TOPEKA — The Kansas House’s budget committee delivered bipartisan condemnation Monday of unusual $3 million payouts to Emporia State University, Fort Hays State University and Pittsburg State University intended to stabilize campus operating budgets during…

EMPORIA — Two area students will have roles in Emporia State University Theatre’s presentation of  “Little Shop of Horrors” by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken. Rachel Shaffer of Iola, performs Voice of Audrey II. Lexie…

EMPORIA — Several area students were recognized by Emporia State University. Among those were students who graduated this spring. They are: Austin Dominick Crabtree of Colony, summa cum laude bachelor of science in mathematics with…

TOPEKA — Eleven former Emporia State University professors in federal court documents accuse school administrators, Kansas Board of Regents members and unknown other individuals of conspiring to fire tenured and “problematic” professors. The federal lawsuit…

EMPORIA — A pair of Iola students will be a part of the upcoming Emporia State University Theatre production, “Ride the Cyclone.”  Rachel Shaffer will portray Constance Blackwood in the darkly comedic tale of a…

EMPORIA — Braelyn Falls of Le Roy was among the more than 100 Emporia State University students from The Teachers College who received special recognition at the close of the 2022-23 academic year. Falls was…

EMPORIA — Iolans Rachel Shaffer and Lexie Vega are involved in the Emporia State University Theatre production “God of Carnage,” which runs Dec. 1-4 at the Ronald Q. Frederickson Black Box Theatre. The dark comedy…

TOPEKA — A former interim president of Emporia State University contends mass dismissal of more than 30 faculty brands the institution as a higher education outcast and undermines recruitment and retention of quality students and…

EMPORIA — Faculty leaders at Emporia State University are alarmed by their administration’s lack of clear direction following the sudden layoffs of 33 professors and staff members last week. Professors have unanswered questions about which…

TOPEKA — Emporia State University’s proposal for dealing with financial strains identifies reasons the school will use to get rid of tenured professors, including market considerations, enrollment, revenue and employee conduct. Faculty members say they…