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Thesis of the Year Awarded to High School Teacher

Before the end of the spring 2018 semester, ESU announced the Thesis of the Year Award. The award was given to Jeremy Goff for his thesis “The Ethnic Succession of Gangs and Organized Crime in Chicago, 1846-1933.” Goff earned a Master of Arts in history in 2017.

May 22, 2018 - No Comments - Read more

Former Gates Foundation Director Selected as State System of Higher Education’s Next Chancellor

Underscoring its commitment to ensuring student success and to its efforts to redesign the State System for the future, the Board of Governors of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education today selected a national leader in higher education to serve as the next chancellor.

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ESU Business Accelerator Companies Win Competitions

ESU students Zach Waldman and Nick Neely won first place at the second Lehigh Valley Collegiate Business Pitch Summit on April 26. Their company Falchion Systems is an endpoint cybersecurity organization that protects companies’ networks from social engineering attacks.

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Board of Governors to Meet to Consider Selection of Next Chancellor

The Board of Governors of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education will meet by conference call at noon, Monday, May 21, to consider the selection of the State System’s next chancellor.

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ESU Faculty and Staff Publish Article, Chapter

ESU is pleased to announce that Beth Rajan Sockman, Ph.D., Olivia Carducci, Ph.D., Laurene Clossey, Ph.D., LuAnn Batson-Magnuson, Ph.D., Gene White, Ph.D., Adrian Wehmeyer, Holly Wells, Ph.D., Grant Rauch, and Sharon A. Brown, have been published recently.

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President’s Distinguished Medals to be Presented at 125th Anniversary Dinner

ESU President Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D., announced today the recipients of the inaugural President’s Distinguished Medals: Robert M. Moses of Shawnee On Delaware, William B. Cramer, Esq. of Stroudsburg, and the R. Dale and Frances M. Hughes Foundation of Stroudsburg.

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Mount Airy Foundation Awards $20,000 Grant for Community Athletic Improvement Project

ESU and the East Stroudsburg University Foundation have been awarded a grant of $20,000 from Mount Airy Foundation to support the Community Athletic Complex Improvement Project at Creekview Park in Stroudsburg. The funding will assist with renovations and improvements to the ESSA and Hughes Field Complex at Creekview Park.

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ESU Announces Two University Leadership Award Winners

A passion for serving students and a dedication to the university earned both Louis Wein and Anja Whitehead the University Leadership Award at the spring commencement exercises on Saturday, May 5.

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Sigma Xi Hosts 43rd Annual Science Honors Banquet

The ESU Chapter of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, hosted its 43^nd annual science honors banquet on April 27 at the Stroudsmoor Country Inn in Stroudsburg, Pa. At the banquet, Sigma Xi honored students from seven departments within the College of Arts and Sciences.

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