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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
Emporia State Alumni named as Teachers of the Year
Five alumni of Emporia State are members of the 2020 Kansas Teacher of the Year Team. They are Kara Belew (MAT 2011, Art History); Amy Hillman (MS 2011, Master Teacher Elementary Concentration); Shawn Hornung (BS 1996, Sociology); Julie Loevenstein ...
Jan 21, 2020, 12:17pm EST
Emporia State Offers Exploration of Teaching/Education Careers
Kansas high school students looking toward the future have the opportunity to see if they want to be among the future generation of teachers, coaches, counselors, education researchers, speech therapists - every profession that begins with a degree in ...
Jan 15, 2020, 3:32pm EST
Emporia State Alum Wins $25K Milken Educator Award
An Emporia State alumna who was inspired in high school to become a math teacher won a $25,000 Milken Educator Award on Thursday. Learning isn't a game in Carly Bowden's seventh-grade math class at Andover Central Middle School. Except when it is. K...
Jan 10, 2020, 1:36pm EST
Wichita Area Teachers Achieve National Board Certification
Two teachers from USD 259 Wichita and one from USD 262 Valley Center are among the more than 3,800 teachers nationwide who in 2019 achieved the highest professional credentials they can earn - they attained first-time certification from the National Bo...
Jan 9, 2020, 4:56pm EST