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A beginners guide to job searching

Career Services directors Ryan Horsch and Joel Ewy share useful tips on the search for jobs and internships. Read the full story here.

Graphic by Rachel Rodenmayer

Home Highlights

ESU tennis suffers loss to No. 7 Washburn in conference play

Emporia State men’s and women’s tennis lost 6-1 and 5-2 respectively in Turnpike Tussle games against Washburn last week. Read the full story here.

Washburn defeats Hornets in weekend series at Trusler

Hornet baseball won 14-8 in game one against the Ichabods on April 11, but lost in the final two games of the series. Read the full story Friday.

Be On the Lookout

Campus Prairie provides opportunities for education while restoring Kansas’ natural beauty

Although a long way from completion, the prairie restoration project is already providing numerous benefits for the ESU campus. Read the full story Friday.

Graphic by Callie Mongold || Graphic by Rachel Rodenmayer

Incase You Missed It…

OIE emergency meeting addresses ‘record termination,’ claims two students have been affected

The office of International Education held an emergency meeting with international students at Emporia State Tuesday over student record termination from SEVIS, a web-based system used by the Department of Homeland Security to manage the records of international students nationwide.

Sources indicate that two students at ESU have already been affected, though The Bulletin has not been able to independently verify that information with the OIE.

Read the full story here.

ASG hosts ‘Day of Service’ to promote community engagement

Associated Student Government held their second annual “Day of Service” on April 3 for RSOs to complete service hours and engage with Emporia’s community. Read the full story here.

Fiscal Affairs Committee considering financial reporting reform

Associated Student Government’s Fiscal Affairs Committee is considering new strategies to streamline financial reporting for line item organizations. Read the full story here.

New RSO helps to “fill gaps” in international student experience

Emporia International Students Association gained official recognition as a Recognized Student Organization in March. The new RSO is dedicated to being a “welcoming space” to all international students. Read the full story here.

Bulletin brings home awards from Kansas Collegiate Media

Mason Hart, Maddie Carr and Asher Lefto attended this year’s Kansas Collegiate Media conference held at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kan.

We had a great time at the 2025 Kansas Collegiate Media Conference in Wichita! We heard from excellent speakers, workshopped in breakout sessions and interacted with our peers from other college newsrooms. A few big awards also came back to Emporia with us!

The Bulletin staff was awarded the Big J Journalism Award this year! This award has been handed out for three years in recognition of student journalists who produce outstanding work under challenging circumstances and consistently hold power to account. We also received the award in 2023 when it was first introduced.

Editor-in-Chief Maddie Carr came away with the third place Journalist of the Year Award. Many other individual awards were also won by staff members:

SECOND PLACE

  • Maddie Carr, Profile

THIRD PLACE

  • Asher Lefto, Headline Writing

  • Maddie Carr, In-Dept/Investigative News Writing

HONORABLE MENTION

  • Maddie Carr, Mason Hart & Adia Witherspoon, In-Depth/Investigative News Writing

  • Mason Hart, News Photography

  • Mason Hart, Newspaper Front Page Design

We had so much fun and cannot wait for next year!