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Local authors present reading at White Library

Sept. 26, 2025 School of Library & Information Management

Members of the Emporia Writers Group will present a group reading with the theme of "works in progress" at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 1.


ESU library blends science and magic in escape room adventure

Sept. 25, 2025 School of Library & Information Management

William Allen White Library invites students, employees and the public to become alchemists-in-training and solve STEM-based puzzles in the new alchemy-themed escape room called The Philosopher’s Quest — an adventure inspired by the world of Harry Potter.


William Allen White Book Award Celebration Focuses on Books, Children

Sept. 16, 2024 School of Library & Information Management

Students and educators from across Kansas will celebrate children’s literature during the 72nd annual William Allen White Children’s Book Awards on Saturday, Oct. 5, at Emporia State University. The events are free and open to the public.


William Allen White Children’s Book Winners Announced

May 9, 2023 School of Library & Information Management

The two books selected by Kansas schoolchildren for the 2023 William Allen White Children’s Book Awards center around the journeys of children with eccentric fathers. While one journey is supernatural, and the other is of survival, in both “Scritch Scratch” by Lindsay Currie, and “96 Miles” by J.L. Esplin, it is discovered that the fathers’ eccentricities weren’t unwarranted.


ESU Theatre summer farce ‘The Underpants’ rescheduled for August

June 20, 2022 School of Library & Information Management

Emporia State University Theatre has rescheduled this week’s planned opening of Steve Martin’s face “The Underpants” because of four positive COVID results among the cast and crew. The show is now set for Aug. 24 through 27.