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Rehearsals to be Held for East Stroudsburg University Concert Band

Brass, percussion and woodwind musicians with previous band experience are welcome to join the East Stroudsburg University Concert Band as it prepares for its Sunday, May 1 concert. The program will feature a wide variety of music from the wind band repertoire.

Rehearsals are on Mondays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., starting January 25 in the Cecilia S. Cohen Recital Hall at the University’s Fine and Performing Arts Center, Normal and Marguerite streets, East Stroudsburg. Community members are welcome and asked to join no later than Monday, February 15.

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ESU Announces African American Heritage Month Events

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania is celebrating African American Heritage Month with a series of events beginning on February 2.

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania is celebrating African American Heritage Month with a series of events beginning on February 2. Highlights include a hip hop dance class, an entrepreneurs’ expo, a motivational talk with emotional fitness coach Deborah Cofer, and a Throwback Thursday 90s dance party.

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ESU Hosts Business Accelerator Workshop: The Power of the Inbox, January 20

The workshop, which will be held on January 20 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. in room 333 of the Innovation Center, aims to educate professionals on effective e-mail marketing and crafting e-mails that leave powerful first impressions.

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Student Activity Association Partners with Monroe County Meals on Wheels to Give Back to Community

The staff spent two days delivering over 165 meals to several homes in Monroe County.

Staff from the Student Activity Association (SAA) at East Stroudsburg University partnered with the Monroe County Meals on Wheels last month. The staff spent two days delivering over 165 meals to several homes in Monroe County.

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Television Series Featuring ESU Set for Second Season Premiere on PCN, January 17

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ESyou Honoree: Lourdes O’Kane

Congratulations to ESyou Honoree Lourdes O’Kane

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ESU to Recognize Award Winners at 19th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania selected the winners for the 2016 Boddie Scholarship, Martin Luther King Jr. awards, and the Julianna V. Bolt Art Contest.

The winners will be recognized at the 19th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Breakfast, which will be held on January 18 in the Mattioli Recreation Center on ESU’s campus from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

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ESU Hosts Workshop: Computer Security for the Law Firm

The East Stroudsburg University (ESU) Office of Workforce Development and the ESU Foundation are sponsoring the workshop Computer Security for the Law Firm on Friday, January 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Innovation Center.

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Four-Time Olympian, Author and Businesswoman Joetta Clark Diggs Selected as Keynote Speaker for Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Breakfast

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania selected Joetta Clark Diggs, 1988, 1992, 1996 & 2000 Olympian, as the keynote speaker for the 19th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Breakfast, which will be held on Monday, January 18, 2016 at 8 a.m. in the Mattioli Recreation Center.

Joetta Clark Diggs is a track and field legend and one of the greatest athletes of her generation. Many have called Clark Diggs America’s greatest middle distance runner ever. Her prolific athletic career spanned nearly three decades as a four-time Olympian competing in the 800 meters in the 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympics. Some of her most recent awards are: Inducted into the University of Tennessee Hall of Fame 2001, USA National Track & Field Hall of Fame 2009, The New Jersey Hall of Fame, 2013 and the Star-Ledger named her “New Jersey’s Woman Athlete of the Century.” Additionally, Joetta Clark Diggs was selected as the Women’s Olympic Team Captain for the 2000 Olympic Games and was ranked in the top 10 in the 800 meters in the United States for 22 consecutive years. She graduated from the University of Tennessee as a 15-Time All American, 9-Time NCAA Champion and 11-Time All-Southeastern Conference Champion.

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Judges Select Winners of Julianna V. Bolt Art Contest to be Recognized at Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Breakfast, January 18

Volunteers from the community and East Stroudsburg University judged artwork submitted from high school students in Monroe County as part of the Julianna V. Bolt Art Contest on Tuesday, December 15, 2015. Kirsten McCorquodale from Stroudsburg High School won first place, Ellis Rowland from Stroudsburg High School earned second place and Rachel Bezenyon from Pleasant Valley High School was awarded third place.  The winners will be recognized at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Breakfast on Monday, January 18, 2016, from 8 to 10 a.m. in ESU’s Mattioli Recreation Center.

Place winners, who are invited to the breakfast, will receive sweatshirts that have been donated by the ESU bookstore. The winner will be awarded an additional gift supplied by Wayne Bolt, who is a proud sponsor of the breakfast and husband of the late Julianna Bolt, for whom the art contest is named.

The contest originally began as an essay contest in 2000, but transitioned a few years later to an art contest. There were 60 entries this year.

“We wanted to make it more fun,” MLK Celebration Breakfast committee member Geryl Kinsel said. “An essay contest seemed like homework for the kids.”

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