East Stroudsburg University

At the iconic Crayola company - known for bringing color, creativity and crayons to children everywhere - three East Stroudsburg University students put their own imagination to work.

What do you get when 17 college students spend three weeks in Spain? According to Esther Daganzo-Cantens, Ph.D., associate professor of Spanish at East Stroudsburg University, you get global citizens. This summer that's exactly what was produced, when these students embarked on a three-week study abroad trip.

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.

Two East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania students were selected to attend a program which seeks to help prepare and empower young women to be future leaders in the political process. The students attended the National Education for Women's (NEW) Leadership Pennsylvania institute at the Pennsylvania Center for Women and Politics at Chatham University in Pittsburgh from June 3-7. The NEW Leadership program is a six-day, concentrated curriculum for female students attending colleges and universities throughout Pennsylvania. Participants learned about networking, public speaking, the need for women's leadership in the political process and participated in skills-building workshops.

A total of 1,520 students have been named to the Dean's List at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (ESU) for the Spring 2019 semester of the 2018-2019 academic year, according to Joanne Bruno, J.D., provost and vice president for academic affairs. Students eligible for the Dean's List are those who have attained a 3.50 quality point average or better and are enrolled full-time. The letter grade "B" earns 3 quality points per credit, and the grade "A" earns 4 quality points per credit.

The psychology department at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania hosted the 45th Biannual Research Forum on April 30, 2019 in the Niedbala Auditorium of the Hoeffner Science and Technology Center.

Students from East Stroudsburg University's Sigma Pi Epsilon Delta honorary for the Special Education and Rehabilitation Department recently donated $1,000 to the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) through the Lehigh Valley Health Network. Sigma Pi Epsilon Delta's mission is to serve people with disabilities in the local community and beyond. NFP works with low income, first-time parents in Monroe County and has offices across the country.

East Stroudsburg University walked away with top honors in both the collegiate and non-collegiate sectors of the tecBRIDGE Business Plan Competition on April 25 at the F.M. Kirby Center in downtown Wilkes-Barre. ESU students Zachary Waldman and Nick Neely, both seniors majoring in computer security from Mechanicsburg, Pa., earned first place in the collegiate sector of the competition with their creation, Falchion Systems. Nicole Chinnici '14, director of The Jane Huffman Wildlife Genetics Institute at ESU, won first place in the non-collegiate sector with her creation, Organtick. Winning companies received $10,000 in cash and up to $100,000 of in-kind business support services. Jessica Rosen, a 2011 graduate of ESU from Henryville was a finalist in the non-collegiate competition with her reptile food business, The Laughing Lizard.

On Friday, May 10 six students graduated from East Stroudsburg University with a master's degree in athletic training. All six students successfully achieved 100% first-time pass rate on the Board Certification Athletic Training examination. ESU's athletic training - professional practice program, accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE), has a three-year aggregate "first-time pass rate" of 100%. CAATE requires at least 70% 3-year pass rate.

The National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) has awarded the NSSLHA Chapter at East Stroudsburg University with 2019 Gold Chapter Honors, recognizing ESU's chapter for the second straight year. The gold award is given to chapters that complete service learning projects, advocate for legislation for the disabled, have social events, and raise funds for charities. This year ESU's NSSLHA chapter's main charity was the Shriner's Club of Boston, which performs cleft palate surgeries for children at no cost to families.

Graduating seniors Abigail Soto and Megan Harding have spent their years at East Stroudsburg University with a desire to lead and serve others. Soto, a history and political science major from Mount Pocono, Pa., was awarded the University Leadership Award for the 2018-19 academic year. Megan Harding, a communication and sciences disorder major from West Pittston, Pa., was awarded the University Service Award.

A total of 1,187 students will receive degrees from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania at separate commencement exercises for undergraduate and graduate students on May 10 and May 11. ESU will hold three graduation ceremonies: one for graduate students on Friday, May 10 at 6:45 p.m. and two ceremonies for undergraduate students on Saturday, May 11. The undergraduate ceremonies will take place at 8:45 a.m. (College of Arts and Sciences and College of Education) and at 1:15 p.m. (College of Business and Management and College of Health Sciences). All three ceremonies will be held in Koehler Fieldhouse. A total of 995 bachelor's degrees, 188 master's degrees and four doctoral degrees will be awarded.

East Stroudsburg University will hold its commencement exercises on Friday, May 10 and Saturday, May 11 in Koehler Fieldhouse. The graduate commencement ceremony with take place Friday at 7 p.m. Evelyn Farah will be the student commencement speaker. Undergraduate ceremonies will take place on Saturday. The ceremony awarding bachelor's degrees from ESU's College of Arts and Sciences and College of Education will begin at 8:45 a.m. Philip P. Andujar will be the student speaker. The ceremony awarding bachelor's degrees from ESU's college of Business and Management and College of Health Sciences will begin at 1:45 p.m. Darian L. Cruz will be the student speaker. Lieutenant General Susan Lawrence (Ret.) will be the keynote speaker for both undergraduate ceremonies.

East Stroudsburg University will hold its graduate commencement ceremony on Friday, May 10 at 7 p.m. four doctoral degrees will be awarded.

East Stroudsburg University's first cohort of Clear Path Scholars is set to graduate at the university's annual spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 11. The cohort of 13 scholars was celebrated at a cording ceremony on April 28, where the students were given red and grey cords and pins to wear on commencement day.

Two East Stroudsburg University students, Samantha Dietz and Alicia Kakakio, presented research to the university's Council of Trustees during their April 25 meeting. The two students were chosen by ESU Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Joanne Z. Bruno, J.D., from the 175 students that presented research at ESU's annual Student Research and Creative Activity Symposium on April 10.

Thirty students and faculty members from East Stroudsburg University's department of communication sciences and disorders attended the annual convention for Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association April 10-13 in Lancaster, Pa. Several also gave presentations on research and clinical work.

Sarah Pomales, a junior political science major at East Stroudsburg University, has been accepted into the City of Philadelphia's Mayor's Internship Program (MIP) with Mayor Jim Kenny's office.

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania student Zuri Redmond, a sophomore communication major from Paterson, N.J., has earned a part-time internship spot this summer with Sirius XM in New York, N.Y. Redmond will be working specifically with the talk show, Insight - Tell Me Everything with John Fugelsang.

On May 10 and 11, a total of 1,187 undergraduate and graduate students will participate in commencement ceremonies at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. Many will begin the next step in their life's journey by attending graduate or professional school or starting a new career. Meet four students whose Warrior Spirit brought them to ESU, helped them find their path, and will take them to on incredible journeys in life.

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East Stroudsburg University's Madelon Powers Gallery will feature art works and portfolios of advanced students in the university art+design department in a Senior Seminar and Portfolio in Art Student Exhibition April 29 -May 8. The exhibition will include works produced by students completing independent study projects and works from selected art+design classes.

On April 16, East Stroudsburg University's department of political science and economics held the joint induction ceremony for the Iota Chi Chapter of the Pi Sigma Alpha (National Political Science Honor Society) and the Alpha Xi Chapter of the Omicron Delta Epsilon (International Honor Society of Economics).

Four student learning assistants from East Stroudsburg University recently attended and made a presentation at the College Reading and Learning Association of Pennsylvania and New Jersey Conference in Bethlehem, Pa.

Three East Stroudsburg University students and their professor presented a paper at the Pennsylvania Political Science Association annual conference on Friday, April 12 at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa.

Magic is central to plot and key to the world depicted in William Shakespeare's romantic fantasy The Tempest, being presented by East Stroudsburg University's theatre department April 24-28.

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When Clare Lenhart, Ph.D., associate professor of public health at East Stroudsburg University, sat down with graduate assistant Ivan Mendoza, of Sheffield Village, Ohio, to crunch the numbers from a needs assessment of community food pantries, they found some scary statistics. About 65 percent of the pantry clients surveyed had at least one of four diet-related chronic illnesses: diabetes, hypertension, heart disease or obesity. Almost 10 percent had all four. They also found that only about a third of the food given out at local food banks are considered "foods to encourage" by health standards.

Two students from East Stroudsburg University were semi-finalists in the eighth annual Student Business Plan Competition sponsored by Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education (PASSHE).

On Wednesday, April 10 students studying sport management at East Stroudsburg University welcomed NASCAR Xfinity driver Justin Haley and representatives from Pocono Raceway to ESU as part of the Pocono Raceway College Tour.