, region or nation with viable interventions spanning clinical and technological mediums. Each student group …

2020-June-03-Etsu Health Encourages Families To Keep Child Wellness Visits And Vaccinations, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY (June 3, 2020) – The Tennessee Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (TNAAP) is strongly encouraging families during the COVID-19 pandemic to contact their doctor’s office for newborn, child and adolescent medical and behavioral health care for appointments for urgent, preventive, chronic and specialty care issues.

ETSU Health Pediatrics has utilized rapid innovations and adjusted its clinical procedures so that patient visits can be conducted safely in the doctor’s office, through online telemedicine video or phone visits from the family’s home, or by combination. The State of Tennessee considers well child visits and vaccinations essential services.

“Visiting …