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Awards Announced for Research and Creativity
Dr. Jeffrey Muldoon, associate professor of business administration, will receive the 2019 President's Award for Research and Creativity. Muldoon is the 24th recipient of the award, established in 1996 to honor an ESU individual who has been active ...
Apr 22, 2019, 9:38am EDT

Research & Creativity Day Set for April 24
Approximately 200 students and faculty from Emporia State will participate in Research and Creativity Day on Wednesday, April 24. All events take place in the Memorial Union. Research and Creativity Day is sponsored by the Research and Grants Center, H...
Apr 18, 2019, 2:41pm EDT

Mitchell Retires After 20 Years with Emporia State University Theatre
Theresa Mitchell, professor of theatre at Emporia State University, retires this year after 20 years with the Department of Communication and Theatre. Mitchell is a native Kansan from Independence. She earned her Master of Arts in directing from the Un...
Apr 15, 2019, 1:11pm EDT

Grammy Award Winner and Educator to be at ESU This Summer
An area native, former teacher, administrator and faculty member at Emporia State is returning home for a few days this summer. Dr. Monte Selby will be at the 2019 Kansas Future Teacher Academy in June. For 30 years, Kansas high school students look...
Apr 15, 2019, 12:24pm EDT

Documentary Premieres in Emporia
Charles Brown and Greg Schneider are friends and faculty colleagues at Emporia State University. They also are ideological opponents who disagree on how to achieve the common good. The debate between Brown, a philosophy professor, and Schneider, a h...
Apr 8, 2019, 10:00am EDT

Fourteen Students Qualify for Nationals Phi Beta Lambda State Conference
Fourteen students from Emporia State University's chapter of Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) traveled to Butler Community College in El Dorado, KS, to compete at the 2019 Kansas State Leadership Conference. Phi Beta Lambda is the collegiate level of Future Busin...
Apr 2, 2019, 1:05pm EDT

Financial Assistance Available to Train in Special Education
A recently announced increase in grant funding from the Kansas Board of Regents will allow two-thirds as many educators to work toward endorsements in high-incidence special education. "Students with high-incidence disabilities are the most prevalen...
Mar 29, 2019, 9:26am EDT

International Food Festival is Saturday
Celebrate global cultures with Emporia State's international students as they showcase the foods, traditions and entertainments from their countries. The International Food Festival is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 30, in Webb Hall of ESU's...
Mar 25, 2019, 12:00pm EDT

Kruse Joins Emporia State University Foundation Board
The chief executive officer of AdamsGabbert in Overland Park is a new member of the Emporia State University Foundation. Denise L. Kruse of Overland Park is an Emporia State alumna, earning a bachelor of science in business degree in business administr...
Mar 7, 2019, 11:33am EST

Irick Joins Emporia State University Foundation Board
A retired executive with Westar Energy, Inc., is a new member of the Emporia State University Foundation. Larry D. Irick of Lawrence, retired vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for Westar, is an Emporia State alumnus, earning both ...
Mar 7, 2019, 11:32am EST