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Students of all ages looking for summer activities are invited to explore camps hosted by Emporia State University.

An Emporia State alum and respected leader in the Emporia business community has been named executive director for engagement at the university.

For the past two and a half years, Emporia State University has made unique transformative changes to build a new future for Emporia State. Our model’s guiding principles are to deliver an extraordinary experience to best serve today’s students and Kansas families, while keeping in mind 1) ESU + Community; 2) the Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR); and 3) Kansas Taxpayers.

Hosting the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships on the Zola Witten Track in Welch Stadium is not only a coup for Emporia State’s athletic department. The Emporia and area community also benefits from athletes and fans staying and spending money.

Emporia State’s new vice president for student success and associate teaching professor returns to her alma mater with a passion for student success and experience to build a stronger department.

Emporia State University President Ken Hush announced the university’s decision to amend the university’s initial recommendation of a tuition + fees increase. ESU is now putting forth a 0% tuition and 0% fee increase which will result in hundreds of dollars of net DECREASE to tuition and fees for each of our students via a reduction of university debt. ESU is able to achieve this decrease as a result of unique transformational efforts and numerous stakeholders all coming together in support of Emporia State’s new vision and action.

Four high school students from across Kansas have won $500 each in the seventh annual Kansas Business Hall of Fame essay contest. The contest was open to students in Grades 9 through 12 in Kansas with entries from homeschooled students also accepted.

The new food service vendor at Emporia State University was chosen for its expertise with smaller clients.

Two books with vastly different themes have captured the 2024 William Allen White Children’s Book Awards. One centers on a dog who learns to use her special training for a new purpose. The second looks at two different occurrences of September 11, 18 years apart, through the eyes of two children.

A new academic partnership between Emporia State University and Washburn University School of Law will benefit ESU students who want to become attorneys and help address the problem of legal representation across much of the state. The partnership allows students to complete a bachelor’s degree as well as a law degree in six years.