Gwen Larson, Director of Media Relations
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The Kansas Board of Regents named Hush as Interim President of Emporia State on November 17, 2021, following the departure of former president Allison Garrett. He will assume the role of permanent president of the university immediately.
More than 750 Emporia State undergraduate students were named to the university honor roll after the spring 2022 semester.
Lunch was on Emporia State University for local law enforcement officers and firefighters earlier this month. On May 10, ESU Interim President Ken Hush and the university’s leadership team sent a deli lunch to more than 70 at the Emporia Police Department, Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, Emporia State Police and Emporia Fire Department.
Emporia State University announced Friday (May 20, 2022) that it will close the Center for Early Childhood Education in August 2023.
More than 1,300 Emporia State University students are candidates for degrees during spring commencement ceremonies at White Auditorium on May 13 and 14.
Dr. Ken Weaver is the new interim executive director of The National Teachers Hall of Fame. The announcement came this afternoon during a news conference in Visser Hall on the Emporia State University campus.
The National Weather Service is watching severe storms in the Midwest that could track into the Emporia area this evening.
Two awards will be presented during the award and recognition ceremony on Research and Creativity Day on Thursday, April 28, at Emporia State University.
“Youth Advancing Social Justice: How to Be a Changemaker” is the theme of the 2022 Bonner and Bonner Diversity Lecture: Civic Leadership for the Common Good. The event on Thursday, March 3, features Autumn Rose Miskweminanocsqua (Raspberry Star Woman) Williams, who was raised on the Shinnecock Reservation in Southampton, New York.
Because of weather, Emporia State University will open at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 3. All classes and activities scheduled before that time are cancelled.