• Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series: Lisa Sarnoff Gochman

    Pozycki Hall, Room 115

    Thanks to a generous donation, Dean David Golland is pleased to announce the Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series for the 2025-2026 academic year. The Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series will invite authors to speak to groups of students, staff, faculty and administrators. In conjunction with Monmouth University’s Constitution […]

  • Climate Change and Mental Health: Fostering Hope and Connection

    Edison Atrium – Room 201

    Part of the Climate Crisis Teach-In 2025 This presentation explores the growing mental health impacts of climate change, with a focus on community-level strategies that promote resilience, hope, and collective agency. Drawing on emerging research and best practices, it highlights how climate anxiety and ecological grief—particularly among Gen Z—are shaped by systemic inequities, uncertainty, and […]

  • 2025 Future of the Ocean Symposium and Champion of the Ocean Awards: Exploring the Wine-Dark Sea

    The Great Hall

    he Urban Coast Institute’s (UCI) signature annual event will be return on Thursday, October 9, to Monmouth University’s historic Great Hall. The theme of this year’s Future of the Ocean Symposium will be “Exploring the Wine-Dark Sea – U.S. Ocean Science and Technology: Keys to Prosperity and Security.” This year we’ll also be celebrating the […]

  • Egg Tempera and Silverpoint Class: Using Early Renaissance Techniques Today

    Pollak Gallery

    Class Schedule: Saturday, October 11 | 2 – 5:00 PM
     
    Artist Eileen Kennedy will introduce the early Renaissance techniques of silverpoint and egg tempera, media in most prominent use prior to 1450. After a brief slide lecture about historical and contemporary artists using these materials (i.e. Botticelli and Wyeth), the artist will discuss the materials used to make panels for silverpoint and egg tempera and demonstrate how to make and apply tempera paint. Participants will have the remainder of the workshop to create a still life drawing in silverpoint. Still life objects, paper, and silverpoint styli will be available for use. Kennedy’s own works in silverpoint and egg tempera will be on view in the gallery. 

    $50
  • Chrystin Ondersma: “Dignity Not Debt”

    Rutgers Law School professor Chrystin Ondersma is giving a presentation on her new book “Dignity Not Debt” on Wednesday, October 29, sponsored by the Greenbaum/Ferguson/NJAR Endowed Chair in Real Estate, the Monmouth University Debate Team, and the Monmouth University Pre-Law Club. Food and drinks available before the presentation outside Pozycki Hall 115. Presentation starts at […]

  • 2025 Global Understanding Convention

    The Global Understanding Convention Committee of the Institute for Global Understanding at Monmouth University is pleased to invite proposals from faculty, students, and staff for its biennial Global Understanding Convention. Proposals may include research papers, panels, colloquia (open classrooms), lectures, performances, art exhibitions, film presentations, and poster sessions. We will also host a Pearson World […]

  • Found Animation

    Rechnitz Hall 216 400 Cedar Ave, West Long Branch, United States

    Corrie Francis Parks brings life to the inanimate through frame-by-frame manipulation of physical materials. With one hand under the camera and the other on the computer keyboard, her films and installations maintain an organic connection to traditional production methods while fully integrating digital technology. She is Associate Professor of Visual Arts at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Her book, Fluid Frames: Experimental Animation with Sand, Clay, Paint and Pixels, explores the tactile nature of moving malleable materials directly under the camera, bringing together traditional and digital workflow through interviews with contemporary animators and workshop-style exercises. Come and actively learn techniques for creating animation.

    All events are free and open to the public.

  • Social Work Alumni Lecture (2025)

    Live over Zoom

    Social Work in a Shifting Landscape: Advocating for Human Rights Presenter: Sanjana Ragudaran, Ph.D., MSW

  • Book Signing: ‘Brave Women At Work’, with Author Jackie Cetera

    Guggenheim Memorial Library

    Live Reading at 6:15 p.m. Join us for an unforgettable evening featuring author Jackie Cetera. The evening will be complete with an elegant photo experience by Simon K Media and more! Photo Experience by @simonkmedia Dress to impress and strike a pose for an elevated, complimentary photo!