East Tennessee State University is a state-supported, coeducational institution governed by the Tennessee Board of Regents, the sixth largest higher education system in the country. Chartered in 1909 as East Tennessee State Normal School, the institution became East Tennessee State Teachers College in 1925 and, five years later, State Teachers College, Johnson City. Beginning in 1943, the institution was known as East Tennessee State College for 20 years. Today, ETSU is a multifaceted university offering baccalaureate, graduate and professional programs of study through its College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business and Technology, Clemmer College of Education, College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences, College of Graduate and Continuing Studies, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, College of Nursing, Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy, and College of Public Health The university employees 931 faculty in its four institutional divisions--Medicine with 198, Pharmacy with 32, Family Practice with 27, and ETSU with 674. ETSU has a student population of approximately 15,000, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. Although the majority of students are from Tennessee and the surrounding southeastern region, over 45 states and over 55 foreign countries are also represented. Over 85 percent of the university's students receive federal, state or private sources of financial aid. A diverse population is necessary for the intellectual, social, economic, and cultural development of our university and region. Through our teaching, research and public service, ETSU honors the fundamental human values of compassion, tolerance and understanding and celebrates diversity of people and thought