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The W.S. & E.C. Jones Trust Provides Grant to Extend and Expand Mobilizing Literacy Programs
A recent commitment from the W.S. & E.C. Jones Trust for $2.5 million to the Mobilizing Literacy grant program will continue and expand upon literacy initiatives benefitting children within the region. Over the next five years, this grant, coordinated ...
Jun 23, 2021, 11:05am EDT
Hornet Hills Name of New ESU Disc Golf Course
After soliciting naming ideas from Emporia State students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends, the new disc golf course on campus will be called Hornet Hills. The three people who suggested the name will receive gift cards to Dynamic Discs from company...
Jun 10, 2021, 11:03am EDT
Douglas J. Cohen's 'No Way to Treat a Lady' Is Summer Musical Production
Emporia State University Theatre presents Douglas J. Cohen's "No Way to Treat a Lady" as the 2021 Summer Theatre Musical at 7:30 p.m. on June 23, 24, 25 and 26. This fast-paced, murder-musical comedy is set in seedy 1970s New York. Follow lovable schlu...
Jun 9, 2021, 12:21pm EDT
Emporia State Drops Mask Mandate, Other COVID Protocols
Requirements to wear masks, social distance and disinfect classrooms and offices ended today at Emporia State University. In a communication to all faculty, staff and students, ESU President Allison D. Garrett shared that campus is officially back to n...
Jun 7, 2021, 5:41pm EDT
Copy of: ESU Student Places in Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge
An Emporia State business administration student took third place in the Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge recently. Kendra Kratzberg, a senior from New Strawn, earned $1,000 for her idea "ShowUP." Her executive summary explains her venture idea: "The...
Jun 2, 2021, 3:25pm EDT
ESU Student Places in Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge
An Emporia State business administration student took third place in the Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge recently. Kendra Kratzberg, a senior from New Strawn, earned $1,000 for her idea "ShowUP." Her executive summary explains her venture idea: "The...
Jun 2, 2021, 3:22pm EDT
ESU Announces 2021 Bill Martin Jr., Picture Book Award Winner
A story about a bird having to rebuild and share her home with others is the winner of this year's Bill Martin Jr., Picture Book Award. "The selection of this book is a welcome relief as we move beyond the current environment of social distancing," sa...
May 25, 2021, 4:32pm EDT
William Allen White Children's Book Winners Announced
The spirit of the supernatural is the common denominator between the two books selected by Kansas schoolchildren for the 2021 William Allen White Children's Book Awards. Voters in Grades 3 through 5 selected "Small Spaces" by Katherine Arden. Voters in...
May 24, 2021, 9:56am EDT
ESU Offers New Online Program Focused on Dyslexia
A new program aimed to help teachers who have students struggling with dyslexia is available through Emporia State University. Every component of the program - except practicum experiences - are offered online. People can take the courses as part of a...
May 19, 2021, 11:49am EDT
ESU Undergraduate Commencement Moved Indoors
Saturday's undergraduate commencement ceremony for Emporia State University will be indoors at White Auditorium, 111 E. Sixth Ave., in Emporia. The ceremony begins at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 15. Check-in for graduates begins at 7:30 a.m. Each graduate i...
May 14, 2021, 8:00pm EDT