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  • Artificial Intelligence at Monmouth University

    At the November 22nd Business Council meeting, there was a presentation highlighting the impact of AI at Monmouth University. The presentation was in three parts: 1) Bochen Li provided some background information and played an entertaining demonstration of the capabilities of the technology; 2) Ken Young presented the results of research he conducted along with…

  • 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…

  • Monmouth University Students Present at TechLaunch

    In November 2019, the LHBS partnered with TechLaunch, a New Jersey-based investor-led technology accelerator, to host “Bullpen #15” for the third time. Students participating in the event experience first-hand the challenges faced by entrepreneurs who aspire to launch their concept or product in the marketplace. TechLaunch works to identify and nurture early-stage tech ventures by…

  • Member Spotlight – Tanya Hill 

    As a second-generation graduate of Monmouth University for both undergrad and MBA degrees, Tanya was excited to be reached out to by fellow alumni Natasha Chandler to join the Leon Hess Business Council last September. She spent most of her life and career in New Jersey moving to Yardley, PA about 11 years ago after…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • Unique Endowed Fund to Support LHBS Faculty

    Gloria Nilson, longtime friend of Monmouth University and a name we all recognize, has endowed a fund that ingeniously eases faculty relocation costs. It also enables them to live closer to campus and be more engaged in the day-to-day activities of the University. The fund provides a new faculty member up to $5,000 toward covering…

  • 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…

  • Alumni in the Golden State

    Although LHBS MBA students are primarily drawn from the tristate area, their career paths span beyond the northeastern states. Settling in California, Maureen Stivale and Samantha Moy have put their MBA degrees to work on the Pacific Coast. Prior to entering the Monmouth MBA program, Maureen Stivale, a New Jersey native, had obtained an undergraduate…

  • Ethics Professor Featured on NPR Podcast

    Dr. Nahid Aslanbeigui, Jack. T. Kvernland Professor of Philosophy and Corporate Social Policy, was interviewed for a National Public Radio (NPR) podcast on carbon taxes, a solution to controlling the effects of global climate change. Her book, Arthur Cecil Pigou (jointly authored with Monmouth University Prof. Emeritus Guy Oakes and published by Palgrave Macmillan in…

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