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  • Member Spotlight: Celebrating Our Gloria Nilson Mark of Distinction Award Recipients

    Sheldon Horowitz and Tom Cardinale Share Their Council Journeys In this special edition of our member spotlight, we celebrate two exceptional leaders who recently received the prestigious Gloria Nilson Mark of Distinction Award. Sheldon Horowitz and Tom Cardinale’s stories exemplify the diverse paths to engagement and the meaningful connections that define the Leon Hess Business…

  • 2025 Student Awards

    Applications for the 2025 Business Council $1,000 Student Awards are now open. Business Council members please encourage student mentees to apply to one of our four award categories. Direct students to read award criteria and to access the application form.

  • Message from the Chair: Ain’t it Grand

    “Ain’t It Grand” was our theme for the first Business Council meeting of the 2025/26 academic year.  This was in recognition of our increased membership from last year and exceeding the milestone of 1,000 years of professional experience on the council. We are off to a great start with 7 guests attending the first meeting, expressing…

  • JLL hosts “Professor-In Residence”  

    LHBS officially kicked off the Professor-In-Residence Program in 2024, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at fostering meaningful collaboration between academia and the corporate world.  At the heart of this program lies the opportunity to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge learned in the classroom and real-world application.  Erin Moran, Business Council member and Vice President Brokerage…

  • Business School Update 

    The Leon Hess Business School (LHBS) is delighted to celebrate the strides we have made in our teaching and learning experiences, faculty scholarship, and meaningful societal impact of our stakeholders. Through hands-on entrepreneurial projects, impactful scholarship, and community service, our students, faculty, and the LHBS Business Council member’s publication we have held true to our…

  • Business School Update

    The Leon Hess Business School continues to advance our mission of academic excellence and student success while navigating a period of leadership transition. I am pleased to share that we received official confirmation of continued AACSB accreditation for both our BSBA and MBA programs, extending through 2030. This recognition reflects the dedication of our faculty,…

  • Student-Managed Investment Fund Beats the S&P Index

    The Hawk Capital Student-Managed Fund (SMIF) was up 36.4 percent in 2019, outperforming its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, by 5.1 percent. At the end of the year, Hawk Capital had positions in nineteen equity securities and one exchange-traded fund, ranging from 11 to 2 percent of the portfolio. Significant holdings in Apple, Microsoft, Google,…

  • Monmouth University Reaches New Heights: President Leahy Shares Vision of Excellence and Growth

    At the September 12th Leon Hess Business Council meeting, Monmouth University President Patrick Leahy expressed deep appreciation for the longstanding partnership with the Council and the invaluable student engagement opportunities it provides. Entering his 14th year with renewed energy, President Leahy painted a picture of a university reaching unprecedented levels of achievement and recognition. Leahy…

  • Sleeping Giants Lectures on Social Media and Corporate Responsibility

    On November 19, 2019, Ms. Nandini Jammi—a digital marketing specialist and cofounder of Sleeping Giants, a social media activism initiative—spoke to students in the Leon Hess Business School (Prof. Aslanbeigui’s graduate class in Corporate Governance and Organizational Ethics) and Political Science (Prof. Crohheim’s undergraduate class in Media Law).  Launched in 2016, Sleeping Giants campaign against…

  • Message from the Chair

    As we close out the last few days of the 2024/25 Academic Year, I would like to congratulate all of the graduating students, the faculty, and the administrators for a successful year.  The business council wishes all graduating students the very best of success as you venture out from Monmouth University and on to your…

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