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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
ESU's Business School Waives GMAT for Summer, Fall 2020
To help prospective students who want to work toward graduate degrees, the School of Business at Emporia State University is waiving the Graduate Management Admissions Test requirement for those who apply for summer and fall 2020 terms. Because of t...
May 6, 2020, 3:44pm EDT
Mitchell DeWalt Wins 2020 Emporia Entrepreneur Challenge
Mitchell DeWalt was announced the winner of the Emporia Entrepreneur Challenge on April 15, the first time the competition used a virtual format. The Emporia Entrepreneur Challenge is a venture idea competition that is open to all students from Empo...
May 1, 2020, 6:28pm EDT
The Teachers College Honors Students Through End-of-Year Online Ceremony
Just over 100 people were recognized at The Teachers College 36th Annual Honors Event held the afternoon of May 1 via an online virtual event. "It was important to us that we hold our annual celebration recognizing the achievements of our students a...
May 1, 2020, 5:59pm EDT
Emporia State Working Toward Face-to-Face Classes in Fall
Emporia State leaders announced today that some face-to-face classes will resume in the second half of the summer session, which begins June 29, with the goal of returning in fall 2020 with in-person classes. "In all planning our priority has been, ...
Apr 30, 2020, 3:09pm EDT
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