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The 629 overlay for the entire area code was made effective in 2015; 731 - Jackson, Dyersburg, Union City : Initially split from 901 in 2001. 865 - Knoxville: Initially split from 423 in 1999. 901 - Memphis: An original NANPA area code, initially covering the entire state in 1947.
Dossett Hall. ETSU was founded as East Tennessee State Normal School in 1911 to educate teachers; the K-12 training school, called University School, operates to this day. . East Tennessee State officially became a college in 1925 when it changed its name to East Tennessee State Teachers College, subsequently gaining accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools ...
The school was originally named the ETSU Quillen-Dishner College of Medicine, but Dr. Paul Dishner's name was removed in 1989. In the 2011 edition of U.S. News & World Report 's "America's Best Graduate Schools," the James H. Quillen College of Medicine at East Tennessee State University is ranked sixth in the nation for excellence in rural ...
ETSU Athletics Center, previously known as the Memorial Center, and popularly referred to as the "Mini-Dome", is an 8,539-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee. Until 2014, it hosted ETSU's men's and women's basketball teams. It also serves as the indoor venue for tennis and track.
Memphis Theological Seminary: Cordova: Private (Presbyterian) Special-focus institution: 195 1852 Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary: Cordova: Private (Baptist) 1971 Middle Tennessee State University: Murfreesboro: Public Research university: 20,183 1911 Mid-South Christian College Memphis: Private (Christian Churches) Special-focus ...
ETSU is building a brand new football stadium to play host to all of its home games. On May 30, 2013, ETSU accepted an invitation to rejoin the Southern Conference in 2014 and reinstated football, with operations beginning shortly thereafter and the first class signed in 2014 in preparation for the first game in the 2015 season. [8]
In 2014–15, ETSU experienced an unbelievable turnaround under Ezell with a 16-game win progression from 2013 to 2014 where the Bucs went 9–21. The total win improvement was the second best in the country. The 2014–15 win total of 21 marked the first time since the 2009–10 season that ETSU reached 20 wins.
As a result, while the eastern two-thirds of the state went from one area code to four from 1995 to 1999, 901 remained the sole area code for West Tennessee for 47 years. However, by the turn of the millennium, 901 was close to exhaustion due to the Memphis area's rapid growth, as well as the proliferation of cell phones and pagers.