ESU Students Present to the PASSHE Board of Governors

Posted by: Elizabeth Richardson on April 7, 2017, No Comments

East Stroudsburg University students, faculty and administration were present at the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s quarterly Board of Governors Meeting on Thursday, April 6, 2017. Graduate student Blaise Delfino spoke to the board about his experiences in the PASSHE Business Plan Competition. Delfino won the competition in 2016 and has since had much success launching his business, Fader Plugs. Members of ESU’s student run design agency, New Mind Design presented to the board about work they have done individual clients within the regional community, including the design and building of a prosthetic leg for a duck.

Photo 1 (top):  East Stroudsburg University students majoring in integrated art + design represent New Mind Design, a student run design agency at the PASSHE Board of Governors meeting. From left to right: Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D., president of East Stroudsburg University; Darlene Farris-LaBar, professor of art + design; Amanda Amodeo, a senior and student design director of New Mind Design, from Middletown, N.J.; Alisha Rohrer a senior from Carlisle, Pa.; Rachael Swartz, a junior from Hackettstown, N.J.; and Sam Tabsh, a senior from Allentown, Pa.; and Joanne Bruno, J.D., provost and vice president of academic affairs.

Photo 2 (right): Blaise Delfino, a graduate student studying speech – language pathology from Bethlehem, Pa. addresses the PASSHE Board of Governors.