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Planned gifts from two Hornet alumnae — Mildred Caldwell (BSE 61 – Speech, Psychology) and Coleen Thebo (BSE 64 – English) — will continue to give education majors in The Teachers College the opportunity to chase their dreams through scholarships. Caldwell’s gift establishes the Mildred L. Caldwell Donor Advised Fund, and Thebo’s gift benefits the recently established Roger G. and Colleen D. Thebo Scholarship.

Michael Vander Linden, an Emporia State University theatre alumnus and teacher at Burlington High School, is among five Emporia State graduates selected to receive the 2017 Kansas Horizon Award.

Emporia State students will learn from experts when the 2017 Kansas Teacher of the Year team visits campus on Thursday, Feb. 2.

Educators are being offered opportunities to increase their skill and knowledge through workshops and conferences provided this spring through The Teachers College at Emporia State University. Some events offered have graduate credit available.

Dr. Dennis J. Kear has been named the executive director of the Kansas Masonic Literacy Center. Kear, an alumnus of Emporia State, formerly served as dean of the college of education at Missouri State University.

Five faculty members at Emporia State University received awards on Jan. 12, 2017, for their work within The Teachers College.

Kansas high school students looking toward the future have the opportunity to see if they want to be among the future generation of teachers, coaches, counselors, education researchers, speech therapists, and more.

Two Kansas educators are among the more than 500 nationwide this year who achieved the highest professional credential they can earn — they attained first-time certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in 2016.

One hundred percent of the educators mentored through a program at Emporia State University in 2015-16 achieved the highest honor of the teaching profession — for a second time.