Graduate research award presented to ESU student

Alan Butler, Dubuque, Iowa, is the recipient of this year’s Harold Durst Graduate Research Award from Emporia State University. MORE

Missing Emporia State University student found dead following motorcycle accident

An Emporia State University student-athlete missing since Sunday was the victim of a fatal motorcycle accident north of Emporia. Authorities identify the student as 24-year-old Samuel Jacob Williams, a junior business management major from the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), in western Africa. MORE

Homecoming royalty highlights leadership

Leadership on many fronts describes the 2009 Emporia State University homecoming royalty. The homecoming queen and king (Natalie Skaggs and Jonathan Krueger, left) were crowned at halftime of the ESU-Missouri Western football game Saturday, Oct. 31. MORE

ESU’s presidential couple creates memorial scholarship

The close bonds of family have inspired ESU President Michael Lane and Dr. Peggy Lane to join family and friends to endow a scholarship fund in honor of President Lane’s late brother-in-law, Bob Rensink. MORE

Teachers measure up — again

All of the educators mentored through a program at Emporia State University in 2008-09 achieved the highest honor of the teaching profession, each for a second time. The teachers were notified in late October the work they had done last spring had – once again – measured up. MORE

Math competition draws students to ESU

For nearly 600 students from 45 Kansas high schools, the competitive focus was on algebra, geometry, math and computer programming problem solving. Even so, there was cheering and photo-taking from the sidelines of the Donald L. Bruyr Mathematics Day competition at Emporia State University Wednesday, Oct. 28. MORE

ESU announces gift to name Memorial Union’s Veterans Hall of Honor

Emporia State University and the ESU Foundation are pleased to announce a $150,000 gift from retired Brig. Gen. Art and Sue Bloomer, of Wichita, to name the Veterans Hall of Honor in ESU’s Memorial Union as part of the union’s renovation. MORE

Students test home-built robots and communication skills in "Mission to Mars" exercise

What do you get when you put Emporia State University education majors in a room with physics students from a Wichita middle school, and turn them loose with remote-controlled robots in a quest to capture pool balls? Under the direction of Dr. Matt Seimears, ESU assistant professor of early childhood and elementary teacher education, you have the Mission to Mars Science Olympiad 2009. MORE

Foundation hires two development officers

The Emporia State University Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of two talented fundraisers to its team – Shanna Bassett of Wichita, Kan., and Matthew Rhea of Edgerton, Kan. MORE

ESU researcher involves students in cell division study

The challenge of scientific research is that much of the time, the experiments fail. But those experiences provide valuable lessons that an Emporia State University professor is teaching his students. When Dr. Kim Simons arrived on the Emporia State University campus this fall, he immediately launched into research he had started at a previous institution. MORE

Education Secretary applauds ESU’s Teachers College 

While calling on America’s teacher preparation programs to do a better job of getting educators ready for the classroom, U. S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan noted a few institutions are doing the right thing already. In a speech at Columbia University Thursday, Oct. 22, one of the programs Duncan cited as a shining example was The Teachers College at Emporia State University. MORE

Things get spooky at ESU for Homecoming

Things are getting spooky at Emporia State University, as students prepare for “A Haunted Homecoming 2009” and the many new and exciting events that come with it. MORE   

ESU SLIM graduates receive national library award

Abby Cornelius and Teresa Snethen could say they were following up on the dream of a departed colleague. The two library media specialists at Overland Park’s Blue Valley North High School were honored this week for their work that netted the school one of three prestigious awards from the American Association of School Librarians. MORE

Jones Distinguished Lecture announced

An author, historian and critic in the world of children’s literature will be the Jones Distinguished Lecturer this fall. Leonard Marcus, an authority on children’s books and the authors and artists who create them, will give a free presentation Wednesday, November 18 at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Union’s Kanza Room on the ESU campus. MORE

School of Business surveys personal finance knowledge

What do Kansas high school seniors know about managing money? And what are school districts in the state teaching students about personal finance? Four researchers from Emporia State University’s School of Business are in the process of finding out. MORE

ESU, Jones Institute for Educational Excellence sponsor Kansas Academic Reading Conference

Emporia State University will be taking its show on the road in November, offering a reading improvement workshop for teachers of fourth through sixth-grade students. Sponsored by ESU’s Jones Institute for Educational Excellence and the Kansas State Department of Education, the Kansas Academic Reading Conference will take place Nov. 9 and 10 in Junction City. MORE

Kansas City natives push envelope with debate style

In conversations, they finish each other’s sentences. They don’t cart volumes of research with them as they enter debate tournaments. And they use some unusual techniques to win recognition from judges at debate tournaments around the region. They are Emporia State WW, which in the debate tournament world means they are ESU’s team of LaToya Williams-Green and Ryan Wash. MORE

Committee seeks nominees for diversity award at ESU

The Diversity Education Committee of Emporia State University announces the Presidential Award for Distinguished Service to Diversity. This year, for the first time, the committee is extending the call for nominations beyond ESU and into the Emporia community for nominees for this award, which recognizes leadership, engagement, and service toward multiculturalism and diversity at Emporia State University and in the larger Emporia community. MORE

ESU co-sponsors Sustainable Communities Workshop

On Saturday Oct. 24, from 10 a.m.—2 p.m., Emporia State University and Flint Hills Technical College and will jointly sponsor the “Sustainable Communities Workshop.” Join us for a time of learning and discussion about various aspects of community building in a sustainable way. MORE

“Remember the Titans” coach to deliver Bonner and Bonner Series lecture

The football coach whose inspirational story was captured in the film, “Remember the Titans,” will speak at Emporia State University this fall. Herman Boone delivers his Bonner and Bonner Diversity Lecture Series address, “Remember the Titans—Valuing Diversity,” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4 in Albert Taylor Hall in Plumb Hall on the ESU campus. MORE

Veteran fundraiser to lead Emporia State University’s development efforts

Roseanne Becker, a seasoned professional with 20-plus years of experience in fundraising, has been hired as Chief Development Officer at the ESU Foundation. She begins Oct. 26. MORE

Emporia welcomes William Allen White Children’s Book Award winners Oct. 10

Authors of this year’s two William Allen White Children’s Book Award winners will be spending Saturday, Oct. 10 in Emporia, attending the celebration and ceremony that accompanies the long-running recognition program for literature aimed at young readers. Approximately 800 students from across Kansas are expected to attend. MORE

ESU hosts marching band festival

Flashy uniforms, polished brass and snappy drum cadences will all be on display as Emporia State University hosts its second annual marching band festival Wednesday, Oct. 7. MORE

Theatre presents "The Rocky Horror Show"

ESU Theatre will present its 37th annual Homecoming Scholarship Musical the last week of October. MORE

ESU boosts partnerships, encourages community service with new program

For ten Emporia State University students, the coming school year brings an opportunity to learn more about their host community while helping improve it. ESU is one of 50 institutions nationwide joining the Bonner Leader Program. MORE

Retention focus helps curtail fall enrollment decline

While its fall semester headcount is 90 students fewer than last year, Emporia State University officials are crediting campus-wide efforts with helping minimize the decrease.

ESU reports 6,314 students on its 20th day of fall classes, the official enrollment reporting date. MORE

Emporia State’s Homecoming 2009 schedule offers a variety of events for alumni and friends

A Haunted Homecoming at Emporia State University is just weeks away! A wide range of alumni activities are planned for the week of Oct. 26, culminating with Homecoming Day on Oct. 31. MORE

 

ESU celebrates 100 years as Federal Depository Library site

For 100 years, Emporia State University’s William Allen White Library has provided access to government information as a Federal Depository Library. A celebration set for Monday, Sept. 28 will mark the anniversary and remind area residents of the vast array of information available at White Library through the Federal Depository Library designation. MORE

Emporia State Family Day on tap this weekend

The Hornet football team will be returning to Jones Field at Welch Stadium this weekend to open MIAA action on Emporia State's Family Day and there is plenty of activity surrounding the game with #13 Central Missouri. MORE

Comedies open ESU Theatre season

The 2009-2010 season of plays for ESU Theatre opens September 22 with a pair of one-act comedies. MORE

2009 Hornet Heritage award family honored

A family tracing its roots back 144 years to the very first class in 1865 of the Kansas State Normal School (now Emporia State University) is this year’s Hornet Heritage family. MORE

ESU Theatre presents its 2009-2010 Theatre Season

Emporia State University Theatre presents its 2009-2010 season of plays. MORE

Center for Great Plains Studies publishes 1862 diaries

Rarely are detailed glimpses of 19th century life in the Flint Hills available to the 21st century reader.  A recently published book, “A Window on Flint Hills Folklife: The Mardin Ranch Diaries 1862-1863,” gives readers just that glimpse into early life in Chase and Lyon counties. MORE

Lane charts new directions, opportunities in fall General Assembly address

Emporia State University’s president is sketching an ambitious blueprint for increasing the school’s enrollment in the coming school year. MORE

Hornet Helpers haul to the halls

A brigade of yellow tshirt-clad volunteers descended on Emporia State University's residence halls Sunday, Aug. 16, part of the annual Hornet Helper move-in experience for students. MORE

 

And the beat goes on

Those precise cadences you hear from ESU's Marching Hornets drum line don't just happen overnight. They're the result of long hours of practice, some of which starts even before the fall semester. MORE

Breshears, Pitchford re-elected to lead ESU Classified Assembly

The organization representing Emporia State University's nearly 300 support staff members  is keeping its leadership team intact for another year. Donna Breshears and Taime Pitchford were re-elected to one-year terms as chair and co-chair of ESU’s Classified Assembly. MORE

Physics grad wins fellowship

For Courtney Knaup (BS Physics, 2009), it's been a busy summer. First, there was graduation in May. Then his marriage in July to Kaitlyn Leopold (BS Elementary Education, 2009). And now, he's headed to the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio as one of only two winners of graduate fellowships awarded by the Radiological Society of North America and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. MORE

Science instruction at ESU to benefit from federal grant

A federal grant will bolster laboratory space and research equipment in Emporia State University’s Departments of Physical Science and Department of Biological Science. MORE  

Lane joins The Renaissance Group board of governors

A national organization committed to improving and reforming education now has Emporia State University’s president as one of its  leaders. Dr. Michael R. Lane was elected to the Board of Governors of The Renaissance Group (TRG), a national consortium of colleges and universities. MORE

ESU wins American Democracy Project recognition

A wide-ranging series of activities engaging Emporia State University students in discussions about issues affecting the United States has earned honors from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. ESU has been chosen as the outstanding America’s Future Award-winning campus. MORE

Life beyond the classroom: ESU business prof publishes "Only Milo"

"From the depths of a closet full of dusty manuscripts comes Milo, author and murderer extraordinaire." So proclaims www.onlymilo.com, devoted to the debut literary work of Dr. Barry Smith, a professor of finance at Emporia State University. Sounds like a stretch, right? Business professor during the day, murder mystery writer at night? According to Smith, the book practically wrote itself. MORE

Emporia State University announces 2009 Outstanding Recent Graduates

Megan Burgess, of Topeka; Mark Schmelzle, of Valley Center; and Jodie Leiss of Emporia, will be recognized by the ESU Alumni Association at the Alumni Celebration Dinner on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, during Homecoming Weekend. MORE

ESU student to intern in Rep. Moran’s Capitol office

Derrek Zietz went to Washington, D.C. last spring to talk to the Kansas Congressional delegation about the TRIO programs. Next week, the Emporia State University senior will be back in the nation’s capital, but for a lengthier stay. MORE

 

Last Updated November 6, 2009