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.

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. 

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

Glen Burdue says the “prayer warriors” who joined him in this week’s rally in Washington, D.C., bonded in a spiritual war to wrestle control from corrupt politicians, lying journalists, Antifa, Black Lives Matter, and Chinese influence.

With about 165 academic adjustments for distance-education made by students, concerns over online learning persist into finals week for students and tutors. 

As Lyon County continues to see a rise in COVID-19 cases, Alpha Sigma Alpha, an Emporia State sorority at 226 West 12 avenue, recently underwent two weeks of quarantine as six members tested positive for the virus following Halloween weekend.

When Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court late last month, the shock waves were felt throughout the country and by students here on campus. Now, Justice Barrett and the rest of the Supreme Court are hearing arguments on the Affordable Care Act. The ACA allows students to stay…