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News in 2024




ESU Celebrates Founders’ Day 2024 + Day of Giving

Feb. 7, 2024 Alumni

Emporia State University faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends celebrate 161 years of educational excellence and opportunity with the annual Founders’ Day celebration on Thursday, Feb. 15. The event includes a lunch beginning at 11:30 a.m. in Webb Hall on the second floor of the Memorial Union. A program will follow at noon.


Seed Swap to Share Native Plants

Feb. 2, 2024 College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

The Prophet Aquatic Research and Outreach Center at Emporia State University in partnership with Good Way Gardens and Native Lands Collaborative is hosting a seed swap at 551 E 18th Ave. It will be Sunday (Feb. 4) from 5 to 8 p.m. Registration for the free event is required: https://www.esuparoc.com/parocevents.


Forensic Science Seminar Series Continues with More Kansas Crimes

Jan. 31, 2024 College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

A Wichita murder case is the topic for the next installment of the Emporia State University Master of Science in Forensic Science 2023-2024 Seminar Series. This fifth series and first event of the spring 2024 semester continues the theme “More Kansas Crimes.”


Library Fundraiser Supports Corky’s Cupboard

Jan. 30, 2024 University Libraries & Archives

A fun activity to test participants’ problem-solving skills also served as a fundraiser, highlighting the way Emporia State University’s University Libraries and Archives department helped to support an important campus initiative. The fall 2023 event, part of the library’s week of activities designed to give students a breather before finals, featured a “Stranger Things”-themed escape room. Once the students had a chance to participate, the escape room was opened to ESU departments and the Emporia community.



Six 2024 Horizon Award winners are ESU alums

Jan. 18, 2024 The Teachers College

Six of the 2024 Horizon Award winners earned their degrees from Emporia State University. The recipients were announced by the Kansas Department of Education recently. They will be honored at a ceremony during the Kansas Exemplary Educators Network State Education conference on Feb. 23 in Topeka.


ESU’s Together, Forward Fundraising Campaign Closed

Jan. 11, 2024 Foundation

At midnight on Dec. 31, Emporia State University’s comprehensive fundraising campaign, Together, Forward, officially ended. Gifts postmarked on or before Dec. 31 are still arriving, but the university can already report this has been the largest, most successful fundraising campaign in ESU history. The campaign surpassed its $75 million goal, and the final total will be publicly announced on Feb. 17, in conjunction with a celebration event for donors to the campaign.