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News in 2019






Topeka Mayor to Deliver Bonner & Bonner Diversity Lecture

Feb. 28, 2019 None

“Leading from Where You’re At” is the theme of the 2019 Bonner & Bonner Diversity Lecture: Civic Leadership for the Common Good. Topeka Mayor Michelle De La Isla will deliver the lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 7, at Albert Taylor Hall in Plumb Hall on the Emporia State University campus.


Lyon County Historical Society Receives Humanities Kansas Grant for Community Book Read

Feb. 26, 2019 None

Humanities Kansas recently awarded $1,028 to the Lyon County Historical Society of Emporia in support of the Sarah Smarsh’s Heartland: A Community Read. Greg Jordan, executive director of the Lyon County Historical Society is the project director. The grant is a collaboration between the Society and the Center for Great Plains Studies at Emporia State University.


2019 Class of Kansas Master Teachers Announced

Feb. 26, 2019 The Teachers College

Talented. Phenomenal. One in a million. These are the words used by the people who work and learn from the seven teachers chosen as the 2019 Kansas Master Teachers, announced today.



SLIM Opens New Program in Boise

Feb. 13, 2019 None

Boise, Idaho, is the newest branch of Emporia State’s library science program offered through the School of Library and Information Management.


Theatre Opens Spring Season with 'Steel Magnolias'

Feb. 13, 2019 None

Emporia State University Theatre kicks off the spring season with “Steel Magnolias” by Robert Harling. This production is under the direction of Theresa Mitchell, who retires this spring after 20 years with the Department of Communication and Theatre.