Plumb Hall News Today

written by: Michael A. Smith, professor of political science at Emporia State University

What a difference six and a half years makes. We still watched the eclipse at ESU, and it was still fun, but the feel was completely different.   For the second time in seven years, Kansas has just experienced a near-total eclipse. Both times, I headed outside to view it through my eye-protecting

The Emporia Gazette

For decades, a picture of KSTC/The Normal School’s president was hanging on the hallway wall directly inside the first floor of Plumb Hall. It was to the left, north of

Emporia State leadership put their confidence in the university’s new organizational structure at Thursday morning’s fall semester Kick Off.

Emporia State University is pleased to announce its upcoming Friday Nights event featuring actor and author Josh Peck.

EMPORIA (KSNT) – Actor, author and social media entertainer Josh Peck will be at Emporia State University this fall as part of the university’s new Friday Nights big event. Peck is best known for his role on the Nickelodeon series, “Drake & Josh,” and for starring in the 2012 movie “Red Dawn.” Emporia State University […]

Ahead of the Kansas Board of Regents meeting to vote on Emporia State’s new framework, which will allow administration to dismiss employees, including tenured faculty, 52 students gathered outside Plumb

The Kansas Board of Regents voted unanimously today to allow Emporia State to implement a plan to dismiss employees, including tenured faculty. Impacted employees will be notified by the end

Last Wednesday, Emporia State president Ken Hush sent an email to campus announcing the planned reconstructing of university programs to better serve their “singular focus – students, students, students.”