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The History |
1995 |
Dr. Ron Richards of kellogg Foundation requests ETSU President Roy Nicks convene presidents of four universities to study potential for Community Partnerships outside of health arena |
1997 |
Dr. Paul Stanton, Vice President of Health Affairs and Dean, College of Medicine, assumes presidency of ETSU |
1998 |
Kellogg Foundation awards third major grant to ETSU for Expanding Community Partnerships Program in the amount of $1.25 million; ETSU also requested to manage Higher Education Community Partnerships Consortium |
1998 |
Office of Rural and Community Health is renamed as "Office of Rural and Community Health and Community Partnerships" with new Governing Board members added from partner communities |
1998 |
"Bus trips: conducted to four partnership communities with deans and faculty linked to faculty retreat to identify interests for Expanding Community Partnerships projects |
1999 |
Dr. Jo Lobertini hired as Assistant Director of Program |
1999 |
Funding for 11 projects to create educational experiences in partnership communities |
1999 |
Benchmarks for an Engaged Campus supported by Campus Compact |
2000 |
School violence workshop conducted in Nashville for Appalachian and Southern states |
2000 |
Shakespeare works performed as part of Renaissance Festival in the Park in Rogersville |
2001 |
Johnson County government contracts with ETSU for visioning process through U.S. Economic Development Administration grant |
2001 |
Artist at Work Day in Sneedville at Farmers Market for schools |
2001 |
ETSU Division of Theatre receives top award from American College Theater Festival and performs at Kennedy Center |
2001 |
Opening of Unicoi Community Learning Center |
2001 |
ETSU's first Hispanic Student Day conducted to encourage post-secondary education |
2002 |
First bilingual newspaper supplement printed with assistance of Unicoi Rotary Club |
2002 |
Agreement with Rogersville Historical Society to use Rogers Tavern for student housing |
2002 |
Approval of interdisciplinary Applied Spanish Community Studies minor |
2002 |
Compact disk "ETSU Presents: Our Role in the Regional Community" is produced and distributed to ETSU faculty |
