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Emporia State University
Emporia, KS 66801-508?
(316) 341-5465 FAX: (316) 341-5075
Emporia State University, founded in 1863, is a state-supported instituŽtion that offers undergraduate programs in liberal arts, business, teacher education, and vocational fields. There are 3 undergraduate and 4 gradŽuate schools. In addition to regional accreditation, ESU has baccalaureŽate program accreditation with NASM and NCATE. The library conŽtains 724,716 volumes, 1,094,152 microform items, and 3339 audiovisual forms/CDs, and subscribes to 1472 periodicals. ComputerŽized library services include the card catalog, interlibrary loans, and dataŽbase searching. Special learning facilities include a learning resource center, art gallery, natural history museum, planetarium, TV station, theater, and geology museum. The 207-acre campus is in a small town 110 miles from Kansas City in the Bluestem Region of the Flint Hills. Including residence halls, there are 22 buildings.
Student Life: 95% of undergraduates are from Kansas. Others are from 45 states and 42 foreign countries. 93% are from public schools. 85% are white. The average age of freshmen is 20; all undergraduates, 22. 30% do not continue beyond their first year; 42% remain to graduŽate.
Housing: 1400 students can be accommodated in college housing, which includes single-sex and coed dormitories and on-campus apartŽments. In addition, there are honors houses, special interest houses, up-perclass houses, and nonsmoking and alcohol-free living areas. On-campus housing is available on a first-come, first-served basis and is available on a lottery system for upperclassmen. Priority is given to out-of-town students. All students may keep cars.
Activities: 17% of men belong to 6 national fraternities; 13% of womŽen belong to 4 national sororities. There are 150 groups on campus, inŽcluding art, band, cheerleading, choir, chorale, chorus, computers, draŽma, drill team, environmental, ethnic, film, gay, honors, international, jazz band, literary magazine, marching band, musical theater, newspaŽper, opera, orchestra, pep band, political, professional, religious, social, social service, student government, symphony, travel and yearbook. Popular campus events include Campus/Community Festival, Martin Luther King Celebration, Twin Rivers Festival, and Founders Day.
Sports: There are 6 intercollegiate sports for men and 6 for women, and 16 intramural sports for men and 16 for women. Facilities include a 7200-seat stadium, a recreation center, an Olympic pool, 5 gyms, 6 handball courts, exercise, physical therapy, and dance rooms, a sports complex with 3 softball fields and 1 baseball diamond, and an all-weather 8-lane track.
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(516) 942-4231, ext 144 (800) 736-7585, ext.144; FAX; (316) 932-4983
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(316) 241-0751; FAX; (316) 241-8443
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