Nearly 100 people took their oath of citizenship in front of a large crowd of guests and friends on Friday, Sept. 29. The Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee and a graduate of ETSU, presided over the ceremony.

This marked the second time that ETSU hosted a naturalization ceremony after becoming the first higher education institution in East Tennessee to host one in 2018.

Following their oath of allegiance, the new U.S. citizens received certificates of citizenship, as well as American flags from the Daughters of the American Revolution.

An audience shot in the Culp auditorium. Most people can be seen smiling.
A shot of the auditorium stage taken from above as the judge leads participants through the oath of citizenship
A man in a leather jacket takes an American Flad from a woman in a yellow cardigan.