What's the best thing about working at East Tennessee State University?  Our people—students, faculty and staff!  Our quality reputation!  Our beautiful campus!  Our emphasis on caring for the needs of every member of the ETSU family!  ETSU is a student-centered community of learning that employs more than 2,000 faculty and staff.  Our personnel are a constant source of enthusiastic service that makes us a leader in regional universities. 

Featured Employee

Robert Nielsen and David Robinson

Robert Nielsen is a Systems Manager and David Robinson is an Assistant Systems Manager in the Computer & Information Science Department. They are truly a team in all respects of the word. In general they are the backbone of the Computer & Information Science Department, supporting all of the hardware, networking and software needed to teach students and do research. They work diligently to accommodate what has to be the most demanding group of faculty and students on campus in terms of computer needs. They both frequently go above and beyond the call of duty, working extra hours and long weekends. When a problem occurs, they do not stop working until the problem is fixed, no matter how long it might take.

In addition to this well established record of service, these two men recently undertook one exceptional project. Jointly they oversaw the relocation of all the computing equipment from the department's old quarters in Gilbreath to the new location in Nicks Hall. This required relocation of more than twenty faculty machines and the set up from scratch of three new teaching labs in Nicks Hall, along with the total refurbishment of four labs in Gilbreath for use in teaching the 1100 course. No job escaped their notice, from computer and network setup, to software installs, to cleaning of labs, to the repair of tables and furniture. Thanks to their efforts, ALL of the teaching labs were ready to go before the first day of classes, and the entire faculty had a chance to try them out in advance.

Thank you, Robert and David, for being with us here at ETSU!

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