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Emporia State University, often referred to as Emporia State or ESU, is a public university in Emporia, Kansas, United States, east of the Flint Hills. Established in March 1863 and originally known as the Kansas State Normal School, Emporia State is the third oldest public university in the state of Kansas. Emporia State is one of six public universities governed by the Kansas Board of Regents.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Governed by the Kansas Board of Regents )〕 The university offers degrees in more than 80 courses of study through 4 colleges: the School of Business, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, School of Library and Information Management, and The Teachers College. The Teachers College is one of only four post-secondary institutions in the nation to be identified as an ''Exemplary Model Teacher Education'' program by Arthur Levine in his 2006 national study of teacher education programs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Education Schools Project )〕 Emporia State's intercollegiate athletic teams are known as the Hornets with the exception of the women's teams, which are known as the Lady Hornets. Emporia State competes in NCAA Division II and is a member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA). Since joining the NCAA Division II in 1991, the Lady Hornets basketball team is the only team to win a NCAA championship.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Women's basketball is only NCAA Championship )〕 ==History== The university was founded on March 7, 1863 when the Kansas Legislature passed the enabling act to establish the Kansas State Normal School. Although the university was established in 1863, the first class didn't begin until February 15, 1865.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Emporia State University History )〕 The first president of the Kansas Normal School and its only teacher, Lyman Beecher Kellogg, taught 18 students on the second floor of the district school house. At the first commencement on June 28, 1867, the year the first permanent building was completed, the graduating class consisted of two women — Ellen Plumb and Mary Jane Watson; the first, Judge Watson’s daughter and the second from Senator Preston B. Plumb’s family. Kellogg saw to it that the Normal got off to an good start before becoming a successful lawyer, honored judge, and Attorney General of Kansas. The name "Normal" originated in France during the 17th century and was given to schools that had "model" classrooms or schools designed to educate teachers-in-training in the proper practices of teaching students. The United States had many Normal schools in the 19th century and most changed their names to "Teachers College". Many later became "State Universities." In 1876, the Kansas Legislature passed the "Miscellaneous appropriations bill of 1876".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, Volume 6 )〕 The end result was that Leavenworth Normal and Concordia Normal were closed so the state funding for normal schools could be directed to Emporia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans )〕 KSN branched out with locations in Pittsburg and Hays, Kansas. The western branch in Hays opened June 3, 1902 and is today known as Fort Hays State University. The Pittsburg branch was opened as the Manual Training Auxiliary School in 1904 and became a four-year school named Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg in 1913. Today it is Pittsburg State University. In February 1923, the name of the school was changed to the Kansas State Teachers College. In July 1974, the name was changed to Emporia Kansas State College. On April 21, 1977, the college became Emporia State University. Even before any of the name changes were made official by the Kansas Legislature and Board of Regents, though, the school was called Emporia State unofficially by some in the public and in many news reports.〔Emporia Gazette June 7, 1904〕 Dr. Michael Shonrock became the 16th president of Emporia State University on January 3, 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Michael D. Shonrock becomes 16th President of Emporia State University )〕 On April 9, 2015, it was announced that Michael Shonrock was stepping down to become president at Lindenwood University, effective June 1.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lindenwood University - Michael Shonrock Named President at Lindenwood )〕 Former Butler Community College president Dr. Jacqueline Vietti became interim president.〔Former Butler president named interim leader at Emporia State, May 5, 2015, Josh Heck, Wichita Business Journal ()〕 On October 22, 2015, Allison Garrett, Executive Vice President at Abilene Christian University, was selected as Emporia State University's 17th president, effective January 2016.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Emporia State names Allison Garrett as new president )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Emporia State University」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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