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ESU Awarded It’s On Us PA Grant for Third Year

ESU has received funding through the 2019-20 Governor’s It’s On Us PA Grant Program from the Governor’s Office and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

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Fall 2019 Dean’s List Announced

A total of 1,513 students have been named to the Dean’s List at ESU for the Fall 2019 semester of the 2019-2020 academic year.

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ESU’s Thirteenth President, Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D., Announces Retirement After Eight Years of Service

After eight years at the helm, ESU President Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D., announced her retirement on Friday, January 17 in a statement to University colleagues and friends.

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ESU To Launch Second Installation of Inclusion Poster Project

ESU’s departments of art + design and modern languages, philosophy, and religion produced the second installation of The Inclusion Poster Project, a student art-and-design exhibit aimed at fostering dialogue about how the University’s scholarly community can promote inclusion and diversity.

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Madelon Powers Gallery at ESU to Present 12 Shouts to the Ten Forgotten Heavens

ESU’s Madelon Powers Gallery will present 12 Shouts to the Ten Forgotten Heavens, a retrospective exhibition/installation and performance by theatre artist Sibyl Kempson from February 3-March 6, 2020.

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State System Faces “Turning Point” in Transformation and Public Investment

Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education Chancellor Dan Greenstein delivered Wednesday the annual State of the System address by outlining a bold vision for 2020 and called on strategic partners, especially members of the General Assembly, to choose to invest in affordable and accessible public education.

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ESU Sponsors Google Speaker Intended to Teach Bethlehem Businesses Growth at Chamber Event, January 22

ESU and Capital Blue are co-sponsors of an upcoming presentation “Grow With Google,” organized by the Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce and the Small Business Council of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce.

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Award Winners Set to be Recognized at 23rd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast

ESU selected the winners for the 2020 Boddie Scholarship, Martin Luther King Jr. awards, and the Julianna V. Bolt Art Contest.

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Theatre Students Perform at Borough Tree Lighting

Students from ESU’s theatre department shared their talents with the community during the East Stroudsburg borough tree lighting December 6 at the Dansbury Depot.

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Julianna V. Bolt Art Contest Winners Selected for the 23rd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Breakfast

Clavertis Miller, member, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Planning Committee; Pat Lincoln, general manager of WSBG; Wayne Bolt, husband of the late Julianna V. Bolt and member of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Planning Committee; and Joni Oye-Benintende, ESU associate professor and chair of art help judge the annual Julianna V. Bolt Art Contest Awards on December 13.

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