As Emporia State’s president gets ready to retire from his position later this month, he’s giving the university a gift — the last four years of his salary, more or less. The university announced ...

Ken Hush’s time leading Emporia State University is coming to an end over the next two weeks, but his impact on ESU has already been far-reaching. And that reach is growing.

With his tenure as president coming to a close, Ken Hush will donate a gift to Emporia State equivalent to all compensation ...

Emporia State University President and CEO Ken Hush announced Wednesday that he will donate a gift equivalent to the salary he has earned over his four-year tenure to ESU.

Ken Hush, outgoing president of Emporia State University in Kansas, is donating roughly $1.4 million —equivalent to the last ...

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 ...

The Kansas Board of Regents announced Wednesday evening that it will hold a vote to name the 19th President of Emporia State ...

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, ...

With Ken Hush retired and Matthew Baker coming on board in early March, the Kansas Board of Regents have appointed an interim ...

EMPORIA, Kan. (KAKE) — Dr. Matthew Baker was named the next president of Emporia State University on Thursday morning. The ...

Emporia State University is getting a new president. On Dec. 11, the Kansas Board of Regents, in a special meeting at Emporia ...

TOPEKA — A 30-year higher education administrator at Northwest Missouri State University will return to Kansas for the ...