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2018-December-01-2018 Recap, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

As we enjoy the excitement of a new year, let’s take a moment to look back at 2018. In case you missed it, or want to remember the milestones and achievements celebrated by the ETSU community this year, take a look at the headlines below.

Be sure to share your favorite stories with friends and family, and on social media.  New audiology clinic opens in Elizabethton 

Seven athletes with ties to ETSU selected to compete in Winter Olympics

Open textbook network established

Dr. Brian Cross named a Fulbright Scholar

Gatton’s GenRx committee named best in nation for the third time …

2018-December-01-Archives Anniversary, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY – East Tennessee State University’s Center of Excellence for Appalachian Studies and Services (CASS) is marking the 40^th anniversary of the founding of its Archives of Appalachia.

During the past four decades, the Archives of Appalachia has acquired a world-class repository of more than 800 collections, 84,000 sound recordings and nearly 8,000 moving images, making it one of the world’s leading regional archives.

The Archives began in 1978 to promote an awareness of and appreciation for Appalachian culture and history.  Among its earliest collections was the Burton-Manning collection, an oral history archive of Appalachian folklore, manners and …

2018-December-01-Dr Beth Anne Fox Appointed Associate Dean Of The Quillen College Of Medicine, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

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Dr. Beth Anne Fox has been appointed Associate Dean of the Quillen College of Medicine and Chief of Staff for the Office of the Dean.  She was named to the current role by Interim Dean of Medicine Dr. William A. Block.

Dr. Fox is a 1998 graduate of Quillen and she completed her family medicine residency at ETSU in 2000.  She has served as a faculty member in the Department of Family Medicine for the past 15 years and currently holds the rank of Professor.  Her leadership roles in the department have included serving as Vice Chair and as Program …

2018-December-01-Renaissance Child Winter Enrichment, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY – Children in grades K-6 are invited to attend the Renaissance Child Winter Enrichment for a festival of winter fun from Wednesday-Friday, Jan. 2-4, 2019.

This three-day camp is sponsored by the Office of Professional Development in East Tennessee State University’s School of Continuing Studies and Academic Outreach.

Campers will participate in a variety of holiday arts and crafts, games and winter fun enrichment activities.  The camp includes a trip to Ober Gatlinburg on Thursday to see the holiday lights and to ice skate.

Campers may be dropped off at ETSU’s Sam Wilson Hall at 8 a.m. and …

2018-December-01-Seven Habits, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

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

“It was from Sean Covey, the author of ‘Seven Habits of Highly Effective College Students’ and President of FranklinCovey Education,” recalls Harley-McClaskey, an associate professor in the Clemmer College. “He and his staff wanted to know if I would consider interviewing to be the co-author of the next edition of his book – I was completely blown away.”

“The Seven Habits of Highly Effective College Students” is a widely-taught textbook derived from Stephen R. Covey’s global bestseller “The Seven Habits …

Philosophia Soteria: How Occupational Safety And Health Professionals Influence Decision Makers, Daniel Jay Snyder

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to identify ideas about how occupational safety and health (OSH) professionals influence decision-makers on matters impacting occupational health and safety management systems. A modified nominal group technique was used that involved 67 participants in ten nominal groups and identified the most important ideas about how OSH professionals can influence workplace safety and health decision making. The research produced themes of communication, scientific, professionalism, leadership, adaptability, and business acumen that resulted in six domains of occupational safety and health professional influence.

The Impact Of Coaches' Character On Youth Basketball Players, Natasha Hill

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

If utilized effectively, recreation and sports can serve as major tools for developing youth, improving the educational environment, and increasing the number of productive adults that are healthier physically and mentally to positively impact society. Most research targeting recreation and sports developing youth has the perspective primarily of parents and youth. Evaluating the character strengths of coaches and youth athletes who actively participate in team basketball is vital.

An exploration of the value of basketball and character strengths of (n = 64) youth athletes, between the ages of 12 to 16 years, and the impact of their involvement with coaches …

2018-December-01-2019 Grammy Nominees, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY – Two individuals with ties to East Tennessee State University are among the nominees for the 2019 Grammy Awards.

Dr. Ted Olson, a professor in the Department of Appalachian Studies, and co-producer Richard Martin received a nomination for Best Album Notes for “4 Banjo Songs, 1891-1897: Foundational Recordings of America’s Iconic Instrument” by the late Charles A. Asbury.  This album features the first-ever release of minstrel-era banjo recordings, played by an African American veteran of the minstrel stage, and Olson says some of the recordings in this release are probably the oldest extant recordings of banjo music. …

2018-December-01-Asking What If, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY – During the past year, faculty members in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine were awarded $6.7 million in new extramural funding.

The grant proposals were funded by agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, American Heart Association, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and the Swiss National Science Foundation and will support research studies in the areas of heart disease, neurological and psychiatric diseases, infectious diseases and cancer.

“This is an era in which earning extramural support for research projects has become increasingly competitive, and the success our department …

2018-December-01-Reunion Agents, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY – Members of the East Tennessee State University Class of 1969 and Golden Fifties Club who are interested in serving as class reunion agents for the 2019 Spring Weekend are being sought by the ETSU National Alumni Association.

These agents will be asked to encourage their classmates to attend the spring reunion on May 3-4, 2019.  Planning begins Jan. 10.

ETSU President Brian Noland will host the 1969 reunion class and Golden Fifties Club – comprised of ETSU alumni who graduated 50 or more years ago – during the Spring Weekend.

The weekend includes a brunch, tours of …

2018-December-01-Model Railroad Clinic, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY — Model railroaders are invited to a free clinic co-hosted by the Carter Railroad Museum at East Tennessee State University and the Mountain Empire Railroaders at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 18.

Shane Wilson, president of Scale Trains Inc., located in Benton, Tennessee, will lead the clinic held in Brown Hall, room 223, on the ETSU campus. In addition to discussing the production side of scale-model locomotives and train cars, he will take participants behind the scenes at ScaleTrains.com for an inside look at creating a model train company from scratch, as well as how model trains are …

2018-December-01-Next Olympic Hopeful, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY — Model railroaders are invited to a free clinic co-hosted by the Carter Railroad Museum at East Tennessee State University and the Mountain Empire Railroaders at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 18.

Shane Wilson, president of Scale Trains Inc., located in Benton, Tennessee, will lead the clinic held in Brown Hall, room 223, on the ETSU campus. In addition to discussing the production side of scale-model locomotives and train cars, he will take participants behind the scenes at ScaleTrains.com for an inside look at creating a model train company from scratch, as well as how model trains are …

2018-December-01-Holiday Message, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

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Season’s Greetings and Happy Holidays to the students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of East Tennessee State University!

Watch the video above to see what happened when Santa Bucky dropped in for a campus visit before finals week and hear a cheerful tune from ETSU’s a cappella ensemble Greyscale. Click http://bit.ly/SantaBucky to view photos of ETSU students, faculty and staff who visited with Santa Bucky!

ETSU will be closed for the holidays from Dec. 24-Jan. 1.  Offices will reopen on Jan. 2, and spring classes begin Monday, Jan. 14, 2019.

2018-December-01-Morgan Munsey, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

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Meet Morgan Munsey

Morgan Munsey, a Church Hill native, is a senior computing major with a concentration in information technology who will graduate on Saturday, Dec. 15 (for complete information on ETSU's fall commencement ceremonies, visit https://bit.ly/2Er3J6u). She is a member of the Roan Scholars Leadership Program, which was established in 1997 by Louis H. Gump to attract the region’s most promising young leaders and develop each student’s unique leadership potential. In addition, she is creator of the program iGit—Involving Girls in Tech, and also holds the titles of Miss Historic Jonesborough 2017 and Miss Johnson City 2018. …

Workplace Mental Health: Toolkit Usability Study Of Midwestern Business Leaders, Julie Kiehne

Leadership Education Capstones

The purpose of this research study was to gather Midwest business leader’s feedback on usability of a Workplace Mental Health Toolkit.

In the Workplace Mental Health Toolkit Usability Study, the researcher used a mixed methods approach to gather data using a digital survey. Business leaders were asked to rate the likelihood they would use the following tools in the workplace: Psychologically Safe Workplace Checklist, Mental Health Policy Template , Well-being Checklist, Mental Health First Aid at Work Training Program.

Using Sas™ Software To Enhance Pedagogy For Text Mining And Sentiment Analysis Using Social Media (Twitter™) Data, Ramesh Subramanian, Danielle Cote

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

This pedagogical paper describes how a graduate course in Text Mining was developed and taught in a fully online format at Quinnipiac University. The software used was SAS™ Enterprise Miner. This paper discusses the design, software used and the methodology followed in the course. A critical component of the course required the students to delve deep into social media data by completing a detailed project on analyzing sentiment analysis using large files of social media data. A sample report of this project, which was a key deliverable for the course, is described at length in this paper.

Flipping A Course On Entrepreneurial Leadership In Ethnic Chinese Business: A Mobile Learning Perspective, Thomas Menkhoff

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

This exploratory article reflects on the teaching experiences for a course on “Entrepreneurial Leadership in Ethnic Chinese Business” at the Singapore Management University (SMU). It was categorised as a mobile learning course with reference to the flipped classroom model, learner mobility, and user-generated content outside the classroom. We examine three examples of mobile learning projects which were assigned to students so that they would be able to internalise key course objectives such as gaining an appreciation of the structure, functions, and cultural uniqueness of traditional small Chinese business organisations in Singapore. The paper also addresses some of the challenges faced …

Look Before You Jump, Kapil R. Tuli

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Coming to grips with the reality of eLearning. In boardrooms all over the world today a scenario is played out again and again: Chief Learning Officers (CLOs) enthusiastically pitch the strategy of eLearning while chief executives remain sceptical over the outcomes. For years, eLearning appeared to be the perfect answer for corporations that need to train their employees. And it certainly has its advantages.

2018 December, Morehead State University. Office Of Communications & Marketing.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Press releases for December of 2018.

Docking And Curtons' "Crisis In Higher Education: A Plan To Save Small Liberal Arts Colleges In America" (Book Review), R. Curt Rice Dr.

The Christian Librarian

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Online Learning Tool On External Financing Needs, Yuanto Kusnadi

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

In collaboration with colleagues at the Centre ofTeaching Excellence (CTE), I have developed an innovative online learningobject on External Financing Needs. This tool is designed to introduce a noveland refreshing way in teaching accounting and finance concepts to students andto create a more interactive learning experience in the classroom. The online learning tool is used in the two courses:Accounting for Entrepreneurs and Financial Management, to explain the relevantconcepts related to financial forecasting and financial planning. One unique feature about the learning object is that itprovides instantaneousfeedback to students as they can learn whether the numbers theyprovide are correct/wrong (as indicated …

2018-11-29 Proposed Revisal Of Constitution, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Proposed revisal of the Faculty Senate submitted November 29, 2018.

2018-November-28-Mccall Appointment, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY (Nov. 28, 2018) – A graduate of the Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy at East Tennessee State University has been appointed to one of the highest pharmacy positions in Tennessee.

Gov. Bill Haslam requested Dr. Melissa McCall, of Kingsport, to serve on the Tennessee Board of Pharmacy for the next six years. McCall is a 2010 graduate of the Gatton College of Pharmacy’s inaugural class.

“I am honored and humbled to serve the state in this capacity and look forward to helping the Tennessee Department of Health fulfill its mission to protect, promote and improve the health and …

2018-November-28-Gatton Alumna Appointed To Tennessee Board Of Pharmacy, Bill Gatton College Of Pharmacy, East Tennessee State University, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY (Nov. 28, 2018) – A graduate of East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy has been appointed to one of the highest pharmacy positions in Tennessee.

Gov. Bill Haslam requested Dr. Melissa McCall, of Kingsport, to serve on the Tennessee Board of Pharmacy for the next six years. McCall is a 2010 graduate of the Gatton College of Pharmacy’s inaugural class.

“I am honored and humbled to serve the state in this capacity and look forward to helping the Tennessee Department of Health fulfill its mission to protect, promote and improve the health and prosperity of …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 94, No. 13, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Breu, Natasha. Mold Plagues Universities Across State
• Stahl, Matt. Hello, Tyson Helton – Football
• Tolbert, Eleanor. College Graffiti Closing at End of the Semester
• Ziege, Nicole. Honors College Aims to Increase Applicant Pool
• Harper, Kevin. Flooded Memories – Minton Hall
• Leonard, Nicole. Holiday Pro Tips: Surviving the Holidays at Home
• Norvell, Abbey. WKU Store Celebrates a Century of Basketball
• Pritchett, Grace. School’s Out
• Webster, Mark. WKU Student Pursues Passion in Being a Local Disc Jockey – Jared Watkins
• Tolbert, Eleanor. Between the Lines – Parking …

2018-November-27-Percussion Ensemble Concert, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY (Nov. 27, 2018) – The East Tennessee State University Percussion Ensemble will present its Fall Concert on Sunday, Dec. 2, at 5:30 p.m. in the Mathes Hall auditorium.

The ensemble will perform a variety of literature under the direction of Dr. Matthew Geiger and Logan Ball.  The program features works by John Cage, Henry Cowell, Anders Åstrand and more contemporary composers.

This is the first ETSU Percussion Ensemble concert for Geiger, who joined the Department of Music faculty this fall following the retirement of longtime percussion director Dr. Rande Sanderbeck.

Geiger was a visiting assistant professor of …

2018-November-27-Women On Wednesdays, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY (Nov. 27, 2018) – “Infertility Finds All the Weak Spots: Effects of Infertility on Women’s Mental, Physical and Relational Functioning” is the topic Dr. Julia Dodd will address in East Tennessee State University’s “Women on Wednesdays” Lecture Series on Dec. 5 at noon at the Reece Museum.

This free public lecture is the last talk of the fall semester in the “Women on Wednesdays” series sponsored by the ETSU Women’s Studies Program.

Dodd will discuss the different effects experiencing infertility has on women’s mental, physical and relationship functioning as shown in results from a recent international, mixed-method study. …

2018-11-27 University Tenure Committee, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

University Tenure Committee meeting minutes for November 27, 2018.

New Hire Training For Development Employees, Frances Pickles

Instructional Design Capstones Collection

Children’s Cancer Charity employs development staff members in field offices across the country. These new hires require a specialized training for their role within the organization. The existing new hire training consists of a sales training and a week-long training held quarterly at the Executive Office. The current training lacks a foundational understanding of the various fundraising programs that exist at CCC and the training on the soft skills required to be successful in a development role. Two training series were designed to meet the needs of development new hires: Fundraising Program Training and Business Skills Training. The program training …

2018-November-20-Heritage Day, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY (Nov. 20, 2018) — A local legacy, the Clinchfield Railroad and its founder, George L. Carter, will be honored during Heritage Day on Saturday, Nov. 24, at East Tennessee State University’s Carter Railroad Museum.

The museum’s namesake was instrumental to the growth of the region and the university. Carter was most responsible for establishing the original Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, now part of CSX. A well-known developer and land owner, Carter bequeathed his 120-acre farm and $100,000 toward the establishment of the East Tennessee State Normal School, which later became ETSU.

The Clinchfield’s main line and …