Throughout the fall semester at Emporia State, students and faculty have been encouraged to get vaccinated against COVID-19 through the #VaxToNormal campaign.
The discontinuation of the physics program at Emporia State has been temporarily put on hold and the program has been granted until Dec. 22 to create a plan to prevent the bachelor of arts and bachelor of science in physics from being discontinued.
The physics program at Emporia State has been given a second chance, but there is still a possibility that it could be discontinued if they don’t come up with an acceptable plan to increase enrollment and become more cost effective by Dec. 22.
An Emporia State alumnus was named interim president by the Kansas Board of Regents yesterday afternoon. Ken Hush will replace the current acting president, George Arasimowicz, while KBOR launches their search for ESU’s 18th president.
The historic home of Emporia founder and Civil War veteran, Preston B. Plumb, is currently up for sale.
The Student Veteran Association is working to provide better resources for all campus veterans, including students, faculty, staff and those not involved with the SVA.
An award-winning investigative journalist and Emporia State alum has joined the Committee to Protect Journalists, an international nonprofit based in New York, the organization announced recently.
TOPEKA – The individual defendants in a civil action brought by Brian Schrader, a former Emporia State professor who accused the university of reverse discrimination and other claim following a sexual assault scandal that rocked campus in 2018, have been dismissed from the case.
Members of the Emporia State Nursing program help with a bone marrow drive. This event was held on Oct. 4 in the Memorial Union.
Emporia State president Allison Garrett is leaving the university and taking a new position as the chancellor and chief executive officer for the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education. Her last day at ESU will be on Oct. 15.
Mental health and wellbeing are an increasingly important and relevant issue that people of all cultures, backgrounds, and professions try to maintain in a variety of ways.
ESU Esports is now officially a Recognized Student Organization at Emporia State. The Associated Student Government recognized the club with a 19-0 vote during their meeting on Sept. 30.
Emporia State’s provost was announced as acting president by the Kansas Board of Regents Tuesday morning. KBOR will discuss the interim president at a later meeting.
All Recognized Student Organizations are now required to take part in a diversity and inclusion training. Associated Student Government passed the new bill with a 20-0-0 vote during their bi-weekly meeting on Sept. 16.
Emporia State’s President, Allison Garrett, is preparing to leave ESU for a new position in Oklahoma next month.
A former Emporia State professor was charged with rape, stalking and other charges in connection with an off-campus incident in July, according to records at Lyon County District Court in Emporia.
At the beginning of each semester, every student has a checklist of things they need: Pens, pencils, notebooks and probably the most expensive item—Textbooks. But, what happens when back to school expenses cost more than students can afford? Students are faced with the hard decision of textb…
The first semester at Emporia State University is underway and face-to-face classes are back in session.
Emporia State now requires all students, staff and faculty to wear a mask in all campus buildings. This change came August 16 in an email sent to campus from the Future Planning Group.
As one semester ends the Summer season will bring not only new life but newly appointed Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, George Arasimowicz, from the carnation state of Ohio to the sunflower state, Kansas.
On April 20, Derek Chauvin’s trial ended in conviction on all accounts. This trial held international spotlight as conversations around systemic racism were brought to the foreground, even at Emporia State.
Meeting in person for the first and last time of the semester, the Faculty Senate spread across Albert Taylor Hall to discuss the academic year in review and transition to the next group of serving senators.
When Rob Catlett, Associate Professor of Math and Economics and the Director of the Center for Economic, was interrupted mid lecture by the smiling faces of the provost and the president of Emporia State, he knew exactly what was coming. From watching several videos of his colleagues receive…
EMPORIA, Kansas — The Bulletin, Emporia State’s official campus newspaper, won six awards in the local Kansas Press Association 2021 contest.
Following two online commencements, Emporia State graduates will finally get to walk across the stage once again. Since March 2020, mass gatherings have been restricted by the Lyon County City Commissioners. Just recently though, this restriction has been lifted.
Child abduction survivor Elizabeth Smart spoke to over 400 attendees via a Zoom presentation on April 7 about her past and ongoing efforts to support other survivors.
Emporia State Special Collections and Archives presented a discussion with KVOE Sports Director Greg Rahe on his over thirty-year career in broadcasting Hornet athletics.
Ahead of the second faculty senate meeting of April, ESU president Allison Garrett announced the college’s decision to hire George Arasimowicz as the next provost and vice president for academic affairs.
With ribbon-cutting planned for May 22, the Prophet Aquatic Center sits on the edge of King Lake, patiently waiting for faculty to begin making use of the space. “It makes me happy to see the school expand,” said Provost David Cordle. “Even aside from these large projects there are so many i…
Steve Henry, an Emporia State alumni who recently died in a car accident, was known to many for his athletic accomplishments-- the Emporia hero who intercepted the ball from Joe Montana. To friends who knew the man behind the reputation, what was more unique than his athletic ability was hi…
When asked what made Ron Slaymaker, the winningest men’s basketball coach in Emporia State history, he also questioned his success, wondering how and why he was given so many opportunities to succeed.
The new major, Ethnic, Gender and Identity Studies, was created as a result of work from the 25-year-old Ethnic and Gender Studies program. Though it was originally introduced in the Spring of 2020, it wasn’t at the forefront of student and faculty minds with the growing pandemic.
The Emporia State Faculty Senate discussed the opening of the Prophet Aquatic Research Center during their first meeting in April, despite continued concerns about the budget and about future sources of funding.
The ongoing novel coronavirus has affected colleges throughout the world. To adapt to the loss of money, ESU is implementing temporary measures to use $1.8 million in savings from FY 2021 to carry over to FY 2022.
School was canceled for both February 16 and 17, by no choice of Emporia State. Due to the dangerous windchill and overuse of heat and other utilities by ESU students and other Emporians, Emporia experienced a series of unpredicted, rolling blackouts.
Voting for the 2021 Associated Student Government election is open from now until tomorrow at 5 p.m.
In March of 2020 the nation was shaken with an unexpected pandemic resulting in several tragedies. One that hit Emporia especially hard was the closing of several businesses, large and small, to shut down. With people unable to leave their homes Emporia Main Street found a way to not only en…
Jay Andrew Vehige (left), Emporia local, speaks in front of the Emporia Municipal Court Thursday afternoon about the Emporia Police Department's investigation into the targeted harassment of the Ziegler family. "These officers acted outside of the policies of their department and in doing so…
Editor’s Note: Report for America, an initiative of TheGroundTruth Project, is a national nonprofit that places reporters in local newsrooms throughout the country and requires their corps members to complete a service project, where they work as journalism students. This series was done…
Editor’s Note: Report for America, an initiative of TheGroundTruth Project, is a national nonprofit that places reporters in local newsrooms throughout the country and requires their corps members to complete a service project, where they work as journalism students. This series was done…
During the final week of Black History Month, the Ethnic and Gender studies program hosted presentations from speakers covering issues from black literature to how geography and race interact.Both stressed the importance of celebrating black life throughout the year.
An attempted sexual assault of a student at a campus residence hall was reported early this morning by Emporia State authorities. An emergency alert was issued via text and email at 7:03 a.m. that said the assault was being investigated by ESU police and urging students to “Pay close attenti…
Representative Mari-Lynn Poskin, from Kansas House District 20, spoke with members of the ESU Young Dems via Zoom last Friday as part of an ongoing effort to promote local politics prior to the 2022 elections.
Rather than being greeted by golden carnations handed out by ambassadors at the front steps of William Allen White Auditorium, walking in a single file line searching for family members in the noisy crowd and restlessly waiting in line to hand Jim Williams a sweaty name card before smiling f…
As students prepare for another COVID semester, Lindsay Bays and Mary McDaniel Anshutz, Directors of the Student Wellness Center for Counseling and Health Services, explain what COVID fatigue is and offer advice.
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In a statement from the President’s Office, administrative officials outlined their decision to decline the suspending of tenure as outlined by a recently proposed Kansas Board of Regents policy. Provost David Cordle said universities are better equipped to handle issues like tenure themselves.
As the entire world continues to feel the jolt of the coronavirus, 2021 kicks off for students and faculty at Emporia State as not only a new year and a new semester but compared to last January, a new world.
ESU Bulletin writer Lucas Lord talks with Emporia State president Allison Garrett via Zoom Monday, Jan. 25. Despite financial and Covid-19 related concerns, Garrett says ESU is, "well prepared" for the campus to reopen.
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