Recent News
Friday Nights series includes concert by Jesse McCartney
Excitement is building for the 2022 season of Friday Nights, a six-week series of free events created for Emporia State University students that showcase Emporia as an exciting home during their college careers. Added to the traditional tailgate event...
Aug 24, 2022, 3:01pm EDT
ESU Theatre presents 'The Underpants'
Emporia State University Theatre opens the 2022-23 academic year with "The Underpants" by Carl Sternheim and adapted by actor/comedian Steve Martin with performances today through Saturday. Performances will in the Ronald Q. Frederickson Theatre at 7:...
Aug 24, 2022, 8:57am EDT
Garden Plain graduate receives Pre-Medical Fellowship from Emporia State
Peyton Hair of Garden Plain, Kansas, will receive a Pre-Medical Fellowship from Emporia State University. The award comes during a signing ceremony at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, at the Garden Plain Community Library. The Pre-Medical Fellowship is a...
Jul 19, 2022, 11:54am EDT
ESU's Phi Beta Lambda Students Bring Home Awards
Emporia State University students who competed in the Phi Beta Lambda national competition returned with four first-place awards within a total of 15 Top 10 finishes. A total of 10 Emporia State students attended the event June 24 through 27 in Chicago...
Jul 19, 2022, 10:44am EDT
2022 Bill Martin, Jr. Picture Book Award Winner Announced
Characters separated by walls, learning what's on the other side of the walls is the premise of this year's Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award. "The selection of this book reflects the influence of our youth's curiosity and wonder," said Dr. Heather C...
Jul 15, 2022, 11:35am EDT
Grant for Cybersecurity to be Announced Wednesday
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran will be on the Emporia State University campus Wednesday, July 6, to share details of a federal grant for a cybersecurity center on campus. The news conference will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Kansas Business Hall of Fame room on t...
Jul 5, 2022, 3:57pm EDT
Emporia State Offers Fifth Annual String Camp
Registration is open for a one-week string camp to children and teens of all playing abilities in early August. The event, conducted by Emporia State University music department, offers chamber music, orchestra, music theory and group instrument classe...
Jul 5, 2022, 2:26pm EDT
Emporia State University Names New Athletic Director
David Spafford, an experienced professional with a proven track record for fundraising, has been named the new Director of Athletics for Emporia State University. Spafford, a Kansas native, brings a successful 27-year career in athletics to Hornet Nati...
Jun 29, 2022, 4:00pm EDT
ESU Theatre summer farce 'The Underpants' rescheduled for August
Emporia State University Theatre has rescheduled this week's planned opening of Steve Martin's face "The Underpants" because of four positive COVID results among the cast and crew. The show is now set for Aug. 24 through 27. "Despite our immediate dis...
Jun 20, 2022, 1:38pm EDT
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