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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
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