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The Emporia and campus community is invited to the official unveiling of the expanded Corky’s Cupboard. The event begins at 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16, in the new space on the lower level of the Memorial Union, 1331 Market St.

Students in Dr. Melissa Reed’s seventh-grade AP English class at Augusta Middle School USD 402 took their required reading further, creating activity guides that correspond with each of the 10 books nominated for the 2024 Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award.

Emporia State University faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends celebrate 161 years of educational excellence and opportunity with the annual Founders’ Day celebration on Thursday, Feb. 15. The event includes a lunch beginning at 11:30 a.m. in Webb Hall on the second floor of the Memorial Union. A program will follow at noon.

The Prophet Aquatic Research and Outreach Center at Emporia State University in partnership with Good Way Gardens and Native Lands Collaborative is hosting a seed swap at 551 E 18th Ave. It will be Sunday (Feb. 4) from 5 to 8 p.m. Registration for the free event is required: https://www.esuparoc.com/parocevents.

A Wichita murder case is the topic for the next installment of the Emporia State University Master of Science in Forensic Science 2023-2024 Seminar Series. This fifth series and first event of the spring 2024 semester continues the theme “More Kansas Crimes.”

A fun activity to test participants’ problem-solving skills also served as a fundraiser, highlighting the way Emporia State University’s University Libraries and Archives department helped to support an important campus initiative. The fall 2023 event, part of the library’s week of activities designed to give students a breather before finals, featured a “Stranger Things”-themed escape room. Once the students had a chance to participate, the escape room was opened to ESU departments and the Emporia community.

Emporia State University students and faculty will learn from experts when the 2024 Kansas Teacher of the Year team visits campus on Tuesday, Jan. 30.

Six of the 2024 Horizon Award winners earned their degrees from Emporia State University. The recipients were announced by the Kansas Department of Education recently. They will be honored at a ceremony during the Kansas Exemplary Educators Network State Education conference on Feb. 23 in Topeka.

At midnight on Dec. 31, Emporia State University’s comprehensive fundraising campaign, Together, Forward, officially ended. Gifts postmarked on or before Dec. 31 are still arriving, but the university can already report this has been the largest, most successful fundraising campaign in ESU history. The campaign surpassed its $75 million goal, and the final total will be publicly announced on Feb. 17, in conjunction with a celebration event for donors to the campaign.

Emporia State University will receive $500,000 for the Simulation Hospital in its new Nursing + Student Wellness Building after action December 27 by the Newman Regional Health Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees recognizes the historical partnership with ESU and is committed to continuing its support of nursing workforce development.