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By John Robinson
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A group of eight students from
Emporia State University attended
the Iowa caucus on Monday night
for a chance to see the event firsthand.
“There are polls, there are straw
polls, there are other things which
happen before, but there was an actual delegate selection and Iowa is
the first one,” said Michael Smith,
associate professor of political science at ESU. “I thought ‘well, heck,
that’s the same region of the country, we should be able to get out
there.’ Of course it’s also February
but we decided to do it anyway.”
The group attended the caucus
held at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, where they were given the
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A group of nine Emporia State University students had the opportunity to travel to Indianola, Iowa to
observe the Iowa caucus.
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With the conclusion of the
Iowa caucuses on Monday
evening, the heads of both the
Republican and Democratic
parties of Lyon County reacted
to the results and looked forward to the Kansas caucuses on
March 5.
Ted Cruz was the winner in
the Republican caucus, finishing ahead of Donald Trump
and Marco Rubio, while on the
Democratic side Hillary Clinton edged out a narrow victory
over Bernie Sanders.
“Well I think the one thing
you can say about the Republicans is we have lots of options,”
said Charles Steffes, head of
the Lyon County Republicans.
“There are plenty of choices
and I think there is somebody
out there for everybody.”
There were 12 different
candidates on the Republican
ballot and, with the removal
of Mike Huckabee and Rand
Paul, who suspended their campaigns after the caucus, Republican voters still have 10 different candidates to choose from.
“Once the field gets narrowed down ... we’ll have some
very good options to pick from,”
Steffes said.
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FINAL IMAGINE EMPORIA TOGETHER
VISION PLANNING MEETING HELD
By Jessie Wagoner
[email protected]
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Michael Smith speaks during an open forum as one of three
candidates for the Emporia State Foundation president on
Tuesday. Smith is the former University of Rhode Island
Foundation president.
FIRST CANDIDATE FOR ESU
FOUNDATION PRESIDENT POSITION
MEETS WITH COMMUNITY
By Jessie Wagoner
[email protected]
The first candidate for the Emporia State University Foundation
president position participated in
a community forum on Tuesday
morning. Michael Smith met with
Emporia State University employees, students and community
members.
Smith says his ties to Emporia date back to the fourth
grade when his family moved to
the area. Smith graduated from
Emporia High School and then
continued his education at Kansas
State University.
“I have very fond memories of
Emporia,” Smith said. “This is a
great community to raise a family
in.”
Smith was the director of con-
stituent development and director
of development at the University
of Kansas for eight years. For 15
years he was the vice president of
development at Kansas State University. Most recently, Smith has
served as president of the University of Rhode Island Foundation.
When asked about a significant
challenge he has overcome as a
foundation president and how he
overcame it, Smith recalled a recent experience at the University
of Rhode Island. When he entered
that position, only 5.8 percent of
alumni were giving to the foundation. He said connecting with and
developing communication with
alumni was one way that barrier
was overcome.
“One of the biggest challenges
was participation,” Smith said.
“The key is, you have to communicate in different ways, in so
many different ways. We started
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Community members used
stickers and coins to rank goals
at the final Imagine Emporia Together community vision planning meeting on Tuesday evening.
The community vision process began in June of 2015 as a way for
the City of Emporia to develop
goals, objectives and action steps
for Emporia to achieve in the next
five to ten years.
Early on in the planning process, led by Shockey Consulting,
five desired outcomes emerged.
Those include growth, diversification, revitalization, advancement
and promotion. Using feedback
from community members, a
steering committee, stakeholder
interviews and an online survey,
the following 11 goals were identified.
✦✦Increase population by 10 percent (2,500) by 2025.
✦✦Increase well-paying jobs by
1,650 by 2025.
✦✦Keep local dollars within the
local economy.
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Community members viewed the different goals of the community
vision plan at the Imagine Emporia Together meeting on Tuesday.
Attendees were given stickers to identify which goals are urgent
and which are important. The information will help the steering
committee implement the community vision plan.
✦✦Ensure the educational in✦✦Increase the number of housstitutions in Emporia have
ing units built by 200 by 2025.
adequate resources to support
✦✦Expand recreational and culstudent learning.
tural programs to meet the
✦✦Increase citizen engagement
needs of all residents.
and collaboration to organize
✦✦Reinvent and rehabilitate existaround community endeavors.
ing commercial buildings or
✦✦Increase the annual number of
areas of concern.
visitors to Emporia.
✦✦Enhance community services
As part of the community vision planning process a community proand programs.
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