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Wolf Bordonaro Receives ESU's Highest Faculty Award
Dr. Gaelynn Wolf Bordonaro, an art therapy professor with a heart for service and mentorship, is Emporia State University's 2020 Roe R. Cross Distinguished Professor. Traditionally, ESU administrators enter the classroom of the new Roe R. Cross prof...
Apr 30, 2020, 2:52pm EDT
Three at ESU Honored with Awards for Women's History Month
Each spring, Emporia State University celebrates Women's History Month by honoring three award winners with a reception sponsored by the Ethnic and Gender Studies program and the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies. In 2020, the reception is mov...
Apr 27, 2020, 11:03am EDT
ESU Theatre Postpones Spring Play, Cancels Summer Theatre
Emporia State University Theatre has postponed its spring 2020 production of Euripides classic Greek tragedy "Medea." Originally to be presented as the final show of the 2019-2020 season, the production will now be presented in the fall of 2020. Und...
Apr 16, 2020, 8:36pm EDT
Students Win in the Third Annual KBHF Essay Contest
High school students across the state have received their awards from the third annual statewide Kansas Business Hall of Fame essay contest. The contest was open to students in Grades 9-12 in Kansas. Home school entries were accepted. Original essay...
Apr 16, 2020, 1:07pm EDT
Financial Assistance Continues to Prepare Teachers in Special Education
Kansas children in elementary through high school will have a better chance at getting their needs met by a special education teacher thanks to renewed funding for a grant given to Emporia State University. More than 40 Kansas educators are projecte...
Apr 16, 2020, 10:27am EDT
ESU Students Qualify for Nationals at the Phi Beta Lambda State Conference
Eight students from Emporia State University's chapter of Phi Beta Lambda hosted and competed in the 2020 State Leadership Conference held at the School of Business, Cremer Hall, at Emporia State. ESU was one of eight schools that competed at the event...
Apr 8, 2020, 3:40pm EDT
ESU Archives Offers Virtual Open Mic Event
While the office in William Allen White Library is closed due to the COVID-19 situation, ESU Special Collections and Archives is offering alternative ways for the community to connect with them. At 7 p.m. April 17, Special Collections and Archives w...
Apr 8, 2020, 3:18pm EDT
ESU Names McKernan Director of Facilities
An Emporia native, ESU alumnus and military veteran with more than 30 years of experience is the new Director of University Facilities at Emporia State. Bill McKernan has served as interim director since September 2019. McKernan began his military c...
Apr 1, 2020, 9:35am EDT
2020 Friends of the Plains Dinner Canceled
The 2020 Friends of the Plains dinner scheduled for April 24 at the Copper Top in Emporia has been canceled to help limit public events during the COVID-19 pandemic. The dinner will not be rescheduled for 2020, according to Friends spokesperson, Susan ...
Mar 24, 2020, 11:42am EDT
ESU Theatre students continue to garner recognition at the Open Jar Institute
For the fourth time in eight years, ESU theatre students have been selected for the prestigious Open Jar Institute. Only 60 theatre students are selected from across the nation for participation in the program. In a first, two undergrad students wer...
Mar 17, 2020, 11:33am EDT
