New Season of ‘Infinite Opportunities’ Premiers January 29th on PCN

ESU Logo

Posted by: Elizabeth Richardson on January 26, 2017, No Comments

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania will be featured on “Infinite Opportunities,” a weekly, half-hour, public affairs program featuring Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education universities. The show will engage viewers in roundtable discussions with faculty, staff, students and alumni during its third season, which will premiere at 9:30 a.m., Sunday, on the Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN).

The weekly discussions will include a variety of higher education topics, including life as a student, teacher education, opportunities and services for veterans, volunteerism, leadership, performing arts, graduate education, student research, global education, health and science, putting knowledge into practice and giving. Viewers also will “travel” back to the universities each week to learn more about how they address these topics on campus.

“Each of the 14 State System universities will be represented throughout the season,” said Chancellor Frank T. Brogan, who will serve as moderator for the panel discussions. “Every week, we will delve in-depth into a specific topic, then we will visit the various campuses to learn even more about how they are directly serving students and meeting Commonwealth needs. It will be exciting looking into what’s really happening on our campuses.”

The first episode in the new season, which will air this Sunday, will focus on life as a student. It will feature a panel discussion among two Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania students, Ruben Boureau and Angela Mason; and Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Vice President for Student Affairs Dione Summerville. The episode also will include trips to the campuses of Clarion, West Chester and Mansfield universities.

The second episode, which will air Feb. 5, will examine teacher education with panelists Dr. Susan Rimby, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Education at Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania; Dr. Charlton Wolfgang, assistant professor of gifted education at Millersville University of Pennsylvania; and Brooke Keefer, a Millersville University junior majoring in early childhood education. Viewers will travel to Slippery Rock, Lock Haven and East Stroudsburg universities.

The remaining topics for season three and the scheduled air dates are: Veterans, Feb. 12; Volunteerism, Feb. 19; Leadership, Feb. 26; Performing Arts, March 5; Graduate Education, March 12; Student Research, March 19; Global Education, March 26; Health & Science, April 2; Knowledge into Practice; April 9; and Giving, April 16. In addition to being aired at 9:30 a.m. on the date listed, each episode will be shown a second time, at 6 p.m., the following Saturday.

To view episodes from seasons 1 and 2, and season 3 episodes after they air, go to www.passhe.edu/InfiniteOpportunities.

Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education is the largest provider of higher education in the Commonwealth, with more than 100,000 degree-seeking students and thousands more who are enrolled in certificate and other career-development programs. Collectively, the 14 universities that comprise the State System offer more than 2,300 degree and certificate programs in more than 530 academic areas. Nearly 520,000 State System university alumni live in Pennsylvania.

The State System universities are Bloomsburg, California, Cheyney, Clarion, East Stroudsburg, Edinboro, Indiana, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Mansfield, Millersville, Shippensburg, Slippery Rock and West Chester Universities of Pennsylvania. The universities also operate branch campuses in Oil City (Clarion), Freeport and Punxsutawney (IUP), and Clearfield (Lock Haven), and offer classes and programs at several regional centers, including the Dixon University Center in Harrisburg and in Center City in Philadelphia.