The new online hybrid program will begin in the Spring 2026 semester and will give students the opportunity to earn both an associate and a bachelor degree in nursing in just three years.

The grant comes from the American History and Civics Seminars Program and will support the university’s Institute of American Civics.

The $150,000 grant comes from the Truist Foundation and will enhance the wraparound services available to students within the Tennessee Teach Back Initiative program.

The grant will allow the university to establish the ETSU GEAR UP Partnership, which aims to increase undergraduate enrollment and career training program completion after high schoolers graduate.

The mobile health unit will be utilized by the Department of Nursing to help train nursing students as well as to provide healthcare services to community members.

The $1.5 million in grant funding came from the Health Resources and Services Administration, with the project beginning in July 2024.

The Rymer Scholars program has been benefitting students in Bradley County for 30 years. The new enhancements to the program include increased financial award amounts and a new two-year housing stipend. 

The scholarship will be awarded to students in exchange for the promise of employment at CHI Memorial for two to four years after they complete their degree at the School of Nursing.

The $1.5 million gift to establish the chair position comes from university president Dr. Greg Jones and his wife Rev. Susan Pendleton Jones.

The new program is the Certificate in Equine Veterinary Medicine, which is within the Equine Veterinary Education Program. The new scholarship comes from an estate gift from the late Donald and Meg Jared.