{"id":25107,"date":"2026-09-09T15:47:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T19:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/?p=25107"},"modified":"2026-09-09T15:47:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T19:47:43","slug":"esu-welcomes-families-and-community-to-campus-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/esu-welcomes-families-and-community-to-campus-5\/","title":{"rendered":"ESU Welcomes Families and Community to Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>East Stroudsburg University invites community members to campus for its annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esu.edu\/family-weekend\/index.php\">Family Weekend<\/a> activities, Friday, September 11 and Saturday, September 12. 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 the local community.<\/p>\n<p>The weekend will host events on campus for all ages and interests. Legacy families are invited to a lunch reception with President Kenneth Long for the annual Pinning Ceremony and their induction into the ESU Legacy Program while first generation families are invited to a ceremony of their own where they will spend time getting to know the campus and surrounding communities.<\/p>\n<p>ESU Family Weekend kicks off on Friday evening with a petting zoo on the front lawn of Warren E. \u201955 &amp; Sandra Hoeffner Science &amp; Technology Center, Schisler Museum tours, Family Feud and a Movie on the Quad. Saturday offers a First Responder and Military Showcase, Schisler Museum tours and McMunn Planetarium shows, the Warrior Bash featuring family friendly games and activities, and ESU\u2019s Family Amazing Race Experience which families competing around campus.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be tours of the new University Center, open houses for the Center for Student Engagement and Belonging and the Gender and Sexuality Center, and athletic events including a men\u2019s soccer game and a football game. The weekend ends with Pocono Latin Fest in the Pit Parking Lot (Lot 23 on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esu.edu\/about\/map-directions\/documents\/Campus-map070626-v2.pdf\">the campus map<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Events on campus throughout the weekend that will be open to the public include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Highlights:<\/h2>\n<h3>Schisler Museum of Wildlife and Natural History and McMunn Planetarium Shows<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Friday, September 11<\/li>\n<li>6-9 p.m., Warren E. \u201955 &amp; Sandra Hoeffner Science and Technology Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Petting Zoo<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Friday, September 11<\/li>\n<li>6-8 p.m., Front Lawn of Warren E. \u201955 &amp; Sandra Hoeffner Science and Technology Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Movie on the Quad: Toy Story 5<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>8 p.m., Front Lawn of Warren E. \u201955 &amp; Sandra Hoeffner Science and Technology Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>First Responder and Military Showcase<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday, September 12<\/li>\n<li>9 a.m.-12 p.m., College Circle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Schisler Museum of Wildlife and Natural History and McMunn Planetarium Shows<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday, September 12<\/li>\n<li>9 a.m.-12 p.m., Warren E. \u201955 &amp; Sandra Hoeffner Science and Technology Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>ESU\u2019s Family Amazing Race Experience <\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday, September 12<\/li>\n<li>10 a.m.-12 p.m., Beers Lecture Hall<\/li>\n<li>Space is limited, registration required<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>ESU Men\u2019s Soccer vs. Shepherd<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday, September 12<\/li>\n<li>1 p.m., Eiler-Martin Stadium<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Warrior Bash<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday, September 12<\/li>\n<li>3-5 p.m., Stroud Hall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Pocono Latin Festival<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday, September 12<\/li>\n<li>5-10 p.m., Pit Parking Lot (Lot 23 on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esu.edu\/about\/map-directions\/documents\/Campus-map070626-v2.pdf\">the campus map<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>ESU Football vs. Slippery Rock<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>6:35 p.m., Eiler-Martin Stadium<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For a complete schedule of Family Weekend events, specific event registration and event ticket prices please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esu.edu\/family-weekend\/index.php\">esu.edu\/family-weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESU invites community members to campus for its annual Family Weekend activities, Friday, September 11 and Saturday, September 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":25109,"comment_status":"closed","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-25107","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\/25107"}],"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=25107"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25115,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25107\/revisions\/25115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}