ETSU Board of Trustees approve pay arise for employees

The ETSU Board of Trustees approved a 2.3 percent pay raise for employees at its quarterly meeting last week. The raise is for full-time, benefits-eligible employees, capped at $7,500 per person, retroactive to November 1. The board also approved a Master of Science in Environment, Health and Disaster Studies program. The program combines geosciences, environmental health, epidemiology and disaster science to address increasingly complex challenges facing communities and industries, responding to disaster situations.