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

Connie Yakley

Connie Yakley is an Executive Aide in the Counseling Center. She is the hub that makes the Counseling Center wheel turn. She is exceptionally dependable, so much so that the Senior Associate Vice President asks for her assistance on some of his own office related matters. She is currently assisting Dr. Bader in several areas while he recruits a new staff member and this is in addition to her regular job responsibilities. Connie has been with the University for about nine years and is one of those essential individuals who not only knows how to maneuver through the University, but also has established strong relationships that help her do so. If something needs to be done, Connie can figure out how to do it and who can do it best. She can brighten up any day with her wonderfully unique sense of humor and always delights others, taking advantage of every situation to lighten the moment. Connie drives about 55 minutes each day from Kingsport where she cares for her father, yet she is the first to arrive every day. The Counseling Center just wouldn’t be the same without her.

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

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