{"id":17,"date":"2022-12-07T14:05:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T14:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esustage.wpengine.com\/kansas-city\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2025-03-08T21:34:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T21:34:09","slug":"what-we-do","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/princeton\/what-we-do\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Do"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"\" class=\"left-image-right-text\">\n            <div class=\"inner\">\n                            <div class=\"flex-container\">\n                    <div class=\"image\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/princeton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/08\/nsc-1.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"content\">\n                                                    <h2>Shakespeare Competition<\/h2>\n                                                                            <h3>The ESU National Shakespeare Competition is a performance-based education program. High school students develop analytical and communication skills by performing Shakespeare at the school, community, and national levels. Since 1983 more than 360,000 students have brought the timeless works of Shakespeare to life. <\/h3>\n                                                                            <a class=\"caps-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/princeton\/what-we-do\/shakespeare-competition\/\" target=\"\">Learn more<i class=\"icofont-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"flex-container\">\n                    <div class=\"image\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/princeton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/03\/national-eia.jpeg\" alt=\"\">\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"content\">\n                                                    <h2>English in Action<\/h2>\n                                                                            <h3>English in Action is a program that closely identifies with the needs of the growing immigrant population in New Jerfsedy and throughout the U.S. English in Action  pairs immigrant newcomers to the United States with fluent English speakers for one-on-one conversation sessions. <\/h3>\n                                                                            <a class=\"caps-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/princeton\/what-we-do\/english-in-action\/\" target=\"\">Learn more<i class=\"icofont-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"flex-container\">\n                    <div class=\"image\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/princeton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/05\/evelyn-wrench.png\" alt=\"\">\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"content\">\n                                                    <h2>Evelyn Wrench Lecture Series<\/h2>\n                                                                            <h3>The ESU Princeton  Branch hosts many prominent authors and scholars including ESU\u2019s own Evelyn Wrench Lecture Series named after our founder. These renowned British and American speakers present programs on a wide range of  topics, including but not limited to, current events, history, language, literature, art, architecture, and travel.<\/h3>\n                                                                            <a class=\"caps-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/princeton\/evelyn-wrench-lecture-series\/\" target=\"\">Learn more<i class=\"icofont-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"flex-container\">\n                    <div class=\"image\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/princeton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/08\/TLab.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"content\">\n                                                    <h2>TLab: Teachers Learning Abroad<\/h2>\n                                                                            <h3>Since 1957, the ESU has provided summer study abroad scholarships to middle and high school teachers at Oxford, Edinburgh and Shakespeare\u2019s Globe in London.<\/h3>\n                                                                            <a class=\"caps-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/princeton\/tlab\/\" target=\"\">Learn more<i class=\"icofont-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.2 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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