ETSU President Brian Noland With less than a week from the first day of classes, ETSU President Brian Noland is looking ahead at the new academic year and said that there are great things in store. “I’ve had the honor to serve as president of this institution for more than a decade, and I don’t think I’ve ever been more excited for an academic year than this year,” Noland said. “This is a year when a lot of the pieces of a puzzle come together.
” Ahead of the official start of the fall semester, Noland took the time to reflect on the previous academic year and share his hopes for the 2024-25 school year, as well as some advice for students. Last fall, ETSU welcomed the largest class of incoming freshmen that the institution had ever seen. Noland said that this year’s freshmen class is on par with their predecessors, with an estimated number of 2,050 to 2,100 students.
“We’ll probably have one of the five largest freshmen classes in the history of the university,” Noland said. Although officials have yet to determine if this year’s freshmen class will break last year’s record, the university is set to shatter another record this year–the number of students living on campus. Noland shared that there will be 3,400 students living on campus, according to the latest count.
This number is 400 more than the university had last year, and almost a thousand more than a decade ago. “That’s going to bring a sense of energy, a sense of opportunity, a sense o.