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Published 10/15/2008 - 5:24 p.m. EST

Dr. Kinser, second from left, and Pat Cronin, with Communication graduate students
Dr. Kinser, third from left, and Pat Cronin, with Communication graduate students

By Kylie Fritz

After more than a dozen articles, countless conference speeches, and coordination of the new Women’s Studies major, Dr. Amber Kinser, associate professor of Communication and Director of Women’s Studies at ETSU, has published her first book, Mothering in the Third Wave, which came out in November.

Published 09/25/2008 - 8:54 p.m. EST

Harker taught and danced throughout her pregnancy.
Harker taught and danced throughout her pregnancy.

By Melissa Tate

A somber tune fills the dimly lit theatre. The stage is bare with the exception of a table to the right. No curtains, no overhead lights and no people - except a young couple tangoing across the stage in locked arms.

Published 09/23/2008 - 5:11 p.m. EST

Brittany Gambuzza & Emily Kilgore direct Communication Day and its 300 high school visitors
Brittany Gambuzza & Emily Kilgore direct Communication Day and its 300 high school visitors

By Josh McKinney

Stepping into the classroom, Emily Kilgore had to grow up fast.

Published 06/23/2008 - 4:50 p.m. EST

Marci Salyer, lecturer, singer/songwriter
Page design by Sara Needham

By Jay Moore

Marci Salyer knows bluegrass music, she knows herself and she’s ready for a national audience to know about her unique and exciting music.

Published 06/19/2008 - 1:11 p.m. EST

Alumnus Keith Miles is enjoying success in music as well as his career of communication
Alumnus Keith Miles is enjoying success in music as well as his career of communication

By Brandy Miley

Songs that cut across generations. Songs that have the ability to bring us all together. Songs that show things that bind us to our sense of place, both the good and bad. Keith Miles has written these kinds of songs for his debut album what it was they became, that came out in spring 2007.

Published 06/19/2008 - 11:32 a.m. EST

Cherry Orchard dance
Cherry Orchard

By Sheila Gystad

Dance at ETSU took quite a turn in the 2007-2008 school year.

Published 06/18/2008 - 8:45 a.m. EST

Dr. Steve Marshall talks with an advertising graduate class.
Dr. Steve Marshall explains demographics to an advertising graduate class.

By Josh McKinney

Most people want a good career. They want to live comfortably on a nice paycheck, and they wouldn’t mind a bit of prestige to make the package even sweeter.

Published 06/25/2008 - 4:13 p.m. EST

Last year's group enjoys the experience
Last year's group enjoys the experience

By Michael Sheffield

Jon Wood hiked in the Arctic and climbed the tallest mountain in Sweden last summer. The summit of the mountain, Kebnekaise, soars 7,000 feet high.

Published 06/19/2008 - 4:29 p.m. EST

Maury Reed, as Tom, tells his story in Menagerie
Maury Reed, as Tom, tells his story in Menagerie

By Evie Andrus

The young man on stage rivets all attention with his ready-to-explode intensity and eyes that burn. Backstage, he paces or sits pensively, not taking part in the whispered chatter. Off stage, Maury Reed is introspective and quiet, yet a leader, the “go-to guy.”
Published 06/19/2008 - 12:24 p.m. EST

Maxine mug
Maxine Hernandez Smith

By Britney Tiller

Just off the southern coast of Georgia lies a 10,000 acre barrier island called St. Simons Island. Once a silent backwater, it is now home to some major resorts as well as a vast array of golf courses. Sound like a paradise? According to Maxine Hernandez Smith, it is.

Published 06/18/2008 - 9:14 a.m. EST

Estep's first graphic novel
Estep's first graphic novel

By Rachel Johnson

At 26, ETSU Alumni Jennifer Estep is finally reaching her dreams and it's all because of good karma, imagination and hard work.