ESU’s History and Geography Departments Celebrate Merger, Effective Spring 2015

Last month, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania President Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D., announced the merging of the history and geography departments.

The merger, effective Spring 2015, was a cause for a celebration at the university this afternoon. “This merger marks an exciting synergy between two departments committed to what is best for our students,” noted President Welsh. 

“It is a union of two highly compatible departments who will combine their interests and expertise in ways that enhance the curricula. The new structure enables the geography department to maintain its disciplinary identity while creating an interdisciplinary synergy and cost efficiency necessary to be sustainable.

The history department will also benefit from this merger as geography is an essential part of social studies education.”

Participating in this afternoon’s festivities, pictured from left to right, are: Provost Van A. Reidhead, Ph.D., Jeffrey W. Hardy, Ph.D., associate professor of geography; President Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D., Don Dellipriscoli, assistant professor of history and chair of the newly merged department of history and geography; Shixiong Hu, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of geography; Peter Hawkes, Ph.D., dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; and Jeffery Weber, Ph.D., associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

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