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Come celebrate the women of Emporia State University on Friday, March 30 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the Sauder Alumni Center. The Ethnic and Gender Studies program and the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies are sponsoring the reception.

Kansas high school students looking toward the future have the opportunity to see if they want to be among the future generation of teachers, coaches, counselors, education researchers, speech therapists — every profession beginning with a degree in education.

The business dean at North Dakota State University will present the second Governance, Law and Economics Lecture at Emporia State University.

Emporia State’s Union Activities Council will present the Tye Dye Fun Fest featuring Krigarè on Wednesday, April 4 starting at 6 p.m.

Twelve Emporia State students are headed to Baltimore for national competition after earning awards at the 2018 Kansas State Leadership Conference. The students were among 14 members of ESU’s chapter of Phi Beta Lambda who traveled to Butler Community College in El Dorado for the event. During the conference, James Willingham, coordinator of graduate and career services in the ESU School of Business, was recognized as PBL State Advisor of the Year.

A junior varsity debate duo showed well at the National Junior Division Debate Tournament hosted by Johnson County Community College last weekend. Only Novice and Junior-Varsity debaters are eligible to compete for a shot at the championship.

On Tuesday, March 27, the 15th Annual Capitol Graduate Research Summit will take place. This event will highlight research conducted by graduate researchers across the state, including five from Emporia State University.

An Emporia State business student from Valley Falls won the 2018 Emporia Entrepreneur Challenge on Tuesday. Carissa McAfee was among 17 teams from Emporia State University and one team from Flint Hills Technical College that presented their business proposals to a team of judges and the community during the event.