Recent News

Pflaum Lecture Coming March 8
"Coaching Debate in Prison: Education and Redemption" is the theme of the 2023 Pflaum Lecture. The event on Wednesday, March 8, features David Register, 2004 Emporia State alum, faculty fellow and director of debate for the Bard Prison Initiative. Reg...
Mar 2, 2023, 9:19am EST

Bonner & Bonner Diversity Lecture Coming March 2
"The Power of Story and the Danger of Absence" is the theme of the 2023 Bonner and Bonner Diversity Lecture: Civic Leadership for the Common Good. The event on Thursday, March 2 features Dr. Ferial Pearson, an assistant professor of teacher education a...
Feb 23, 2023, 11:33am EST

Class of 2023 Kansas Master Teachers Announced
Representing 174 years of classroom experience, seven members of the class of 2023 Kansas Master Teachers were announced today. The teachers chosen for this annual award are: Kristen Anderson, Fifth Grade at North Fairview Elementary School in USD 3...
Feb 21, 2023, 2:14pm EST

Celebrate Founders' Day at ESU
Emporia State University will celebrate 160 years of educational excellence and opportunity with its annual Founders' Day celebration this week - and provide an opportunity for friends of ESU to offer birthday gifts through the annual Day of Giving at ...
Feb 13, 2023, 4:16pm EST

Two ESU Professors Tapped to Lead Reorganization Effort
A project to restructure Emporia State's College of Liberal Arts + Sciences to drive efficiency and focus for academic programs will be led by two experienced faculty members, the ESU provost announced today (Monday, Jan. 23, 2023). Amy Sage Webb-Baza...
Jan 23, 2023, 4:10pm EST

ESU Alum Receives 'Oscar' of Teaching Profession
When Kristine Becker entered the gymnasium of Logan Elementary School in North Topeka on Wednesday for a school assembly, she was wondering what good news she would hear. "We did really well on state assessments last year," she recalled thinking, "or ...
Jan 20, 2023, 1:14pm EST

Emporia State's King Lake Stocked with Rainbow Trout
King Lake on the Emporia State University campus received its first stocking of rainbow trout Jan. 12, thanks to an ongoing partnership between the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) and the university. Approximately 1,000 trout were intro...
Jan 12, 2023, 4:45pm EST

Emporia State Winter Break Begins Thursday
Because of the impending dangerous weather forecast for Thursday and Friday, the Emporia State University campus will shut down early for winter break. The campus will close at 5 p.m. today (Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022) and reopen after the holidays at 8...
Dec 21, 2022, 2:31pm EST

ESU Foundation Open to Accept Year-End Gifts
Given that many donors choose to make a gift during the month of December, ESU Foundation Staff will be available on call Dec. 27 through 31, and the Sauder Alumni Center, 1500 Highland St., will be open on Dec. 27 and 28 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Alumni ...
Dec 20, 2022, 10:35am EST

Fall News From the National Teachers Hall of Fame
Class of 2020 Inductee Dr. Melissa Collins is the 2022-2023 Tennessee Teacher of the Year. Collins is a second-grade teacher at John P. Freeman Optional School in Memphis-Shelby County Schools in Memphis where she has taught since 1995. Collins will re...
Dec 15, 2022, 2:34pm EST