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Emporia State’s School of Visual and Performing Arts is kicking off October with multiple events and exhibitions.

ESU's Year of Celebration kicked off with sharp enrollment growth, as revealed in the Kansas Board of Regents’ (KBOR) fall 2025 census, which reported 4,820 students enrolled, resulting in a 6% overall enrollment increase year-over-year for Emporia State, the highest percent increase of all KBOR state universities.

Emporia State has a scary good lineup for learning and adventure this October! On Saturday, Oct. 25, from 2 to 4 p.m., students of all ages are invited to join the Prophet Aquatic Research and Outreach Center to explore the biology of creepy crawly creatures during Science Saturday: Creepy Crawlies.

Members of the Emporia Writers Group will present a group reading with the theme of "works in progress" at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 1.

William Allen White Library invites students, employees and the public to become alchemists-in-training and solve STEM-based puzzles in the new alchemy-themed escape room called The Philosopher’s Quest — an adventure inspired by the world of Harry Potter.

Not everyone in the Shafer family has an unbreakable personal connection to Emporia State University. But it does seem that way.

Good vibes will fill the Emporia State campus on Saturday, Sept. 27 for the 2025 Family Weekend. Designed as a way for students’ family and friends to get a taste of Hornet Life, activities are open to all.

Emporia State University welcomes the community to Vamos a Pescar, celebrating the outdoors on Saturday, Sept. 20 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Tickets are available now for Emporia State’s Annual Music Gala, which raises scholarship funds for the music program in the School of Visual and Performing Arts. The concert is at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, in Beach Music Hall’s Heath Recital Hall.

Emporia State University Police have developed new processes for directing traffic out of the west side of campus after home football games in Welch Stadium. The new process involves three exits to Merchant Street that will determine the direction traffic takes.