With backgrounds in journalism and fine art, Sheryl Oring began her ongoing project I Wish to Say in 2004 from a concern that many people’s voices were not being heard. She started to take dictation from the public about what they wanted to say to the (next) President. Dressed as a 1960s secretary with a typewriter, she records whatever participants say onto a postcard, making copies with carbon paper. During larger events, a secretarial bank takes dictation. Oring mails the postcards to the White House and exhibits copies. To date she has mailed over 4100 postcards.
Michael Anthony Donato, a School of Visual Arts graduate, is an award-winning children’s book illustrator. His work on Squanto and the First Thanksgiving aired on Showtime and earned honors from the American Library Association. His illustrations for Tales Alive, a collection of global folktales, received a Parents’ Choice Award. Donato also collaborated with Simon & Schuster and the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Voyage Up the Nile. He currently teaches drawing and advanced painting at Monmouth University.
Alumni will share their stories from college to career, discuss obstacles they had to overcome, and offer advice to students. There will be free food and swag available!
A talk by Kristin Bluemel, Ph.D. Join us! 8th Annual Ink & Electricity: Advancing Liberal Learning in the Digital Age lecture . The enchanting black and white pictures featured in this talk tell a forgotten feminist tale of personal freedom and commercial success achieved by women artists whose creations of wood, ink, and paper brought joy and beauty into the dark days of the Great Depression and World War I.
It’s just like book club but with albums! With new advances in technology, the way we consume music through our devices, apps and on demand streaming services like Pandora, Spotify and iTunes is making the idea of the “album” as an art form extinct. Get together with other music enthusiasts on Tuesday nights to discuss some of the greatest records of all-time! Listen to the album beforehand and then come prepared to discuss. This event will feature Cat Stevens, Tea for the Tillerman.
Free and open to the public, but registration is required.
Have an upcoming interview? Just started as an intern? Stop by Anacon B on Thursday, Oct. 3rd from 11am-4pm to suit-up for success! Come browse through a collection of professional clothing attire donated by the Monmouth campus community in partnership with Lunch Break and Clara’s Closet. All clothing items are FREE when you present your […]
Monmouth University’s Prof. Mike Richison (Graphic Design) will perform his Electo Electro 2024, updated for the 2024 election cycle. This interactive installation combines audience participation, music, news footage, and politics. The project allows participants to remix videos from political rallies, debates, and news in a structured sixteen beat loop. The touchscreen design is a parody of the system employed by the Accuvote, a voting system that is difficult to audit and susceptible to hacking. The parody continues into the format of the installation itself which will resemble a polling station.
Join us for Tuesday Night Book Club! Hosted by Monmouth University’s Ken Womack. This month’s novel is Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s 100 Years of Solitude. One of the most influential literary works of our time, One Hundred Years of Solitude remains a dazzling and original achievement by the masterful Gabriel Garcia Marquez, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the story of the rise and fall, birth and death of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendiá family. Inventive, amusing, magnetic, sad and alive with unforgettable men and women—brimming with truth, compassion, and a lyrical magic that strikes the soul—this novel is a masterpiece in the art of fiction.
Free and open to the public, registration required.
Students in the Department of Health and PE are invited to a social of food, prizes and games. Outside of McAllan if weather is nice or in Boylan Gym if bad weather.
Join Monmouth University Polling Institute Director Patrick Murray for a presentation highlighting how the presidential candidate switch has impacted the election outlook, the motivations of voters, and the issues that are important. Q&A to follow. Patrick Murray has three decades of experience in public opinion research and has been director of Monmouth University’s Polling Institute […]
This fall the DiMattio Gallery is hosting I Wish That I Had Spoken Only of It All, an exhibition of Sheryl Oring’s social practice project I Wish to Say and related works (https://www.monmouth.edu/mca/event/i-wish-that-i-had-spoken-only-of-it-all/). Part of our programming will be a teach-in series from MU faculty about topics related to themes that intersect with Oring’s project as art reaches across disciplinary bounds. These teach-ins will be free and open to the public.
Come bowling on OSE! The Office of Student Engagement is hosting another free evening of bowling for students at the Ciniello Family Bowling Center, located inside Boylan Gymnasium.
This fall the DiMattio Gallery is hosting I Wish That I Had Spoken Only of It All, an exhibition of Sheryl Oring’s social practice project I Wish to Say and related works (https://www.monmouth.edu/mca/event/i-wish-that-i-had-spoken-only-of-it-all/). Part of our programming will be a teach-in series from MU faculty about topics related to themes that intersect with Oring’s project as art reaches across disciplinary bounds. These teach-ins will be free and open to the public.
Bring some friends and enjoy an evening of FREE bowling at the Ciniello Family Bowling Center in Boylan Gymansium. Sponsored by the Office of Student Engagement.
The Department of Music & Theatre Arts welcomes everyone to attend our Faculty Recital on October 20th, at 3:30pm in Woods Theatre. The concert will feature our faculty members performing a varied program of works for voice, piano, and guitar.
Hey all you Bob Ross wannabes! Stop by to practice your hand at painting, while also enjoying free mocktails in Pinewood Hall Lounge. Event begins at 8 p.m. Sponsored by the Office of Residential Life.
Social Justice Academy Professional Development Series Fall 2024 Series A Conversation with Ruby Bridges in recognition of the 70th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education Co-moderated by Vernon Smith, Ph.D., and Zaneta Rago-Craft, Ed.D. Co-sponsored with the Monmouth University Intercultural Center Ruby Bridges is a civil rights icon, activist, author, and speaker who at […]
The Future of Affordable Housing in New Jersey: A Discussion of Challenges and Opportunities Presented by the Kislak Real Estate Institute at Monmouth University and the Greenbaum/Ferguson/NJAR Endowed Chair Light Refreshments: 5 p.m. Lecture: 6 p.m. Admission is free, but seating is limited: we suggest registering your attendance. Panelists Henry Kent-Smith Retired Partner, Fox Rothschild, […]
Interested in visiting LinkedIn Headquarters in NYC and learning how to maximize your profile from the experts themselves? Come along with Career Development on a trip to LinkedIn where students will get a tour, a presentation with profile tips, and a professional headshot. More details will be sent to those who register as the event […]
Nader (Payman Maadi) and Simin (Leila Hatami) argue about living abroad. Simin prefers to live abroad to provide better opportunities for their only daughter, Termeh. However, Nader refuses to go because he thinks he must stay in Iran and take care of his father (Ali-Asghar Shahbazi), who suffers from Alzheimers. However, Simin is determined to get a divorce and leave the country with her daughter.
Monmouth students can enjoy a Free evening of bowling at the Ciniello Family Bowling Center inside Boylan Gymnasium from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Bring some friends, compete with one another for the highest score, and have a great time!
Stop by to spend the evening at the Intercultural Center for an evening of cards games and board games! Hosted by student organizations from the Intercultural Student Coalition such as LASO, BSU, and NCNW – snacks and refreshments included.
Monmouth University Athletics and The Office of Student Engagement will be hosting Trunk or Treat this year and we are looking for our Monmouth community to participate and bring the energy to this event! This event invites local community members to campus for a fun afternoon of trick or treating and Halloween fun!
Featuring speaker, author, and producer Nic Sheff along with community resources. Brought to you by the Tigger Stavola Foundation for Drug Prevention and Education.
Behind the Scene at the Sim Lab We invite you to learn how simulation works. We want to introduce you to our Specialized Patients, our actors who play the various characters. Take part in a delivery. You will be be asked to take a hands on roll in out OB room with the […]
Jean Valentine was born in Chicago, earned her B.A. from Radcliffe College, and lived most of her life in New York City. She won the Yale Younger Poets Award for her first book, Dream Barker and Other Poems, in 1965. Valentine authored over a dozen collections of poetry including, The River at Wolf (1992); Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965-2003 (2007); Break the Glass (2010); and Shirt in Heaven (2015). All of her full-length works, including an unpublished manuscript, have been compiled in the posthumous collection, Light Me Down: The New & Collected Poems of Jean Valentine (2024).
ALICIA OSTRIKER has published 19 collections of poetry, been twice nominated for the National Book Award, and has twice received the National Jewish Book Award for Poetry, among other honors. JOAN LARKIN is the author of five previous collections of poetry, including Blue Hanuman (2014); My Body: New and Selected Poems (2007), which received the Audre Lorde Award from the Publishing Triangle; Lambda Literary Award winner Cold River (1997); and Housework (1975). With Jaime Manrique, Larkin translated Sor Juana’ s Love Poems, a bilingual edition of Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz’ s poetry (1997).
Free and open to the public but registration is required.
Join Career Development on a Career Trek to Rubenstein PR headquarters in NYC! Career Treks are employment exploration trips providing students the opportunity to visit top employers to experience various career paths and connect with professionals and alumni in a variety of industries. We will be touring the office and hearing from different professionals within […]
The 2022 Dobbs decision, which led to the loss of national abortion access, has ushered in a new era for women’s health, one marked by worsening health outcomes, maternal health deserts, uncertainty and fear. This 4-woman performance of a new verbatim play is based on oral history interviews and shares the stories of women across the country most impacted by state abortion restrictions in order to inspire social action and compassion.
Free and open to the public. Registration is preferred but not required.
Join us at the University Store on Halloween (Wednesday, Oct. 31) for a Trick-Or-Treat Prize Hunt! Line Up in the OceanFirst Bank Center Lobby starting at 11:45 a.m., and enter the University Store at noon. Find one of the hidden skulls around the store and get a prize. Will you find a trick… or a […]
Hawk TV presents the 2024 Hawktober Halloween Special! Prepare for an episode filled with ghost hunting, spooky competitions, cooking shows, and more! Tune in to this jam-packed haunted feature on the Hawk TV YouTube channel. Watch our Channel on YouTube
