1841
First International Student
The first recorded attendance of an international student at East Tennessee University appears in the 1841 catalogue which lists Stamos S. Trikaliotes, of Athens, Greece as a senior. He received the A.B. degree the same year. Trikaliotes also earned a master’s degree from the university in 1844, becoming both the first international student to earn an undergraduate degree and the first to earn a graduate degree.