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.
The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a public research university in Norman,Oklahoma,United States. Founded in 1890,it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two territories became the state of Oklahoma. In Fall 2022,the university had 28,840 students enrolled,most at its main campus in Norman. Employing nearly 3,000 faculty members,the university offers 152 baccalaureate programs,160 master's programs,75 doctoral programs,and 20 majors at the first professional level.
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.
WIBW is a commercial AM radio station in Topeka,Kansas. It is owned by Alpha Media and airs a talk and sports radio format. The studios and offices are on SW Executive Drive in Topeka. The transmitter is off NW Landon Road in Silver Lake.
Garin Higgins is an American football college coach and former player. He is the head football coach for Emporia State University in Emporia,Kansas;a position he has held since 2007. Higgins previously served as the head football coach at Northwestern Oklahoma State University from 2000 to 2004. His Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers finished as runners-up in the NAIA Football National Championship in 2000 and 2003. Higgins worked as co-offensive coordinator at Minnesota State University,Mankato and offensive coordinator at Northeastern State University in 2006.
Joseph Wilson Morris was an American attorney,arbitrator and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. He was a partner in the Tulsa,Oklahoma law firm of Gable Gotwals.
Fred White was an American sportscaster.
Robert Stone was the Speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives and a prominent attorney and civic leader in Kansas.
Douglas S. Wright was an American attorney and politician who was the mayor of Topeka,Kansas and a candidate for the United States Congress. Wright,who served as Mayor of Topeka from 1983 to 1989,was the son of another former Topeka mayor,Chuck Wright,who led the city from 1965 to 1969.
Michael D. Shonrock is an American academic and former administrator. He was the president of Lindenwood University,located in St. Charles,Missouri,June 2015 to February 2019. Shonrock previously served as Emporia State University's 16th president from January 3,2012 to May 28,2015,and before that as Texas Tech University's vice president for student affairs and enrollment management in Lubbock,Texas.
Brian Folkerts is an American football center for the Arlington Renegades of the XFL. He played college football at Washburn.
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.
Kelvin Kay Droegemeier is an American research meteorologist,most recently having served as Director of The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Droegemeier is known for his research in predicting the development of extreme weather events,and previously served as Oklahoma Secretary of Science and Technology and the Vice President for Research at the University of Oklahoma. He currently is serving as Regents Professor of Meteorology,Roger and Sherry Teigen Presidential Professor,and Weathernews Chair Emeritus at the University of Oklahoma.
David C. Toland is an American politician and businessman concurrently serving as the 52nd lieutenant governor of Kansas and Kansas secretary of commerce.
The 2022 Kansas Attorney General election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the Attorney General of Kansas. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced he would retire to run for Governor. The Republican nominee was former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach,and the Democratic nominee was former police officer,prosecutor,and state securities regulator,Chris Mann. Kobach narrowly won,taking 50.8% of the general election vote to Mann's 49.2%.
