Emporia State University
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| Motto | "Empowered by E" |
| Established | 1863 |
| Type | State university |
| Endowment | $62.0 million[1] |
| President | Michael D. Shonrock (effective 2012), H. Edward Flentje (through 2011) |
| Academic staff | 258[2] |
| Students | 6,314[3] |
| Undergraduates | 4,338 |
| Postgraduates | 1,950 |
| Location | Emporia, Kansas, USA |
| Campus | 212 acres (0.86 km2) |
| Athletics | NCAA Division II |
| Colors | Black and Gold |
| Nickname | Hornets |
| Website | www.emporia.edu |
Emporia State University (ESU) is a university in the city of Emporia in Lyon County, Kansas, just east of the Flint Hills.
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[edit] History
The university was founded in March 1863 when the Kansas Legislature passed the enabling act to establish the Kansas State Normal School. The school's first graduating class consisted of two women in 1867, the year the first permanent building was completed.
In 1876, the Kansas Legislature passed the "Miscellaneous appropriations bill of 1876".[4] The end result was that Leavenworth Normal and Concordia Normal were closed so the state funding for normal schools could be directed to Emporia.[5]
In February 1923, the name of the school was changed to the Kansas State Teachers College. In July 1974, the name was changed to Emporia Kansas State College. On April 21, 1977, the college became Emporia State University. The Kansas Board of Regents is the governing body for ESU. Since 1863 more than 150,000 students have studied at ESU.[6]
On January 25, 2006, then ESU president Kay Schallenkamp, Ph.D, resigned to serve as president of Black Hills State University starting July 1, 2006.[7] On September 22, 2006 the Kansas Board of Regents announced the hiring of Michael R. Lane (BS in finance, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 1975; MS in financial accounting, Northeastern University, 1976; Ph.D in financial accounting, Texas A&M University, 1980[8]) as University President effective November 1, 2006. Lane was previously provost at University of Arkansas - Fort Smith.[9] Edward Flentje succeeded Lane until 2012 January 3 when Michael Shonrock became president.
The Center for Great Plains Studies, headed by Jim Hoy, an inductee of the Kansas Cowboy Hall of Fame, is located at Emporia State University.[10]
[edit] Academics
Emporia State University comprises four colleges: the school of business, college of liberal arts and sciences, school of library and information management, and the Teachers College. The latter is the university's college of education. In September 2006, the Teacher's College was cited by The Education Schools Project[11] as one of the top four model teacher preparation programs in the United States along with Stanford University, Alverno College, and the University of Virginia. In 2011, The Teachers College was featured in a video produced by the U.S. Department of Education highlighting the use of professional development schools.
The Department of Instructional Design and Technology (IDT) offers the only instructional design and technology Master of Science degree in Kansas. IDT's Master of Science degree is offered entirely online. The Master's of Science degree in Business Education is also offered entirely online for the nation's business teachers. The University is the home of the William Allen White library and the National Teachers Hall of Fame.[12] The university's newspaper, The Bulletin, has existed since 1901.
The Registrar's office is the official custodian of the transcripts for the former College of Emporia which closed in 1973.[13]
[edit] Jones Institute for Educational Excellence (JIEE)
A department of The Teachers College, JIEE provides educational leadership and service, strives to improve the quality of instruction and teaching, conducts policy studies on emerging issues, promotes excellence in all areas of learning, and contributes to the educational dialogue on national trends and issues. It's programs include:
- Center for Innovative School Leadership
- Kansas Future Teacher Academy
- Kansas Migrant & English Language Learners Academy
- Partnerships for Excellence in Mathematics Instruction
- Great Plains Center for National Teacher Certification
- Kansas Regional Reading Recovery University Training Center
[edit] Athletics
The school competes in Division II of the NCAA and became a member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) in 1991. ESU Athletics currently fields teams in 15 sports, including:
Men's Sports
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cross Country
- Football
- Tennis
- Track & Field
Women's Sports
- Basketball
- Cross Country
- Soccer
- Softball
- Tennis
- Track & Field
- Volleyball
The ESU mascot is Corky the Hornet.
[edit] Overview
- ESU Athletics has had four top four finishes in four sports over last four years (Women's Basketball, 1st in 2010; Baseball, 2nd in 2009; Softball, 2nd in 2008; Men's Track and Field, 4th in 2011).
- ESU has produced 17 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans since 2000 to rank in the top 25 nationally.
- In 2003-04, ESU became the first school to have their football, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball and softball teams all advance to NCAA play in the same school year.
- ESU is the only school in the MIAA to have both their baseball and softball teams earn NCAA Tournament berths in each of the last nine years.
- ESU has averaged over 100,000 fans a year at home events over the last eight years.
- ESU has placed in the top 50 out of over 300 Division II schools nationally in the Learfield Sports Director's Cup for seven straight years with a high of 11th in 2007-08.
[edit] Women's Basketball
In March 2010, the Lady Hornets basketball team won the NCAA Division II National Championship, defeating the Fort Lewis College (Colorado) Skyhawks.[14]
In 1998, Emporia State's women's basketball team played in the NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championship. The head coach for that team was Cindy Stein, who left to coach at the University of Missouri.
Women's basketball was second in the nation in attendance in 2010-11; it led the nation in 2004-05 and has been in the top six nationally for 14 years.
[edit] Softball
The softball team played for the national championship in 2008.
[edit] Baseball
The baseball team played in the national championship game in 2009 and they were MIAA conference champions in 2011. They've played in 9 straight regional tournaments. The hornets have been pre-season ranked top 10 since 2009.
[edit] Football
Football at Emporia State is played at Welch Stadium. Past football coaches include Homer Woodson Hargiss, Jerry Kill, and Harold Elliott. The current football coach is Garin Higgins.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Frank Anderson, head baseball coach for the Oklahoma State Cowboys
- Al Feuerbach, former Olympian and world record holder in the shot put
- L. M. Gensman, former U.S. Representative from Oklahoma
- Homer Woodson Hargiss former head football coach for ESU and University of Kansas
- Hall Hibbard, former chief design engineer for Lockheed Corporation
- Brad Hill, current head baseball coach at Kansas State University
- Leon Lett, pro football player (attended but did not graduate. Later completed studies at UNLV)
- Bill Martin, Jr., children's book author
- John Conover Nichols, former U.S. Representative from Oklahoma
- Kathy Patrick, author, founder of the Pulpwood Queens Book Club (attended, did not graduate)
- Deborah Raney, women's fiction author
- W. Ann Reynolds, chancellor of the California State University and City University of New York
- Dale Emerson Saffels, former federal judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas
- Harold See, Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court
- Jack Sinagra (born 1950), New Jersey State Senator[15]
- Randall J. Stephens, author and historian
- Sam V. Stewart, former Governor of Montana
- Grant F. Timmerman. Awarded Medal of Honor postumously for heroism during Battle of Saipan.
[edit] References
- ^ As of June 30, 2010. "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2010 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2009 to FY 2010" (PDF). 2010 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments. National Association of College and University Business Officers. http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2010NCSE_Public_Tables_Endowment_Market_Values_Final.pdf. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
- ^ "Emporia State 08 Portrait" (English). http://www.emporia.edu/asem/pdf/portrait_08.pdf. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
- ^ "Regents Announce 2009 Enrollment" (English). http://www.kansasregents.org/download/career/CTE%20Web%20Page/CA1,%20Sherry%20Farris%20and%20Janelle%20Holt/092409%20-%20Press%20Release%20-%20Fall%20Enrollment.pdf. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
- ^ Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, Volume 6 By Kansas State Historical Societ]
- ^ A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans "State Normal School, Concordia" by William E. Connelley, transcribed by Carolyn Ward, 2000
- ^ http://www.emporia.edu/about/history.htm
- ^ Schallenkamp farewell
- ^ Profile of candidates
- ^ http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/15588392.htm
- ^ Frank H. Maynard, Cowboy's Lament: A Life on the Open Range (Lubbock, Texas: Texas Tech University Press, 2010), p. right book flap, ISBN 978-0-89672-705-2
- ^ Education Schools Project
- ^ National Teachers Hall of Fame
- ^ http://www.emporia.edu/regist/trnscpt/other.htm
- ^ Lady Hornets Celebrate, Emporia Gazette, 29 March 2010.
- ^ Jack Sinagra, New Jersey Legislature, backed up by the Internet Archive as of February 25, 1998. Accessed May 30, 2010.
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Coordinates: 38°24′58″N 96°10′47″W / 38.416023°N 96.179584°W
