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class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Emporia_State_University_seal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/31/Emporia_State_University_seal.svg/180px-Emporia_State_University_seal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/31/Emporia_State_University_seal.svg/270px-Emporia_State_University_seal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/31/Emporia_State_University_seal.svg/360px-Emporia_State_University_seal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former names</div></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Kansas State Normal School (1863–1923)<br />Kansas State Teachers College (1923–1974)<br />Emporia Kansas State College (1974–1977)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data">"Changing Lives for the Common Good"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Public_university" title="Public university">Public university</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">March 7, 1863<span class="noprint">; 161 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1863-03-07</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Parent institution</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kansas_Board_of_Regents" title="Kansas Board of Regents">Kansas Board of Regents</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Higher_education_accreditation" title="Higher education accreditation">Accreditation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Higher_Learning_Commission" title="Higher Learning Commission">HLC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Academic affiliations</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Space_Grant_College_and_Fellowship_Program" title="National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program">Space-grant</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Financial_endowment" title="Financial endowment">Endowment</a></th><td class="infobox-data">$100.7 million (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$91.82 million (2017)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/University_president" class="mw-redirect" title="University president">President</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Hush" title="Ken Hush">Ken Hush</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Provost_(education)" title="Provost (education)">Provost</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Brent Thomas</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Academic staff</div></th><td class="infobox-data">237 Full-time and 37 Part-time (Spring 2022)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Administrative staff</div></th><td class="infobox-data">207</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Students</th><td class="infobox-data">4,557 (fall 2024)<sup id="cite_ref-Enrollment_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Enrollment-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KBoR-20230926_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KBoR-20230926-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline" class="locality"><a href="/wiki/Emporia,_Kansas" title="Emporia, Kansas">Emporia</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="state"><a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="country-name">United States<sup id="cite_ref-GNIS_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GNIS-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Emporia_State_University&params=38.416023_N_96.179584_W_region:US-KS_type:edu"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°24′58″N</span> <span class="longitude">96°10′47″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.416023°N 96.179584°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.416023; -96.179584</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Campus</th><td class="infobox-data">Remote town<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>, 234 acres (0.95 km<sup>2</sup>)<sup id="cite_ref-Profile_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Profile-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Other campuses</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Overland_Park,_Kansas" title="Overland Park, Kansas">Overland Park</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Newspaper</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>ESU Bulletin</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/School_colors" title="School colors">Colors</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Black and gold<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#000000"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#BB8D0A"> </span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Athletic_nickname" title="Athletic nickname">Nickname</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Emporia_State_Hornets" title="Emporia State Hornets">Hornets</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Sporting affiliations</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">NCAA Division II</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mid-America_Intercollegiate_Athletics_Association" title="Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association">The MIAA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Mascot</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Corky_the_Hornet" title="Corky the Hornet">Corky the Hornet</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://emporia.edu">emporia<wbr />.edu</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Emporia_State_University_wordmark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Emporia_State_University_wordmark.svg/220px-Emporia_State_University_wordmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Emporia_State_University_wordmark.svg/330px-Emporia_State_University_wordmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Emporia_State_University_wordmark.svg/440px-Emporia_State_University_wordmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="91" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Emporia State University</b> (<b>Emporia State</b> or <b>ESU</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Public_university" title="Public university">public university</a> in <a href="/wiki/Emporia,_Kansas" title="Emporia, Kansas">Emporia, Kansas</a>, United States. Established in March 1863 as the Kansas State <a href="/wiki/Normal_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Normal School">Normal School</a>, Emporia State is the third-oldest public university in the state of Kansas.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Emporia State is one of six public universities governed by the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Board_of_Regents" title="Kansas Board of Regents">Kansas Board of Regents</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The university offers degrees through seven schools, one college, and one institute: the <a href="/wiki/Emporia_State_University_School_of_Business" class="mw-redirect" title="Emporia State University School of Business">School of Business and Technology</a>, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Library and Information Management, School of Science and Mathematics, School of Visual and Performing Arts, School of Applied Health Sciences, <a href="/wiki/Emporia_State_University_Teachers_College" title="Emporia State University Teachers College">The Teachers College</a>, and the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies. Prior to the 2023–24 school year, Emporia State only had two schools and colleges. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:85%; clear:left; margin:0 0 1em 1em;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size:100%; background-color:#000000;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BB8D0A, inset -2px -2px 0 #BB8D0A;;"><b>Naming history</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Years</th> <th>Name </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center; background:silver;"> <td>1863–1923</td> <td>Kansas State Normal School </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>1923–1974</td> <td>Kansas State Teachers College </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center; background:silver;"> <td>1974–1977</td> <td>Emporia Kansas State College </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>1977–present</td> <td>Emporia State University (ESU) </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Plumb_%26_Watson,_1867.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Plumb_%26_Watson%2C_1867.jpg/220px-Plumb_%26_Watson%2C_1867.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Plumb_%26_Watson%2C_1867.jpg/330px-Plumb_%26_Watson%2C_1867.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Plumb_%26_Watson%2C_1867.jpg/440px-Plumb_%26_Watson%2C_1867.jpg 2x" data-file-width="736" data-file-height="541" /></a><figcaption>Ellen Plumb, right, and Mary J. Watson, left, the first graduating class of the Kansas State Normal School in 1867</figcaption></figure> <p>The origins of the university date back to 1861, when Kansas became a state. The <a href="/wiki/Wyandotte_Constitution" title="Wyandotte Constitution">Kansas Constitution</a> provided for a state university,<sup id="cite_ref-Cutler_Lawrence_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cutler_Lawrence-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and from 1861 to 1863 the question of where the university would be located—<a href="/wiki/Lawrence,_Kansas" title="Lawrence, Kansas">Lawrence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manhattan,_Kansas" title="Manhattan, Kansas">Manhattan</a> or Emporia—was debated. In February 1863, Manhattan was selected as the site for the state's <a href="/wiki/Land-grant_university" title="Land-grant university">land-grant college</a>, authorized by the <a href="/wiki/Morrill_Land-Grant_Acts" title="Morrill Land-Grant Acts">1862 Morrill Land-Grant Act</a>–what evolved into <a href="/wiki/Kansas_State_University" title="Kansas State University">Kansas State University</a>. Lawrence and Emporia were therefore left as the only candidates for a state university. The fact that <a href="/wiki/Amos_Adams_Lawrence" class="mw-redirect" title="Amos Adams Lawrence">Amos Adams Lawrence</a> had donated $10,000 (plus interest), as well as 40 acres (160,000 m<sup>2</sup>) to the city of Lawrence had great weight with the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Legislature" title="Kansas Legislature">Kansas Legislature</a>, and Lawrence was selected by one vote over Emporia as the location of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kansas" title="University of Kansas">University of Kansas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cutler_Lawrence_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cutler_Lawrence-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 7, 1863, the Kansas Legislature passed the enabling act to establish the <b>Kansas State Normal School</b>, which would one day become Emporia State University; it did not open until February 15, 1865.<sup id="cite_ref-History_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first class graduated two and a half years later; it consisted of two women, Mary Jane Watson and Ellen Plumb.<sup id="cite_ref-Historybook_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historybook-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ellen was the sister of US Senator <a href="/wiki/Preston_B._Plumb" title="Preston B. Plumb">Preston B. Plumb</a>. </p><p>In 1876, the Kansas Legislature passed the "Miscellaneous appropriations bill of 1876".<sup id="cite_ref-KS_Bill_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KS_Bill-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, <a href="/wiki/Leavenworth_Normal_School" title="Leavenworth Normal School">Leavenworth Normal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Concordia_Normal_School" title="Concordia Normal School">Concordia Normal</a> were closed so the state funding for normal schools could be directed to Emporia.<sup id="cite_ref-Normal_School_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Normal_School-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then, in the early 20th century, KSN branched out with satellited campuses in <a href="/wiki/Pittsburg,_Kansas" title="Pittsburg, Kansas">Pittsburg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hays,_Kansas" title="Hays, Kansas">Hays</a>. The Hays campus opened June 3, 1902 as KSN's "Western Branch." It became an autonomous college in 1914 as Fort Hays Kansas State Normal School, and has since developed into <a href="/wiki/Fort_Hays_State_University" title="Fort Hays State University">Fort Hays State University</a>. The Pittsburg branch was opened as the Manual Training Auxiliary School in 1904; it became a four-year school named Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg in 1913. Today it is <a href="/wiki/Pittsburg_State_University" title="Pittsburg State University">Pittsburg State University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 1923, the name of the school was changed to the <b>Kansas State Teachers College</b>. In July 1974, the name was changed to <b>Emporia Kansas State College</b>. On April 21, 1977, the college became <b>Emporia State University</b>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Present_university">Present university</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Present university"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 2022, Ken Hush became the 18th president of Emporia State. Hush. He was previously President and Executive Officer at Koch Minerals and Carbon, an affiliate of <a href="/wiki/Koch_Industries" class="mw-redirect" title="Koch Industries">Koch Industries</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was selected by a search committee consisting of students, faculty, staff, alumni, and other accomplished professionals representing a broad range of interests.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As with other universities, changes in student demand for majors and programs have not occurred uniformly across the various entities at ESU. In September 2022, the Kansas Board of Regents approved a plan by the Hush administration to downsize 7% of ESU's employees, including tenured professors for "current or future market considerations".<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the downsizing, in 2024 the university obtained Regents' approval for a "net decrease in tuition and fees".<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Programmatic and other changes announced in 2024 include the following: (1) groundbreaking for a new building for Nursing and Student wellness, which is expected to open in fall 2025; (2) a "Jump Start/Concurrent Enrollment" program for high school students in nearby counties; (3) articulation agreements with 19 Kansas community colleges that will provide "seamless transfer of courses in nursing, education, criminology and the sciences";<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (4) an "articulation agreement in which undergraduates at ESU can shorten the time to complete their bachelor's and law degrees by taking law classes at Washburn University's Law School during their senior year";<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and (5) a partnership with Pittsburg State University providing "course sharing opportunities."<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One of the faculty cut oversaw ESU's debate team, competing on behalf of the university since 1874, predating the university's football team. Despite the small size of ESU, the debate team has competed–and won–against several schools, including the Ivy Leagues. In the 2012–2013 academic year, alumni Elijah Smith and Ryan Wash helped ESU make debate history as the first university to "unite the crowns" and win the CEDA and National Debate Tournament championships in the same year. The debate program ended in May 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/American_Association_of_University_Professors" title="American Association of University Professors">American Association of University Professors</a> published an investigative report in May 2023 concerning the termination of thirty tenured and tenure-track faculty appointments at the university and placed it on its list of censured institutions.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The investigating committee found that, in carrying out the terminations, the ESU administration and the Kansas Board of Regents disregarded AAUP-recommended principles and procedural standards concerning tenure and academic freedom. It also found that the board’s reactivation in May 2022 of a temporary COVID-19-related policy allowed system institutions to abrogate existing university regulations that did comport in most essential respects with AAUP-supported standards. The temporary policy suspended existing university regulations and gave the ESU administration the authority to "suspend, dismiss, or terminate" any professor, tenured or untenured, without involving faculty governance bodies and without affording academic due process to the affected faculty members. Although the board of regents offered the policy to all system institutions, only Emporia State's administration adopted it–in September 2022, just three months before it was set to expire.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2023, Emporia State became the only Kansas public university without campus child care when it closes the child care center. Wichita State University, University of Kansas, Kansas State University, Pittsburg State University, and Fort Hays State all have existing programs. ESU closed doors on its Center for Early Childhood Education in the midst of a national child care crisis. In Lyon County, there are between 21-30 children per opening at a child care facility as of 2021, according to Child Care Aware of Kansas.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Enrollment dropped at ESU in September 2023,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> most notably in the College of Education.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Previously, the College of Education had a reputation for quality. A comprehensive evaluation of schools or colleges of education by Arthur Levine (Emeritus President of Columbia University's Teacher College) reported Emporia State as having "an exemplary teacher education program."<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Academic_organization">Academic organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Academic organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aerial_view_of_Emporia_State_University,_Emporia,_Kansas_09-04-2013.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Aerial_view_of_Emporia_State_University%2C_Emporia%2C_Kansas_09-04-2013.JPG/220px-Aerial_view_of_Emporia_State_University%2C_Emporia%2C_Kansas_09-04-2013.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Aerial_view_of_Emporia_State_University%2C_Emporia%2C_Kansas_09-04-2013.JPG/330px-Aerial_view_of_Emporia_State_University%2C_Emporia%2C_Kansas_09-04-2013.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Aerial_view_of_Emporia_State_University%2C_Emporia%2C_Kansas_09-04-2013.JPG/440px-Aerial_view_of_Emporia_State_University%2C_Emporia%2C_Kansas_09-04-2013.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Aerial view of Emporia State University</figcaption></figure> <p>By enrollment, Emporia State is the seventh-largest university in Kansas. In the <a href="/wiki/Autumn" title="Autumn">fall</a> 2014 <a href="/wiki/Academic_term" title="Academic term">semester</a>, it set a record enrollment with 6,114 students.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Welch_Stadium,_2016.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Welch_Stadium%2C_2016.png/220px-Welch_Stadium%2C_2016.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Welch_Stadium%2C_2016.png/330px-Welch_Stadium%2C_2016.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Welch_Stadium%2C_2016.png/440px-Welch_Stadium%2C_2016.png 2x" data-file-width="456" data-file-height="318" /></a><figcaption>Welch Stadium, 2016</figcaption></figure> <p>Emporia State University comprises seven schools, one college, and one institute: the <a href="/wiki/Emporia_State_University_School_of_Business" class="mw-redirect" title="Emporia State University School of Business">School of Business and Technology</a>, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Library and Information Management, School of Science and Mathematics, School of Visual and Performing Arts, School of Applied Health Sciences, <a href="/wiki/Emporia_State_University_Teachers_College" title="Emporia State University Teachers College">The Teachers College</a>, and the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies. Prior to the 2023–24 school year, Emporia State only had two schools and colleges.<sup id="cite_ref-restructure_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-restructure-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Emporia State is accredited by the <a href="/wiki/Higher_Learning_Commission" title="Higher Learning Commission">Higher Learning Commission</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The university offers degrees in more than 80 courses of study.<sup id="cite_ref-Admissions_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Admissions-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Emporia State has a satellite campus in <a href="/wiki/Overland_Park,_Kansas" title="Overland Park, Kansas">Kansas City</a>, which is mostly online classes, but some classes are held in the building.<sup id="cite_ref-KC_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KC-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="School_of_Business_and_Technology">School of Business and Technology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: School of Business and Technology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Emporia_State_University_School_of_Business_and_Technology" title="Emporia State University School of Business and Technology">Emporia State University School of Business and Technology</a></div> <p>Founded in 1868, the School of Business is located on the main campus. It has more than 30 faculty members and approximately 300 students.<sup id="cite_ref-Academics_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Academics-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The School is accredited by the <a href="/wiki/Association_to_Advance_Collegiate_Schools_of_Business" title="Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business">Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business</a> (AACSB International). The programs have been thoroughly reviewed and found to be of the highest quality. This distinction is found with less than 5% of business schools worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-AACSB_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AACSB-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The School was renamed to the School of Business and Technology in 2023, after a university-wide restructure.<sup id="cite_ref-restructure_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-restructure-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Koch_Center_for_Leadership_and_Ethics">Koch Center for Leadership and Ethics</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Koch Center for Leadership and Ethics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The School of Business opened the Koch Center for Leadership and Ethics, which is a center made up of classes that focuses on entrepreneurial management.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The center was funded through grants of $750,000 from the <a href="/wiki/Fred_C._Koch" title="Fred C. Koch">Fred Koch Foundation</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Koch_Industries" class="mw-redirect" title="Koch Industries">Koch Industries</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The university has since disbanded this center. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="School_of_Library_and_Information_Management_and_Archives">School of Library and Information Management and Archives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: School of Library and Information Management and Archives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The School of Library and Information Management (SLIM), which was founded in 1902,<sup id="cite_ref-SLIM_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SLIM-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the "oldest school of library and information studies in the western half of the United States" and has branches in six different states.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> SLIM is the only accredited <a href="/wiki/American_Library_Association" title="American Library Association">American Library Association</a> program in Kansas,<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the School Library Media Licensure program is also accredited by the <a href="/wiki/National_Council_for_Accreditation_of_Teacher_Education" title="National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education">National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education</a> (NCATE).<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The School of Library and Information Management also offers Emporia State University's only PhD: a doctorate in Library and Information Management.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As part of a university-wide restructure in 2023, SLIM added instructional design & technology to its school, joining the University Libraries and Archives that merged with the school in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-restructure_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-restructure-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="School_of_Humanities_and_Social_Sciences">School of Humanities and Social Sciences</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: School of Humanities and Social Sciences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As part of a university-wide restructure in 2023, the School of Humanities and Social Sciences was created from some departments in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: English and modern languages, communication, social sciences, sociology and criminology and the Intensive English Program.<sup id="cite_ref-restructure_39-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-restructure-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="School_of_Science_and_Mathematics">School of Science and Mathematics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: School of Science and Mathematics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As part of a university-wide restructure in 2023, the School of Science and Mathematics was created from departments in College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and includes biological sciences, mathematics, physics, Earth science, chemistry and forensic science.<sup id="cite_ref-restructure_39-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-restructure-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="School_of_Visual_and_Performing_Arts">School of Visual and Performing Arts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: School of Visual and Performing Arts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As part of a university-wide restructure in 2023, the School of Visual and Performing Arts was created from departments in College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and includes music, theatre and art.<sup id="cite_ref-restructure_39-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-restructure-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="School_of_Applied_Health_Sciences">School of Applied Health Sciences</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: School of Applied Health Sciences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As part of a university-wide restructure in 2023, the School of Applied Health Sciences was created from departments in College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and includes psychology, counseling, nursing, and health, physical education, and recreation.<sup id="cite_ref-restructure_39-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-restructure-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Institute_of_Interdisciplinary_Studies">Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As part of a university-wide restructure in 2023, the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies was created from the department of interdisciplinary studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and includes interdisciplinary studies and ethnic, gender and identity studies.<sup id="cite_ref-restructure_39-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-restructure-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Teachers_College">The Teachers College</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: The Teachers College"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dobbs_School_in_Emporia,_KS.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Dobbs_School_in_Emporia%2C_KS.jpg/220px-Dobbs_School_in_Emporia%2C_KS.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Dobbs_School_in_Emporia%2C_KS.jpg/330px-Dobbs_School_in_Emporia%2C_KS.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Dobbs_School_in_Emporia%2C_KS.jpg/440px-Dobbs_School_in_Emporia%2C_KS.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>The one-room schoolhouse on the Emporia State University campus</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Emporia_State_University_Teachers_College" title="Emporia State University Teachers College">Emporia State University Teachers College</a></div> <p>The Teachers College at Emporia State University is an "Exemplary Model Teacher Education" program as named by Arthur Levine in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-Recognition_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Recognition-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2011, The Teachers College was featured in a video produced by the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Department of Education">U.S. Department of Education</a> highlighting the use of professional development schools. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Jones_Institute_for_Educational_Excellence">Jones Institute for Educational Excellence</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Jones Institute for Educational Excellence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Jones Institute for Educational Excellence is a non-profit organization provided by the Jones Trust in Lyon County. In August 1982, the office was established as part of the Teachers College for research to better education in the state of Kansas.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="National_Teachers_Hall_of_Fame">National Teachers Hall of Fame</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: National Teachers Hall of Fame"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Teachers_Hall_of_Fame" title="National Teachers Hall of Fame">National Teachers Hall of Fame</a></div> <p>The National Teachers Hall of Fame (NTHF) is a <a href="/wiki/Non-profit_organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-profit organization">non-profit organization</a> that honors exceptional school teachers and was established in 1989 by Emporia State University, the City of Emporia, the <a href="/wiki/Emporia_USD_253" title="Emporia USD 253">local school district</a>, and the Chamber of Commerce. The NTHF has a museum on Emporia State's campus that honors the inducted teachers. It also has a teacher resource center and a program which recognizes five of the nation's best educators each June.<sup id="cite_ref-NTHF_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NTHF-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Hall of Fame annually honors five teachers who have demonstrated commitment and dedication to teaching children. The first induction was held in June 1992, and, 115 teachers have since been inducted into the Hall of Fame. Inductees cover more than three-quarters of the United States and Washington D.C.<sup id="cite_ref-NTHF_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NTHF-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fallen_Educators_Memorial.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Fallen_Educators_Memorial.jpg/220px-Fallen_Educators_Memorial.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Fallen_Educators_Memorial.jpg/330px-Fallen_Educators_Memorial.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Fallen_Educators_Memorial.jpg/440px-Fallen_Educators_Memorial.jpg 2x" data-file-width="736" data-file-height="489" /></a><figcaption>Memorial for Fallen Educators with the one-room schoolhouse in the background</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Memorial_for_Fallen_Educators">Memorial for Fallen Educators</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Memorial for Fallen Educators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On June 13, 2013, the NTHF executive director, along with former university officials, U.S. Sen. <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Moran" title="Jerry Moran">Jerry Moran</a>'s staff, and local government leaders broke ground by the one-room schoolhouse located on the campus to build a memorial for teachers who have fallen in the "line of duty". The <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting" title="Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting">Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting</a> was the main inspiration for the memorial.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 6, 2014, the granite memorial markers were placed along with granite benches.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The official dedication was held on June 12, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 21, 2015, United States Senator Moran of Kansas introduced a bill to the <a href="/wiki/114th_United_States_Congress" title="114th United States Congress">United States Congress</a> to designate the memorial as the "National Memorial to Fallen Educators".<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Should the bill pass by both the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a>, the memorial would then need to be signed by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a>. The memorial would not become a part of the <a href="/wiki/National_Park_Service" title="National Park Service">National Park Service</a>, nor would it receive Federal funding.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kansas_City_campus">Kansas City campus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Kansas City campus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Emporia State University–Kansas City is the branch campus of Emporia State, located in <a href="/wiki/Overland_Park,_Kansas" title="Overland Park, Kansas">Overland Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The campus offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees.<sup id="cite_ref-KC_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KC-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Honors_College">Honors College</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Honors College"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On August 29, 2014, Emporia State announced that it had received $1 million additional funding from the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Kansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Kansas">Governor's office</a> for the school's first-ever Honors College.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CJOnline_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CJOnline-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campus">Campus</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Campus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Academic_buildings">Academic buildings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Academic buildings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most academic buildings at Emporia State University are dedicated to someone or are an important part of the school's history.<sup id="cite_ref-Building_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Building-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beach Music Hall, named in honor of former professor Frank A. Beach, houses the Music Department. It was built in 1926, and contains classrooms, a recital hall, and practice studios.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Within the science building, Bruekelman Science Hall houses the Biological Sciences department and mathematics and economics departments, while Cram Science Hall houses the Physical Sciences department<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and classrooms for chemistry, physics, and earth science. Inside the science building are two museums – Johnston Geology Museum<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Richard H. Schmidt Museum of Natural History,<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> along with the Peterson Planetarium.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cremer Hall contains the School of Business and technology.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The building opened in 1964 and is also home to the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Business_Hall_of_Fame" title="Kansas Business Hall of Fame">Kansas Business Hall of Fame</a>. </p><p>The HPER Building, officially known as the Health, Physical Education and Recreation building, is home to the <a href="/wiki/Emporia_State_Hornets" title="Emporia State Hornets">Athletics</a> and physical education department.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Inside the building are five gyms, locker rooms, classrooms, administrative offices, and a swimming pool.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Inside <a href="/wiki/John_E._King" title="John E. King">John E. King</a> Hall, named after the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Emporia_Kansas_State_College" class="mw-redirect" title="President of Emporia Kansas State College">11th president of ESU</a>, are the Theatre Department, and the Arts and Communication Departments. Also inside is the Karl C. Bruder Theatre.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Plumb_Administration_Building.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Plumb_Administration_Building.JPG/220px-Plumb_Administration_Building.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Plumb_Administration_Building.JPG/330px-Plumb_Administration_Building.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Plumb_Administration_Building.JPG/440px-Plumb_Administration_Building.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="3240" /></a><figcaption>Preston B. Plumb Hall</figcaption></figure> <p>Plumb Hall serves as the administration building, and houses President's office,<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Academic Affairs,<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fiscal Affairs, Financial Aid services, Human Resources, some classrooms, Social Sciences and English departments, and the Graduate School. The building is named after Senator <a href="/wiki/Preston_B._Plumb" title="Preston B. Plumb">Preston B. Plumb</a>. Also inside is <a href="/wiki/Albert_R._Taylor" title="Albert R. Taylor">Albert Taylor</a> Hall, an auditorium named after the 5th president of ESU.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Roosevelt Hall, previously a high school in Emporia, once served as the home of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences dean's office.<sup id="cite_ref-CLAS_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CLAS-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Inside are classrooms primarily for English, Modern Languages, and Journalism classes, as well as a theatre.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/John_E._Visser" title="John E. Visser">John E. Visser</a> Hall, named after ESU's 12th president, is home to <a href="/wiki/Emporia_State_University_Teachers_College" title="Emporia State University Teachers College">the Teachers College</a>. It also houses the <a href="#National_Teachers_Hall_of_Fame">Teachers Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/William_Allen_White" title="William Allen White">William Allen White</a> Library is home to the School of Library and Information Management and Archives. Inside are a computer lab, the University Archives, and the Academic Center for Excellence and Success.<sup id="cite_ref-AboutSLIM_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AboutSLIM-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_buildings">Other buildings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Other buildings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Emporia_State_University_Memorial_Union" title="Emporia State University Memorial Union">Emporia State University Memorial Union</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Student_activity_center" class="mw-redirect" title="Student activity center">student activity center</a>. It opened on Founder's Day in 1925 as a memorial to the KSN students who died in <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. It was the first student union west of the Mississippi River.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Inside the Union are the bookstore, admissions office, <a href="/wiki/Sodexo" title="Sodexo">Sodexo</a> dining services, and student life offices, and the office for the vice president of enrollment management and success.<sup id="cite_ref-Services_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Services-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Sauder Alumni Center houses the Emporia State University Foundation and Alumni Association.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cora Miller Hall houses the School of Nursing, and is located next to Newman Regional Hospital.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Student_life">Student life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Student life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Housing">Housing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Housing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At ESU, all incoming freshmen students must live in the Towers Complex (North & South Towers, Singular, and Trusler), unless they already live within a 30-mile (48 km) radius of the campus.<sup id="cite_ref-Towers_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Towers-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upperclassmen have the choice to live in Abigail Morse Hall, the original dormitory on campus.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>South Morse Hall, which used to house students, is now used for office purposes such as the TRIO Program and Student Wellness Center are located in South.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Towers Complex is made up into four residence halls: North and South Towers, and Singular and Trusler Towers.<sup id="cite_ref-Towers_87-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Towers-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Trusler went under renovation in the fall of 2013,<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with Singular going under renovation in the spring of 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2017, construction started on a new residence hall, Schallenkamp Hall,<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was named after Emporia State's 14th president, <a href="/wiki/Kay_Schallenkamp" title="Kay Schallenkamp">Kay Schallenkamp</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It opened in 2020 and is the first new building on campus since 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fraternity_and_sorority_life">Fraternity and sorority life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Fraternity and sorority life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>ESU has eight fraternities<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and six sororities.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center"> <caption>Emporia State fraternity and sorority life </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;"><b>Fraternities</b> </td> <td style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;"><b>Sororities</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Phi_Delta_Theta" title="Phi Delta Theta">Phi Delta Theta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigma_Phi_Epsilon" title="Sigma Phi Epsilon">Sigma Phi Epsilon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigma_Tau_Gamma" title="Sigma Tau Gamma">Sigma Tau Gamma</a></li></ul> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alpha_Sigma_Alpha" title="Alpha Sigma Alpha">Alpha Sigma Alpha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chi_Omega" title="Chi Omega">Chi Omega</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigma_Sigma_Sigma" title="Sigma Sigma Sigma">Sigma Sigma Sigma</a></li> <li>Panhellenic Association</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Student_newspaper">Student newspaper</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Student newspaper"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The school newspaper of Emporia State University is <i>ESU Bulletin</i>, established in 1901.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is published once a week on Thursdays, and is distributed free of charge in all campus buildings. Supported by student fees and advertising, <i>The Bulletin</i> is written and operated by student staff members.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Student_yearbook">Student yearbook</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Student yearbook"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Sunflower</i>, the university's yearbook, is published each spring as a chronicle of the year's events and activities. It is funded by student fees and distributed during finals week of the spring semester. Students who choose to be included in the yearbook are photographed at no charge during the fall semester.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Athletics">Athletics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Athletics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="float:right; clear:right; margin:0 0 1em 1em;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Men's sports </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;">Women's sports </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emporia_State_Hornets_baseball" title="Emporia State Hornets baseball">Baseball</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Emporia_State_Lady_Hornets_basketball" title="Emporia State Lady Hornets basketball">Basketball</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emporia_State_Hornets_basketball" title="Emporia State Hornets basketball">Basketball</a></td> <td>Cross country </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cross country</td> <td>Disc golf </td></tr> <tr> <td>Disc golf</td> <td>Soccer </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emporia_State_Hornets_football" title="Emporia State Hornets football">Football</a></td> <td>Softball </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tennis</td> <td>Tennis </td></tr> <tr> <td>Track and field<sup>†</sup></td> <td>Track and field<sup>†</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Volleyball </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#BB8D0A;color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:85%;">† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Emporia_State_Hornets" title="Emporia State Hornets">Emporia State Hornets</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Emporia_State_Hornets_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Emporia_State_Hornets_logo.svg/220px-Emporia_State_Hornets_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Emporia_State_Hornets_logo.svg/330px-Emporia_State_Hornets_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Emporia_State_Hornets_logo.svg/440px-Emporia_State_Hornets_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="144" /></a><figcaption>ESU's official athletics logo</figcaption></figure> <p>The Emporia State athletic teams are called the Hornets (with women's basketball and softball being called the Lady Hornets). The university is a member of the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">NCAA Division II</a> ranks, primarily competing in the <a href="/wiki/Mid-America_Intercollegiate_Athletics_Association" title="Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association">Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association</a> (The MIAA) since the 1991–92 academic year.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Hornets previously competed as an <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">NCAA D-II Independent</a> from 1989–90 to 1990–91; in the <a href="/wiki/Central_States_Intercollegiate_Conference" title="Central States Intercollegiate Conference">Central States Intercollegiate Conference</a> (CSIC) of the <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics" title="National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics">National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics</a> (NAIA) from 1976–77 to 1988–89; in the <a href="/wiki/Great_Plains_Athletic_Conference_(1972%E2%80%931976)" title="Great Plains Athletic Conference (1972–1976)">Great Plains Athletic Conference</a> (GPAC) from 1972–73 to 1975–76; in the <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_Athletic_Conference" title="Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference">Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference</a> (RMAC) from 1968–69 to 1971–72; in the <a href="/wiki/Central_Intercollegiate_Conference" title="Central Intercollegiate Conference">Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference</a> (CIC) from 1923–24 to 1967–68; and in the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Collegiate_Athletic_Conference" title="Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference">Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference</a> (KCAC) from 1902–03 to 1922–23. </p><p>Emporia State competes in 16 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, disc golf, football, tennis and track & field (indoor and outdoor); while women's sports include basketball, cross country, disc golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field (indoor and outdoor) and volleyball. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ESU_Lady_Hornets_Champions.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/ESU_Lady_Hornets_Champions.png/220px-ESU_Lady_Hornets_Champions.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/ESU_Lady_Hornets_Champions.png/330px-ESU_Lady_Hornets_Champions.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/ESU_Lady_Hornets_Champions.png/440px-ESU_Lady_Hornets_Champions.png 2x" data-file-width="596" data-file-height="427" /></a><figcaption>2010 National Championship banner hanging in White Auditorium</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Basketball">Basketball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Basketball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Of its varsity sports, only Emporia States' women's <a href="/wiki/College_basketball" title="College basketball">basketball</a> team has claimed a national title for the school.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Emporia_State_Lady_Hornets_basketball" title="Emporia State Lady Hornets basketball">Lady Hornets</a>, led by former head coach <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Schneider" title="Brandon Schneider">Brandon Schneider</a>, won the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Women%27s_Division_II_Basketball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championship">2010 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Championship</a>, defeating the <a href="/wiki/Fort_Lewis_College" title="Fort Lewis College">Fort Lewis College</a> Skyhawks.<sup id="cite_ref-Championship_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Championship-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are coached by Brian Ostermann. The men's <a href="/wiki/Emporia_State_Hornets_basketball" title="Emporia State Hornets basketball">basketball team</a> is coached by <a href="/wiki/Craig_Doty" title="Craig Doty">Craig Doty</a>, a three-time national championship coach.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football">Football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1893_Emporia_State_Hornets_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="1893 Emporia State Hornets football team">1893 Emporia State Hornets football team</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Emporia_State_Hornets_football" title="Emporia State Hornets football">Hornets football</a> team is currently coached by former Hornets <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterback</a> <a href="/wiki/Garin_Higgins" title="Garin Higgins">Garin Higgins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Higgins_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Higgins-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since joining the MIAA in 1991, the Hornets have gone 123–118 in conference play.<sup id="cite_ref-MIAAFootball_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MIAAFootball-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Hornets have also participated in five post-season bowls, winning three.<sup id="cite_ref-MIAAFootball_107-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MIAAFootball-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baseball">Baseball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Baseball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Emporia_State_Hornets_baseball" title="Emporia State Hornets baseball">Hornets baseball</a> team played its first game in 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-Baseball_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baseball-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team has four conference championships, three conference tournament champions, and two <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_Baseball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division II Baseball Championship">College World Series</a> appearances, with a 2009 runner-up coached by ESU alum, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Fornelli" title="Bob Fornelli">Bob Fornelli</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team also made five appearances in the <a href="/wiki/NAIA_World_Series" title="NAIA World Series">NAIA World Series</a>, winning the 1978 World Series.<sup id="cite_ref-Baseball_108-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baseball-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Currently the team is coached by former Hornet, <a href="/wiki/Brad_Hill_(baseball_coach)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brad Hill (baseball coach)">Brad Hill</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Softball">Softball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Softball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Hornets softball team played its first game by 1971,<sup id="cite_ref-Plummer_111-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plummer-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> seven years before the baseball team.<sup id="cite_ref-Softball_112-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Softball-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team is currently coached by April Rosales, who took over the program on October 19, 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The softball team appeared in three <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_College_World_Series" title="Women's College World Series">Women's College World Series</a>, in 1971, 1972, and 1979,<sup id="cite_ref-Plummer_111-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plummer-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and also won the first AIAW <a href="/wiki/AIAW_Champions#Fastpitch_Softball" class="mw-redirect" title="AIAW Champions">Division II national championship</a> in 1980. Emporia State also played for the national championship in 2006 and 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-Softball_112-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Softball-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Facilities">Facilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Facilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since 1940, home basketball games have been played at <a href="/wiki/William_L._White_Auditorium" title="William L. White Auditorium">William L. White Auditorium</a>, a 5,000-seat arena named after <a href="/wiki/William_Lindsay_White" title="William Lindsay White">William Lindsay White</a>, son of <a href="/wiki/William_Allen_White" title="William Allen White">William Allen White</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WLW_115-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WLW-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to serving as home to the men's and women's basketball teams, the arena is used by the Lady Hornets volleyball team. In 2008, the auditorium received an upgrade throughout the entire building.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Francis_G._Welch_Stadium" title="Francis G. Welch Stadium">Francis G. Welch Stadium</a> serves as home to the Hornets football team.<sup id="cite_ref-Welch_117-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Welch-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The stadium, named after long-time Emporia State football coach and athletic director <a href="/wiki/Fran_Welch" title="Fran Welch">Fran Welch</a>, opened in 1947 and has since undergone a few renovations. In 1994, the east and west side concession areas, restroom facilities, and entrances were renovated, a new scoreboard was hoisted into place at the south end of the stadium, and a new landscaped fence was erected.<sup id="cite_ref-Welch_117-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Welch-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Hutchinson Family Pavilion, a three-tiered facility which has enclosed theatre seating on the first floor, a president's box and four sky-boxes on the second floor, and a game-day management and media center on the third floor, was built in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-Welch_117-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Welch-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The current seating capacity is 7,000. In 2005, an artificial football field was placed down, with that one being replaced in 2016, as well as a new track.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Trusler_Sports_Complex" title="Trusler Sports Complex">Trusler Sports Complex</a> is home to the baseball and softball teams.<sup id="cite_ref-Trusler_119-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trusler-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The baseball team competes on Glennen Field, named after <a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Glennen" title="Robert E. Glennen">Robert E. Glennen</a>, <a href="/wiki/President_of_Emporia_Kansas_State_College" class="mw-redirect" title="President of Emporia Kansas State College">13th president</a> of Emporia State. In 2009, the field was renovated with a new artificial turf that replaced the infield. The Lady Hornets compete on Turnbull Field named after J. Michael Turnbull, a trustee of the Trusler Foundation.<sup id="cite_ref-Trusler_119-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trusler-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="School_colors">School colors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: School colors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="float:right; border:1px solid #666; padding:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:#231F20; width:50px; height:50px; padding:2px; border:1px solid #000000;">  </td> <td style="background:#BB8D0A; width:50px; height:50px; padding:2px; border:1px solid #000000;">  </td></tr> <tr style="line-height:90%; text-align:center;"> <td>Black </td> <td>Gold </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Emporia State's official school colors are black and gold.<sup id="cite_ref-colors_120-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colors-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These have been the colors since the school was founded in 1863. Until recently, the gold was "old gold".<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mascot">Mascot</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Mascot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Corky_the_Hornet.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Corky_the_Hornet.jpg" decoding="async" width="212" height="375" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="212" data-file-height="375" /></a><figcaption>Corky the Hornet at an <a href="/wiki/Emporia_State_Hornets_football" title="Emporia State Hornets football">Emporia State football</a> game</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Corky_the_Hornet" title="Corky the Hornet">Corky the Hornet</a></div> <p>In 1923, the teams were known as the "Yaps", but it was not a popular name. Men's basketball coach Vic Trusler<sup id="cite_ref-Corky_122-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Corky-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> recommended to a reporter of the <i><a href="/wiki/Emporia_Gazette" title="Emporia Gazette">Emporia Gazette</a></i> that the name should be changed to "Yellow Jackets". Due to the lack of newspaper space, the reporter changed it to "Hornets". </p><p>In 1933, the Teachers College held a contest in which students and staff could design a mascot for the college. Sophomore Paul Edwards, who graduated in 1937, designed <a href="/wiki/Corky_the_Hornet" title="Corky the Hornet">Corky</a>. Although hundreds of drawings were submitted, Edwards' Corky, a "human-like" hornet, was selected and published in <i>The Bulletin</i>, the student newspaper for Emporia State University.<sup id="cite_ref-Corky_122-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Corky-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Foundation">Foundation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Foundation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Established in 1952, the Emporia State University Foundation is an independent, nonprofit corporation that helps support Emporia State by fundraising.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Campaign">Campaign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 2013, when the university turned 150, it announced a campaign to raise $45 million in five to seven years.<sup id="cite_ref-NowForever_124-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NowForever-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The campaign's slogan is "Silent no more."<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the announcement of a donation, big or small, the university rings a bell called <a href="/wiki/Emporia_State_Hornets_football#Tradition" title="Emporia State Hornets football">Silent Joe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bell, which is located just south of <a href="/wiki/Francis_G._Welch_Stadium" title="Francis G. Welch Stadium">Francis G. Welch Stadium</a>, was originally rung only after a football team won at home.<sup id="cite_ref-SilentJoe_127-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SilentJoe-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The campaign ended in February 2017, having raised $58.03 million, the largest in the university's history.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Police_and_Safety">Police and Safety</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emporia_State_University&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Police and Safety"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>ESU Police and Safety is the campus police department. Besides enforcing the law, the department also provides other assistance for the students and faculty/staff members such as escorts and vehicle problems.<sup id="cite_ref-Police_129-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Police-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The department has ten full-time commissioned officers (one chief, one lieutenant, three sergeants, two corporals, and three officers), one full-time dispatcher, and several student dispatchers.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Highway_Patrol" title="Kansas Highway Patrol">Kansas Highway Patrol</a> also has an office in the building. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_alumni_and_faculty">Notable alumni and faculty</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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June 12, 2014. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141018234133/http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Newtown-Union-Leader-to-Speak-at-Teachers-Memorial-262875981.html">Archived</a> from the original on October 18, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 30,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Washington+Times&rft.atitle=Emporia+State+to+create+Honors+College&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtontimes.com%2Fnews%2F2014%2Fapr%2F29%2Femporia-state-to-create-honors-college%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEmporia+State+University" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Building-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Building_64-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.emporia.edu/campus-map/">"ESU Campus Map of Buildings"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140921144835/http://www.emporia.edu/campus-map/">Archived</a> from the original on September 21, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 19,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=ESU+Campus+Map+of+Buildings&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emporia.edu%2Fcampus-map%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEmporia+State+University" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-65"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-65">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.emporia.edu/music/index.html">"Beach Music Hall"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141006071304/http://www.emporia.edu/music/index.html">Archived</a> from the original on October 6, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 13,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Peterson+Planetarium&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emporia.edu%2Fphysci%2Fplanetarium%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEmporia+State+University" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-70"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-70">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.emporia.edu/business/about/facilities.html">"Cremer Hall"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141006081832/http://www.emporia.edu/business/about/facilities.html">Archived</a> from the original on October 6, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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April 4, 1989. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220821050517/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19890404&id=i04yAAAAIBAJ&pg=1504,982745">Archived</a> from the original on August 21, 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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State Hornets baseball">Baseball</a></li> <li>Basketball <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emporia_State_Hornets_basketball" title="Emporia State Hornets basketball">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emporia_State_Lady_Hornets_basketball" title="Emporia State Lady Hornets basketball">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emporia_State_Hornets_football" title="Emporia State Hornets football">Football</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Emporia_State_Hornets_football_seasons" title="List of Emporia State Hornets football seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emporia_State%E2%80%93Washburn_football_rivalry" title="Emporia State–Washburn football rivalry">Turnpike Tussle</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#000000;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BB8D0A, inset -2px -2px 0 #BB8D0A;">Facilities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Francis_G._Welch_Stadium" title="Francis G. 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