
ETSU Grad, Filmmaker Jostin Woods Wins Top Prize
Jostin Woods, a recent ETSU graduate, has won an international award for his documentary
film, "George: A Well-Crafted Life," which portrays the inspiring journey of a blind
woodworker from Greeneville, Tennessee. Woods' film was selected from nearly 2,300
entries at the BEA 2025 Festival of Arts.

ETSU Filmmaker Stokes Piercy to Produce Documentary in Hungary as Fulbright Scholar
Stokes Piercy, award-winning ETSU filmmaker and professor, will journey to Hungary
as a Fulbright Scholar, where he’ll bring to life the forgotten tale of an Appalachian-Hungarian
immigrant turned war hero.

Department of Computing Achieves National Milestone with ABET Accreditation
ETSU’s College of Business and Technology is now the only institution in the nation
with ABET-accredited programs in computer science, information systems, information
technology, and cybersecurity, further solidifying its leadership in computing education.

ETSU student awarded Fulbright
Radio, TV, and Film minor Kyla Jernigan is turning her passion for monsters into a
real-life fairytale! As a Fulbright recipient, she’ll spend nine months in Hungary
exploring mythology and monsters—while also leading hands-on arts workshops for middle
school students.

ETSU CyberBucs Shine at 2024 CyberForce Competition®
ETSU’s CyberBucs cybersecurity team showcased their growing expertise at the 2024
CyberForce Competition®, finishing an impressive 25th place out of 96 teams from 75
universities and colleges across the country.

ETSU student graduates despite losing it all to Helene
Fate Walker graduated from ETSU last weekend with a bachelor’s degree in Digital Media,
concentrating in Animation, and will begin the Master of Fine Arts program this spring
to continue studying motion capture and feature animation.
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Milhorn is a native of Tennessee who earned his B.S. in Economics from ETSU where
he graduated summa cum laude in 1994 and is a member of the Business & Technology
Hall of Fame. The Conference of State Bank Supervisors’ Board of Directors announced
the appointment of Brandon Milhorn, currently deputy to FDIC Vice Chairman Travis
Hill and previously chief operating officer, chief of staff and deputy to FDIC Chairman
Jelena McWilliams, as its next president and CEO.
