While summer months often summon thoughts of vacations, beaches, camping, baseball and more, the Admissions team at East Stroudsburg University is gearing up for a 13-stop tour through Pennsylvania, Northern New Jersey and New York, to meet prospective students where they live. The initiative, appropriately named \u201cApply in July,\u201d will be a series of in-person events that enable prospective students and their family members to meet members of ESU\u2019s staff, and students, in person and virtually, close to home, and apply for admission to ESU.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know how precious the summer can be for students and their families. It\u2019s generally a time for relaxation and rejuvenation, but we also know that this can be prime time for high school graduates and rising seniors to visit colleges and universities and to make some serious decisions about their journey into higher education\u201d said Karen Lucas, ESU\u2019s vice president for enrollment management.\u00a0\u201cOur \u2018Apply in July\u2019 initiative is intended to introduce ESU to interested students where they are. It allows us to answer important questions about applying, financial aid and housing without the travel time to campus when they might rather spend part of their day at the pool, socializing, or working to earn money for their college education.\u00a0While we hope high school graduates and seniors visit with us, we want to be inclusive of transfer students and non-traditional students looking for an outstanding academic experience. We\u2019ve done some marketing of the \u2018Apply in July\u2019 initiative but we also welcome walk-ins to stop by.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Lucas, the \u201cApply in July\u201d visits will occur weekly throughout the month, every Tuesday through Thursday.\u00a0Locations for the 2021 initiative were selected based on historical data indicating where ESU students come from. Admissions staff members and students will be available from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 2 to 4 p.m., and 5 to 7 p.m. at each stop to greet prospective students and families.\u00a0Plans are also in place to have members of the ESU campus community \u2013 specifically individuals from financial aid, \u2013 available virtually to answer questions and help families navigate the complexity of the college admission process.<\/p>\n
\u201cApply in July\u201d will conclude with an invitation to all students and families to visit ESU\u2019s campus on Saturday, July 31 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. to take a tour and to participate in Instant Decision Day, an opportunity to meet with a college official and receive a same-day admission offer.<\/p>\n
ESU \u201cApply in July\u201d 2021 Calendar<\/strong><\/p>\n Tuesday, July 6 – Edison, N.J.<\/strong><\/p>\n Hilton Garden Inn Edison\/Raritan Center<\/p>\n 50 Raritan Center Pkwy, Edison, NJ 08837<\/p>\n Wednesday, July 7 – North Philadelphia, Pa.<\/strong><\/p>\n Courtyard Philadelphia City Avenue<\/p>\n 4100 Presidential Boulevard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131<\/p>\n Thursday, July 8 – West Philadelphia, Pa.<\/strong><\/p>\n Sonesta Philadelphia Downtown Rittenhouse Square<\/p>\n 1800 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19103<\/p>\n Tuesday, July 13 – King of Prussia, Pa.<\/strong><\/p>\n Crown Plaza<\/p>\n 260 Mall Blvd, King of Prussia, PA 19406<\/p>\n Wednesday, July 14 – Doylestown, Pa.<\/strong><\/p>\n Homewood Suites by Hilton Doylestown, PA<\/p>\n 2650 Kelly Road, Warrington, PA 18976<\/p>\n Thursday, July 15 – Media, Pa.<\/strong><\/p>\n Comfort Inn & Suites<\/p>\n 1110 Baltimore Pike, Glen Mills, PA 19342<\/p>\n Tuesday, July 20 – Garden City, N.Y.<\/strong><\/p>\n Homewood Suites by Hilton Carle Place, Garden City, NY<\/p>\n 40 Westbury Ave, Carle Place, NY 11514<\/p>\n Wednesday, July 21 – Dickson City, Pa.<\/strong><\/p>\n Hampton Inn Scranton At Montage Mountain<\/p>\n 22 Montage Mountain Rd, Scranton, PA 18507<\/p>\n Thursday, July 22 – Wilkes-Barre, Pa.<\/strong><\/p>\n Hilton Garden Inn Wilkes Barre<\/p>\n 242 Highland Park Boulevard, Wilkes-Barre Township, PA 18702<\/p>\n Tuesday, July 27 – Lehigh Valley, Pa.<\/strong><\/p>\n ESU LVH Center, Bethlehem<\/p>\n 60 W Broad St, Bethlehem, PA 18018<\/p>\n Wednesday, July 28 – Reading, Pa.<\/strong><\/p>\n Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Reading<\/p>\n 701 Penn St, Reading, PA 19601<\/p>\n Thursday, July 29 – Harrisburg, Pa.<\/strong><\/p>\n Hilton Harrisburg<\/p>\n 1 N 2nd St, Harrisburg, PA 17101<\/p>\n Saturday, July 31\u00a0– ESU campus<\/strong><\/p>\n 200 Prospect Street, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" While summer months often summon thoughts of vacations, beaches, camping, baseball and more, the Admissions team at ESU is gearing up for a 13-stop tour through Pennsylvania, Northern New Jersey and New York, to meet prospective students where they live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-news-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21020"}],"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=21020"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21024,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21020\/revisions\/21024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}