East Tennessee State University

ETSU, set in the mountain region of Northeast Tennessee was founded in 1911 as East Tennessee State Normal School.

The college's main campus is located in Johnson City, Tennessee. Off-campus centers include ETSU/UT at Kingsport, the Marshall T. Nave Center in Elizabethton, and sites in Bristol and Greeneville. The college has nearly 12,000 students enrolled and feature over 100 degree programs, including the M.D. degree through the James H. Quillen College of Medicine.

In addition to the College of Medicine, there are eight other colleges and schools at ETSU:

College of Applied Science and Technology
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Business
College of Education
College of Medicine
College of Nursing
College of Public and Allied Health
School of Graduate Studies
School of Continuing Studies

Since 1911, ETSU has graduated more than 60,000 people. Most of which still live in the area.

Several Unique facts about ETSU

• ETSU offers the World's only Storytelling and reading Master's Degree.
• The college also offers an extensive collection of classes about bluegrass and country music.
• Notable Alumni:
  Kenny Chesney (country singer)
  Timothy Busfield (regular on NBC's West Wing)
  Oliver Revell (former associate deputy director for investigations with the FBI)
  Louise McBee (member of the Georgia House of Representatives)
  Junius Griffin (former public relations aide to Dr. Martin Luther King)
  and quite a few others.
• ETSU was ranked 19th in the 2001 edition of Best Graduate Schools published by U.S. News and World Report.
• The Quillen College of Medicine is ranked among the top 10 best schools in the nation for rural medicineeducation, and ranked among the top 20 schools in the nation offering training in family medicine.