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East Tennessee State University opened its doors in 1911 to prepare teachers for the region's public schools and has been serving the Northeast Tennessee community ever since. Today, ETSU serves the region's business community, P-12 and postsecondary educational systems, government agencies, health care systems, and general public. We are committed to service that strengthens our region and, in turn, enriches our students, faculty, and staff.


Featured Service Activity

Bonny Stanley, Chair of the Faculty Senate
Patty Harmon reads to area migrant students during a small group session.

Patty Harmon is one of the many qualified individuals who volunteer with the Migrant Education Program (MEP). As a descendent of an immigrant family, she knows the struggles that migrant children face adjusting to a foreign culture. She has been working at ETSU for the past six years interpreting for the deaf. Patty heard about MEP through the radio and decided to volunteer this past summer as a teacher’s aide in the 6-7 year old class. As a volunteer teacher’s aide, she read books to individual students, taught phonetics to beginning readers, and took the class on walks to the library. Patty said that what she liked was being involved in second language acquisition, watching it unfold, watching the amazing skills of bilingual kids and adults, and learning about Mexican culture.

What: The Migrant Education Program is a national program that annually provides supplemental education and support services to eligible migrant children to help them overcome the educational disruptions and disadvantages they face.

Eligibility: Eligible children are those between the ages of 3 - 21 who have moved with a parent, guardian, or spouse to seek or obtain agricultural or fishery labor within the last three years. Currently, migratory students who have moved within the past 12 months receive the highest priority for services.

Who: The qualified staff includes certified teachers, volunteers, ETSU students, coordinators, educational assistants, and a bilingual recruiter.

Where: First Presbyterian Church, 105 South Boone St. Johnson City, TN 37604

When: Mid June – July, Monday – Thursday, 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

For more information on MEP contact the director, Ardis Nelson, at (423) 439-6897 (nelsona@mail.etsu.edu) or the coordinator, Hillary Hester, at (423) 439-8342 (hester@mail.etsu.edu). The national hotline is 1-800-234-8848.

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