Recent News
Jones Foundation Enhances Scholarship Program at Emporia State University
A tuition voucher program that has helped thousands of Emporia State University students from Lyon, Coffey and Osage counties is being expanded to offer more financial assistance to qualified students. The Jones Foundation of Emporia, a nonprofit orga...
Apr 13, 2022, 11:36am EDT
Event & Fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis to be held at Emporia State University
An annual event raising awareness and funds for Cystic Fibrosis awareness is coming up soon. Laps 4 Landon will be held Tuesday, April 19, starting at 6 p.m. at Emporia State University. Now in its 15th year, the event is planned, organized and run by...
Apr 12, 2022, 3:22pm EDT
Concert Remembers Augusta Shepherd
Emporia State University and the Department of Music will honor an Emporia woman who, with her husband, changed the look of the campus and the lives of hundreds of students. The Augusta Shepherd Memorial Concert will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14...
Apr 11, 2022, 2:30pm EDT
Women's History Month Reception and Awards Ceremony
Come celebrate the women of Emporia State University on Friday, March 25 from 2 to 3 p.m. in the Greek Room of the Memorial Union. The Ethnic and Gender Studies Program is sponsoring the reception. Join the Emporia community in celebration of the 2022...
Mar 22, 2022, 10:26am EDT
Essay Contest Winners Announced
Four Kansas high school students won $500 each for best writing an essay about an inductee in the Kansas Business Hall of Fame. The four winners and their topics were: Sriram Srinivasa Kalki, freshman from Blue Valley North High School, inductee Phi...
Mar 18, 2022, 2:44pm EDT
KVC Health Systems, Emporia State University launch data analytics research to benefit children in foster care
Across every sector, the value of data analytics is skyrocketing. Data analytics can answer important, real-world questions by transforming raw data into insights that influence business decision-making, shape policy, and improve people's lives. Now, c...
Mar 16, 2022, 12:19pm EDT
More than $60K donated during Day of Giving
Hornets gave from the hearts during the first-ever Emporia State University Day of Giving, raising more than $62,000 in the 24-hour period. A total of $62,346.89 was given by 228 donors in support of 45 areas, according to data collected by the ESU Fo...
Mar 3, 2022, 12:23pm EST
ESU Theatre Presents 'The Lifespan of a Fact'
Emporia State University Theatre presents "The Lifespan of a Fact" by Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell and Gordon Farrell March 3 through 6 at the Karl C. Bruder Theatre. Performances March 3, 4 and 5 at 7:30 p.m. and March 6 at 2 p.m. Hot on the heels ...
Feb 25, 2022, 5:20pm EST
Bonner & Bonner Diversity Lecture Coming March 3
"Youth Advancing Social Justice: How to Be a Changemaker" is the theme of the 2022 Bonner and Bonner Diversity Lecture: Civic Leadership for the Common Good. The event on Thursday, March 3, features Autumn Rose Miskweminanocsqua (Raspberry Star Woman) ...
Feb 24, 2022, 11:59am EST
2022 Class of Kansas Master Teachers Announced
Representing nearly 130 years of teaching experience, the seven members of the 2022 class of Kansas Master Teachers were announced today. The teachers chosen for this annual award are: Andy Battenfield, Physical Education Teacher at Village Elementa...
Feb 22, 2022, 3:47pm EST