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2020-February-17-Edu-Dolly Pn, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Feb. 17, 2020) – “Dolly: P/N 35 National Juried Art Exhibition” opens Tuesday, Feb. 18, at East Tennessee State University’s Slocumb Galleries.  The exhibit will continue through March 13.

The juror of this 35^th annual “Positive/Negative” exhibition is Logan Lockner, an Atlanta-based writer and the editor of Burnaway, an online magazine of contemporary art and criticism from the American South.  His writing has also appeared in such national publications as Art Papers, Pelican, Bomb, Photograph and The Rib, and he recently edited the anthology “Stranger, Harder, Brighter: The 2019 Burnaway Reader.”  In 2018, he was a finalist …

2020-February-17-Fall Deans List, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Feb. 17, 2020) – East Tennessee State University has announced the names of students who attained a grade point average qualifying them for inclusion in the dean’s list for the fall 2019 semester.

To receive this honor, undergraduate students must successfully complete a minimum of 12 hours of undergraduate coursework with no grade below ‘B-’ in any course taken, and a grade point average of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale. Students from the Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy must successfully complete a minimum of 12 hours and earn a grade point average of at least 3.5 …

2020-February-17-Sonja Dubois, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

Sonja Dubois

JOHNSON CITY (Feb. 17, 2020) – East Tennessee State University’s Department of History will host a free public talk by Holocaust survivor Sonja Dubois on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 4 p.m. in Rogers-Stout Hall, room 118.

Born Clara van Thijin in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Oct. 19, 1940, Dubois became a Holocaust child survivor in July 1942, when her parents were deported to Auschwitz.  She was adopted and raised by a Dutch foster family, first in the Netherlands and then in the United States, without fully being told about her biological family and true identity.

The Knoxville resident chronicled …

Proceedings Of The Cuny Games Conference 6.0, Robert O. Duncan, Joseph Bisz, Christina Boyle, Kathleen Offenholley, Maura A. Smale, Carolyn Stallard, Deborah Sturm

Publications and Research

The CUNY Games Network is an organization dedicated to encouraging research, scholarship and teaching in the developing field of games-based learning. We connect educators from every campus and discipline at CUNY and beyond who are interested in digital and non-digital games, simulations, and other forms of interactive teaching and inquiry-based learning. These proceedings summarize the CUNY Games Conference 6.0, where scholars shared research findings at a three-day event to promote and discuss game-based pedagogy in higher education. Presenters could share findings in oral presentations, posters, demos, or play testing sessions. The conference also included workshops on how to modify existing …

Arranged Marriages: An Inappropriate Fabrication, Karika Sethi, Michael D. Reiter

Mako: NSU Undergraduate Student Journal

This paper explores what an inappropriate relationship is and the taxonomy scale used to evaluate different relationships, specifically, arranged marriages. Arranged marriage is a topic that is considered taboo depending on global location. It is more prevalent in Eastern nations such as India, China, Oriental countries, and the Middle East. However, Western influence plays a significant role on what is and is not acceptable, as societal norms differ from place to place. What is defined as normal by culture is what helps to define if a relationship is or is not viewed as inappropriate. This paper is designed to explore …

2020-February-14-February Story Slam, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Feb. 14, 2020) – “Scars” is the theme for February in East Tennessee State University’s “Re-Generation: A Johnson City Story Slam” series.

This free public Story Slam will be held Friday, Feb. 21, at 8 p.m. at JRH Brewing, 458 W. Walnut St.  Donations at the door are welcome.

The “Re-Generation” series of unvarnished storytelling concerts opens the door to audience members instead of paid professional tellers.  These events follow the story slam concept that originated in 2001 with The Moth, a non-profit literary society from New York, and spread to cities around the country.

Storytellers in the …

2020-February-14-Upcoming Music Recitals, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Feb. 14, 2020) – The East Tennessee State University Department of Music continues its spring 2019 concert season with a number of performances featuring faculty and guest artists.

All of the following performances are open to the public: 

• Yi-Yang Chen, ETSU assistant professor of piano, will present a Faculty Recital on Friday, Feb. 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Brown Hall auditorium.  He will perform masterpieces by Beethoven in honor of the composer’s 250^th birthday, along with works by Granados, Prokofiev and others.  The program will also include the United States premier of a new work …

2020-February-14-Etsu Presents Antigone, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – (February 14, 2020) The great Sophocles tragedy “Antigone” will open the spring semester season in the Department of Theatre and Dance at East Tennessee State University.  Performances will be at the Bud Frank Theatre Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 20-22, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 23, at 2 p.m.

As the show opens, the two sons of Oedipus – Eteokles and Polyneikes – have been fighting for the kingship of Thebes. Both men die in the battle. Their successor, Kreon, decides that King Eteokles will be buried, but Polyneikes, because he was leading a foreign army, will be left …

2020-February-14-Etsu Board Of Trustees, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Feb. 14, 2020) — East Tennessee State University’s Board of Trustees will hold a series of meetings Feb. 20-21.

A called meeting of the Executive Committee will take place Thursday, Feb. 20, at 4 p.m. in the President’s Conference Room on the second floor of Burgin Dossett Hall.

The Board of Trustees will hold its quarterly meeting and several committee meetings on Friday, Feb. 21, at the Millennium Center. The full Board of Trustees will meet in room 220 beginning at 1 p.m.

Committee meetings will also be held at the following times:

• Audit – 9 a.m.
• Finance …

Broadskilling To Prepare Students For Future Work, Richard D. Busby

Publications & Research

Education professionals are concerned about quality of the education our youth receive. Corporations are concerned about having a prepared, skilled workforce as we face a sweeping digital transformation. Impact metrics vary, but there are clear themes about concerns of the emerging generation of workers (“will a robot take my job?”) and skills gaps. While corporate HR leans in on innovative recruiting, “upskilling” and “reskilling” initiatives, the opportunity for students is “Broadskilling” (i.e. career awareness, entrepreneurship, soft skills, adaptability, learning to learn, and befriending technology). Let’s engage in a practical discussion based on current data and share our experiences and stories.

2020-02-13 Academic Appeals Committee Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate., Academic Appeals Committee.

Faculty Senate Records

Academic Appeals Committee meeting minutes for February 13, 2020.

Nick Thomas On Hospitality Industry Trends And Hospitality Leadership Education, University Marketing And Communications, Nick Thomas

DePaul Download

In the 10 years since DePaul’s School of Hospitality Leadership was established, the hospitality industry has seen dramatic changes. Advancements in technology are improving how hotels, restaurants and convention centers operate; new trends are reshaping the travel experience; and far-off destinations are more within reach. How does DePaul prepare students to enter this fast-growing sector? With a combination of classroom instruction led by professors with industry experience and hands-on training. In this episode, Nick Thomas, the school’s director, talks about how hospitality leadership educators are meeting the challenge of evolving with the industry—and shares what he’s learned from spending time …

2020-February-12-Dr Katherine Weiss, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Feb. 12, 2020) – “Claire-Lise Holy: An Artist’s Reflections on Theatre and Literature” is the focus of a free public talk by Dr. Katherine Weiss at East Tennessee State University on Wednesday, Feb. 19, at noon in the Reece Museum.

This talk is part of the “Women on Wednesdays” lecture series sponsored by the university’s Women’s Studies Program. 

Dr. Katherine Weiss

Claire-Lise Holy was a visual artist who worked as a costume and set designer, as well as a painter …

2020-February-11-New Year New Name, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Feb. 11, 2020) – The East Tennessee State University Center for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment, established in 2016, began 2020 with a new name: the ETSU Addiction Science Center (ASC).

The change is part of a concerted effort to keep pace with the evolving nature of the opioid crisis, whereby heroin and fentanyl are now the leading cause of unintentional overdose death in the U.S. – not prescribed pain medications.

In addition, the new name provides an opportunity to expand research efforts to include the study of co-morbid health conditions and poly-substance misuse, incorporating studies focused …

The Processes, Effects And Therapeutics Of Pilgrimage Walking The St. Olav Way, Nanna Natalia Jørgensen, John Eade, Tor-Johan Ekeland, Catherine A.N. Lorentzen

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage walking is increasingly sought as self-therapy for different mental, physical and spiritual ailments, sudden life changes, crossroads or challenges. However, pilgrimage walking as therapy is largely an unexplored ground within health science / care / interventions notwithstanding millennia of human experience. To unfold the nature and add to the knowledge about pilgrimage walking as therapy, this article explores the health-related processes (as experienced mentally, physically, spiritually, socially and in nature), the after-effects (on daily life, behaviour and future actions) and the therapeutic mechanisms (that bring forth these processes and effects) involved in walking the St. Olav Way across Norway. …

2020-February-10-Professor Receives Grant To Research Transdermal Treatment Of Opioid Addiction, Bill Gatton College Of Pharmacy, East Tennessee State University, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Feb. 10, 2020)  – A faculty member at East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy has received a grant to aid in her research of the transdermal naloxone treatment of opioid addiction, potentially saving more lives from overdose by making the life-saving drug easier to administer and require less doses.

Dr. Ashana Puri, assistant professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, received one of 16 national American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy 2020 New Investigator Awards (NIA) worth $10,000 that will help fund her research project “Development of Transdermal Systems of Naloxone for Treatment of Opioid Addiction.”

“I was …

2020-February-10-The Sublime Flawed Animal, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Feb. 10, 2020) – “The Sublime Flawed Animal,” an exhibit featuring East Tennessee State University Department of Art and Design adjunct faculty and staff continues through Friday, Feb. 14, at the Tipton Gallery in downtown Johnson City. 

The group exhibition celebrates the creativity, excellence and dedication of these ETSU employees in homage to all adjunct faculty across the country. 

This exhibition is curated by Alice Salyer, former advertising art director and current adjunct faculty in graphic design at ETSU.  It features the work of Marie Barry, Sam Boven, Laken Bridges, Karlota Contreras-Koterbay, Amber Farley, John Hilton, Liz Layton, …

2020-February-10-Professor Receives Grant To Research Transdermal Treatment Of Opioid Addiction, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Feb. 10, 2020)  – A faculty member at East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy has received a grant to aid in her research of the transdermal naloxone treatment of opioid addiction, potentially saving more lives from overdose by making the life-saving drug easier to administer and require less doses.

Dr. Ashana Puri, assistant professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, received one of 16 national American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy 2020 New Investigator Awards (NIA) worth $10,000 that will help fund her research project “Development of Transdermal Systems of Naloxone for Treatment of Opioid Addiction.”

“I was …

2020-February-06-A Study Of African American History Museums, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Feb. 6, 2020) – Over the past two decades, scholars have begun to study how African American history in the U.S. is often misrepresented or completely disregarded compared to other historical narratives. Key moments and people in African American history have often been neglected or trivialized in museum spaces.

“At the same time, some sites have challenged existing landscapes of memory and created new ones in order to produce ‘counter narratives’ that bring African American struggles front and center,” says Dr. Candace Forbes Bright, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at East Tennessee State University. …

2020-02-06 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate meeting minutes from February 6, 2020.

2020-02-06 Faculty Senate Newsletter, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate newsletter from February 6, 2020.

2020-02-06 Faculty Senate Resolution - Planning Committee, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate Resolution, Abolishing Planning Committee, February 6, 2020.

2020-02-06 Faculty Senate Resolution Uar 137.03, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate Resolution UAR 137.03, Faculty Salary Plan, February 6, 2020.

2020-February-05-Etsu Announces Expanded Role For Quillen Dean, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Feb. 5, 2020) – East Tennessee State University announced that Dr. Bill Block, who has served as dean of Quillen College of Medicine for the past year, will assume additional responsibilities as the university’s Vice President for Clinical Affairs and Dean of Quillen College of Medicine.

“As the work of ETSU Health continues to expand and as we deepen our partnerships with Ballad Health, I have asked Dr. Bill Block to represent the university in a leadership capacity and provide oversight of these initiatives,” said ETSU President Brian Noland.

In his role as Vice President for Clinical Affairs, …

2020-February-04-Hidden Challenges Understanding Invisible Disabilities, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Feb. 4, 2020) – “I thought that once you lost your hearing that was the end, but I was extraordinarily wrong,” says singer/songwriter Mandy Harvey, a Golden Buzzer winner on “America’s Got Talent” who now tours not only performing but also encouraging others to persevere despite differing abilities.

After losing her hearing profoundly and suddenly at age 19, as a music education major at Colorado State, Harvey went through what she calls a “zombie time.”

“I gave up on music,” she tells Jay Ruderman in one of his “All Inclusive” podcasts. “I didn’t even sing in the shower …

2020-February-04-Basler Chairholder Mauricio AntóN, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Feb. 4, 2020) – World-renowned paleoartist Mauricio Antón is in residence at East Tennessee State University this spring as the chairholder of the Wayne G. Basler Chair of Excellence for the Integration of the Arts, Rhetoric and Science.

Created in 1994, the Basler Chair of Excellence brings a variety of scholars to the community to broaden learning opportunities for ETSU students and the general public in the arts, humanities and science.  It is named in honor of a longtime member of the ETSU Foundation who is a strong advocate of programs at the university and has a deep …

Human-Machine Communication: Complete Volume. Volume 1

Human-Machine Communication

This is the complete volume of HMC Volume 1.

2020-February-03-Emergency Testing, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – (Feb. 3, 2020) As part of its continued emphasis on campus safety, East Tennessee State University will test its emergency mass notification systems on Wednesday, Feb. 5, at 9:35 a.m.

The system includes an outdoor warning siren system with five large speakers strategically placed on the main campus and on the VA campus, an emergency text messaging and email service, an alert message on the ETSU homepage and a public address system in select university buildings.

ETSU’s outdoor siren system will sound at 9:35 a.m. Once it begins, the alert messaging and the PA system will be …

2020-February-03-Quillen College Of Medicine To Host Medical Summer Camp For Rural Students, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Feb. 3, 2020) – Rural high school students already eyeing a career in medicine can get an early glimpse into the field by attending the Rural High School Medical Summer Camp hosted by East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine. 

The camp is geared toward rising juniors and seniors or recent graduates of high schools in rural areas who want to become a physician or related health career. The camp will be held June 7-12 and will include information on the various health sciences fields for which there are programs at ETSU, as well as field trips …

2020-February-03-Free Tax Preparation Assistance, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Feb. 3, 2020) — A group of East Tennessee State University business student volunteers, under the guidance of accountancy faculty member Dr. Michelle Freeman, will offer free tax preparation assistance again this year through the Internal Revenue Service Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program. 

ETSU is an approved VITA location, and with financial support from Eastman Credit Union (ECU), student volunteers will assist taxpayers whose total household income was $55,000 or less during tax year 2019. Tax preparation services will be offered on the following Saturdays – Feb. 15, Feb. 29, March 14, and 28, from 8:45 a.m. …