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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.

Each year, student-athletes representing all 15 intercollegiate sports offered at ESU are selected to be Earl W. Sauder Athletic Scholars. On Nov. 4, 35 student-athletes were recognized as the 2024-25 Sauder Scholars at a luncheon with the Sauder family.

A talented cohort of 27 Emporia State University students are the latest undergraduates to benefit from ESU’s longstanding partnership with the Capitol Federal Foundation.

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.

The new dean of The Teachers College is an Emporia State alum with 25 years of experience as an educator and one who has become familiar with the job over the past year. Brent Thomas, provost and vice president for academic affairs, announced Dr. Sara Schwerdtfeger as the permanent dean following a nationwide search. Schwerdtfeger has served as interim dean of The Teachers College since May 2023.

Applications are now open for the Jones Premier Nursing and Education Scholarship at Emporia State. The scholarship is a competitive scholarship available to high-achieving graduating high school seniors in Lyon, Osage and Coffey counties who plan to major in education or nursing at Emporia State.

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.

From Nov. 8 through 15, ESU Special Collections and Archives hosts the All Veterans Tribute Week exhibit “The Children’s War: Images of World War II in Children’s Books.”

The ESU Alumni Association’s University Service Citation Award honors both alumni and friends who have made unique and significant contributions to Emporia State, its students and its staff members. This year’s recipients will be recognized during the ESU vs. Central Missouri football game on Saturday, Nov. 9.

On Oct. 30 from 2 to 4:PM, Emporia State University Special Collections and Archives will hold an opening reception for the exhibit “Objects of Interest: Archival Materials from Art to Textile.”