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State System Reaches Tentative Agreement with Coaches’ Union

Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education reached a tentative agreement with the union representing coaches at the 14 state-owned universities on Thursday, October 27, 2016.

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Student Senate and Women’s Center Organizes Walk To Raise Awareness Against Sexual Assault

The Student Senate of East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (ESU), in collaboration with ESU’s Women’s Center, the Musical Theatre Organization and Interfraternity Council, will host a Sexual Assault Awareness Walk on Tuesday, November 1, 2016. The walk will begin at the University Courtyard, located directly behind ESU’s University Center on Normal Street in East Stroudsburg at 2:00 p.m., and will end at the University’s Women’s Center, 411 Normal Street.

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Strauser Painting Raffled Off at ESU

The East Stroudsburg University Sterling Strauser Gallery Committee recently partnered with the Pocono Arts Council to raffle off one of two Strauser paintings donated to the Gallery by Bob Moses, chair of the Strauser Gallery Committee. Proceeds from the raffle will help preserve the Strauser collection at ESU.

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ESU Hosts Diwali Night

Diwali Night ’16 will commence with the ceremonial lighting of lamps followed by a short introduction to the meaning of Diwali and other festivities around this time of year. The highlight of this year’s Diwali program is classical Kuchipudi dance by Sridevi Mungara and her students. Mungara has performed in various cities across India and the United States and has given lecture demonstrations for the Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth (SPIC-MACAY) in the U.S. and at the Center for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT), Hyderabad, India.

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ESU Council of Trustees to Hold Meeting this Thursday

The next meeting of the East Stroudsburg University Council of Trustees is scheduled for Thursday, October 27, 2016 in the ESU Innovation Center. Committees and the full board will meet as follows: Committee: Administration and Finance Time: 12: 30 –…

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State System, APSCUF Reach Tentative Agreement, Strike Ends

Harrisburg – Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education and the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF) have reached tentative agreement on a new contract, ending a three-day strike by faculty that began Wednesday. Once final language is…

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East Stroudsburg University and Montgomery County Community College Sign Dual Admission Agreement

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania and Montgomery County Community College have signed a dual admission agreement.

“This collaboration between our institutions only serves to strengthen our partnership and demonstrates the commitment by ESU and Montgomery County Community College to student success,” said ESU President Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D. “A dual admission agreement will help to create a smooth transfer of credits for students who are coming to ESU from Montgomery County Community College with an associates degree.”

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ESU Calls for MLK Award Nominations

Nominations are being accepted for the 2017 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards, which will be presented at the 20th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Celebration Breakfast at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania on Monday, January 16, 2017 at 8 a.m. in the Mattioli Recreation Center. Nominees for the awards should exemplify characteristics of Dr. King’s philosophy of non-violence, equality, justice, cultural diversity and respect for humanity.

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Provost’s Colloquium Series at ESU to Present Talk and Art Exhibit, Cellblock Visions: “Set Free in the Penitentiary”

As part of East Stroudsburg University’s Provost’s Colloquium Series, Phyllis Kornfeld, art workshop facilitator and curator of the upcoming exhibit Cellblock Visions, “Set Free in the Penitentiary,” will discuss the exhibit Thursday, November 3 at 3 p.m. in Cecilia S. Cohen Recital Hall of ESU’s Fine and Performing Arts Center, Normal and Marguerite streets, East Stroudsburg.

The talk will open an exhibition, which will feature paintings, drawings and objects created by men and women prisoners in six states and can be viewed in University’s Madelon Powers Gallery November 1-22.

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ESU Theatre Students Not Scared by Service Learning Project

Whether you meet Little Red Riding Hood or Freddie Krueger on the trail around East Stroudsburg’s Zacharias Pond Park this Saturday night, October 22, you’ll be meeting a Warrior.

More than 50 members of East Stroudsburg University’s two student theatre groups, Stage II and the Musical Theatre Organization (MTO), will be portraying characters for two different versions of the Stroud Region Open Space and Recreation Commission’s Haunted Trail—a Friendly Trail from 6-8 p.m. and a Scary Trail from 8-10 p.m.

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