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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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Professor Selected as Keynote Speaker for Conference

When John Chang, Ph.D., was 19-years-old, a surfing accident in Ocean City, Md., rendered him quadriplegic.

Now an associate psychology professor at East Stroudsburg University, he combines his personal experience and his expertise to enhance the learning environment for students in and out of…

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ESU Selects University Service Award Recipient

Savannah Doyle grew up as the youngest of six children in Philadelphia. Always vying for her parents’ attention, she spent a lot of her time figuring life out on her own. When she was accepted to East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, she worked part time and looked to scholarships and grants to finance her education. But Doyle was not going to let her struggles affect her college experience.

Despite her hectic schedule, she jumped at the chance to get involved on campus. In her four years, she was a student employee in multiple offices on campus, including Admissions, the Student Enrollment Center and the Department of Academic Enrichment and Learning. She was president of the Campus Activities Board (CAB), president of Psi Chi, the international honor society in psychology, and webmaster for the Epsilon Omicron Chapter of Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity. Doyle also served on the board of directors of the Student Activity Association (SAA).

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Faculty and Staff Members Receive PSAHPERD Awards

For Madeline and Chuck Constantine, two outdoor enthusiasts, Stony Acres has always been the perfect fit.

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Procedures and Details for Inclement Weather

In instances of severe weather this winter, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (ESU) reminds students, faculty and staff to tune in to the radio and television stations and websites listed below, or visit the ESU website for updated announcements regarding possible class cancelations, delays and/or university closings.

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Five Doctoral Degrees to be Awarded at Winter Commencement

Five doctoral degrees in administration and leadership studies will be awarded during fall commencement exercises at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania on Saturday, December 12, at 8:45 a.m. in Koehler Fieldhouse.

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Cynthia Boddie-Willis to Speak at Winter Commencement Exercises

Cynthia Boddie-Willis will be the keynote speaker for East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania’s winter commencement ceremony on Saturday, December 12, at 8:45 a.m. in Koehler Fieldhouse.

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Winter 2015 Graduate Student Speaker

John McKnight, a candidate for the Doctor of Education through a collaborative program between East Stroudsburg University and Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), will be the graduate student speaker for the ESU Fall 2015 commencement ceremony on Saturday, December 12, at 8:45 a.m. in Koehler Fieldhouse.

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Communication Studies Major Katie Nork Selected as Undergraduate Speaker for Winter Commencement Ceremony

Katie Nork, a graduating communication studies major from Mountain Top, Pa., is East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania’s student speaker for…

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ESU Sixth in Improving Graduation Rates/Closing Gap For Underrepresented Minority Students

In a report released this week by The Education Trust, Rising Tide: Do College Grad Rate Gains Benefit All Students?, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (ESU) was ranked sixth among the 255 institutions in exhibiting exceptional improvements in graduation rates and diminished gaps for underrepresented minority students (URMs).

The paper looked at six-year graduation rates from 2003-2013 among first-time, full-time students at four-year institutions to determine whether those institutions that have increased overall graduation rates also increased graduation rates for underrepresented students (Latino, African-American, and American Indian students) and reduced gaps between these students and their white peers.

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