Emporia State University

by Michael D. Shonrock, Steven Hanschu, Foreword by Michael D. Shonrock PhD

On February 15, 1865, eighteen anxious students gathered on the second floor of a stone building belonging to School District No. 1 of Lyon County to begin their quest for learning at the Kansas State Normal School. It was less than two years after Gov. Thomas Carney signed the bill creating what has become one of the most renowned teacher education universities in the nation. Despite economic setbacks and the loss of the main building to fire in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738598747
• ISBN13: 9780738598741
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"