Media Relations

ETSU Office of University Marketing and Communications staff members are assigned to cover specific colleges, divisions, and offices across the East Tennessee State University campus. 

Members of the news media are encouraged to contact a staff member at the numbers below, or, to reach the main University Marketing and Communications office, call (423) 439-4317.

Joe Smith 

Sr. Dir. of Strategic Communications
(423) 439-5707

smithje@etsu.edu 

• Administration
  • Office of the President
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Academic Affairs
  • Advancement (administrative)
  • Office of Equity and Inclusion
  • Facilities Management
  • Human Resources
  • Internal Audit
  • University Counsel
  • Registrar’s Office
• Clemmer College
  • Counseling and Human Services
  • Curriculum & Instruction
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Educational Foundations & Special Education
  • Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis
  • Sport, Exercise, Recreation and Kinesiology
  • Quillen Chair of Excellence in Education
  • Center for Community College Leadership
  • Center of Excellence in Early Childhood Learning and Development
  • Mathematics & Science Education
  • Center of Excellence for Sport Science and Coach Education
• 
  Internal Communication
  • Weekly Update
  • From President Noland’s Notepads
  • Issues Management
  • ETSU Accent
  • ETSU News website
• University School
• Theatre and Dance (College of Arts and Sciences)
• Crisis Issues
• Public Safety
• WETS-FM (89.5)

Please contact University Marketing and Communications

423-439-4317

• College of Business and Technology
  • Accountancy
  • Bureau of Business and Economic Research
  • Center for Banking
  • Computing
  • Digital Media
  • Economics and Finance
  • Engineering
  • Engineering Technology
  • Interior Architecture
  • Management and Marketing
  • Military Science/ROTC
  • Surveying and Mapping
  • Tennessee Small Business Development Center
• Fraternity & Sorority Life
• Roan Scholars Leadership Program
• Dean’s list and graduation list
• ETSU Elevates
• ETSU Online
• Innovation Lab

Jennifer Hill

Specialist  
(423) 439-5693 

hill@etsu.edu

• Alumni
• Charles C. Sherrod Library
• College of Arts and Sciences
  • Africana Studies Program
  • Appalachian Studies
  • Art and Design
  • Basler Chair of Excellence
  • Biological Sciences
  • Bluegrass, Old-Time and Country Music Studies
  • Center for Appalachian Services
  • Center of Excellence in Paleontology
  • Chemistry
  • Criminal Justice and Criminology
  • Communication and Performance (Storytelling)
  • Geosciences
  • History
  • Literature and Language
  • Mary B. Martin School of the Arts
  • Mathematics and Statistics
  • Media and Communication
  • Medical Professions
  • Music
  • Philosophy and Humanities
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Political Science, International Affairs and Public Administration
  • Psychology
  • Sociology and Anthropology
  • Division of Storytelling
• College of Graduate and Continuing Studies
• Commencement
• ETSU Events listing
• ETSU Natural History Museum - Gray Fossil Site
• George L. Carter Railroad Museum
• Honors College
  • International Programs and Studies
• Information Technology
• Martin Center for the Arts
• Postal Services
• Reece Museum
• Religious Centers
• Slocumb Galleries
• Student Life and Enrollment
  • Admissions
  • Adult Commuter Transfer Services
  • Campus Recreation
  • Counseling Center
  • Dining Services
  • Disability Services
  • Financial Aid
  • Housing & Residence Life
  • ID Services
  • Leadership and Civic Engagement
  • Multicultural Center
  • New Student & Family Programs
  • Scholarships
  • Student Activities and Organizations
  • Culp Center
  • Student Media
  • TRIO Programs
  • University Advisement
  • University Advisement Center
  • University Career Services
  • Veterans Affair

Melissa Nipper 

Director of Health Sciences Communications 
(423) 439-4325

nipperm@etsu.edu

• Academic Health Sciences Center
• Center for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment
• Center for Rural Health Research
• Johnson City Community Health Center
• Johnson City Downtown Day Center
• Quillen College of Medicine
  • Biomedical Graduate Program
  • Center of Excellence for HIV/AIDS
  • Center of Excellence in Inflammation, Infectious Disease and Immunity     
  • Department of Biomedical Sciences
  • Family Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
  • Medical Library
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Pathology
  • Pediatrics
  • Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Surgery
• College of Nursing
  • Graduate Programs
  • Nurse managed clinics
  • Undergraduate Programs
• College of Public Health
  • Biostatistics and Epidemiology
  • Community and Behavioral Health
  • Environmental Health
  • Health Services Management and Policy
  • Health Sciences
• College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences
  • Allied Health Sciences
  • Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
  • Dental Hygiene Clinic
  • Gary E Shealy Memorial ALS Clinic
  • Nutrition
  • Physical Therapy
  • Social Work
  • Speech Clinic and Hearing Clinic
• Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Pharmacy Practice
• Eastman Valleybrook campus
• ETSU Health
• Student Health Services
• Tennessee Institute of Public Health