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 Arkansas,Kansas,Missouri,Nebraska,and Oklahoma. 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.
Fort Hays State University (FHSU) is a public university in Hays,Kansas,United States. It is the largest university in western Kansas,and 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.
Averett University is a private Baptist university in Danville,Virginia. Founded in 1859 as a women's college,Averett became a 4-year,coeducational institution in 1969. In 2011,the university restored its Baptist affiliation,renewing a relationship that had existed from Averett's founding until 2005.
Fairmont Senior High School,is a public high school in Fairmont,West Virginia. The current school building,built in 1928,is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Serving grades nine through twelve,it is one of three high schools in Marion County,along with East Fairmont High School and North Marion High School.
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.
Scott Kahn is an American painter,printmaker,draughtsman,and sculptor.
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.
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 and educator 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.
Eric Ian Hornak-Spoutz is an American art dealer,historian and museum curator. Spoutz has owned art galleries in Detroit,Michigan,Cape Coral,Florida,Palm Beach,Florida,and Los Angeles,California.
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.
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.
