Special Thanks to the Emporia Planning Committee for a fantastic job!
- Dr. Loren Pennington, Chair and Organizer Extraordinaire
- Susan Brinkman
- Kay Calvert
- Roger Heineken
- Don Hill
- Dr. Jim Hoy
- Julie Johnson
- Jerry Karr
We greatly appreciate these folks for their support and in-kind donations:
- Emporia State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Center for Great Plains Studies at ESU
- ESU Department of Social Sciences
- Emporia Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Holiday Inn Express
- ESU Memorial Union
- Flint Hills Technical College
- City of Emporia
- Granada Theatre Alliance
- William Allen White Community Partnership
HOTEL DETAILS: Make your reservation by August 9th!
We have two official hotels in Emporia, located side by side on the same parking area. The "hospitality suite" where we end each evening will be at the Holiday Inn Express. Contact these hotels directly to make your reservation, and be sure to mention Kansas Dialogue to get our special rate! The room block will be released after August 9th.
Both hotels are located at the Industrial Exit on I-35.
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS phone
2921 West 18th Ave
RATE: $84 per night, plus 14.9% tax
MARRIOTT FAIRFIELD INN phone
2930 Eagle Crest Drive
RATE: $79 per night, plus 14.9% tax
Appreciating the Land...
...and the Legacy
August 19-21, 2011 EMPORIA
Registration fee: $105
We really appreciate it when you can register by mid-July, when most of the topics are being finalized. We shape the topics when we know who is coming!
Student Rate: $25 (through college age)
RATES INCLUDE ALL CONFERENCE SESSIONS, TOURS,
MEALS, AND SNACKS. (Both conference hotels have
breakfast included in the room rate, and there will also be
a continental breakfast at Emporia State.)
PLEASE REGISTER ONLINE BY CLICKING THE TAB ABOVE. You will NOT pay online, but it is enormously
helpful for us to have your info sent electronically. Thanks!
Our Saturday night dinner and discussion will be in the gorgeous Granada Theatre.
Emporia State University's newly improved
Memorial Union will be the site of our daytime sessions on Saturday and Sunday. Kansas Dialogue will be among the first to enjoy it!
We'll gather on Friday night at the home of William Allen White, Emporia's most famous resident.
White was one of the most influential
journalists of his time.
Preliminary Schedule:
FRIDAY activities will be held at "Red Rock", the home of William Allen White.
Since we will be outside (weather permitting) the evening schedule will begin a little earlier so we can finish by sunset.
4:00 - Registration begins, and home is open for self-guided tours
5:00 - Reception
5:30 - Brief orientation for session leaders
5:45 - Dinner, followed by opening sessions - ending by 8:15
Hospitality room will feature free drinks and snacks.
SATURDAY will be a full day of conversation and exploration. As the front porch to the Flint Hills, Emporia is the perfect stage to talk about land and environmental issues. We also know that we want to take inspiration from William Allen White and discuss the role of newspapers in Kansas today. There will be a number of different sessions to choose from. We look forward to your thoughts and topic ideas.
DO YOU WANT TO GO TO THE FLINT HILLS? For many in the group, Saturday afternoon will be an opportunity to take a field trip to the Flint Hills with our resident expert Dr. Jim Hoy. There will be bus transportation for 50 people. THIS TOUR IS NOW FULL.
We will also be offering a guided bus tour of Emporia for those who don't go to the Flint Hills.
Saturday night will be an extra-special evening at the Granada Theatre in Emporia, where we will enjoy a sumptious Chuckwagon dinner catered by Josh Hoy of the Flying W Ranch. We have invited Chris Walker, great-grandson of William Allen White, to help us discuss the past, present and future of Kansas journalism.
SUNDAY MORNING continues our tradition of staging our live Kansas Dialogue radio show - "This I Believe"... an inspiring collection of verbal essays from our group. This is also the time when we tackle the most timely and diverse topics on our minds at small roundtable conversations. We'll wrap it all up by noon.
(620) 341 9393 (Holiday Inn may connect you with
their Central Reservation system.)
(620) 342 4445
If you're wondering
what happens at Kansas Dialogue, here's an
example from 2011...
