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Voice of the students since 1901

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A sign reads “Center for Student Involvement” by the door to the Student Life Office located on the first floor of the Memorial Union.

This campus involvement hub is operating under a new name starting this academic year

Maddie Carr August 29, 2025

The former Center for Student Involvement will operate under a new name this academic year following a merger with multiple offices to become a central hub for students. Now operating as Student Life,...

The entrance to the Roger D. and Carla B. Smith Intercultural Center on Aug. 26. The center, which opened in November 2024, has not opened its doors to students this academic year.

ESU quietly dissolves DEI division, no clear answer on Intercultural Center

Isabel Ayala and Maddie Carr August 28, 2025

Emporia State quietly dissolved its Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion over the summer in what the university says was to comply with state and federal regulations.  Higher education institutions...

Hush to step down as ESU president in December

Hush to step down as ESU president in December

Isabel Ayala August 26, 2025

Emporia State President Ken Hush will retire at the end of the fall semester, marking the end of what will be a 4 year tenure as the university's top executive. Hush, who announced his plans to retire...

MASTER-IT! summer camp encourages the next generation of STEM professionals

MASTER-IT! summer camp encourages the next generation of STEM professionals

Asher Lefto May 12, 2025

On June 2, Emporia State will host the first day of the week-long MASTER-IT! STEM education program. This will be the 24th year that the camp is hosted on campus.  The program will engage 16 young...

New campus master plan proposals highlight major remodels, building removals

Isabel Ayala May 5, 2025

Architecture firm clark | huesemann has proposed three options for Emporia State’s new campus master plan. The Kansas Board of Regents requires that all regent institutions submit a campus master...

Newly elected ASG presidency makes plans for the future

Newly elected ASG presidency makes plans for the future

Asher Lefto April 29, 2025

In the first contested race since 2017, incumbent president Azwad B. Arif was reelected president of Associated Student Government on April 3 with running mate Josh Manahan as his vice president. The pair...

Homegrown Coffey trailer rolls into campus

Asher Lefto April 26, 2025

At 7 a.m. on April 18, Homegrown Coffey began distributing hot and cold coffee drinks to students, faculty and staff at Emporia State from its mobile trailer. As a special treat, the first 100 beverages...

ASG awards $74,300 to RSOs for upcoming fiscal year

Maddie Carr April 25, 2025

Emporia State’s Associated Student Government approved allocations for Recognized Student Organizations earlier this month, resulting in $144,300 in total allocations for fiscal year 2026. The total...

SOS, Inc to help Emporia Take Back the Night

Isabel Ayala April 25, 2025

SOS, Inc. will host Emporia’s annual Take Back the Night event on April 24 in partnership with Emporia State’s THRIVE Program. Take Back the Night is an event protesting and bringing awareness...

The real cost of ESU's international student program

The real cost of ESU’s international student program

Asher Lefto April 25, 2025

Many students struggle to support themselves while earning a degree, but international students experience a much greater pressure. A combination of higher tuition rates and limited work opportunities...

William Allen White Library uses databases offerred by the State Library of Kansas at no cost as a Regent institution. Due to funding cuts to IMLS, access to these databases could be in jeopardy. 

Local libraries discuss potential drawbacks following indefinite freeze of IMLS funding

Isabel Ayala April 24, 2025

Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story was mistakenly published in the April 24 print issue. We apologize for the error. On March 14, the White House issued an executive order calling for several...

Six-acres of tallgrass prairie sit outside of the Prophet Aquatic Research and Outreach Center. A project to restore the area that was once covered with turf grass has been in motion since 2021. 

Campus Prairie provides opportunities for education while restoring Kansas’ natural beauty

Isabel Ayala April 19, 2025

According to the Flint Hills Discovery Center, only four percent of the original tallgrass prairie ecosystem is still intact; Kansas’ Flint Hills are the largest portion of it. Emporia State has...

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