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ESU Hosts Book Signing for Student Author December 1

In 1975 David Good’s father, Kenneth, travelled to the Amazon jungle as a graduate student to study the isolated Yanomami tribe—a people then virtually untouched by western civilization. Eventually he became a familiar and trusted presence within the community. So much so, that the village leader declared Kenneth “one of them” and insisted he take a wife.

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ESU Presents Holiday Festival, December 4

East Stroudsburg University’s Mu Epsilon chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi, the honorary band fraternity, invites the campus and community to a holiday festival on Friday, December 4 at 8 p.m. outside Abeloff Center for the Performing Arts on ESU’s College Circle.

Anyone who plays a musical instrument is invited to join the festival ensemble. Registration for musicians will be held from 6-7 p.m. in the Abeloff Center, followed by a one-hour rehearsal. There is a $5 registration fee for musicians, which includes a surprise gift.

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Theatre Department Presents Winter Band Concert on December 6

The University / Community Concert Band at East Stroudsburg University will present a concert featuring an eclectic musical mix on Sunday, December 6 at 7 p.m. in Cecilia S. Cohen Recital Hall of ESU’s Fine and Performing Arts Center, Normal and Marguerite streets, East Stroudsburg.

Featured pieces include: Handel’s Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; John Williams: Symphonic Sound Tracks; A Christmas Fantasia; and works by contemporary American composers Robert Sheldon and Rossano Galante. Lance Rauh, temporary instructor in the theatre department, is director of the concert band.

The concert, sponsored by the department of theatre, is open to the public at no cost.

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ESU Hosts Meet the Author and Book Signing, November 30

When Fernando Alcántar’s immigrated to the United States at 18 years old, he converted to Protestant Christianity and looked to his faith for comfort. While attending a Christian University in Los Angeles for his undergraduate and graduate studies, Alcántar worked to oversee hundreds of ministries, churches, and missionaries, and eventually became a director of ministries to young people for the California-Hawaii region of the United Methodist Church.

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ESU Professors and Students Present Research at Conference

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ESU Economic Students Attend Cato Institute

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ESU Calls for MLK Award Nominations

Presented at the 19th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Celebration Breakfast at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania on Monday, January 18, 2015 at 8 a.m. in the Mattioli Recreation Center.

Three awards will be presented. One award will go to a member of the ESU community, the second award will go to an ESU student, and the third award will go to a member of the regional community. Candidates from the community must be actively involved in Monroe County working to improve the community in ways such as advocating for education, working with children and youth, underprivileged and underrepresented groups, etc. ESU candidates must be currently employed by the university as a faculty member, staff member, or administrator. ESU student candidates must be currently enrolled for at least two full-time semesters with a minimum grade point average of 3.0.

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