Emporia State University

Founded in 1863, Emporia State University (ESU) was the first public institution of higher learning in Kansas. It is accredited by the North Central Association Commission on Institutions of Higher Education. The School of Business is proud to hold the distinction of being accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

Notable ESU alumni consist of: L. M. Gensman (former U.S. Representative from Oklahoma), Hall Hibbard (former chief format engineer for Lockheed Corporation), Dale Emerson Saffels (former Federal Judge of the US District Court for the District of Kansas), John Conover Nichols (former U.S. Representative from Oklahoma), Sam V. Stewart (former Governor of the State of Montana), and so forth.

Achievements and Rankings:

- Emporia State University is ranked maximum of the u . S .'s top one hundred local universities in the 2011 version of ?Best Colleges? By manner of U. S. News. As a Tier 1 college, ESU become ranked 84th in the country and 29th inside the Midwest location. Along with Kansas, the Midwest region includes Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

- The University has been named one of the ?Best within the Midwest ? By way of the Princeton Review. Emporia State become amongst 158 establishments that made the listing for the Midwest. The Review based its rankings on necessities for instructional excellence and surveys of contemporary college students.

- Emporia State University, nationally acknowledged for its teacher steering utility, changed into named considered one of 4 'version' trainer guidance packages inside the kingdom in a report ?Educating School Teachers? Written through Arthur Levine.

* Next: Kansas State University Profile