East Stroudsburg University, one of the 14 institutions in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, opened in 1893 as East Stroudsburg Normal School. Today, ESU is a comprehensive university in northeastern Pennsylvania offering 58 undergraduate programs, 21 master's programs and two doctoral program. More than 5,000 students are enrolled for the high quality, affordable, and accessible education ESU provides.
(see more)East Stroudsburg University, one of the 14 institutions in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, opened in 1893 as East Stroudsburg Normal School. Today, ESU is a comprehensive university in northeastern Pennsylvania offering 58 undergraduate programs, 21 master's programs and two doctoral program. More than 5,000 students are enrolled for the high quality, affordable, and accessible education ESU provides.
ESU Students Raise Record Amount for American Cancer Society
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania held its annual Relay for Life on Friday, April 6 in Koehler Fieldhouse. Student teams competed to raise the most money for the American Cancer Society. Nearly 500 students participated in the event and raised $25,350.68, the most money ever raised at an ESU Relay For Life event.
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2018 Apr 30
Philosophy Students Participate in Intergenerational Course
This semester, 35 East Stroudsburg University students in the University Honors Program met every Wednesday for six weeks with students from the Older Adult Learning Center in East Stroudsburg for an intergenerational collaborative course on happiness and the meaning of life. As part of an introduction to philosophy class taught by Tim Connolly, Ph.D., professor of philosophy and religious studies, the older and younger students discussed questions about the definition of happiness and its basic components, whether happiness is determined by individual choice or genetic and environmental factors, and the connection between a happy life and a meaningful one.
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2018 Apr 30
East Stroudsburg University Equestrian Team Members Awarded
Seven members of East Stroudsburg University's Equestrian team have been named to the All-American Academic team by the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association.
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2018 Apr 30
Kappa Delta Rho B+ Festival
The Phi Beta chapter of Kappa Delta Rho at East Stroudsburg University is hosting the B+ Festival Sunday April 15 in an effort to combat children's cancer.
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2018 Apr 30
East Stroudsburg University Department of Theatre to Present A Doll's House
The East Stroudsburg University Theatre Department will present the 1879 Henrik Ibsen play A Doll's House April 17-22 in the Smith McFarland Theatre of the Fine and Performing Arts Center, Normal and Marguerite streets, East Stroudsburg.
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2018 Apr 30
ESU Senior Wins Broadcasting Award
Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) named East Stroudsburg University senior Elizabeth Roberts a winner in the 2017-2018 IBS College Awards.
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2018 Apr 2
Students and Faculty Participate in Pennsylvania College English Association Conference
East Stroudsburg University was well represented at the Pennsylvania College English Association (PCEA) 2018 Conference held at Hotel Bethlehem March 23-24. Three ESU students and six faculty members participated in the two-day conference by presenting papers or serving on a panel related to the conference theme, "Rise Up: Social Protest in Literature, Creative Writing, and Pedagogy."
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2018 Mar 28
ESU Student Joins Conversation on Healthy Lifestyles and College Success, This Week's Topic on Infinite Opportunities
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania student Zaria Cyriaque will talk about how being active and maintaining a healthy lifestyle helps lead to success in college on this week's episode of Infinite Opportunities, which will air Sunday morning on the Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN).
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2018 Mar 27
Two ESU Student Teams Advance in Business Plan Competition
East Stroudsburg University has two student teams still in the running for the $10,000 top prize in the seventh annual Business Plan Competition held by Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education.
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2018 Apr 2
Future Teachers Challenging Students who are Gifted - and Vice Versa
With a gaggle of elementary school children in front of him, Dane Barhite was peppering the kids with questions about small containers of different types of liquids on a table in the Innovation Center at East Stroudsburg University.
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2018 Mar 27
First Openly Transgender Person Elected to PA Office Set to Speak at ESU
East Stroudsburg University's student group PRIDE (People Representing Individual Diversity in Education) will host guest speaker Tyler Titus. Titus became the first openly transgender person to be elected in Pennsylvania when he won a seat on the Erie School Board in 2017. He will speak on campus on March 22, 2018, in Stroud Hall room 113 at 7:30 p.m.
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2018 Mar 27
Community Submissions For Exhibit Being Accepted
Active Minds, an East Stroudsburg University student organization that strives to change the conversation about mental health, is accepting submissions for an upcoming art exhibit titled Piece of Mind: An Exhibit with a Focus on Mental Health. Submissions will be accepted in the mediums of drawing, graphic design, painting, and visual poetry/spoken word. Each piece should depict something related to mental health.
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2018 Mar 27
ESU's Warrior Promise Will Make College More Affordable
Starting this fall, East Stroudsburg University will become the first public university in Pennsylvania to guarantee the same fixed-rate tuition for all four years for degree-seeking undergraduate students.
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2018 Feb 28
Department of Theatre To Present The Musical Godspell
Building a community is the focus of Godspell, the classic musical of the 1970s being performed February 28 and March 1-4 by East Stroudsburg University's department of theatre.
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2018 Feb 19
Council of Trustees Honors ESU ROTC Cadets
During its February 15 public meeting, the East Stroudsburg University Council of Trustees recognized ESU ROTC cadets.
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2018 Feb 19
ESU Students Invent Computer Malware Cure, Entering PASSHE Competition
Interning at a hospital technology department after their freshman year at East Stroudsburg University, Zach Waldman and Nick Neely got tired of having to stop projects to go fix the computers of employees who had accidently downloaded malware while clicking on ads.
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2018 Feb 13
ESU to Recognize Award Winners at 21st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania selected the winners for the 2018 Boddie Scholarship, Martin Luther King Jr. awards, and the Julianna V. Bolt Art Contest. The winners will be recognized at the 21st annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Breakfast, which will be held on January 15 in the Mattioli Recreation Center on ESU's campus from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
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2018 Jan 29
Eleven Students Participate in European Union Simulation
When the fall 2017 semester ended last December, 11 students at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania began preparing for the international European Union Simulation (Eurosim). As part of a political science course offered over winter break the students, accompanied by L. Johan Eliasson, Ph.D., professor of political science, participated in Eurosim in Brussels, Belgium from January 4-7, 2018. The rigorous, four-day exercise strives to enhance participants' knowledge of international law, the European Union (the world's largest single market, largest economy, and emerging political union, consisting of 28 member states), negotiating strategy, and diplomatic protocol, by negotiating real life legal and policy problems. The 2018 simulation was held at the Free University in Brussels.
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2018 Jan 29
East Stroudsburg University Faculty and Students attended the 2017 Leon Silverman Lecture Series
Christopher Brooks, Dr. phil., associate professor of history, attended the 2017 Leon Silverman Lecture Series in Washington, D.C. with three East Stroudsburg University students.
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2017 Dec 7