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Mitchell Retires After 20 Years with Emporia State University Theatre
Theresa Mitchell, professor of theatre at Emporia State University, retires this year after 20 years with the Department of Communication and Theatre. Mitchell is a native Kansan from Independence. She earned her Master of Arts in directing from the Un...
Apr 15, 2019, 1:11pm EDT
Grammy Award Winner and Educator to be at ESU This Summer
An area native, former teacher, administrator and faculty member at Emporia State is returning home for a few days this summer. Dr. Monte Selby will be at the 2019 Kansas Future Teacher Academy in June. For 30 years, Kansas high school students look...
Apr 15, 2019, 12:24pm EDT
Documentary Premieres in Emporia
Charles Brown and Greg Schneider are friends and faculty colleagues at Emporia State University. They also are ideological opponents who disagree on how to achieve the common good. The debate between Brown, a philosophy professor, and Schneider, a h...
Apr 8, 2019, 10:00am EDT
Fourteen Students Qualify for Nationals Phi Beta Lambda State Conference
Fourteen students from Emporia State University's chapter of Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) traveled to Butler Community College in El Dorado, KS, to compete at the 2019 Kansas State Leadership Conference. Phi Beta Lambda is the collegiate level of Future Busin...
Apr 2, 2019, 1:05pm EDT
Financial Assistance Available to Train in Special Education
A recently announced increase in grant funding from the Kansas Board of Regents will allow two-thirds as many educators to work toward endorsements in high-incidence special education. "Students with high-incidence disabilities are the most prevalen...
Mar 29, 2019, 9:26am EDT
International Food Festival is Saturday
Celebrate global cultures with Emporia State's international students as they showcase the foods, traditions and entertainments from their countries. The International Food Festival is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 30, in Webb Hall of ESU's...
Mar 25, 2019, 12:00pm EDT
Kruse Joins Emporia State University Foundation Board
The chief executive officer of AdamsGabbert in Overland Park is a new member of the Emporia State University Foundation. Denise L. Kruse of Overland Park is an Emporia State alumna, earning a bachelor of science in business degree in business administr...
Mar 7, 2019, 11:33am EST
Irick Joins Emporia State University Foundation Board
A retired executive with Westar Energy, Inc., is a new member of the Emporia State University Foundation. Larry D. Irick of Lawrence, retired vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for Westar, is an Emporia State alumnus, earning both ...
Mar 7, 2019, 11:32am EST
Johnston Joins Emporia State University Foundation Board
A partner for auditing firm KPMG is a new member of the Emporia State University Foundation. Troy D. Johnston of Spring, Texas, is an alumnus of ESU, earning a bachelor of science in business degree in accounting in 1988. Johnston began his career with...
Mar 7, 2019, 11:31am EST
Stibal Joins Emporia State University Foundation Board
A senior vice president with UNUM Group is a new member of the Emporia State University Foundation. John A. Stibal of Falmouth, Maine, is an Emporia State alumnus, earning a bachelor of science in business degree in business administration in 1982. ...
Mar 7, 2019, 11:31am EST