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ESU Honors 4 Distinguished Alumni
Four Emporia State alumni have proven that even in a year of uncommon changes and challenges, some things never change: The successes of ESU graduates in unusually diverse fields. Although the Distinguished Alumni for 2020 represent wide-ranging int...
Oct 5, 2020, 10:00am EDT
Emporia State receives more than $1M in grant for rehabilitation counseling
Emporia State University has received a grant from the Department of Education/ Rehabilitation Services Administration to train vocational rehabilitation professionals whose goals are to help individuals with disabilities prepare for and find meaningfu...
Oct 5, 2020, 10:00am EDT
Cecil O'Brate, Walter Beech Inducted Into KBHF
Cecil O'Brate and the late Walter Beech have been announced as the 2020 Kansas Business Hall of Fame inductees. O'Brate will be recognized at a ceremony at the Garden City Commission meeting at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, at the City Administrative Center,...
Oct 2, 2020, 3:09pm EDT
Record-Setting Retention, Graduate Students Highlight ESU Enrollment Report
Emporia State saw a slight decline in overall headcount enrollment for fall 2020, thanks in large part to a record number of graduate students. The enrollment report issued on the 20th day of the fall semester showed: 5,828 total enrollment fo...
Oct 1, 2020, 1:59pm EDT
ESU Theatre Live-streams 'Monday Mini-Musicals' for Homecoming Show
In a pandemic-era homage to ESU Theatre's annual Homecoming musical, three 20-minute programs will live-stream Mondays at 7:30 p.m. on ESU Theatre's Facebook page. The free performances will be broadcast live from the Karl C. Bruder Theatre, featuring ...
Oct 1, 2020, 11:59am EDT
Emporia State Welcomes New Rudd Scholars
In a year noted for unpredictability and changed plans, five first-time students at Emporia State are able to pursue their college dreams with one certainty - their education is paid for thanks to scholarships from the Rudd Foundation of Wichita. Th...
Sep 30, 2020, 3:41pm EDT
ESU's Talent Search Open to Students in Emporia, Atchison, Leavenworth
For some students, college is always on their radar, but differences in access, education, family traditions and location may keep some graduates from knowing how to make decisions about their future in higher education that are right for them. For stu...
Sep 30, 2020, 3:23pm EDT
ESU Awarded $1,694,855 To Help Low Income, First Generation, Students With Disabilities Succeed
The U.S. Department of Education awarded Emporia State University a federal TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) grant of $1,694,855 over the next 5 years to help students succeed in and graduate from college. SSS began in 1968 as one of eight federa...
Sep 29, 2020, 2:43pm EDT
ESU Honors 3 Recent Graduates
The Emporia State University Alumni Association will turn to virtual tools to honor three alumni who graduated within the past decade. The 2020 Outstanding Recent Graduate honorees are flourishing in their jobs, both in the Great Plains region and half...
Sep 28, 2020, 10:00am EDT
Reading of 'Odyssey' Marks National Translation Month
Hear "Odyssey" read by award-winning translator Stanley Lombardo as Emporia State University Special Collections and Archives will celebrate National Translation Month. This virtual event at 7 p.m. Sept. 29 is open to the public and will be livestre...
Sep 21, 2020, 10:00am EDT