East Stroudsburg University invites community members to campus for its annual Family Weekend activities, Friday, September 17, through Sunday, September 19. The weekend is designed to bring campus and community together, and introduce students\u2019 family members to the campus and surrounding Pocono Mountains region. Families can learn more about their students\u2019 lives at ESU, as well as participate in fun events held by ESU and local businesses.<\/p>\n
The weekend will host events on campus for all ages and interests. Legacy families are invited to a breakfast reception on the Main Quad with Interim President Kenneth Long for the annual Pinning Ceremony and their induction into the ESU Legacy Program. The Schlisler Museum of Wildlife and Natural History and McMunn Planetarium will offer tours and a film, free for ESU students. President Long will also host a reception with first-generation students. On Sunday, ESU will welcome the community as it hosts the Pocono Latin Fest.<\/p>\n
Some events on campus throughout the weekend that will be open to the general public include:<\/p>\n
Highlights:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Drag Bingo<\/strong><\/p>\n Friday, September 17<\/p>\n 7-9 p.m., Main Quad<\/p>\n Drag Queens Sharon Ann Husbands and Carol Ann Carol Ann will call BINGO.<\/p>\n Classic Car Show <\/strong><\/p>\n Saturday, September 18<\/p>\n 9 a.m.-1 p.m., College Circle, ESU<\/p>\n Monroe County Cruisers will provide a great show of collector cars for classic car enthusiasts.<\/p>\n Esports Room Ribbon Cutting<\/strong><\/p>\n Saturday, September 18<\/p>\n 10:30 a.m., Mattioli Recreation Center<\/p>\n The new esports room features 10 gaming stations that include Alienware Aurora gaming PCs, Dell monitors, Alienware gaming mice and Alienware RGB keyboards. There are three console stations with Xboxes and Nintendo Switches, gaming chairs and headsets and much more.<\/p>\n Warrior Bash<\/strong><\/p>\n Saturday, September 18<\/p>\n 3-5 p.m., Main Quad<\/p>\n Celebrate your ESU pride with sand art, stuff-a-plush, and more.<\/p>\n Family Movie Night<\/strong><\/p>\n Saturday, September 18<\/p>\n 8 p.m., Main Quad<\/p>\n The whole family can enjoy a screening of Raya and the Last Dragon<\/p>\n Pocono Latin Fest<\/strong><\/p>\n Sunday, September 19<\/p>\n 12-6 p.m., Pit Parking Lot<\/p>\n ESU is proud to host a day of authentic Latin food, music, and fun<\/p>\n Athletics<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Field Hockey<\/strong><\/p>\n ESU vs. Lindenwood<\/p>\n Saturday, September 18<\/p>\n 11 a.m., Whitenight Field<\/p>\n Football<\/strong><\/p>\n ESU vs. Mercyhurst<\/p>\n Saturday, September 18<\/p>\n 1:05 pm., Eiler-Martin Stadium<\/p>\n Women\u2019s Soccer<\/strong><\/p>\n ESU vs. Mansfield<\/p>\n Saturday, September 18<\/p>\n 7 p.m., Eiler-Martin Stadium<\/p>\n For a complete schedule of Family Weekend events and event ticket prices please visit esu.edu\/family-weekend<\/a>. For more information about Pocono Latin Fest visit poconolatinfest.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ESU invites community members to campus for its annual Family Weekend activities, Friday, September 17, through Sunday, September 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":21150,"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-21148","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\/21148"}],"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=21148"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21152,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21148\/revisions\/21152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}