The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level,headquartered in Kansas City,Missouri. Its fourteen member institutions,of which all but one are public schools,are located in Kansas,Missouri,Nebraska,and Oklahoma,with an Arkansas school joining in July 2024. The MIAA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization incorporated in Missouri.
Hays is a city in and the county seat of Ellis County,Kansas,United States. The largest city in northwestern Kansas,it is the economic and cultural center of the region. As of the 2020 census,the population of the city was 21,116. It is also a college town,home to Fort Hays State University.
Emporia State University is a public university in Emporia,Kansas,United States. Established in March 1863 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.
West Virginia University at Parkersburg is a public community college in Parkersburg,West Virginia. Although it was originally part of West Virginia University,it is now an independent public institution with its own board of governors and degree-granting authority. Conceived as a community college to serve seven counties in west central West Virginia,it now offers baccalaureate programs. It is the largest community college in West Virginia and the state's fifth largest public college with over 3,900 students.
Fort Hays State University (FHSU) is a public university in Hays,Kansas. It is the fourth-largest of the six state universities governed by the Kansas Board of Regents,with a total enrollment of approximately 15,100 students.
Sias University,transliterated Zhengzhou Sias College,and formerly known as Sias International University (郑州大学西亚斯国际学院),is a privately owned,for-profit post-secondary school in Central China. Formerly affiliated with Zhengzhou University,it is now entirely operated by Sias group,a Chinese-based corporation who claims to have incorporated in Los Angeles. It is authorized by the State Council of China to grant both Chinese and American bachelor's degrees,with the latter bearing the name of Fort Hays State University and several other foreign institutions. It is fully accredited by the Chinese Ministry of Education.
Whitcomb Glenn "Bunt" Speer was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Fort Hays State University in Hays,Kansas from 1915 to 1918 and Nebraska State Normal School—now known as Peru State College–from 1919 to 1922,and Midland College—now known as Midland University—in Fremont,Nebraska from 1923 to 1924,compiling a career college football coaching record of 50–21–3. Speer was also the head basketball coach at Nebraska State Normal from 1919 to 1923,tallying a mark of 71–22.
Nola Ochs was an American woman,from Jetmore,Kansas,who in 2007,at age 95,graduated from college and was certified by Guinness World Records as the oldest person in the world to become a college graduate,until Shigemi Hirata in 2016.
The American University of Phnom Penh is a private English-medium university founded in August 2013,with a campus in Phnom Penh,Cambodia. The university currently offers four-year American dual degree programs as well as stand-alone Bachelor's and MBA programs."Master's Programs".
The President of Emporia State University is the chief administrator of the university. Each is appointed by and is responsible to the other members of that body,who delegate to him or her the day-to-day running of the university. The president of Emporia State is selected by the Kansas Board of Regents,the governing board for public universities in the state of Kansas,after a nationwide search.
Michael Robert Lane is an American education administrator,currently serving as the dean of Missouri Western State University's Steven L. Craig School of Business in Saint Joseph,Missouri. Before becoming the dean at Missouri Western,Lane was Emporia State University's fifteenth president and an accounting professor from 2006 to 2011,and provost/vice president at several institutions.
John Evert Visser was an American education administrator,mostly known for serving as the twelfth president of Emporia State University in Emporia,Kansas. Before serving as president of Emporia State,Visser was an assistant to the president at Ball State University,and held several administrative jobs in higher education. After serving as president of Emporia State,Visser served as several interim titles across the United States.
Allison Dabbs Garrett is an American attorney,inventor,educator,and the chancellor of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education. She previously served as the 17th president of Emporia State University from January 2016 to October 2021,and prior to her time at Emporia State,Garrett served as Abilene Christian University's executive vice president,a position she held from August 20,2012,to December 23,2015. Garrett has held several vice president positions in both education and the private sector.
Robert William Fornelli is an American college baseball coach and current head baseball coach at Pittsburg State University. Previously,Fornelli coached at his alma mater Emporia State University from 2004 to 2018 where he guided the Hornets to five Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association regular season championships and two conference tournament championships,13 trips to the NCAA Tournament,two World Series appearances and a national runner-up finish. Fornelli was the coach at Fort Hays State from 1996 to 2003.
Jerry B. Farley is a retired American academic administrator,serving as the 16th president of Washburn University from 1997 to 2022. Since graduating college in 1968,Farley has served in various administrative positions at the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University–Stillwater.
Tisa A. Mason is an American educator and the current president of Fort Hays State University. Prior to her presidency at Fort Hays State,Mason served as Valley City State University's president from December 15,2014 to December 15,2017. Mason served as Fort Hays State's vice president of student affairs July 2008 to December 2014.
Edward H. Hammond is an American educator and former president of Fort Hays State University. Prior to his position at Fort Hays State,Hammond served in student affairs at various institutions including Seton Hall University and the University of Louisville. Hammond completed just two months shy of 28 years,making him the longest serving president at Fort Hays State and leader in the Kansas Board of Regents schools.
John Andrew Tompkins is an American educator in Kansas. Prior to his previous post at Wichita State University,he served as interim president at Fort Hays State,as well as the president of the Kansas Board of Regents from 2010 to 2015. Tompkins was a professor and dean at Pittsburg State University two different times,and served as a superintendent of three different Kansas school districts. Tompkins is also the former Commissioner of the Kansas State Department of Education,serving from June 1,1996 to June 30,2005.
Harold S. "Deacon" Duvall was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Fairmont State College—now known as Fairmont State University—in Fairmont,West Virginia from 1952 to 1971,compiling a record of 125–42–3. Duvall led the Fighting Falcons to the NAIA Football National Championship in 1967.
Hendratta Ali is a geoscientist who does work in hydrology,aqueous geochemistry,exploration geology and equity geoscience. Her home institution is the Department of Geosciences at Fort Hays State University. She was awarded the 2021 Geological Society of America Randolph Bromery award and Fort Hays State University President’s Distinguished Scholar Award. Ali is a native of Cameroon.
