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National Center for Higher Education Management Systems to Assist State System with Strategic Review

The National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) will assist Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education in conducting a strategic review of the System’s overall operations—including those at each of the universities and in the Office of the Chancellor—and will make recommendations for changes that may be necessary to help ensure the System’s long-term future.

March 13, 2017 - No Comments - Read more

Students Prepare for Inaugural European Spring Academy in Germany

Photo Caption: East Stroudsburg University students will be traveling to Otzenhausen, Germany for a 13 day study abroad experience. Pictured from left to right: Matthew Deegan, Christopher Cummings, Anthony Honorowski, Daren Sealey, William Evans, Johalys Marte Reyes, James Gerrish, Nicholas Jauch, Sarah Kendl, Mackenzie Strunk, Dr. Leif Johan Eliasson.

Students at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania are taking part in a new collaborative program with West Chester University and the European Academy in Otzenhausen, Germany. Ten ESU students will attend the inaugural “European Spring Academy: Transatlantic Relations” seminar at the European Academy in Otzenhausen March 9 – 21.

March 7, 2017 - No Comments - Read More

Yvonne Troiani Sweeney Lecture Series for Nursing Enrichment to be held at ESU

Yvonne Troiani Sweeney’78 always had passion for the well-being of her patients. She dedicated her life to her nursing career that spanned 30 years after earning her bachelor’s degree in nursing from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (ESU) and a graduate degree in nursing from Villanova. Her colleagues and patients became her second family. Nursing led her to leadership roles at what is now the Lehigh Valley Health Network, Franklin Square Hospital in Maryland, Albert Einstein Medical Center and the Geisinger Health System. Wherever her occupation led her, she became an inspiration to others for the incredible level of care she delivered every day.

March 7, 2017 - No Comments - Read More

Provost’s Colloquium Series Continues with La Traviata: The World’s Most Beloved Opera

As part of East Stroudsburg University’s Spring 2017 Provost’s Colloquium Series, Opera enthusiasts Eugene Galperin, associate professor of mathematics, and James Maroney, associate professor of music, will give a talk titled La Traviata: The World’s Most Beloved Opera on Wednesday, March 8 at 5:30 -7:00 p.m. in the Cecilia S. Cohen Recital Hall of ESU’s Fine and Performing Arts Center, Normal and Marguerite streets, East Stroudsburg.

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State System posts FAQs on Strategic System Review

The planned strategic review of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education, which includes East Stroudsburg University, continues to draw significant public interest, and to generate a number of questions related to what will be the eventual outcome of that review.

March 1, 2017 - No Comments - Read More

Faculty and Students Set to Present at Eastern Psychological Association Annual Conference

Founded in 1896, the Eastern Psychological Association is the oldest regional Psychological Association in the United States. The goal of EPA is to advance the science and profession through the dissemination of professional information about the field of psychology. The annual conference attracts approximately 2,000 professors, graduate students, and undergraduate students in psychology from New England and the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

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ESU Student Named Semifinalist in 6th Annual PA State System Business Plan Competition

East Stroudsburg University senior Tammy Tuckey was selected as one of 17 semifinalists in the 6^thAnnual Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Student Business Plan Competition. Tuckey, a business management major, submitted her business, The Tiara Talk Show, a YouTube channel talk show featuring actors, composers and cast members of the Walt Disney Company or its subsidiaries, in the competition. More than 200 students from across the Commonwealth competed in this year’s competition. Student finalists will be selected in early March and the winners will be announced at the Business Plan Awards Ceremony scheduled for Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at the Dixon University Center in Harrisburg.

February 23, 2017 - No Comments - Read More

Provost’s Colloquium Series Continues with Hitchcock Reframed

As part of East Stroudsburg University’s Spring 2017 Provost’s Colloquium Series, Stephanie Daventry French, professor of theatre and Paul Lippert, professor of communication, will give a talk titled Hitchcock Reframed on Tuesday, February 28, at 6:30 p.m. in the Cecilia S. Cohen Recital Hall of ESU’s Fine and Performing Arts Center, Normal and Marguerite streets, East Stroudsburg.

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Provost’s Colloquium Series Continues at ESU

The Office of the Provost at East Stroudsburg University announces the spring 2017 continuation of its Provost’s Colloquium Series, intended to create an exciting and intellectually rich forum on campus in which students, members of the regional community and faculty can share ideas and engage in inquiry and lively debate on a broad range of current topics.

February 14, 2017 - No Comments - Read More

ESU Presents The 39 Steps

“Hitchcock meets hilarious” is how Director Stephanie Daventry French, professor of theatre, described the upcoming production of The 39 Steps, a lighthearted adaptation by Patrick Barlow of the classic film, which is being presented February 28 – March 5 by East Stroudsburg University’s Department of Theatre.

To bring this 2008 Drama Desk award winner, with an abundance of zany characters and fast-paced action, to the ESU stage, French and set designer Emma McDonough, a junior from Matamoras, Pa. majoring in technical theater, have reconfigured the interior of the Fine and Performing Arts Center’s Dale Snow Theatre to provide multiple playing areas for the comedy’s many scenes.