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ESL teachers share practical knowledge with Milligan’s new ESL program class
This past Saturday, two local English as a Second Language teachers from the Johnson City district shared teaching tips with students in Milligan’s new ESL endorsement program. They openly addressed the 11 students seated in a u-shape in Clark 101. Deborah Forster, who has been an elementary teacher for over 10 years and is renewing […]
New Johnson City restaurant redefines the classic ‘biscuits and gravy’
If you have yet to try the recently opened chain Maple Street Biscuit Company, you are definitely missing out. Maple Street breaks all of the barriers of traditional southern comfort breakfast food with its revolutionary biscuit combinations. Whether you’re the typical southern citizen who enjoys biscuits and gravy or someone who prefers chicken biscuits, Maple […]
Male and female students join 100s in Women’s March 2.0
Hundreds, including several Milligan and Emmanuel students, gathered in Johnson City for the Women’s March 2.0 on Jan. 20–exactly one year after President Donald Trump’s inauguration. This march was only one of the many happening across the nation. The march convened in an ETSU parking lot at the intersection of University Parkway and State of […]
The Buttermilk Sky is the limit
Growing up in Georgia, there were two fundamental truths that we lived by: God is great, and pies are delicious. Almost everyone can remember their grandma’s pecan pies, or their cousins bringing over pumpkin pies for family gatherings. To fill the pie-shaped hole in our college student diets, Buttermilk Sky Pie Shop has come to […]
Students react to aerial dance
The Mountain Movers Dance Company put on a show Friday, Feb. 2, in the Gregory Center. Mountain Movers preformed to a full house of faculty, students and members of the community. Mountain Movers preformed a three piece act comprised of four dances. Each piece had a different theme. The first was called Having a Ball; […]
A place where the world gathers
World Café–a gathering of friends from all over the world that meet weekly. This event is hosted every Friday night by Campus House, an actual house located next to ETSU’s campus. Students from Germany, Pakistan, Iran, Japan, Tennessee and many other places come and gather from 8 p.m. to midnight. Daniel and Rachelle Curtis are […]
REVIEW: The Roots Vietnamese Restaurant & Coffee is a ‘must try’
There once was a small Cambodian restaurant hidden away at 600 N State of Franklin Rd. It was an obsession of mine. The food was amazing and the people were wonderful. But they unfortunately had to close the restaurant and move on. That same exact location has now been taken over by a new restaurant, […]
FL3TCH3R Exhibit provides political and social commentary
This year marks the fifth annual juried FL3TCH3R Exhibit at East Tennessee State University that focuses on social and political art. The goal is to allow students, professors, members of the community and anyone internationally to voice their social and political points of view through the expression of art. All proceeds, after the expenses of […]
Emmanuel to offer full-tuition scholarships for two M.Div. students
Milligan is now offering two full-tuition scholarships for Master of Divinity students at Emmanuel Christian Seminary. The John Robert Neely, Jr. Scholarship will cover all tuition and required fees and will provide a stipend for book costs. This is the most prestigious scholarship to be offered for M.Div. students, comparable to the Alexander Campbell Scholarship, […]