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THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2016
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ALLISON GARRETT BEGINS FIRST
WEEK AS PRESIDENT OF ESU
By Jessie Wagoner
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Emporia State University welcomed Allison Garrett to campus
this week. Garrett began her first
official day as the 17th President
of ESU on Monday.
Garrett has served as the executive vice president at Abilene
Christian University for the past
three years. Prior to that position
she served as senior vice president
for Academic Affairs, associate
professor of law, vice president of
Benefits and Compliance and as
general counsel.
Garrett, her husband Chip and
17-year-old son Noah are settling
into life in Emporia and the Hornet Nation. The family made the
move from Texas in December.
Garrett says Emporia already feels
like home to the family.
“Chip and I both feel like we
are kind of from this area,” Garrett said. “I was raised in Neosho,
Missouri, and Chip was raised on a
farm in Oklahoma about 20 miles
south of Coffeyville, Kansas. So
this really feels very much like
home for us. We are both from
smaller towns, so we are really excited to be back in kind of an agricultural area.”
Garrett’s first few days on campus have been busy. She hit the
ground running with her first cabinet meeting on Monday, meeting
staff and faculty will keep her busy
in the coming days.
“I’m meeting so many new people,” Garrett said. “I’m just getting
a sense for the structure of the university (and) what exciting plans
people have going on in different
areas across the university. I think
in the first couple months, aside
from just getting to know people, I
will continue to work on our progress on our strategic plan (and)
enrollment management.”
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Allison Garrett, right, convenes the first cabinet meeting of her tenure as Emporia State University’s
17th president on Monday.
ESU is in the process of implementing an extensive strategic
plan. Garrett says the strategic
plan is a living document that she
looks forward to reviewing and
making tweaks to if needed.
Enrollment management is also
a top priority for Garrett. She plans
to spend time reviewing what the
processes are for enrollment.
“Enrollment management is
very important,” Garrett said.
“That is the lifeblood of every university, attracting students to the
university and community, so that
will be important.”
Classes begin Jan. 20 and Garrett is looking forward to having an
opportunity to visit with students.
“I really enjoy talking to people
and hearing their stories,” Garrett
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Allison Garrett, 17th President of Emporia State University, is looking
forward to meeting faculty, staff and students in the coming days.
TWO EMPORIA TEACHERS
RECEIVE HORIZON AWARDS
In August 2015 the Emporia
Community Foundation trustees, met with the challenge of
launching a campaign to raise
funds for its own endowed fund,
embraced what Gandhi once
stated when he said: “The future
depends on what you do today.”
Knowing that what can be
done to increase its Fund for
the Future “today” will continue
to give back to the community
“forever,” the trustees launched
a campaign to raise $1,000,000
by 2020. As the campaign began,
an anonymous donor offered
a dollar-for-dollar challenge
match that was quickly met by
mid-September. Because of the
success of this challenge the
donor made another challenge
by offering another $50,000 if
the Foundation were to receive
enough funds to increase the
Fund for the Future endowment
to the $450,000 level by Dec. 15.
“We are happy to announce
that our challenge was met and
we are slightly over halfway to
raising the $1,000,000 toward
our goal,” stated Mark Schreiber, ECF Board President.
“This is a huge shot in the arm
as the Foundation continues to
fulfill its mission of helping with
the causes that matter in our
community.
“By increasing our Fund for
the Future we will be able provide increased personalized services through a full-time profesPlease see ECF, Page 3
CITY
CONSIDERS
ZONING,
RECOGNIZES
EMPLOYEES
Special to The Gazette
Two Emporia teachers learned
Wednesday that they are Horizon
Award winners and among the
outstanding young educators in
Kansas.
Manuel Estrada Espinoza, a
third grade teacher at Walnut Elementary School, and Alissa Miller,
sixth grade language arts teacher
at Emporia Middle School, were
notified of the awards by Kansas
Education Commissioner Randy
Watson.
The Emporia educators were
among 32 Horizon Award winners
announced this week across the
state by the Kansas State Department of Education.
The Kansas Horizon Award
recognizes exemplary beginning
teachers who perform their first
year in a way that distinguishes
them as outstanding. Teachers
who have successfully completed
their first year of teaching are
eligible to be nominated. The
awards will officially be presented
at the Kansas Exemplary Educators Network Conference Feb. 20
in Topeka.
Estrada and Miller are now in
their second year of teaching in
Emporia. They were nominated
by their principals, Allison Harder
and Wendy Baumgardner, and Superintendent Theresa Davidson.
Estrada’s principal and teaching colleagues describe him as
an exemplary teacher, which is
Good Evening
By Cathryne Scharton
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COURTESY PHOTO
Walnut Elementary School teacher Manuel Estrada Espinoza is congratulated on his Horizon Award by
Walnut Principal Allison Harder and students in his class.
demonstrated daily through quality instruction and the caring relationships he builds