East Stroudsburg University

In the midst of the pandemic that has left so many people feeling isolated, two ESU professors and three students collaborated on designing face shields that can make human contact safer and communications easier.

The Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program (GEAR UP) program helps at-risk students in the Allentown, Harrisburg, and Norristown school districts navigate through high school.

The COVID-19 pandemic and primarily remote learning upset student life in 2020 as never before. But so did national unrest surrounding racial injustice, along with the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement. Both disruptions were the focus of the 2020 Inclusion Poster Project, a collaboration between philosophy and graphic design students at East Stroudsburg University, which is now in its third year.

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania has announced the 2021 Boddie Scholarship and Martin Luther King Jr. awards recipients to be recognized at the 24th annual virtual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration scheduled for Monday, January 18 at 6 p.m.

A total of 447 students who will receive degrees from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania on December 19, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, traditional ceremonies could not take place, but all degrees will be conferred upon completion of coursework.

Fourteen psychology students from ESU were recently accepted into Psi Chi: The International Honor Society in Psychology. Psi Chi holds the distinction of being the largest student psychological organization in the world, having over 700,000 members.

Austin Weitman, a sophomore majoring in sport management at ESU, will have a behind-the-scenes view of the 2021 Super Bowl in Tampa, Fla., thanks to a scholarship he received from Living Sport.

Seven students from ESU will participate in The Osgood Center for International Studies Virtual Presidential Inauguration Program, January 11-21, 2021.

The annual Army-Navy football game will be played at Michie Stadium on West Point's campus this Saturday for the first time in nearly eight decades - and two members of the Army football program with connections to ESU will be involved in the historic event.

Members of ESU's Computer Science Student Organization raised $2,147 by participating in Extra Life, a 24-hour live stream video-playing event intended to raise funds for hospitals around the world.

The ESU Panhellenic Council held its annual Project Turkey fundraiser from September 29-November 15.

Theodore Mostellar, an ESU senior from Stroudsburg, Pa. majoring in athletic training, has been selected as a recipient of the 2021 District 2 Paula Turocy Scholarship Award by the Eastern Athletic Trainers Association (EATA).

ESU's Art + Design Department and the Student Art Association held a pumpkin carving contest for students, faculty and staff.

ESU student and men's basketball player Ryan Smith, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in summer 2019, is featured by People Magazine after a tweet by his girlfriend, Molly Gorczyca, about their meeting and relationship gathered more than 1.7 million likes by mid-October.

Members of ESU's Wellness Education and Prevention team partnered with staff and volunteers from Women's Resources of Monroe County earlier this week to display Pinwheels for Peace, a campaign to raise awareness and to prevent domestic violence/intimate partner violence as part of the month-long Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Students from ESU's Art Illustration class joined other area artists in creating memorable monster faces as part of a GO Collaborative Stroudsburg initiative known as "Spooky Stroudsburg," intended to boost local businesses.

Despite the fact that the spring 2020 semester at East Stroudsburg University was largely remote, students from ESU's radio station, WESS (90.3 FM), made the unanimous decision to share their fundraising dollars with Meals On Wheels of Monroe County.

East Stroudsburg University graduate student Leah Bergman was accepted to a prestigious marine science doctoral program Kitasato University in Japan.

With ESU's strong health services programs, it's not surprising that Warriors are on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. But alumni with criminal justice, social work and other degrees are also responding to this unprecedented national crisis.

With the political rise of Barack Obama in 2007, playwright Lydia Diamond, whose works focus on the social nuances of race, found herself trying to write a play about race, in real time, when that topic was shifting more than she had witnessed in her lifetime. The resulting drama, Smart People, will be presenteith the political rise of Barack Obama in 2007, playwright Lydia Diamond, whose works focus on the social nuances of race, found herself trying to write a play about race, in real time, when that topic was shifting more than she had witnessed in her lifetime. The resulting drama, Smart People, will be presented by East Stroudsburg University's Department of Theatre February 26-29 and March 1. d by East Stroudsburg University's Department of Theatre February 26-29 and March 1.

East Stroudsburg University graduate students in athletic training will be pioneering "the new normal" when they return to campus for two weeks of summer classes, in part to do hands-on lab work in anatomy.

Katrina Stenger, a junior majoring in integrated art + design from Stroudsburg, Pa., and Maria Cohen, instructor of physics and chair of ESU's Green Campus Initiative, pose with six posters designed by Katrina to promote ESU's environmentally sust...

ESU selected the winners for the 2020 Boddie Scholarship, Martin Luther King Jr. awards, and the Julianna V. Bolt Art Contest.

The National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH) at East Stroudsburg University is holding a coat drive. The donated coats will be given to ESU students in need of a winter coat.

Eli Johnson, a marine science major and Wilkes-Barre native, has been heavily involved on campus at ESU, which has led him to opportunities that were once a dream and out of his reach, such as presenting at The Philadelphia Trans Conference.

Three students from East Stroudsburg University participated in the Esports Overwatch League Grand Finals in Philadelphia in late September as part of the implementation of the University's National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, The ESportsU Foundations Project, an exploratory project to create culturally relevant learning experiences to generate awareness, interest, and motivation in STEM skill development.

Students and faculty from East Stroudsburg University's communication department presented their research at the 80th Pennsylvania Communication Association (PCA) convention at Penn State Berks campus on September 27-28, 2019.

East Stroudsburg University Faculty, Students Help Kids 'Think Like a Scientist' during Science Sunday at the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

Robert Willever '75, East Stroudsburg University Foundation Board Chair, has announced the appointments of three new members to its Board of Directors. ESU alumni Alfredo Garcia '03 of Bethlehem, Pa., local businessman Stephen Somers of Hackettstown, N.J., and student liaison Emily Jimenez '22, were appointed during the board's quarterly meeting held on May 13, 2019.

East Stroudsburg University student Stephanie Kucan, a junior psychology major from Wood Ridge, N.J., completed a prestigious internship at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.