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Hall of Fame Honors Teachers With Week of Activities
Exceptional educators will be honored this week as the National Teachers Hall of Fame inducts 10 new members. Two classes of five inductees each will be honored, the first in-person events after the COVID pandemic canceled the schedule in 2020. In Emp...
Jun 13, 2022, 7:00am EDT
Events Celebrate May Massee Collection at Emporia State
A number of special events are planned to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the May Massee Collection of children's literature materials held in Emporia State University's Special Collections and Archives. This collection was assembled in honor of pio...
Jun 6, 2022, 3:00pm EDT
Students to Learn What It Takes to be a Teacher
Kansas high school students will get to experience what it means to be a teacher at the Kansas Future Teacher Academy June 5 through 9. About 60 students from across the state will be meeting at the academy, held at Emporia State University. "The goal...
Jun 1, 2022, 2:31pm EDT
Patton, Reynolds Win 2022 Emporia Entrepreneur Challenge
Jillian Patton and Lillian Reynolds were announced the winners of the Emporia Entrepreneur Challenge on April 28. The Emporia Entrepreneur Challenge is a venture idea competition that is open to all students from Emporia State University with $3,000 in...
May 26, 2022, 6:14pm EDT
Joseph J. Bisogno and the late Joseph and Louis Wenger Inducted Into the Kansas Business Hall of Fame
Joseph J. Bisogno and the late brothers Joseph and Louis Wenger have been announced as the 2022 Kansas Business Hall of Fame (KBHF) Contemporary and Historical inductees, respectively. These three were officially inducted at the Business Appreciation D...
May 26, 2022, 6:01pm EDT
Local officers enjoy lunch from Emporia State University
Lunch was on Emporia State University for local law enforcement officers and firefighters earlier this month. On May 10, ESU Interim President Ken Hush and the university's leadership team sent a deli lunch to more than 70 at the Emporia Police Departm...
May 26, 2022, 2:00pm EDT
ESU Campus Childcare Center to Close in August 2023
Emporia State University announced Friday (May 20, 2022) that it will close the Center for Early Childhood Education in August 2023. The center dates back to a time when on-campus laboratories were the model to provide education students with hands-on...
May 20, 2022, 6:34pm EDT
William Allen White Children's Book Winners Announced
Two authors who live on opposite coasts of the United States will come to Kansas in October to accept the 2022 William Allen White Children's Book Awards. Voters in Grades 3 through 5 selected "Wildfire" by Rodman Philbrick. Voters in Grades 6 through ...
May 12, 2022, 9:26am EDT
The Teachers College Honors Students at End of Year Banquet
Over 110 people were recognized at The Teachers College 38th Annual Honors Ceremony held the evening of May 6. This was the first time this event was held in person since 2019. A total of 107 students and five retiring members of the college received ...
May 9, 2022, 2:59pm EDT
Faculty member of The Teachers College Receives Mentor Award
Dr. Damara Paris recently received Emporia State's Graduate Mentor Award. Paris received her Ph.D. in deaf education and deaf studies at Lamar University in 2012 and came to Emporia State in 2014. She has written, been awarded and directed four federa...
May 9, 2022, 2:40pm EDT