EAST STROUDSBURG, PA — In November 2025, East Stroudsburg University (ESU) welcomed 67 gifted students from local and regional school districts to “What If: A Statewide Gifted Event.”

Local participating ESU students were Georgeanne Cardona of Hortonville, NY; Emily Gunuskey of Honesdale; and Cole Miller of Milford.

“What If” offered hands-on learning for elementary and middle school-aged children (grades 2-8).

The ESU students created lessons involving Greek sculpture, movement in music, Indigenous people of the Poconos and how they formed storytelling/literacy, math in music, making music through poetry, muscles and movement; and Germany.

East Stroudsburg University is a comprehensive university in northeastern Pennsylvania offering 49 undergraduate programs, 20 master’s programs and two doctoral programs.