East Stroudsburg University - Pennsylvania
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N 40° 59.675 W 075° 10.556
18T E 485202 N 4538170
The University East Stroudsburg University is one of the fourteen institutions in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Founded in 1893 as a Normal School to prepare teachers, the institution changed its name in 1927 to East Stroudsburg State Teachers College and again in 1960 to East Stroudsburg State College, reflecting the addition of liberal arts and science curriculums. In 1983, it achieved university status.
Waymark Code: WM1QTB
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 06/26/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
Views: 216

From their website:
The Campus
The 61 campus buildings are located on 213 acres in the East Stroudsburg community. In addition to the academic facilities, nine residence halls, housing 2,200 students, and a 1,000-seat dining hall are located on campus. The Student Activity Association, Inc., owns Stony Acres, a 119-acre off-campus student recreation area near Marshalls Creek, that includes a lodge and a small lake.

Academic Buildings
The primary academic building is Stroud Hall. This four-story classroom building contains lecture halls, computer and language laboratories, instructional spaces and office areas. Beers Lecture Hall, which opened in 1997, seats 140 students and serves as a distance learning facility. The Fine and Performing Arts Center consists of two theatres, a gallery, concert hall, rehearsal areas, various art studios, and classrooms. Koehler Fieldhouse serves as the primary physical education facility. The University Center includes a food court, commuter lounge, convenience store, game room and the University Store.

Other major classroom buildings are: Moore Biology building which contains a large group lecture hall, a greenhouse and wildlife museum; Gessner Science Hall which contains laboratories for physics and chemistry; DeNike Center for Human Services which houses classrooms and has laboratory areas for the departments of health, nursing, and recreation, and leisure services management; LaRue Hall, which houses laboratories for speech pathology and audiology; and Rosenkrans Hall which houses offices and media communication and technology and programs for academic support; Center for Hospitality Management including HRTM, Keystone Room and P&J's.

Academic Facilities
The University Computing Center supports both administrative and academic computing. Administrative computing is served by a UNISYS mainframe, encompassing over 30 on-line systems and providing services to the students, faculty and staff.

The Academic Computing network consists of 14 UNIX or Windows NT-based servers that are connected to 600 microcomputers provided to support instruction, internet access, World Wide Web, and E-mail. They are located in 15 computer laboratories across campus. Additionally, many academic departments maintain discipline-specific computer laboratories for their curricula.

The McGarry Communication Center is the campus base for the Instructional Resources Department including the audiovisual, graphics, and television services units. The Communication Center houses two television studios and is the distribution center of campus cable television as well as the community-wide ESU television telecasts. WESS 90.3 FM radio is also located in the Center.

Faculty and Staff

The university faculty totals 274 while another 382 employees make up the management and non-instructional staff. Faculty members are representative of many and varied institutions of higher education in both the United States and abroad. The terminal degree is held by 72 percent of the faculty.
Name: East Stroudsburg University

Location/Address:
East Stroudsburg University - Pennsylvania
East Stroudsburg University, PA USA
18301


Phone Number: (570) 422-2800 1-800-378-6732 (Toll-free)

Web Site: [Web Link]

Type of School: Undergraduate School with Graduate Programs

School Affiliation: Public -- State/Provincial/etc.

Date Founded: 1893

Enrollment: 14,000

Nicknames/Mascots: Warriors

School Colors: Red and black

Location of GPS Coordinates: Main Entrance

School Motto: Not listed

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