As the job market continues to change, especially as businesses and industry cope with the COVID pandemic, East Stroudsburg University reminds the community-at-large of its 13 certificate programs that are designed to increase or update one\u2019s knowledge in a variety of fields.<\/p>\n
\u201cA certificate is a great way to start or continue your education and bolster your resume,\u201d says Joanne Z. Bruno, J.D. provost and vice president for academic affairs. \u201cEach certificate program at ESU is personally developed by faculty with expertise in a wide range of topics. Whether someone is hoping to upskill in their current career, start a new career, or simply further their education, a certificate can be the best way to achieve their goal.\u201d<\/p>\n
For recent ESU graduates Sergio Bortolon and Joseph Grelecki, a certificate was a way to expand their knowledge. Bortolon, a May 2020 graduate, majored in business management with a concentration in marketing. During his studies he wanted to chase another interest, but didn\u2019t want to change his major. \u201cI\u2019ve always had a passion for art and technology,\u201d Bortolon said. \u201cESU\u2019s 3D printing & product design certificate was the perfect blend of those two things. I knew pursuing this certificate along with my bachelor\u2019s degree would expand my career possibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n
The certificate program did, indeed, open doors for Bortolon. During an internship with TickCheck, a university-affiliated lab based in East Stroudsburg, dedicated to providing fast, high-quality tick testing, he designed a tick removal spoon that was manufactured to aid in tick removal. He and the TickCheck team are hoping that the tool will be on the market soon. The internship not only grew Bortolon\u2019s 3D printing and product design portfolio, but also enabled him to take part in the company\u2019s market research, which was beneficial to the work he was doing in his business classes. \u201cIn addition to tackling new skills associated with design, the internship allowed me to understand the growing 3D printing industry as a business.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grelecki graduated in 2018 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in social work. He knew he wanted a career in the clinical setting so he explored the option of minoring in psychology. However, he found the crisis intervention certificate was a much better fit for him. \u201cThis certificate program offered exactly what I needed and wanted,\u201d Grelecki said. \u201cThe professors were amazing and the real life examples that were taught as part of the coursework for the certificate prepared me for my internship with Sailsbury Behavior Health.\u201d In fact, Sailsbury Behavior Health was so impressed with his knowledge during his internship he was hired full time upon graduating. \u201cA certificate program is a great opportunity for someone who doesn\u2019t want to, or can\u2019t, commit to a double major, a minor, or even a degree program. The classes you take to complete the program will give you a huge leg up in your career,\u201d Grelecki said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhether you\u2019re a current student and want to pursue multiple interests, or you\u2019re simply looking to expand your knowledge without the commitment of a degree, a certificate program at ESU could be a great fit,\u201d Provost Bruno said.<\/p>\n
ESU currently offers certificate programs in 3D printing and product design, business writing, crisis intervention, data visualization, drug abuse prevention, environmental health, geographic information systems (GIS), global health, health emergency preparedness, health project management, medical marijuana and public health, nutrition, and sport performance coaching.<\/p>\n
For more information about ESU certificate programs visit esu.edu\/certificates<\/a>. To learn more about applying to ESU or plan a visit to campus, contact the Office of Admissions by calling 570-422-3542 or visit esu.edu\/admissions<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As the job market continues to change, especially as businesses and industry cope with the COVID pandemic, ESU reminds the community-at-large of its 13 certificate programs that are designed to increase or update one\u2019s knowledge in a variety of fields.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":20256,"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-20173","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\/20173"}],"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=20173"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20176,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20173\/revisions\/20176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}