Recent News
New Chair in Business Brings Depth of Experience
A professor with a wide breadth of experience beyond accounting is the new chair of the Accounting, Information Systems, and Finance Department in the School of Business at Emporia State University. Dr. Mary Teal assumes the role Monday, July 20. Wi...
Jul 16, 2020, 9:13am EDT
Summer Internship Dream Come True - Even Working From Home
Ryan Wagner, a senior marketing student at Emporia State University from Silver Lake, landed the internship of his dreams - working for Stamford Media Center as a digital marketing and operations intern. The current environment and COVID-19 restriction...
Jul 6, 2020, 3:08pm EDT
ESU Coach Education Program Re-Accredited
Besides teachers and parents, who spends evenings, weekends - countless hours a year - working with children under the age of 18? Coaches. "Coaching is one of the most influential professions in the world," said Mark Stanbrough, director of Emporia ...
Jun 22, 2020, 10:00am EDT
2020 Children's Picture Book Award Winner Announced
As children transition from schooling at home to summering at home during the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, some grumpy days - from children and adults - are to be expected, even when the sun is out and the weather nice. For anyone looking to explain...
Jun 15, 2020, 2:00pm EDT
ESU athletic training graduate program earns accreditation
Emporia State is now able to offer a graduate program in athletic training, having recently earned accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education. "The commission recognized our program as meeting the required stan...
Jun 15, 2020, 12:05pm EDT
ESU Hosts Humanity First Virtual Forum
Emporia State's Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will host an open forum inspired by the events surrounding the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The virtual event is open to the larger community. Humanity First: a conversati...
Jun 3, 2020, 10:07am EDT
ESU Offers Free Workshops for Educators to Move Classes Online
With COVID-19 disruptions causing an unprecedented shift to online K-12 instruction, Emporia State is offering free workshops to help Kansas educators transition their face-to-face classes to online formats. ESU's Department of Instructional Design ...
May 18, 2020, 8:05pm EDT
Emporia State Psychology Faculty Member Named Endowed Professor
Dr. Cathy Grover will be the 2020-21 King Endowed Professor in The Teachers College at Emporia State University. She did not know that, though, when the chair of her department said the dean was going to join them in a virtual meeting recently. "...
May 14, 2020, 6:06pm EDT
Virtual Kansas Future Teacher Academy to be Held
In its 31st year, and because of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Kansas Future Teacher Academy will be held - just in a different format than in its previous three decades. "KFTA is open for high school students who come to the Emporia State campu...
May 12, 2020, 5:14pm EDT
ESU Graphic Design Seniors Present Virtual Show
When the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the traditional ESU Graphic Design Senior Show in the Department of Art's gallery space, students turned to technology and downtown Emporia businesses to showcase their art. The six local sponsors are Dirty Kanza,...
May 6, 2020, 4:16pm EDT