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Emporia State Students' Essays Bring Scholarships
Two Emporia State students who believe in serving others and giving back have won scholarships in an annual essay contest. Jack Jewett of Wichita received $1,000, and Gaby Amparan of Liberal received $863 at today's ESU Founders' Day celebration. No...
Feb 21, 2020, 5:25pm EST
Emporia State University Theatre Presents 'Death by Design'
Emporia State University Theatre will present a new comedy, "Death by Design," as the opening production of its spring season. Playwright Rob Urbinati is a New York playwright with close ties to the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and ...
Feb 17, 2020, 1:35pm EST
Presentation Explores the Harlem Renaissance and Kansas
ESU Special Collections and Archives will host "The Harlem Renaissance," a presentation and discussion by Lem Sheppard, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, in the Learning Commons of William Allen White Library. Members of the community are invited to attend t...
Feb 17, 2020, 1:23pm EST
ESU School of Business Welcomes Fulbright Visiting Scholar
A Fulbright Visiting Scholar from the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh is spending the spring 2020 semester in the School of Business at Emporia State University. Dr. Md. Rakibul Hoque has experience teaching postgraduate and undergraduate level co...
Feb 11, 2020, 3:20pm EST
Celebrate Founders' Day at ESU
Emporia State University will mark 157 years of educational excellence with its annual Founders' Day celebration. During Founders' Day activities, Emporia State pays tribute to the foresight of those Kansans who established the Kansas State Normal S...
Feb 11, 2020, 3:01pm EST
Severe Weather Season Presentation Planned at Emporia State
Cold temperatures and chances for snow and ice may be part of weather forecasts right now, but severe weather season is right around the corner. Emporia State University and Lyon County emergency management departments are teaming up to sponsor the ...
Feb 10, 2020, 12:10pm EST
Women's Suffrage Topic of Archives Program
Emporia State University Special Collections and Archives and the William Allen White Community Partnership, Inc. invite the community to a program in celebration of William Allen White's 152nd birthday and the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. ...
Feb 4, 2020, 11:40am EST
Terry Family Recognized for Hornet Heritage by ESU Alumni Association
An important and influential family with an Emporia State family legacy is being recognized this weekend at the ESU basketball game. Paul and Odessa Terry didn't merely dream that all eight of their children would graduate from college; they expected i...
Feb 4, 2020, 11:31am EST
Emporia State Students Take Honors from Regional Theatre Festival
The Emporia State University Theatre program was well-represented at Festival 52 of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region V. The gathering was held in Sioux Falls, South Dakota the week of Jan. 19 through 25. The festival cele...
Jan 28, 2020, 3:16pm EST
ESU's Garrett Elected NCAA DII Presidents Council Vice Chair
Emporia State University President Allison Garrett was elected vice chair of the NCAA Division II Presidents Council at the conclusion last week of the NCAA's annual meeting. Garrett joined the Presidents Council at its April 2017 meeting. "It has b...
Jan 28, 2020, 2:27pm EST