Emporia State University: Difference between revisions

Dr. [[Michael Shonrock]] became Emporia State's 16th president on January 3, 2012.<ref name="President">{{cite web |url=http://www.emporia.edu/news/12/09/2011/regents-name-dr-michael-shonrock-as-16th-president/?|title=Michael D. Shonrock becomes 16th President of Emporia State University|work=Emporia State Recent News|accessdate=September 19, 2014}}</ref> On April 9, 2015, it was announced that he was stepping down to become president at [[Lindenwood University]], effective June 1.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lindenwood.edu/news/2015/1219.html|title=Lindenwood University – Michael Shonrock Named President at Lindenwood |work=lindenwood.edu |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20150410013655/http://lindenwood.edu/news/2015/1219.html |archivedate=April 10, 2015}}</ref> Former [[Butler Community College]] president [[Jackie Vietti]] became interim president.<ref>Josh Heck, "Former Butler president named interim leader at Emporia State", May 5, 2015, ''Wichita Business Journal'' [http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/news/2015/05/05/former-butler-president-named-interim-leader-at.html]</ref> On October 22, 2015, [[Allison Garrett]] was selected as Emporia State University's 17th president, effective January 4, 2016.<ref name=Garrett>{{cite web |url=http://www.emporiagazette.com/latest_news_and_features/article_cb5d6bfc-78d2-11e5-a857-9b75213d100b.html |title=Emporia State names Allison Garrett as new president |publisher=''The Emporia Gazette'' |date=October 23, 2015}}</ref> In 2016, two federal lawsuits involving retaliation for reporting a bias incident were filed against the university by Melvin Hale, an assistant professor, and his wife, Angelica, who both worked for the School of Library and Information Management (SLIM).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.emporiagazette.com/area_news/article_16a58724-c1a8-11e6-a781-ab7712f6427c.html|title=Hales again file lawsuit against ESU|last=Wagoner|first=The Associated Press and Jessie|website=Emporia Gazette|language=en|access-date=2019-02-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kvoe.com/news/item/3365-melvin-and-angelica-hale-file-separate-federal-discrimination-lawsuits-against-esu|title=Melvin and Angelica Hale file separate federal discrimination lawsuits against ESU|website=www.kvoe.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-02-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cjonline.com/news/2016-12-14/2-discrimination-lawsuits-filed-against-emporia-state|title=2 discrimination lawsuits filed against Emporia State|last=Press|first=The Associated|website=The Topeka Capital-Journal|language=en|access-date=2019-02-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wibw.com/content/news/A-former-ESU-professor-and-his-wife-have-filed-federal-discrimination-lawsuits-against-university-406433205.html|title=Former ESU professor and his wife file federal discrimination lawsuits against university|last=Hudson|first=Kion|website=www.wibw.com|language=english|access-date=2019-02-11}}</ref> On January 8, 2019, Angelica Hale's lawsuit went to a bench trial in Topeka, Kansas charging the university with a Title VII retaliation claim.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cjonline.com/news/20190108/former-emporia-state-university-employee-takes-race-complaint-to-federal-court|title=Former Emporia State University employee takes race complaint to federal court|last=Smith|first=Sherman|website=The Topeka Capital-Journal|language=en|access-date=2019-02-10}}</ref>