ill en ▁College ▁of ▁Medicine ▁which ▁is ▁often ▁ranked ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁top ▁schools ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁for ▁rural ▁medicine ▁and ▁primary ▁care ▁education ; ▁the ▁Bill ▁G at ton ▁College ▁of ▁Ph arm acy , ▁the ▁College ▁of ▁N urs ing , ▁the ▁College ▁of ▁Public ▁Health , ▁and ▁the ▁recently ▁formed ▁College ▁of ▁C lin ical ▁and ▁Re h abil itative ▁Health ▁Sciences . ▁Un ique ▁programs ▁include ▁an ▁acc red ited ▁program ▁in ▁Bl u egr ass , ▁Old ▁Time , ▁and ▁Country ▁Music , ▁America ' s ▁l one ▁master ' s ▁degree ▁in ▁Story t elling , ▁and ▁the ▁App al ach ian ▁Studies ▁programs , ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁surrounding ▁App al ach ian ▁region . ▁ ▁History ▁E TS U ▁was ▁founded ▁as ▁East ▁Tennessee ▁State ▁Normal ▁School ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 1 ▁to ▁educ ate ▁teachers ; ▁the ▁K - 1 2 ▁training ▁school , ▁called ▁University ▁School , ▁oper ates ▁to ▁this ▁day . ▁East ▁Tennessee ▁State ▁officially ▁became ▁a ▁college ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 5 ▁when ▁it ▁changed ▁its ▁name ▁to ▁East ▁Tennessee ▁State ▁Te ach ers ▁College , ▁subsequently ▁gain ing ▁acc red itation ▁from ▁the ▁Southern ▁Association ▁of ▁Colleg es ▁and ▁Second ary ▁School s ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 7 . ▁By ▁ 1 9 3 0 , ▁the ▁school ' s ▁name ▁had ▁changed ▁again ▁to ▁East ▁Tennessee ▁State ▁Te acher ' s ▁College , ▁Johnson ▁City . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 3 , ▁East