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Seven members of the Class of 2026 Kansas Master Teachers were named today (Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026). They will be honored on Master Teacher Day on Wednesday, April 1, at Emporia State University.

Emporia State University Theatre presents “Major Barbara” by George Bernard Shaw. Performances are scheduled for March 5, 6 and 7 at 7:30 p.m. and March 8 at 2 p.m. All performances will be held in the Karl C. Bruder Theatre in King Hall. Tickets went on sale Feb. 6.

How crime scene investigation has evolved is the topic of the next installment of ESU’s Master of Science in Forensic Science 2025-26 seminar series. Cody Goforth of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation will present “From Prints to Pixels: The Transformation of Crime Scene Investigation” at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9, in Science Hall 72 on the Emporia State University campus.

Emporia State University will host its annual Day of Giving on Wednesday, Feb.11, inviting alumni, friends and community members to support the university and the many ways it enriches life in Emporia.

Emporia State University’s Peterson Planetarium gives attendees an awe-inspiring look at the cosmos in the latest presentation “Unveiling the Invisible Universe,” showing throughout February.

Due to extreme cold temperatures and hazardous road conditions, Emporia State University will be closed on Monday, January 26 and all classes, events and activities are cancelled.

Emporia State University is honoring the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger on the 40th anniversary of the explosion that claimed the lives of all aboard. A week of activities beginning Monday, Jan. 26 is led by the McNair Scholars Program in collaboration with the Peterson Planetarium and other ESU departments. The McNair Scholars Program, a federal initiative created in 1989 by Congress to prepare undergraduate students for doctoral studies, is named after Challenger mission specialist Dr. Ronald McNair. Christa McAuliffe, a teacher, was also an astronaut aboard the ill-fated shuttle.

Emporia State University celebrated the grand opening of its new Nursing and Student Wellness Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday. The center’s opening is a historic university milestone, bringing nursing instruction on campus for the first time since the program’s founding in 1922.

Celebrate the 165th birthday of the State of Kansas in January when Emporia State’s Prophet Aquatic Research and Outreach Center teams up with the David Traylor Zoo of Emporia for a fun and educational Science Saturday all about the Sunflower State! The event will be Saturday, Jan. 24, from 10 a.m. to noon at the David Traylor Zoo Education Center.