November 2013

THE LATEST BUZZ

FROM DISTANCE

EDUCATION

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CALENDAR

November 7 Educator Open House

at ESU-KC 4:00-5:30p.m.

November 11 Veterans' Day, no classes

November 19

Graduate Business Info Session

at ESU-KC 5:00-6:00 p.m.

November 27- December 1 Thanksgiving break

December 6 ESU-KC Graduation

Celebration

Last day of classes

December 11 Graduate Business Info Session

at ESU-KC 5:00-6:00p.m.

December 14 Graduation Commencement

(Main campus)

Educator Open House

November 7, 2013

4:00 p.m. — 5:30 p.m.

Undergraduate, Graduate, & Licensure

programs to enhance your career! Join us

to learn what makes ESU’s programs the

BEST in the Kansas City Metro. Those in

attendance have an opportunity to win

ONE FREE CREDIT HOUR!

Already have a degree? Refer a friend!

RSVP and more information at

www.emporia.edu/educators

EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY DISTANCE EDUCATION

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3+2 DUAL-DEGREE ENGINEERING AGREEMENT FOR ESU AND WICHITA

STATE UNIVERSITY

Great news for students who are interested in earning an engineering degree!

Dr. Shonrock, president of Emporia State University and

Dr. John Bardo, president of Wichita State University, signed a

3+2 dual-degree engineering agreement to benefit students

of both institutions on October 15, 2013.

Under the agreement, students who choose the “3+2”

program will spend three years taking courses at Emporia

State University before transferring to Wichita State for two

more years of study in the College of Engineering. At the end,

students will have earned a bachelor of science degree in

mathematics or physics from Emporia State and a bachelor

of science degree in aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, industrial/

manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering or engineering technology

(renewable energy option) from Wichita State.

Additionally, the plan supports reverse transfer for ESU, which allows courses

taken at Wichita State in the final two years to be counted toward the

bachelor’s degree from Emporia State.

For more information, please visit http://www.emporia.edu/news/10/15/2013/

dual-degree-engineering-agreement-benefits-esu-wsu-students/?

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GRADUATION TIPS

Graduation is around the corner! ESU's Winter Commencements are scheduled for

December 14, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. (undergraduate students) and at 2:00 p.m. (graduate

students).

If you are planning to

graduate this

December, and filled out

the Intent to Graduate

Form online, you should

have received the

Graduation packet info

via your ESU email

account at the end of

October. However, the

following are some tips

for you to do before

commencement:

Diploma & Cover fee — A $20 fee must be paid to the ESU Cashier's Office, Plumb Hall,

Room 104. It covers the cost of your diploma and cover. Your diploma will not be mailed

to you until the fee has been paid.

Change of name — If your name will change prior to the December 2013 graduation

and you wish to have your new name appear in the commencement program, you must

report your name change to the Degree Analysis Office (Plumb Hall, Room 108H, 620-341-

5150, or e-mail) by November 8, 2013.

Academic Apparel —- You can call and order your cap and gown from the ESU

Memorial Union Bookstore. You must wear graduation apparel to

participate in the commencement exercise. The bookstore will also

have graduation apparel available at White Auditorium

on the day of graduation. ESU Bookstore

http://emporia.bncollege.com/

620-341-5214

May 2013 graduation commencement

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DISTANCE EDUCATION PROFILE For this month’s newsletter, we had the pleasure of interviewing one of our distance students Bo Frank!

Graduate student of

Health, Physical

Education and

Recreation program

Bo Frank

Bo Frank is a distance student working on a graduate degree

in Health, Physical Education and Recreation with certificates

in Pedagogy and Coaching. Bo is from Honolulu Hawaii, and

is working as a Physical Education teacher at Rodford High

school in Honolulu. He serves as the head cheer coach of the

National Champion Radford Ram Cheer team. For the third

time in his career, Bo was awarded the Hawaii State Coach of

the Year after leading his team to the 8th consecutive Hawaii

State Championship and 4th consecutive NCA national

Championship!

Bo has enjoyed ESU’s online HPER program; “I haven’t been

able to pursue a masters’ degree because I have a family

and coach a year round sport,” he stated. “Studying in ESU’s

distance program has been such an amazing opportunity for

me, all the classes are wonderful and useful in my job,

especially readings from Leadership in HPER.”

After graduation, Bo plans to pursue his career as a coach at

the college level. Aside from studying, his favorite thing to do

is to spend time with family, support his two sons Saxoni and

Sakoda in gymnastics and soccer, and play volleyball.

“Stay motivated, and strive for excellence!”

Bo’s advice for other distance students:

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ESU ALUMNI NIGHT

AT BOULEVARD BREWERY

ESU ALUMNI OFFICE

E SU’s Night at

the Boulevard

Brewery

(Kansas City),

sponsored by the

Alumni Association KC

Chapter, hosted over

150 alums and friends.

The evening included

welcomes from

President Michael

Shonrock, School of

Business Dean Kristie

Ogilvie and Provost

David Cordle!

ESU KC Alumni Night group picture

at Boulevard Brewery in Kansas City.

Alums enjoyed the fresh beer!

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ESU ALUMNI NIGHT

AT BOULEVARD BREWERY

Hornets! Corky Plus Tuition is available for students from select counties in

Missouri and Oklahoma.

Since Fall 2013, students who are residents of Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Jackson

and Platte counties in Missouri are eligible for Corky Plus Tuition —- the same

tuition as Kansas in-state students!

For Oklahoma, students who are residents

of Cleveland, Cherokee, Creek, Kay, Lincoln,

Logan, Muskogee, Noble, Nowata, Oklahoma,

Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Payne,

Pottawatomie, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner, and

Washington counties, are eligible for Corky Plus

Tuition beginning Fall 2014.

CORKY PLUS TUITION

EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY DISTANCE EDUCATION

For additional information on Corky Plus tuition, please visit

http://www.emporia.edu/admissions/tuition/corky-plus.html

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The new website for the Now & Forever: The

Campaign for Emporia State University is up

and running, www.nowandforever.org.

Our own School of Business Jason Rowland, BSB

2010 & MBA 2012 scored the Highest in the State of Kansas during the first testing

window of the CPA examination.

The first official NCAA Division II Regional Rankings are out and the undefeated

Emporia State football team is ranked ninth in Super Region 3. The Hornets, who

are ranked #10 in the latest AFCA National Poll, will play #2 Northwest Missouri

State for the MIAA Championship on Saturday, November 9th in Emporia, KS.

News source from:

www.emporia.edu/

news/

Photos from:

ESU flicker

EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY DISTANCE EDUCATION

ESU Football team

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What True Grit (might have) Looked Like, the photographs

of F.M. Steele, was the theme of Professor Jim Hoy, Center

for Great Plains Studies. The Big Read presentation was

given at the Kansas City Public Library; co-sponsored by

the ESU Alumni Association. Over 100 alums and friends

attended the presentation and reception!

The 150th year celebration of Homecoming 2013 (October

7th-13th) attracted over 11,500 guests and the ESU Alumni

Association estimates at economic impact of over $4.2

million for the Emporia community!

USA Today’s special edition of

“NASA’s Future in Space” included a half

page “I’M A Hornet “advertisement

featuring Rachel Hovery, ESU Chemistry &

Physics major and NASA Space Grant

Recipient. Also featured are alumni

Racheal Lane Tush (Chemistry), Lynn

Lefebvre (Earth Science) and Courtney

Knaup (Physics). The augmented reality

advertisement included instructions on

how to download the Layar app.

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newsletters/

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distance@emporia.edu

http://www.emporia.edu/distance

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