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UVa-Wise, THS hold graduation ceremonies Saturday
Bristol Herald Courier Andre Teague offers viewers some highlights of the Tennessee High School graduation, while Tim and Angel Cox offer scenes from the UVa-Wise graduation ceremony in Wise, Va., on Saturday.
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Bristol students participate in community-service projects
With an oversized Bristol Tennessee Fire Department helmet on his head, Fairmount Elementary School sixth-grader Diante Foote smiled broadly Friday as he took a break from helping classmates unravel a hose at the department’s main fire station on Bluff City Highway.
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Virginia Tech hikes tuition & fees to nearly $11,000
Board of Visitors approves 3.9% increase for in-state, undergraduate students
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ETSU president outlines campus changes
Dr. Brian Noland, president of East Tennessee State University, held a press conference this morning to discuss the university’s plans to close the central part of campus in order to create more green space and pedestrian walkways.
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Michelle Obama, Mark Warner speak to Virginia Tech grads
Mrs. Obama said Virginia Tech has taught the nation three key lessons. Senator Warner told students to not worry too much about making mistakes.
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WATCH LIVE: Drill planned for emergency responders
The purpose of the drill is to test the emergency response protocols currently in place and make changes where necessary.
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Tenn. Department of Education investigating possible TCAP tampering
The Tennessee Department of Education is investigating a potential TCAP security breach within the Hawkins County school system.
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Virginia Tech prepares for large commencement crowd
First Lady Michelle Obama and U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) are scheduled to speak at graduation on Friday.
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Virginia Tech Clery Act case appealed to Secretary of Education
Education Dept.'s lawyer claims the ruling by the administrative judge was "inconsistent with the law...," and the admin. judge "turned the statutory requirement for a timely warning on its head..."
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Subcontractors to be fined for delay of school construction projects
A construction project at Science Hill High School that was supposed to be finished weeks ago still isn't finished and likely won't be until mid-summer.
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Northeast State pins 2012 class of Nursing graduates
Northeast State Community College recognized its newest class of Nursing graduates at the 2012 Pinning Ceremony held Monday night at the Wellmont Regional Center for the Performing Arts on the main campus in Blountville.
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E&H, King and ETSU graduations held
Nearly 2,300 students receive diplomas in Mountain Empire college graduations Saturday.
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Sullivan County Director of Schools: "We will need help from commission"
The Director of Sullivan County's schools, Doctor Jubal Yennie, said he wants the county commission to find ways to increase the cash flow. Yennie said he is most likely going to have to ask the Sullivan County Commission for more money.
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Hite to speak at ETSU ROTC ceremony Friday
The Military Science Department at East Tennessee State University will hold a Commissioning Ceremony on Friday, May 4, at 10 a.m. in the gymnasium of Brooks Memorial Hall.
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Virginia Intermont recycling project, 'Raise the Roof', launches with assistance from Ball Corp.
Virginia Intermont College, in partnership with the Ball Corporation, launched a new campus and community-wide recycling project to raise money for the Smith-Canter Gymnasium renovation as part of the “Raise the Roof” campaign.
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It's time for standarized testing in area schools
Sullivan County students from third through 12th grade will be tested today, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Each test takes about two hours.
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Meadowview home offers students look at life during Civil War
The antebellum home called Edmonson Hall was immersed in the smell of a wood fire, the tedious chore of cleaning clothes on a washboard and southern tunes strummed on banjos.
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THEC executive director to deliver ETSU's Commencement address
Dr. Richard G. Rhoda, executive director of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC), will be the Commencement speaker at East Tennessee State University on Saturday, May 5, at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
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Mary Brown: 'We were able to make a difference'
As she stood in a second-floor room inside the Slater Center on Thursday, Mary Brown smiled at the exhibits of sit-in protests across Tennessee more than 50 years ago – demonstrations that Brown, now a Bristol Tennessee Board of Education member, took part in as a Tennessee State University student in 1960.
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Pilot garden teaching nutrition, physical activity and responsibility
Designed to eventually involve all six city schools, the project helps children learn that food comes from someplace other than the restaurant or grocery store.
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School bookkeeper charged with theft by grand jury
An investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office revealed a former bookkeeper at Nolichucky Elementary school in Greeneville stole more than $2,400 from the school over a five-month period.
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Saggy Pants bill now signed into law
Governor Bill Haslam has signed the so-called saggy pants bill into law.
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David J. Prior Convocation Center dedicated at UVa-Wise
The 78,000-square foot building of which the University of Virginia’s College at Wise’s Chancellor David Prior was so proud now bears his name.
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Bristol, Tenn., school officials review strategic plan
City school officials said Tuesday that a strategic plan put together in 2010 to help guide the district’s future has already paid major dividends for the estimated 4,000-student system, but challenges remain in meeting a number of goals.
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First woman of color elected ETSU SGA President
East Tennessee State University has a new student body President, Iqra Ahmad, and she is the first woman of color to ever hold the position.
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