Open Classroom: Representation of Gender and Race in Print Ads and Commercials
2019-04-25 10:05 - 11:25 (America/New_York) | Plangere Lower Lobby
In this course, students spend the semester exploring the ways in which the media portrays the concepts of gender and race across a variety of contexts. In this interactive presentation, students will address how print ads and commercials serve to both convey and/or resist stereotypical depictions of gender and racial identities.

School of Education Student Scholarship Exhibition
2019-04-25 17:00 - 18:30 | Anacon Hall, 2nd Floor, Student Center
The School of Education Scholarship Exhibition is a poster session hosted by the school. The purpose of this event is threefold:

To highlight student scholarly endeavors within our school and celebrate research that is completed or underway.
To create an opportunity for School of Education students at all levels to think about research and how it improves our respective fields
To recognize and appreciate the work of student peer

Apply to present:
If you would like to be included in the School of Education Student Scholarship Exhibition, submit an online application to present. Application forms are due by Thursday, April 11.

Interprofessional Exhibition
2019-04-25 17:00 - 18:30 | Anacon Hall, 2nd Floor, Student Center
The Schools of Social Work, Education, and Nursing and Health Studies highlight student research and practice reflections.
Posters will discuss: 1) Proposed Research, 2) Completed Research or Research in Progress, 3) Experiential Education and Clinical Practice Reflections, or 4) Other scholarly work. Refreshments will be served.

Open Classroom: Use of HAZUS Software to Understand Flood Vulnerabilities in NJ
2019-04-25 18:00 - 20:00 | Howard Hall 306
Students will utilize FEMA’s HAZUS software to undertake and examine an individual municipality’s vulnerability to flooding. The exploration will examine several components of a community including its population, community facilities, critical facilities, environmental hazards, economic impacts, as well as ecological habitats that could be impacted due to natural hazard exposure.

Open Classroom: Literatures of Immigration
2019-04-25 18:05 - 21:00 | The Great Hall – Room 311
During this open class, graduate students in EN 533 (Literatures of Immigration) will deliver eight-to-nine minute presentations that draw on projects they completed during the second part of the semester, including research papers and book reviews. Rather than surveying the scholarship or offering overviews of their arguments and findings, the presenters will single out one aspect of the project that they found most compelling and take us on exciting critical journeys through literary works by and about immigrants from Europe, Africa, and Latin America. Focused on novels such as Mary Antin’s The Promised Land, Aleksandar Hemon’s The Lazarus Project, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah, and Edwidge Danticat’s Breath, Eyes, Memory, the projects examine narratives of emigration, immigration, exile, and return; issues related to assimilation /acculturation, race, ethnicity, class, and gender; the emergence of various immigrant identities and subjectivities, and the interplay of politics and aesthetics.

Open Classroom: Strategies for Healthy Living
2019-04-25 18:30 - 18:45
In this open classroom, the public is invited to attend HE 101: Strategies for Healthy Living. The class will consist of a video presentation by a group of students on a health topic. The video will last approximately 15 minutes and will be from the students’ perspective.

Scholars and Masters: Win a Candlelight Dinner for 4
2019-04-25 18:30 - 21:00 | Doherty House

Spring Choral Concert
2019-04-25 19:30 - 22:00 | The Great Hall
Enjoy an evening of music performances, by Monmouth University Choirs and soloists, in the majestic space of Wilson Hall. Come join us for a celebration of the rich tapestry of choral music in all its magnificence.

The Honors School Research Conference
2019-04-26 08:30 - 15:30 | Monmouth University Library Room 101
Students present their research to an audience which will include their peers, family members, faculty, and administrators. Student presenters come from disciplines across the university, with projects covering unique topics within their majors. Each student is guided by a chief advisor; some students select a second reader as well.
This spring, 35 students will present their research in three sessions: 8:30–10:30 a.m; 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m; and 1:30–3:30 p.m.

The 30th Annual Monmouth University Authors Reception
2019-04-26 10:00 - 12:00 | The Great Hall -104
The authors reception recognizes Monmouth University book and article authors and library research awards to a graduate and undergraduate student. A light lunch buffet will be provided.

Service Learning Showcase
2019-04-26 13:00 - 15:00 | The Great Hall
The Service Learning Showcase is an interdisciplinary event where students critically reflect upon their service learning course experiences. As a distinctive pedagogy at Monmouth University, service learning fosters an ethic of service and civic responsibility through mutually beneficial partnerships associated with a course that enable semester-long collaborations among students, faculty, and community partners. Refreshments will be served. Topics to be covered include:

Working with Students with IEPs
Education and Socioeconomic Status: “The Achievement Gap”
“I am ______” Project
Psychological and Philosophical Foundations of Education
Healthy Living Now, Healthy Living Later
Measuring Student Impact in Service Learning at Monmouth University
CPC Behavioral Health
Fostering Personal, Civic, and Academic Growth through Community Partnership
PAASP Reflection Poster
An Immersive Service Learning Experience in Guatemala
Marketing Strategies for Local Non-Profits
Discovering the Ecological Self
Garden State Equality and School District Partnerships
Small Group Communication Service Learning
Reciprocal Intercultural competence through Service-learning and Community Engagement in Cadiz, Spain
Street Soccer: An Innovative Approach to Juvenile Justice Across the Globe

School of Science 18th Annual Student Research Conference
2019-04-26 13:00 - 19:00 | Edison Science Hall Multipurpose Room 201
The School of Science Student Research Conference highlights the results of applied research, independent study, and thesis projects conducted by students in the departments of biology; chemistry and physics; computer science and software engineering; and mathematics. The conference, now a part of the university-wide annual Scholarship Week, gives students the opportunity to present their work via poster presentations to peers, faculty, friends, and family.

4th Annual Political Science/Sociology Conference
2019-04-26 13:15 - 16:10 | Bey Hall
The department of Political Science/Sociology brings together majors from Monmouth and surrounding colleges/universities to present student work within the field. This event offers students the opportunity to gain valuable feedback on their papers and also get a feel for the atmosphere of an independent academic conference. The conference also emphasizes the importance of research and advancement of knowledge.

Criminal Justice and Homeland Security Senior Research Presentations
2019-04-26 15:00 - 17:00 | The Great Hall – Versailles and Pompeii rooms
This poster session is the culmination of the Senior Research Seminar (CJ/HLS 490) where students present their research to other students, faculty and parents in poster format. The ten best posters will be presented during the Criminal Justice and Homeland Security honor society inductions and award ceremony in Pozycki Auditorium, 6 – 8 p.m.

Department of History and Anthropology Senior Research Presentations
2019-04-26 15:00 - 17:30 | Club Dining, Magill Commons
Graduating senior history majors, will present orally the results of their capstone research papers. These are independent projects, worked on in the context of a seminar led by a faculty member, conducted over the course of a semester, based on original research. This semester’s projects include:

A study of the rise of the SS in Nazi Germany
The Salem witch trials
The origins of sign language in medieval monasteries
The history of Mackinac Island as both a modern tourist destination and a site of Native American and colonial interaction
The way New York public schools dealt with student trauma in the wake of the terror attacks of 9/11
The implications of Brexit for the U.K.-Ireland boarder
The impact of Europeans on Native American culture in 18th century New Jersey.

WMCX Interviews and Performances
2019-04-26 18:00 - 22:00, 2019-04-27 16:00 - 23:00 | Plangere 235
This lecture series is presented by WMCX 88.9FM. Plangere classroom 235 is transformed into a live performance space where local, national and international music artists will perform and then be interviewed in-studio at WMCX.

Hatchet Throwing (Graduate Students)
2019-04-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Stumpy’s Hatchet House, 22 Meridian Rd, Unit 5, Eatontown, NJ, 07724, United States
The Office of Graduate Studies will host a hatchet-throwing get-together at Stumpy’s Hatchet House for current Monmouth graduate students. This is a BYOB event featuring catered food.
Please note that this meetup will be limited to 30 graduate students. RSVP is required. Register via the Graduate Student Appreciation Days 2019 SurveyMonkey page.

Department of Psychology Undergraduate Conference
2019-04-27 08:00 - 16:00 | The Great Hall
The Department of Psychology undergraduate conference is the longest running conference of its kind in the country. Consistent with the department’s motto, “Pick Your Own Little Piece of the World and Improve It,” the conference highlights intellectual contributions by students in research and at their internships. Students present empirical research from their senior thesis in a paper or poster presentation, while students share their internship experiences, including how their internship influenced their career plans.

Department of Art and Design Annual Student Show Opening Reception
2019-04-28 13:00 - 16:00 | Rechnitz Hall
The Annual Student Show features selected works by students in Photography, Graphic Design, Animation, and Studio Art.
Opening Reception will also feature a performance by Jazz and R&B ensemble The Mayors Players

The Golden Age
2019-04-28 15:00 - 17:00 | Pollak Theatre
In the 1920’s, The Golden Age cabaret is a favorite nightly haunt. The young fisherman Boris falls in love with Rita. He follows her to the cabaret and realizes that she is the beautiful dancer “Mademoiselle Margot,” but also the love interest of the local gangster Yashka. With its jazzy score by Dmitri Shostakovich and its music-hall atmosphere featuring beautiful tangos, The Golden Age is a refreshing and colorful dive into the roaring 20’s. A historic ballet that can be seen only at the Bolshoi!
Run time: 140 minutes

Klimt & Schiele: Eros and Psyche
2019-04-29 19:30 - 21:00 | Pollak Theatre
Klimt & Schiele: Eros and Psyche, recounts the start of the Vienna Secession, a magical art movement formed in the late 1890’s for art, literature and music, in which new ideas are circulated, Freud discovers the drives of the psyche, and women begin to claim their independence. It was a movement that marked a new era outside the confines of academic tradition.
At the heart of Secession were artists Gustav Klimt and his protégé and dear friend Egon Schiele. This exhibition proves an in-depth examination fo images of extraordinary visual power: from the eroticism of Klimt’s mosaic-like works, to the anguished and raw work of the young Schiele in his magnetic nudes and contorted figures against the backdrop of nocturnal Vienna, full of masked balls and dreams imbued with sexuality.

Annual Graduate Symposium (English Dept.)
2019-04-30 15:00 - 20:30
Call for Papers
The Graduate Symposium presents students with the unique opportunity to not only present their work before their peers, but also to hone their speaking skills while simultaneously building their resume.
All English Graduate students are welcome to submit papers and presentation proposals to Jennifer Broman (jennifer.l.broman@monmouth.edu).
Threesis Competition
What is the Threesis? Consider it an elevator pitch for your thesis (or any research you’ve done). Present a 3-minute long, non-jargon prose description of your thesis or research paper, and compete against your fellow Grad students for $25 Barnes & Noble gift card!

The Magic School Bus
2019-05-03 10:00 - 11:00 | Pollak Theatre
When the class gets lost on the way to the planetarium, Ms. Frizzle saves the day by blasting into outer space for an epic inter-planetary field trip! But when rivalries both old and new threaten to tear the students apart, our young heroes must learn to pull together or risk getting forever lost in the solar system… Hop on the Magic School Bus for a ride in Theatreworks USA’s new musical adaptation based on the original book series published by Scholastic.
(Approximately one hour in length. Recommended for grades K-5). Curriculum Connections: Communication and Language Arts, Music, Science, Social Studies.

SOLD OUT - A Bronx Tale starring Chazz Palminteri
2019-05-04 20:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
This is event is SOLD OUT. If you would like to be put on the wait list for tickets please call the box office at 732.263.6889. Academy Award® nominated actor Chazz Palminteri returns to the stage in an unforgettable performance after a successful run on Broadway, where it was praised by the critics and adored by the public. In A Bronx Tale, the celebrated one man show on which he based the legendary movie, Palminteri vividly depicts a young boy’s rough childhood in the 1960s-era Bronx and the unforgettable people he encountered. A classic coming-of-age story reaching ones true potential and trusting one’s heart, A Bronx Tale is directed by four-time Tony Award® winner Jerry Zaks.
Bronx-born and raised Chazz Palminteri was a natural choice to continue the long line of prominent Italian actors in the film industry. In the tradition set forth in the 1970s by such icons as director Martin Scorsese and actors Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci, Palminteri has brought grit, muscle and an evocative realism to the sidewalks of his New York neighborhood, violent as they are and were.Born in 1952, Palmintieri grew up in a tough area of the Bronx and it gave young Calogero (Palminteri’s given first name) the life lessons that would later prove very useful to his career. He started out pursuing his craft in studying at the Actor’s Studio with Lee Straussberg. He appeared off-Broadway in the early 1980s while paying his dues as a singer in his own band.
Well known for A BRONX TALE, Palminteri originally wrote the script for the stage and performed it as a one-man show in Los Angeles. It became the hottest property in Hollywood since ROCKY. Mr. Palminteri was offered over a million dollars to walk away from the project and with $200.00 left in the bank he refused. He wanted to play Sonny and write the screenplay. One night Robert DeNiro walked in to see the show and as they say ”the rest is history.” He then moved the production to New York, where it played for four sold-out months and earned him nominations for the New York Outer Critics Circle for both acting and writing. While in New York he completed the screenplay of A BRONX TALE and soon found himself starring opposite Robert DeNiro, who chose the script for his directorial debut. Most recently A Bronx Tale was on Broadway at the Longacre Theater where is finished a successful run and Mr. Palminteri finished closing out the show in the role of Sonny.
Chazz has more than 50 movies to his credit including The Usual Suspects, Bullets Over Broadway (Academy Award nomination), Analyze This, Hurlyburly, Mulholland Falls, Faithful (screenplay also written by Chazz Palminteri), Poolhall Junkies, The Perez Family, Jade, Diabolique, Down to Earth and A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints. Recent films include Final Recourse, Mighty Fine starring Andie MacDowell, Yonkers Joe, Jolene and The Dukes. He has also directed the HBO series “Oz” (episode, “Unnatural Disasters”), Showtime’s “Women vs.Men” and the feature film Noel, starring Susan Sarandon, Penelope Cruz, Robin Williams and Paul Walker. He appeared on the New York stage in the play The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui starring with Al Pacino, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi and Billy Crudup. Chazz is a member of the Actors Studio in NYC.
www.chazzpalminteri.net

Bruce Springsteen’s Tunnel of Love
2019-05-07 19:30 - 21:00 | The Great Hall Auditorium
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… there will be special guest moderators and panelists at each event! This event will feature Bruce Springsteen’s Tunnel of Love.

Dialogues des Carmélites (Francis Poulenc)
2019-05-11 12:00 - 15:30 | Pollak Theatre
Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads an accomplished ensemble in Poulenc’s devastating modern masterpiece of faith and martyrdom. Isabel Leonard is the young Blanche de La Force, opposite Met legend Karita Mattila as the First Prioress.
Run Time: 3:29

Dialogues des Carmélites (Encore)
2019-05-19 13:00 - 16:30 | Pollak Theatre

Vincent DiMattio: DreamPaths and Napkin Drawings
2019-05-31 - 2019-07-19 | Pollak Gallery
An exhibit of drawings on napkins and new works by Vincent DiMattio. DiMattio earned his MFA from Southern Illinois University and his BFA from Massachusetts College of Art. He joined Monmouth University’s faculty in 1968 where he served as the department chair for 13 years and as gallery director for more than 20 years. He has shown his work internationally in Madrid, Spain; San Juan, Puerto Rico and Pueblo, Mexico. He has also exhibited throughout the United States, and at both the Newark and Trenton Museums.

Water Lilies of Monet: The Magic of Water and Light
2019-06-03 19:30 - 21:00 | Pollak Theatre
Voyage through the masterpieces and obsessions of the genius and founder of Impressionism, Claude Monet. An art-world disruptor at the turn of the 20th century whose obsession with capturing light and water broke all convention, Monet revolutionized Modern Art with his timeless masterpieces.
An in-depth, exclusive tour led by Monet scholars of the museums that house the largest collections of the prolific artist’s lilies paintings including the Musée Marmottan Monet, the Orsay Museum, the world-famous panels at L’Orangerie and concluding with Monet’s own house and gardens at Giverny, the site where his fascination for water lilies was born.
