Emporia State University is a

comprehensive Regents univer-

sity primarily serving residents

of Kansas by providing leader-

ship in quality instruction-

related scholarship and service.

Emporia State University is lo-

cated in Emporia, KS, in the

heart of the famous Bluestem

Region of the Flint Hills. Empo-

ria is considered an outstanding

location for a university be-

cause of its easy access to

three large metropolitan areas

of Kansas. The campus has

grown from it’s original twenty

acres to over 200. Emporia

State provided undergraduate

educational opportunities de-

signed to meet broad goals.

Emporia State offers the School

of Business, College of Liberal

Arts and Sciences, School of

Library and Information Man-

agement; and The Teachers

College. The university offers

programs of national distinction

in Education and Library and

Information Management and

offers a Ph.D. in Library and

Information Management. Over

130 honorary, religious, Greek,

service, and departmental clubs

and organizations exist at

Emporia State. Varsity athlet-

ics consists of volleyball,

softball, football, basketball,

baseball, track and field,

cross country, tennis, cheer-

leading, and dance troupe.

About 1000 students live on

campus in the Morse and

Twin Towers Complexes.

Financial assistance is provided

through a variety of scholar-

ships, grants and work study.

WHO TO CONTACTWHO TO CONTACTWHO TO CONTACTWHO TO CONTACT

Office of Admissions

Plum Hall

Emporia State University

1200 Commercial St.

Emporia, KS 66801-5087

Phone: 1.877.468.6378

E-mail: go2ESU@emporia.edu

University Spotlight—Emporia State University

Your underground connection We’d love to hear from you!

Jason O’Toole—Director

otoole@cowley.edu

441-5253

Roxanna James—Secretary

james@cowley.edu

441-5212

Loretta Waldroupe—Math

waldroupe@cowley.edu

441-5213

Dianne Flickinger—English

flickingerd@cowley.edu

441-5211

Bev Manuszak—Counselor/coordinator

manuszakb@cowley.edu

Arkansas City: 441-5272

Bev is no longer at SSEC.

November 2008

Volume 12, Issue 3

IMPACT Info Making a difference . . .

Special points of interest:

• If you attended the col-

lege play, High School

Musical, you need to bring

your ticket stub to get

academic credit.

• We have a waiting list for

laptops. Be sure to check

in your laptop every two

weeks.

• John McCutcheon will be

in concert on November

10, 2008. IMPACT will

have 20 free tickets for

any IMPACT student that

is interested.

• Many of you need to go on

a transfer visit, or set up

career preview before the

end of this semester. In

Nov. (see calendar), IMPACT

will be visiting Emporia

State University (ESU), and

Southwestern College in

Winfield, KS. Even if you are

not planning to attend Em-

poria or Southwestern, the

experience alone will allow

you to compare and contrast

the environment and cus-

tomer service of a four year

college. Contact Bev

441.5272 Do it today!

• Don’t procrastinate! Sign

up for your monthly meeting

before Thanksgiving!

Inside this issue:

Schedule of Events 2

Transfer Visit Evaluations 2

Spend the night at the zoo Photos

3

Exploration Place/The Amazing Body Exhibit

3

Which country has the most cell phones in use?

4

IMPACTing Sports Soccer Cross Country

4

Schedule of Events

• Fall back in time! Don’t forget to set

your clock back one hour on Satur-

day, Nov. 1, Nov. 1, Nov. 1, Nov. 1, when Daylight Savings

ends.

• Thursday, Nov. 13Thursday, Nov. 13Thursday, Nov. 13Thursday, Nov. 13—OXFAM Ban-

quet at 6:00 pm in the Brown Center

Wright Room. Experience world food

distribution and speaker from the

Peace Corp who recently served in

Senegal.

• Tuesday, Nov. 18thTuesday, Nov. 18thTuesday, Nov. 18thTuesday, Nov. 18th—Emporia State

University Transfer Visit. Must sign

up by Nov. 3 to visit with your depart-

ment choice. Leave campus at 8

A.M., return by 7 P.M.

• Wednesday, Nov. 19thWednesday, Nov. 19thWednesday, Nov. 19thWednesday, Nov. 19th————8888----11 A.M. 11 A.M. 11 A.M. 11 A.M.

Transfer visit to Southwestern Col-

lege in Winfield, KS. Must sign up by

Nov. 17.

• Thursday, Nov. 20thThursday, Nov. 20thThursday, Nov. 20thThursday, Nov. 20th————1111----4 P.M. 4 P.M. 4 P.M. 4 P.M.

Transfer visit to Southwestern Col-

lege in Winfield, KS

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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2 3 Deadline

ESU

4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19

Southwestern

Transfer Visit

A.M.

20 Southwestern

Transfer Visit

P.M.

21

22

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

30

November 2008

Thanksgiving Break Thanksgiving Break Thanksgiving Break Thanksgiving Break

ESU

Transfer

Visit

Deadline

SW

Daylight

Savings

Five students had an opportunity to travel to Pittsburg State University for a transfer visit on October 15. The students

commented that Pitt has a good social work program. They did not have a sports medicine program; instead they have a

health and recreation program. The University did not feel too big or too small. Students were able to talk one-on-one

with an advisor to figure out appropriate courses to take and learned that there are many scholarships available.

On September 30, a lot of walking was involved as 12 Cowley students visited Wichita State University. The campus was

so much bigger than Cowley that you may want to get a scooter! WSU has much to offer such as sororities, nice dorms,

student support services for non-traditional students, and a pool, but unfortunately, no swim team.

OXFAM Banquet

6:00 BC

Where do you go to entertain and play with gorillas? Several students experienced that gorillas are not as vicious

as they appear. They actually like to play by scaring the girls and making them scream! IMPACT students, along with

the science and math club, spent the night at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas. We slept inside the Re-

searchers Tent in the Downing Gorilla Forest. Who could sleep when the young gorilla, Ted, wanted to play? We did

not always know where he was because it was dark at night. All of the sudden, we would hear him clang, clang,

clang from up above, then he would grab a rope, and swing towards the thick glass window and BANG - Ted hit the

window with both feet, which made all the girls and guys scream! Ted would run to the other end of the indoor for-

est, dragging his white t-shirt that he was given on this day for stimulation. He would sit and stare at each person in

our group for a long while. Then BANG! Ted would hit the thick window with his larger hands to frighten everyone

and then disappear into the dark forest with only the white t-shirt flickering into the darkness. When would Ted re-

turn? Where is he? Then clang, clang, clang and you knew this playful routine would start all over again. Earlier that

evening, our guide had taken us on a flashlight tour where we had found a black bear, several bison, an adorable

porcupine, female elk, elephants, giraffes, rhinoceros’, and hippos. Let’s not for-

get Legless the lizard and the toad abodes that we created. We learned that the

flamingos are pricey eaters. They are pink because of the shrimp that they eat.

Elephants eat 400 pounds a day. An elephant has 40,000 muscles in its trunk.

You can tell the difference between an Asian and

African Elephant by their ears. The zoo is in the

process of building a new elephant exhibit. A new

tiger exhibit is going to open soon. Mexican wolves

are extinct. Watch the rhinos – when they lean

their back end against the metal cage, you will get sprayed! We finally bedded down

for the night on the ground, listening to camp sounds which included irritating buzzing

mosquitoes. Morning arrived early at 6 a.m. After bundling up our sleeping bags, we

enjoyed a morning tour. We were awake even before the penguins in the new exhibit. We walked through the Aus-

tralian exhibit seeing several wallabies, birds, the largest rodent, Mexican wolves, and

llamas.

Oh yeah, we also went to Exploration Place in Wichita where we took in

the Our Amazing Body exhibit earlier on the same day we visited the

zoo. This limited time only exhibit was so interesting to observe actual

bodies that have been preserved for viewing. Photography was not al-

lowed in this exhibit. The remaining afternoon was spent experiencing

all that Exploration Place has to offer including the Poop Happens ex-

hibit. We did not waste any more time before traveling to Jason’s Deli

for dinner. Overall, this overnight adventure was so much fun!

Nocturnal Adventures October 10-11, 2008

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IMPACTing SPORTS

Congratulations to Allyson Duda, who pro-vided solid defense throughout the woman’s soccer season. Lady Tigers won eight games

and finished seventh out of 12 teams in the Jayhawk Conference.

Congratulations to fellow IMPACT Tigers’ Johnny Purvis (25:59.00), Justin Cacaro (26:23.42), and Rolando Vasquez (26:32.38) for receiving all-conference and all-region honors. Purvis placed third in the conference, while Cacaro and Vasquez finished fifth and sixth. This marks the second straight year that Purvis has been named an all-conference/all-region runner.

Robin Ray (20:19.03) earned all-conference and all-region honors as she finished the 3.1-mile race in sixth place in the conference. She

also placed 15th in the region.

Janee’ Gabbard (21:28:32)finished 13th in the conference and 30th in region.

IMPACT