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Paintings Being Auctioned to Support Scholarship Fund
Three paintings by former Emporia State professor Rex Hall are being auctioned to support the Rex and Ann Hall Family Art Scholarship at the ESU Foundation. The auction began May 29 and closes June 19. Hall, who taught at Emporia State University fr...
Jun 10, 2019, 10:30am EDT
Emporia State Summer Theatre opens its 65th season with Gurney's charming memory play
Emporia State's Summer Theatre program celebrates its 65th birthday this season. The program was begun in 1955 by Karl C. Bruder and is the longest running summer stock theatre on the Great Plains. Season 65 begins with "What I Did Last Summer," a char...
Jun 7, 2019, 4:51pm EDT
ESU's Teachers College Earns CAEP Accreditation
The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation recently announced The Teachers College at Emporia State University is one of 42 providers from 23 states and the District of Columbia to receive accreditation for its educator preparation progr...
Jun 6, 2019, 10:40am EDT
ESU Alumni Honors Key Volunteers
Emporia State University will present 2019 University Service Citation Awards to four Kansans this month during the annual Emporia State Theatre Guild Dinner on June 12, and the Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon on June 22. Dr. Charles R. (Charlie) Hi...
Jun 5, 2019, 3:42pm EDT
Essay Winners Honored at Team Kansas Banquet
The top three winners from the second annual Kansas Business Hall of Fame high school essay contest will be honored Tuesday at the 47th Annual Team Kansas Annual Awards Banquet on Tuesday, June 4, at the Kansas State University Alumni Center in Manhatt...
Jun 3, 2019, 1:11pm EDT
Foundation Empowers ESU Students Through Crowdfunding Tool
A new tool at the Emporia State University Foundation to help students, faculty and staff raise money for projects received a workout during the 2018-19 academic year. "We began using giveGOLD to create exciting opportunities for ESU faculty, staff ...
May 31, 2019, 12:00pm EDT
Salvage Operation Benefits Nonprofits, ESU
Like any major construction project, Emporia State's plan to demolish two pieces of the Morse Hall complex and renovate Abigail Morse Hall involves some heavy lifting. The early prep work is designed to reduce waste in the landfill and help area nonpro...
May 23, 2019, 10:52am EDT
Part of 15th Avenue Closes on ESU Campus
Blame the wet weather for closing part of 15th Avenue on the Emporia State campus earlier than planned. The street will close between Silent Joe and the southwest corner of Welch Stadium beginning Thursday, May 23. The street will reopen temporarily...
May 22, 2019, 12:33pm EDT
Emporia State Summer Theatre returns for its 65th season.
Emporia State's Summer Theatre program celebrates its 65th birthday this season. The program was begun in 1955 by Karl C. Bruder and is the longest running summer stock theatre on the Great Plains. Celebrating the past as well as our future, this year'...
May 20, 2019, 1:14pm EDT
Shepherd Family Continues to Help Emporia State Students
Emporia State's newest Shepherd Scholars brings the total to 300 students helped by the generosity of Augusta Shepherd (BSB '44 Business Administration) and her late husband, R. Hershel Shepherd. With annual and major gifts from Augusta, son Jim She...
May 9, 2019, 3:47pm EDT