Helping Others
The ESU Softball team competed in the NCAA Helper Helper competitionbased on community service hours. The competition began with 64 teams from all NCAA divisions. Competition ended April 12. ESU softball players volunteered 1,309 hours of community service, but the team finished second to Arkansas Tech volleyball.
Up Close
About half of the herpetology class participated in a search for the Northern Crawfish frog, a very secretive creature that lives in grassland crayfish burrows that it rarely leaves except to breed after springtime rains. Lyon County is at the extreme northwestern limit of that range. During the trip, the group heard about 20 of the frogs calling and also observed American Toads, Gray Treefrogs, Cricket Frogs, Boreal Chorus Frogs, Southern Leopard Frogs, and Plains Leopard Frogs, as well as several Bullfrogs and two Plain-bellied Water Snakes.
Quarter Century
About 220 middle school young women from Kansas came to Emporia State April 6 for the 25th anniversary program of Enhancing Your Future. Students participated in career discussions and workshops led by more than 60 female professionals in mathematics and science-based careers during the day. Students also listened to “Where Can You Go from Here? Stories and Advice from Three EYF Graduates,” delivered by Lauren Harrell, Elizabeth Rowlands and Mary Yanik and were treated to a chemistry demonstration led by Dr. Andrea Luthi and ESU’s Chemistry Club. EYF is directed by Drs. Adelaide Akers, Marvin Harrell and Betsy Yanik.
World Record
Alumnus Carolyn Langenwalter (BSE Elementary Education 1964; MS Educational Administration 1969) won three medals and helped the USA Track and Field women’s 4x200m relay team set a world record at the Eighth World Masters Athletics Indoor Championshipsin Torun, Poland. The team placed in the women’s 80 division.
Arts & Sciences
Sixteen Inspired by Math students visited the 2019 open house at Kansas State University and participated in this year’s Manhattan Mathematical Olympiad. In the Grades 7-8 group, Laura Baldwin, Xavier Hullett, Kyle Obermeyer and Audrey Sheeley finished in second place in a five-way tie. In the Grades 5-6 group, Fathia Rahman earned honorable mention. Caleb Hollenbeck, our Inspired by Math alumni student, competed in the 9-12 category and earned honorable mention. The Inspired by Math program, directed by Qiang Shi of Emporia State and Laura Albertson and Ashley Burkett of Emporia Middle School, is a mathematics enrichment program for Emporia Middle School students.
Taylor Lee, who is graduating cum laude with a bachelor of science degree in sociology, will attend graduate school at Iowa State University. She has a graduate assistantship as the equity and social justice coordinatorin the Sloss Center for Women and Gender Equity.
Congratulations to our art students whose work was selected for undergraduate juried exhibition competitions.Jejung Park received a cash award for a photography entry in the Kansas City Artist Coalition Undergraduate Exhibition 2019. Other student in the exhibition included Eli Wright, Handmade Book; Ryleigh Paxton, Engraving; Thuong Tran, Print; and Claire Moran, Painting. Elicia Aceves entered a Painting in the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art Juried Undergraduate Exhibition 2019 — St. Joseph.
Dr. Rebecca Rodriguez Carey, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Crime and Delinquency Studies, received the 2019 Building Bridges Awardfor National TRIO Day in Wichita, Kansas.
Congratulations to Murad Gündüz Jalilov (Political Science 2016). Murad is finishing his Master's in Slavic Studies at the University of Oregon and has just been accepted into the Ph.D. programat the University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign.
Rachel Lundin (BS Sociology 2018) was accepted to Washburn Law Schoolwith a scholarship to cover the cost of tuition for six semesters.
Business
Congratulations to Tingxuan Lu, Master of Business Administration student, for receiving a Graduate Research Grant. Her faculty mentor is Dr. Joyce Zhou.
The ESU Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi, the accounting, finance, and information systems honorary organization, was the host chapter of the Missouri Valley Regional meetingheld in Wichita. Planning for the conference began in August 2018 with Tami Schaefer as the student coordinator and culminated in thirteen members working the registration desk, assisting with setup for the various meetings, and assisting with a community service project for a children’s hospital. Pictured passing the regional banner for next year’s meeting are: Marci Butterfield, chapter advocate for the Missouri Valley Region; Jacob Hubbard, Anthony Sanchez, Emily Logback, James Howerton, Tami Schaefer, Cullen Roche, Charell Mayeske, Alex McAnerney, Bernesta Liburd, Tyler Rogers and Madeline Wood. Not pictured, Erin Zimmerman and Seth Redel
The last Executive Hourwas held April 5. Thank you to Brad and Craig Clark, alumni, for unselfishly coming to Emporia State six times this academic year to share tips and expert advice for the future with students.
The School of Business held a Mix and Minglein the newly remodeled Roe Cross Room in Cremer Hall. The event was held to showcase to current students the various clubs and organizations that are available to join. Campus partners such as Student Wellness, ACES and Career Services also attended.
Congratulations to Dr. Douglass Smith who was elected to a second term as president of the Society for the Advancement of Information Systems.He was also invited to serve on the MBAA International Advisory Board for the upcoming year.
Academic Affairs
ESU’s ACES Tutor Development Program now has Stage One, Level 2 certification from the College Reading & Learning Association.
The Teachers College
Dr. Ken Weaver, dean of The Teachers College, was surprised by being named a 2019 Kansas Master Teacheron April 3. Emporia State alumni Lisa Jarvis and Linda Vena were also named 2019 Kansas Master Teachers.
Congratulations to Dr. Dianne H.B. Welsh (MS Psychology 1984) who received a 2019 Award for Excellence in Teachingfrom the University of North Carolina Board of Governors. Dianne is Hayes Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Bryan School of Business and Economics’ Department of Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Hospitality and Tourism at UNC Greensboro.
Sally Miller and athletic training students participated in Kansas Athletic Trainers’ Society Hit the Hill in Topeka, where the Kansas Legislature officially proclaimed March “Athletic Training Month.”
Dr. Jim Persinger, chair of psychology, was recently appointed by Kansas Commissioner of Education Randy Watson to the Commissioner’s Blue Ribbon Task force on Bullying. Its purpose is to bring multiple perspectives to State Board of Education nominees, Kansas legislators, parents, public and private education systems, mental health specialists, and a variety of stakeholder organizations with vested interest in this work.
The Athletic Training Clubheld the seventh annual homemade pan-fried taco feed March 27, with proceeds going to the John “Doc” Baxter Athletic Training Student Scholarship and professional training for the club.
Congratulations to psychology major Aidan Johnson who begins studies in the industrial/organizational psychology Ph.D. programat the University of Oklahoma this fall. He has presented original research at four conferences this year, funded by the Emporia State-based Howard Carvajal Undergraduate Psychology Scholarship and by Department of Psychology support grants.
Library & Information Management
Dr. Loriene Roy, professor in the School of Information, University of Texas in Austin, was the April 13 guest speaker for the Spring Emporia State University SLIM Ph.D. Research Retreat held on the ESU Emporia campus. Dr. Roy was the first Native American president of the American Library Association when she was inaugurated in 2007. ESU SLIM PhD students from Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma participated in a dinner gathering on Friday evening and an all-day seminar on Saturday.
Congratulations to Dr. Mirah Dow who received the Graduate Faculty Mentor Award. She will receive a $1,000 honorarium and will be honored at the 2019 Research and Creativity Day on Wednesday, April 24.
Student Affairs
Diversity Student Programs held its annual MOSAIC Diversity Leadershipretreat on April 12 and 13at Camp Wood. Twenty-five students participated with upperclassmen peer facilitators leading the retreat.
Congratulations to the newest members inducted into the Epsilon Epsilon Chapter of the TRIO, Chi Alpha Epsilon Honor Society. These students participate either in Student Support Services or the McNair Scholars program. They are Henry Gomez, Zauvionna Laddimore, Rebecca Miller and Jessica Perez-Lopez. Taylor Kigerl-Hill, graduate assistant for Student Support Services, was inducted as a honorary member for her service to the chapter. Officers of the chapter — President Corryn Anderson, Vice President Cesar Sanchez, Treasurer Kaleb Barber and Secretary Jessica Schneider — worked hard to re-establish the group as a recognized student organization on campus.
Over 65 E-Team student leadersorganized and participated in their annual retreat on April 6. These leaders will facilitate E-Experience in the summer as well as Orientation for new students in the fall.
Congratulations to Darcy Johnson, student load coordinator in Financial Aid, Scholarships and Veterans Services. Darcy received the Meritorious Achievement Awardby the Kansas Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. This award is for individuals who have made important contributions to KASFAA.
ESU Student Wellness staff attended the Meeting of the Minds conferencepresented by the Missouri Partnership in Prevention. Attending were, from left to right, Giniva Espinoza, graduate student Hilary Wallace, Dozie Iwagwu, Mary McDaniel-Anschutz, Taylor Stohs and Sophia Reeves.
Athletics
Congratulations to Gary Woods II, a senior-to-be on the ESU football team, who was one of three student-athletes to represent the MIAA at the NCAA Student-Athlete Leadership Forumin Orlando, Florida.
Emporia State track and field had good showing at the KT Woodman Classic Wichita:
- Brandon Wilkes set a personal record in the decathlon with a total of 5,984 points to finish fifth. During the competition, he won the discus with a PR of 124-10 (38.06m) and set personal bests in the 110m hurdles (17.27) and pole vault (12-05.50 or 3.80m).
- Jazmin Williams placed second with a mark of 18-03.25 (5.57m) in the women's long jump.
- Hannah Shield was third in the 100m with a time of 12.18 in the finals.
- The 4x100m relay team of Williams, Shields, Crystal Cook and Jordyn Harmon placed fourth.
- Grant Knoll placed fifth with a time of 10:22.53 in the 3000m steeplechase while Carter Swindale threw the javelin 184-04 (56.18m) to place fifth.
- Hannah Showalter ran 40:08.51 in her first collegiate 10K on the track to finish fifth.
Presentations
Clinical psychology graduate students Morgan Davis, Samantha Fulcher, Abbie Welch and Dr. John Wade presented a workshop titled “Positive Ethics” at the Kansas Association of Master’s Psychologistsconference in Wichita on April 12.
Dr. Cate Crosby co-presented on the diversity of multilingual and multicultural voices and multiple literacies at the Fifth Annual Cavalier Conference on Writing and LiteratureApril 12 at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park.
Dr. Douglass Smith, School of Business, presented “Digital Citizenship: Social Media & Civic Engagement Influences” at the 2019 MBAA International conferencein Chicago.
Psychology major Aidan Johnson presented original research, “Ex-Patriots: United States Military Veterans as Expatriates in their Own Country,” at the national Industrial Organizational Psychology Conferencein Washington D.C. on April 4, 2019.
Dr. Mirah Dow, professor, and Brady Lund, Ph.D. student, the School of Library and Information Management, were invited participants at the University of Maryland 2019 iConference workshop, “Beyond Representation: Developing Inclusive Workplaces for Faculty and Staff with Disaibilities.” This workshop highlighted the Dow, Lund, and Douthit research titled “Investigating the Link between Unemployment and Disability: Lexically Ambiguous Words and Fixed Formulaic Sequences in Job Ads for Academic Reference Librarians,” which is forthcoming in the International Journal of Information, Diversity, and Inclusion.
Student Nick Wathke (Political Science, expected ‘19) presented a very well-attended e-panel talk on post-modern anarchism at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference.
Dr. Claudia Aguirre-Mendez, assistant professor of chemistry, presented “The Effect of Argumentative Writing on Achievement in College General Chemistry for Non-Science Major Students” at the American Educational Research Association conferencein Toronto, Canada, from April 5 through 9.
Dr. Emily Vardell was an invited speaker at the University of Kansas Medical Center’s 3rd AnnualDiversity and Inclusion Symposium on Health literacy: From Patient to Practitioner. Her presentation was titled “Health insurance literacy and health disparities.”
Publications
Dr. Joyce Zhou, School of Business, and Dr. Anna Catterson’s "Students as VR Creators" will be featured in the AACSB 18/19 Innovations and Best Practices Booklet.
Dr. Amanda Lickteig co-write an article titled "Forgotten and Overlooked" at newprairiepress.org.The article addresses the increase in the number of children in foster care in recent years, namely because of the opioid crisis currently plaguing the United States.
Dr. Derek Yonai presented in two sessions at the 44th Annual Association of Private Enterprise Education Conferencein Nassau, Bahamas. He presented “The Economist’s Failure at Spreading the Passion of Markets” and “Using Movies to Engage Economic Ideas.”
Dr. Rebecca Rodriguez Carey, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Crime and Delinquency Studies published a research paper titled "Who’s Gonna Take My Baby?”: Narratives of Creating Placement Plans among Formerly Pregnant Inmates. It is forthcoming in the next issue of Women & Criminal Justice.
Conferences
Along with students Chieko Zimmerman and Doris Laws, Dr. Melissa Reed recently attended the KSDE second annual Civic Engagement Conference, which focused on providing educators and students with resources, ideas, and experiences that will improve the civic engagement culture of their schools. Speakers from across the state and region presented sessions on a variety of programs and practices related to civic engagement in PK-12 schools.