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Happy holidays, one and all, as Emporia State’s worst president ever finally leaves the building

President Ken Hush gave Emporia State University the best Christmas present possible in 2025. He quit after four years.
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Emporia State University President Ken Hush, Giving It All Back

Emporia, Kansas, Dec. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In an unprecedented move, Ken Hush is donating a gift equivalent to the compensation he has earned over the past four years as president back to ...
Lawrence Journal-World

The Emporia Experiment: What happened when a businessman was handed the keys to a state university

Emporia State University President Ken Hush is pictured in October 2025 next to the construction of a new campus nursing building. The building is the first new academic building at ESU since 1979, ...
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Jim Kessler to serve as chair of Emporia State presidential search committee

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR) has found the chair of the Emporia State University presidential search committee. Ken Hush recently announced he will step down as Emporia ...
Lawrence Journal-World

Letter to the editor: Leadership is more than bean counting

Chad Lawhorn’s lengthy article about Emporia State University’s “experiment” with President Ken Hush’s appointment was quite interesting but also incomplete. Lawhorn touts the school’s improved credit ...