Gwen Larson, Director of Media Relations
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The Emporia State University campus, including the ESU Alumni Association and Foundation at the Sauder Alumni Center, will close at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 24, and reopen at 8 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 2, 2026.
The Emporia State University Foundation received a $150,000 grant from the Patterson Family Foundation, a Kansas City-based family-led foundation whose initiatives serve rural counties across Kansas and western Missouri. The generous funding supports the purchase of equipment for simulation labs in the university’s new Nursing and Student Wellness Center.
The Kansas Board of Regents appointed Dr. Matt Baker as Emporia State University’s 19th president Thursday.
In an unprecedented move, Ken Hush is donating a gift equivalent to the compensation he has earned over the past four years as president back to Emporia State to continue building on the university’s momentum. This gift marks one of the largest one-time individual gifts in ESU’s history.
Four high schools were filled with festive atmospheres as five seniors from three Kansas counties learned on Dec. 8 and 9 that they have full-ride scholarships to Emporia State University to pursue their career goals. A sixth student was awarded a unique scholarship for science education. Each of the students learned the news during assemblies at their high schools.
More than 550 Emporia State University students are candidates for degrees during fall commencement ceremonies at White Auditorium on Dec. 12 and 13.
Emporia State University associate professor Erika Martin, in collaboration with Whitney Davidson, has released “The Adapted Biology Lab Manual,” an innovative and affordable digital resource designed to make science accessible, and enjoyable, for high school students who are blind or have low vision.
King Lake on the Emporia State University campus will receive its first stock of rainbow trout for the 2025-26 season after Thanksgiving. The first of three stockings will happen around Dec. 1. This is thanks to an ongoing partnership between the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) and the university.
Emporia State University and the Kansas Association of Community Colleges made history Thursday, Nov. 20, with a new partnership to benefit higher education students in Kansas. The partnership is an articulation agreement between ESU and all 19 Kansas community colleges.
Emporia State has chosen to be the only Kansas Regent university that will not raise rates for both residence halls and meal plans for the 2026-27 academic year.