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Emporia State’s new residence hall will be named for its pioneering 14th president. The name Schallenkamp Hall was announced today during the Founders’ Day celebration that marks 155 years of excellence for the public university.

Emporia State Theatre had excellent representation at last month’s regional festival of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF). Four faculty members and 21 students traveled to Des Moines, Iowa, for the annual festival for Region 5 of KCACTF which includes colleges and universities from Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota.

Emporia State University Theatre’s spring season is primed with thought-provoking drama and knee-slapping dark humor from two classic works that have stood the test of time.

Just one month remains for select Kansas high school seniors to apply for a new scholarship available to Emporia State University.

“From 18, Many” is the theme for the 2018 Founders’ Day celebration at Emporia State University, which marks 155 years of educational excellence.

Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome is the topic of an upcoming lecture at Emporia State University. Dr. Joy DeGruy, the leading expert on this topic, presents the 2018 Social Justice & Equity Lecture at 6 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 8) in Albert Taylor Hall on the Emporia campus.

A longtime marketing professor and a senior in English, Modern Languages and Journalism will each receive the Presidential Award for Diversity on Thursday. The awards will be given at the beginning of the 2018 Social Justice & Equity Lecture at 6 p.m. in Albert Taylor Hall.