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The most remarkable space mission in human history is the subject of the latest experience at Emporia State University’s Peterson Planetarium with the premiere of “Voyager: The Never-Ending Journey.”

Emporia State University will be closed Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in observance of the National Day of Mourning for former President Jimmy Carter.

The Emporia State University campus, including the ESU Foundation at the Sauder Alumni Center, will close at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 24, and reopen at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024.

Over 400 Emporia State University students are candidates for degrees during winter commencement ceremonies at White Auditorium on Friday, Dec. 13 and Saturday, Dec. 14.

Emporia State University is expanding its Jump Start program, which offers high school juniors and seniors the chance to earn college credits at just $21 per credit hour. Students interested in enrolling for the spring 2025 semester can register at any time but are encouraged to do so by mid-December.

The sounds of the holiday season will ring out in Albert Taylor Hall when the Emporia Symphony Orchestra presents “Sounds of Christmas” on Monday, Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m.

A July 2024 visit to the Peterson Planetarium for Katherine Iselin, interim art director, and her family was the start of an unexpected series of events and discoveries that led to a collaboration to bring science-based art and photography to the Eppink Art Gallery’s “Art of a Modern Age” exhibit. It was at the planetarium that Iselin noticed prints by Étienne Léopold Trouvelot, a late 1800s artist who blended his astronomical observations with his artwork, eventually producing more than 7,000 prints over his lifetime. Knowing these would be good candidates for her upcoming “Art of a Modern Age” exhibit, Iselin reached out to Mark Brown, director of the Peterson Planetarium, to see if he would be interested in collaborating.

The inaugural dean of Emporia State University’s School of Science and Mathematics brings more than 30 years of experience as an educator including 22 years as a faculty member at ESU.

Emporia State University Theatre presents “Time Stands Still” by Donald Margulies. Performances are scheduled for Nov. 14, 15 and 16 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 17 at 2 p.m. in the Ronald Q. Frederickson Theatre, in Roosevelt Hall.

It’s spooky season at Emporia State University’s Prophet Aquatic Research and Outreach Center with the theme of “Creepy Crawly” as part of each October event. Two Science Storytimes will take place: Monday, Oct. 21, from 11 to 11:45 a.m. and Thursday, Oct. 24, from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. Designed for children 7 and under, but open to anyone, attendees are encouraged to come dressed in their Halloween costumes.