Emporia State University
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| Motto: | "Start Here, Go Anywhere. |
| Established: | 1863 |
| Type: | State university |
| President: | Dr. Michael Lane |
| Faculty: | 240 |
| Undergraduates: | 4,338 |
| Postgraduates: | 1,950 |
| Location: | Emporia, Kansas, USA |
| Campus: | 212 acres |
| Athletics: | NCAA Division II |
| Colors: | Black and Gold |
| Nickname: | Hornets -  |
| Website: | www.emporia.edu |
Emporia State University or ESU (formerly Kansas State Teacher's College) is a university in the city of Emporia in Lyon County, Kansas, just east of the Flint Hills. The campus, originally 20 acres (80,000 m²), now covers 200 acres (800,000 m²).[citation needed]
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[edit] Academics
Emporia State University comprises four colleges: The business school, 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[1] 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.
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[1]. The university's newspaper, The Bulletin, has existed since 1901. The ESU mascot is "Corky" the Hornet.
The Registrar's office is the official custodian of the transcripts for the former College of Emporia which closed in 1973. [2]
[edit] Athletics
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. Emporia State has also had a successful basketball program. 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, now the head basketball coach for the women's team at the University of Missouri.
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[edit] History
The school was originally known as the Kansas State Normal, the school has gone through several names. These include:
- 1923 - Kansas State Teacher's College
- 1974 - Emporia Kansas State College
- 1977 - Emporia State University (current name)
On February 20, 1910 Raymond Victor Bottomly W. Roy Campbell W. Ingram Forde Humphrey Jones Robert C. Marley Orin M. Rhine and Fred M. Thompson founded Phi Sigma Epsilon which was a North American social fraternity that operated for 75 years (20 February 1910 - 14 August 1985) until it merged with the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. The traditions and values of Phi Sigma Epsilon live on through Phi Sigma Kappa and its members.
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. [2]. 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 [3]) as University President effective November 1, 2006. Lane was previously provost at University of Arkansas - Fort Smith.[3]
[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
- Deborah Raney, womens 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
- Randall J. Stephens, author and historian
- Sam V. Stewart, former Governor of the State of Montana
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Coordinates: 38°26′11″N 96°12′26″W / 38.43638°N 96.20728°W
