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

Patricia Elledge

Patricia Elledge represents all the best qualities in a person to work with. She is warm, kind, friendly, understanding, caring and thoughtful. As the primary secretary for Tennessee’s Early Intervention System, Center for Early Childhood, Patricia is the first person most of the callers hear on the phone or meet as they enter the building. We are a program for infants and toddlers with special needs and their families. Often family members must take a difficult, emotional call to refer their child to us for services and they are always greeted with care, compassion and excellent information.

In addition, Patricia is super organized: she handles all of the referrals, keeps up with the comings and goings of 12 full time staff, manages infinite correspondence related to records and services for our almost 400 children and their families, supervises student workers, orders supplies, is the building coordinator, acts as recorder for many meetings, does many other things, and in spite of all is always calm, cheerful, and professional. She comes early and stays if needed. She pitches in whenever anything is needed and remembers most of what we all forget. We just couldn’t do without her!

Thank you, Patricia, for being with us here at ETSU !

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