{"id":17722,"date":"2023-08-04T12:15:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T16:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/alumni\/?page_id=17722"},"modified":"2025-10-23T13:36:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T17:36:36","slug":"2000s","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/alumni\/monmouth-timeline\/2000s\/","title":{"rendered":"Monmouth’s Timeline: 2000s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Monmouth\u2019s campus expands to welcome a new millennium as construction is completed on the pedestrian underpass and the MAC, known today as the OceanFirst Bank Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2000<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Celebrated Honors School benefactor Jane Freed \u201981 stands with students and Dean Brian Garvey<\/p>\n<\/div>

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2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monmouth opens the Student Underpass with Sen. Joseph Palaia<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Graduation on the Great Lawn<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks to Robert McAllan \u201969, Monmouth celebrates the naming dedication of academic building, Robert E. McAllan Hall<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Trustee Emeritus Jules L. Plangere Jr. \u201986HN at the dedication of Jules L. Plangere Jr. Center for Communication and Instruction<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Vision Award presented to Jules L. Plangere Jr. \u201986HN<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2003<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Sentipal \u201903 is the first Monmouth football player to earn Division I-AA All-American honors<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Paul G. Gaffney II served as Monmouth\u2019s seventh president until 2013<\/p>\n<\/div>

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2004<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christie Pearce \u201999 received Olympic gold medals in soccer with the U.S. Women\u2019s National Team in 2004, 2008, and 2012<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2005<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former Monmouth University photographer, Ralph Binder<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Monmouth\u2019s Vision for Distinction Capital Campaign event<\/p>\n<\/div>

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2006<\/p>\n\n\n\n

School of Social Work celebrates its 30th anniversary with Dean Robin Mama and alumni<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Men\u2019s basketball takes on Villanova during the NCAA Tournament<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Men\u2019s soccer is named NEC champions<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2008<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alumni gather for the Athletics Hall of Fame Dinner in the Great Hall<\/p>\n<\/div>

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2009<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Student Government Association continues the Homecoming King and Queen crowning tradition during halftime<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Last men\u2019s basketball game held in Boylan Gymnasium<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The MAC, now known as the OceanFirst Bank Center, opened<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Monmouth celebrates the opening of the MAC, the multipurpose activity center<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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