ETSU Elevates

Creating a healthy, thriving region with opportunities for all

ETSU Elevates 2024

Join us on Monday, October 7 for ETSU Elevates 2024!
Monday, October 7 | 5PM - 8PM
Doors Open - 5PM | Pitch Event - 5:30PM
ETSU Foundation Grand Hall | ETSU Martin Center for the Arts

Meet the 2024 ETSU Elevates Teams

Staying Sustainable

Jolene Batie

with Meet the Mountains/Visit JC

Continuing the Stories of Recovery

Kyah Alese Powers, Reagan Sparks & Eliza Smith

with the Johnson City Recovery Center

Bike Layne

Layne Maddox

with the Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association Inc.

My Health Compass

Morgan Blazer

with the Appalachian Highlands Care Network

Level the Field

Skylar Mittelsteadt

with YMCA Kingsport

Smile with NAT

Natalie White

with Appalachian Miles for Smiles

The Myla Project

Laura Head & Caitlyn Glover

with YWCA Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia

Tri-FACETS

Matthew Gardenhour

with RISE: Healthy for Life

What is ETSU Elevates?

Launched in 2019, the ETSU Elevates program offers students support in identifying an economic, social, or environmental issue area of their choice and coordinating with a community-based partner (agency, organization, or client) in the region to conceptualize, design, and implement a service-focused solution to their unique topic. Engaging with community experts, students explore the root causes of their identified issue area while developing practical and scalable solutions through workshop training sessions and personal coaching.

Upon completion of the ETSU Elevates program, the students and community partners share their ideas publicly at the ETSU Elevates Pitch Competition to secure funds to scale and implement their proposed projects in the region. In 2023, ETSU Elevates invested a total of $25,000 to address community needs in our region and beyond!

How will ETSU Elevate Your Idea?