ETSU holds Winter Commencement

East Tennessee State University held its winter commencement and the first graduates from the BlueSky Tennessee Institute on Saturday. 1,369 students walked for the ceremony, with 27 College of Business and Technology students making ETSU history by graduating from the BlueSky Tennessee Institute, a workforce partnership between BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee and ETSU. A release from ETSU said Those 27 graduates completed 27 months in the program and accepted job offers for a competitive position with BlueCross BlueShield.