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Wichita Area Teachers Achieve National Board Certification
Two teachers from USD 259 Wichita and one from USD 262 Valley Center are among 10 Kansas educators who recently found out they earned their first-time certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Cody Dickman and Benjam...
Feb 9, 2021, 9:00am EST
Four ESU Alums Earn 2021 Kansas Horizon Award
Four Emporia State alums were recipients of the 2021 Kansas Horizon Award, the Kansas State Department of Education announced on January 7. Sarah Kennedy (BSB 2006), who teaches second grade at West Indianola Elementary School in Seaman USD 345....
Feb 8, 2021, 5:24pm EST
New Disc Golf Course at ESU Needs a Name
Emporia State is home to the newest disc golf course in Emporia, and the university wants the public's help to name it. The 9-hole, par-3 course is being built in Wilson Park on the east side of campus. Emporia's Dynamic Discs is donating the projec...
Feb 8, 2021, 10:04am EST
ESU Offers New Master of Science in Nursing Program
A new Master of Science in Nursing program at Emporia State University will help nurses advance their careers while benefitting rural health care settings in need of educators and managers. Every component of Emporia State's MSN program - except the...
Feb 4, 2021, 9:21am EST
FHTC, ESU Collaborate for 2+2 Communication Degree Program
Students who earn an associate degree in multimedia design at Flint Hills Technical College can easily transfer to Emporia State University to complete a bachelor's degree in communication under a new agreement between the two institutions. During f...
Feb 1, 2021, 10:00am EST
Celebrate Founders' Day at ESU
Emporia State University will mark 158 years of educational excellence with its annual Founders' Day celebration. During the Founders' Day program, Emporia State will pay tribute to the foresight of those Kansans who established the Kansas State Nor...
Jan 27, 2021, 4:41pm EST
Nashatizadeh, Shannon Join Emporia State University Foundation Board
A University of Kansas School of Medicine neurologist and faculty member, as well as a former Missouri business owner and chief financial officer are two new trustees on the 45-member board for the Emporia State University Foundation. Dr. Muhammad M...
Jan 27, 2021, 4:40pm EST
John R. (Trip) Shannon III Joins Emporia State University Foundation Board
A former Missouri business owner and chief financial officer is a new trustee on the 45-member board for the Emporia State University Foundation. John R. "Trip" Shannon III of Overland Park earned a Bachelor of Science in Business degree in Accounti...
Jan 27, 2021, 4:40pm EST
Faculty of The Teachers College Honored by Peers at Emporia State
Four members of the faculty and staff at Emporia State University received awards on Jan. 21 for their work within The Teachers College. Dr. John Wade received the Excellence in Instruction Award. Wade, a professor in the psychology department and d...
Jan 26, 2021, 9:05pm EST
ESU Student Group Provides Masks to Community
Members of Kappa Delta Pi: Iota Chapter, the international honor society in education at Emporia State University, is providing mask trees to be set up around the Emporia State University campus over the next few weeks. Each tree is stocked with CDC-ap...
Jan 13, 2021, 10:56am EST