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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
Johnston Joins Emporia State University Foundation Board
A partner for auditing firm KPMG is a new member of the Emporia State University Foundation. Troy D. Johnston of Spring, Texas, is an alumnus of ESU, earning a bachelor of science in business degree in accounting in 1988. Johnston began his career with...
Mar 7, 2019, 11:31am EST
Stibal Joins Emporia State University Foundation Board
A senior vice president with UNUM Group is a new member of the Emporia State University Foundation. John A. Stibal of Falmouth, Maine, is an Emporia State alumnus, earning a bachelor of science in business degree in business administration in 1982. ...
Mar 7, 2019, 11:31am EST
French, Stibal Join Emporia State University Foundation Board
A vice president of 2S, Inc., is a new member of the Emporia State University Foundation. Joyce M. French of Emporia, a former student, joins four other new trustees on the 52-member Foundation board. "Having been in business in Emporia through the ...
Mar 7, 2019, 11:29am EST
ESU Theatre Student Selected for Prestigious Open Jar Institute in New York City
Senior theatre major Hewleek McKoy of Olathe has been selected to attend the Open Jar Institute in New York City. He is the third ESU Theatre student since 2012 to earn the honor. Previous ESU honorees were Marah Melvin of Iola in 2012 and Nathan Dale ...
Mar 5, 2019, 2:32pm EST
Hall of Fame's Strickland Named an Icon of Education
Work with the National Teachers Hall of Fame and a lengthy teaching career led Carol Strickland to be named a 2019 Icon of Education by Ingram's Magazine. "The leaders of tomorrow are not products of wishful thinking; they will come from the ranks o...
Mar 5, 2019, 11:28am EST
New director Dennis Turney brings 'Romeo & Juliet' to ESU Theatre April 24-27
The final show of the 2018-2019 theatre season at Emporia State University is William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." Dennis Turney, who joined the ESU Theatre faculty last August, is making his directorial debut on the Bruder Theatre stage with this...
Mar 5, 2019, 11:11am EST
Oscar Winner to Headline Great Plains Dinner
Award-winning writer and director Kevin Willmott will be the keynote speaker for the 2019 Friends of the Plains Dinner on Friday, April 26. As a writer on the Spike Lee film "BlacKkKlansman," Willmott won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay at last mo...
Mar 4, 2019, 5:02pm EST
Topeka Mayor to Deliver Bonner & Bonner Diversity Lecture at Emporia State
"Leading from Where You're At" is the theme of the 2019 Bonner & Bonner Diversity Lecture: Civic Leadership for the Common Good. Topeka Mayor Michelle De La Isla will deliver the lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 7, at Albert Taylor Hall in Plumb Hall ...
Feb 28, 2019, 6:43pm EST