{"id":14849,"date":"2016-09-28T08:43:56","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T12:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quantumnew.esu.edu\/insider\/?p=14849"},"modified":"2016-09-28T09:12:49","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T13:12:49","slug":"esu-welcomes-families-to-campus-and-the-pocono-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/esu-welcomes-families-to-campus-and-the-pocono-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"ESU Welcomes Families to Campus and the Pocono Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania invites community members to campus for Family Weekend activities, Friday, September 30, through Sunday, October 2. Weekend events are designed to welcome students\u2019 families to ESU and to familiarize them with the campus, businesses and activities within the greater Pocono region. The weekend will celebrate parents, grandparents, siblings and extended family with activities for all ages and interests. The Schisler Museum of Wildlife & Natural History and McMunn Planetarium will have tours and shows, there will be craft stations, an inflatable and face painting before the sporting events.\u00a0 Among the activities this year will be a 3D printing demonstration and a Partnership Passport<\/em> initiative designed to engage the university with the local community. Participants will receive a 3D-printed key along with their Partnership Passport<\/em>, which includes businesses on Crystal Street that will be welcoming ESU families and stamping their passports. When a family gets six stamps they can use their 3D key to open a box and receive a prize. ESU will provide shuttles to Crystal Street.<\/p>\n

Other events on campus throughout the weekend include:<\/p>\n

Academic<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Robotics Road<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, October 1<\/p>\n

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Linden Hall Main Lounge<\/p>\n

Observe Dr. Robert Marmelstein conduct a robotics demonstration and see a display of footage from past competitions.<\/p>\n

Experiment Express <\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, October 1<\/p>\n

12 p.m. to 3 p.m., Linden Quad<\/p>\n

ESU Chemistry students will assist children in performing kid-friendly experiments.<\/p>\n

Humanitarian\/ Community Service\u00a0 <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Empty Bowls Project<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, October 1<\/p>\n

11 a.m. to 1 p.m., University Center<\/p>\n

The Empty Bowls initiative supports the mission to raise awareness of hunger through education and action. Purchase lunch and a handcrafted bowl created by ESU students. All proceeds will be donated to the local Salvation Army Food Bank in East Stroudsburg.<\/p>\n

Theatre <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Pocono Cinema Court <\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, October 1<\/p>\n

3:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., Pocono Cinema & Cultural Center, Courtland Street<\/p>\n

Enjoy a FREE screening of the 1991 movie \u201cHook\u201d starting Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman.<\/p>\n

Car Show<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Classic Car Show Circle<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, October 1<\/p>\n

9 a.m. to 1 p.m., College Circle<\/p>\n

Monroe Country Cruisers will provide a wonderful show for classic car enthusiasts.<\/p>\n

Athletics<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

ESU vs. California University of Pennsylvania <\/strong><\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Soccer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday, September 30<\/p>\n

1 p.m., Eiler-Martin Stadium<\/p>\n

ESU vs. California University of Pennsylvania<\/strong><\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Volleyball <\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday, September 30<\/p>\n

7 p.m., Koehler Fieldhouse<\/p>\n

ESU vs. California University of Pennsylvania<\/strong><\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Soccer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, October 1<\/p>\n

12 p.m., Eiler-Martin Stadium<\/p>\n

ESU vs. Seton Hill<\/strong><\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Volleyball<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, October 1<\/p>\n

1 p.m., Koehler Fieldhouse<\/p>\n

ESU vs. Indiana University of Pennsylvania <\/strong><\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Soccer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, October 1<\/p>\n

2:30 p.m., Eiler-Martin Stadium<\/p>\n

ESU vs. Cheyney University \u2013 It\u2019s a \u201cRed Out,\u201d so wear your Warrior red! <\/strong><\/p>\n

Football<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, October 1<\/p>\n

6:05 p.m., Eiler-Martin Stadium<\/p>\n

For a complete schedule of Family Weekend events visit esu.edu\/familyweekend<\/a>. For more information about ESU\u2019s Family Weekend, please contact Kelly Weaber at 570-422-3105, or kweaber@esu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania invites community members to campus for Family Weekend activities, Friday, September 30, through Sunday, October 2. Weekend events are designed to welcome students\u2019 families to ESU and to familiarize them with the campus, businesses and activities within the greater Pocono region. The weekend will celebrate parents, grandparents, siblings and extended family with activities for all ages and interests.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":14852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[143,42,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-news-release","category-slider"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14849"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14849"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14856,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14849\/revisions\/14856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}