East Stroudsburg University

Jeremy Ketterer is a member of East Stroudsburg University's band, and he's on the Brian Hodge bandwagon. Hodge, hired as assistant professor of theatre at ESU, will also serve as ESU's band director.

East Stroudsburg University student Maureen Nseyep Patty is working for the state Department of Health as part of a 15-week internship sponsored by Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education.

Geographical maps can give people the lay of the land and road maps tell them how to get to where they want to go. Now East Stroudsburg University has launched a project creating maps that show the places people in the Stroudsburg and East Stroudsburg area care about.

Under a bright blue sky, more than two dozen students and faculty from China kayaked the Delaware River from the Kittatinny Point Visitors Center to Portland, Pa., guided by East Stroudsburg University students and staff last week.

Six psychology students at East Stroudsburg University were recently inducted into Psi Chi: The International Honor Society in Psychology, during the psychology department's Biannual Research Forum held on April 24 in the Niedbala Auditorium of the Hoeffner and Science Technology Center. Psi Chi holds the distinction of being the largest student psychological organization in the world, having over 700,000 members. Its mission is to promote excellence in scholarship and to advance the science of psychology. The ESU chapter was founded in 1980 and since that time, hundreds of students have become members. Renee Boburka, Ph.D. and Irina Khusid, Ph.D., both associate professors of psychology, are the faculty advisers for this organization.

Seven recent ESU graduates have gone through the rigorous application process, been invited to serve as cultural ambassadors in Spain and are very interested in attending beginning in September.

An East Stroudsburg University professor and his students are deeply involved in a project to ensure clean drinking water across four states by preserving 13,500 square miles of rivers and streams.

Three 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, Pa. from June 3 - 8. The NEW 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.

Two students represented East Stroudsburg University at the Leadership Institute for Undergraduate Women. The institute provides a forum for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) to nurture the leadership potential of women students. The Institute was held at the Mount Asbury Retreat Center in Newville, Pa. June 3-7.

East Stroudsburg University's Sport Management Club was the winner of Pocono Raceway's third annual Pocono College Tour. Four regional universities competed in the sports marketing contest to help promote the first NASCAR race of the season at Pocono Raceway. Teams developed marketing plans, completed surveys, worked with local businesses and planned an event to host Pocono Raceway for a day on their campus.

Once again faculty members at East Stroudsburg University are taking advantage of the summer months to give their students a hands-on learning experience that is different from anything they'll experience in the classroom.

A total of 1,621 students have been named to the Dean's List at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (ESU) for the Spring 2018 semester of the 2017-2018 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.

East Stroudsburg University's women's rugby sevens squad is set to join 15 club teams from across the country at the 2018 Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship in Philadelphia this June.

The East Stroudsburg University Chapter of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, hosted its 43nd annual science honors banquet on April 27 at the Stroudsmoor Country Inn in Stroudsburg, Pa. At the banquet, Sigma Xi honored students from seven departments within the College of Arts and Sciences.

ESU students Zach Waldman and Samuel Neely won first place at the second Lehigh Valley Collegiate Business Pitch Summit on April 26. Their company Falchion Systems is an endpoint cybersecurity organization that protects companies' networks from social engineering attacks. The two computer science majors from Mechanicsburg, Pa., are taking poor user behavior out of the equation when it comes to computer security. With Falchion Systems' software, Bulwark, even if a computer user downloads harmful malware, it won't infect the operating system.

East Stroudsburg University student Raquel Sosa has been elected president of the Student Advisory Committee (SAC) of Active Minds, Inc. Sosa, a junior majoring in psychology from Wilkes-Barre, Pa., is also president of ESU's chapter of Active Minds. Active Minds, Inc. is a national nonprofit organization that empowers students to speak openly about mental health and combats stigma surrounding mental illness through different events and program initiatives. The SAC is comprised of 20 student leaders from the entire Active Minds chapter network of over 400 chapters. The SAC's primary role is to contribute the student voice to Active Minds' efforts and to advise national staff in the areas of student engagement, fundraising, program planning, and promotion. As the SAC president, Sosa will sit on the board of directors for the national organization and attend and participate in board meetings in Washington, D.C.

Several faculty members and students from the East Stroudsburg University's department of communication sciences and disorders attended the March annual conference of the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association in Pittsburgh.

The East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (ESU) chapter of Sigma Phi Omega, the national honor society in gerontology, recently inducted 10 new students into its membership.

A total of 1,205 students will receive degrees from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania at separate commencement exercises for undergraduate and graduate students on May 4 and May 5.

East Stroudsburg University's Department of Nursing hosted its 15th annual Nursing Challenge on April 26 in the Abeloff Center for the Performing Arts.

The University Leadership Award is presented to a graduating senior who has demonstrated leadership in student officer positions and in other extra-curricular activities. It is one of the highest non-academic honors a senior can receive. To be eligible, a student must have attended the university for at least two years and have a cumulative grade point average of 2.60 or above.

Accompanied by Kimberly S. Adams, Ph.D., professor of political science, 26 students from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania took part in The State System Student Leadership Summit on April 24, 2018. The student-focused Leadership Summit provided a unique space for State System student leaders to develop and refine leadership competencies through presentations, breakout sessions, and networking. Each participant had the opportunity to build relationships with a diverse panel of Pennsylvania leaders from Governor Wolf's office, Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, State System's Office of the Chancellor, and the World Affairs Council of Harrisburg.

Wenxiao "Alvin" Shang, a master's degree candidate from Beijing, China, will be the student speaker for East Stroudsburg University's spring graduate commencement ceremony on Friday, May 4, at 6:45 p.m. in Koehler Fieldhouse.

Louis Wein, a graduating communication major from Schwenksville, Pa., is East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania's student speaker for the spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 5, at 8:45 a.m., and Hayley Jackson, a communication sciences & disorders major from Bath, Pa., is the student speaker for the spring commencement ceremony at 1:45 p.m. Both ceremonies will be held in Koehler Fieldhouse

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.

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.

Seven members of East Stroudsburg University's Equestrian team have been named to the All-American Academic team by the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association.

A new Arboretum Guide provides a tour of 48 different species from among the countless trees comprising the 100-acre arboretum, the landscaped portion of the 258-acre campus.

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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.