ESU Success Stories

ESU Awarded $5 Million National Science Foundation Grant for Continued Scholarships and Research

Today, at a press conference with community college partners, ESU announced a second NSF grant of nearly $5 million ($4,982,181), the largest grant in the University’s history, to continue the University’s work on that original grant which was dubbed Clear Path.

January 6, 2022 - No Comments - Read more

ESU, NCC Partnership Set Career Path for Student

East Stroudsburg University (ESU) interim president Kenneth Long and Northampton Community College (NCC) president Dr. Mark Erickson recently announced an exciting transfer partnership between the two institutions.

August 12, 2021 - No Comments - Read More


Professors and Internship Opportunities Prepared ESU Political Science Student for Career in Harrisburg

Lauryn Antoine didn’t become interested in politics until high school when, she said, “It kind of happened progressively—I fell into it.”

July 21, 2021 - No Comments - Read More


Students Broaden Horizons through International Programs

Travel is one of the best ways to expand our perspectives, meet new people, and learn about different cultures.

July 1, 2021 - No Comments - Read More


ESU Students Don’t Just Study Government, They Run It

When Hafiz Tunis Jr. was appointed to the Upper Darby Council in February 2020 at the age of 23, he was the youngest person ever to serve on the governing body of that township, which has a population larger than the City of Scranton.

May 24, 2021 - No Comments - Read More


ESU Grad Named Pa.’s 2021 Secondary Principal of the Year

Dr. Harrison Bailey III, Principal of Liberty High School in the Bethlehem Area School District (BASD), has been named Pennsylvania’s 2021 Secondary Principal of the Year by the Pennsylvania Principals Association.

May 10, 2021 - No Comments - Read More


Grad Selected for Prestigious Film-Writing Training Program with Universal Studios

It’s been a wild ride that has taken writer Larry Santana ’06 from daily journalism to television production and from the East Coast to the West Coast and back a couple of times. But now that he’s settling into a prestigious film-writing training program, he couldn’t be happier.

December 8, 2020 - No Comments - Read More


New National Guard Benefit Pays ESU Student’s Tuition

For ESU senior Owen Morgan, the new Military Family Education Program came just in time.

October 1, 2020 - No Comments - Read More


Berks County Publisher Finds New Horizons Through ESU Professional and Digital Media Writing Master’s Program

With three academic degrees, her own publishing company and a full-time job as a library director, Christina Steffy might be expected to rest on her laurels.

August 13, 2020 - No Comments - Read More


Interim President Kenneth Long ‘Ideal Person’ to Take the Helm During Volatile Time

Just months into her tenure as East Stroudsburg University’s 13th president, Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D. began searching for a chief financial officer for ESU. One name kept coming up.

July 31, 2020 - No Comments - Read More