ETSU Facts & History
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What's in a name?
By any other name, it is still ETSU:
- 1911
East Tennessee State Normal School
- 1925
East Tennessee State Teachers College
- 1943
East Tennessee State College
- 1963
East Tennessee State University
Founded:
1911 (as East Tennessee State Normal School)
Students:
Over 14,500 undergraduate, graduate and professional students
Location:
Main Campus: Johnson City (population 63,152), in the northeastern tip of the state bordered by Virginia and North Carolina
Colleges and Schools:
- Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy
- Clemmer College
- College of Arts and Sciences
- College of Business and Technology
- College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences
- College of Graduate and Continuing Studies
- College of Nursing
- College of Public Health
- Honors College
- James H. Quillen College of Medicine
Facilities Include:
- Center for Academic Achievement
- ETSU Museum of Natural History at the Gray Fossil Site
- Governors and Centennial residence halls
- Scott M. Niswonger Digital Media Center
- State-of-the-art Charles C. Sherrod Library
- Warren-Greene Golf Center
- Wayne G. Basler Center for Physical Activity
Athletics:
- 17 sports
- Southern Conference, NCAA Division I
Team Name:
- Buccaneers
School Colors:
- ETSU Blue (PMS 282c)
- ETSU Gold (PMS 123c)