School of Education Academic Welcome
2015-09-16 15:30 - 16:15 (America/New_York) | McAllan Hall
All students who are interested in Education are welcome to stop by McAllan Hall for dessert and meet the faculty. Music will be provided by Monmouth University’s own WCMX radio!

Susan B. Anthony Comes to Monmouth
2015-09-17 11:40 - 13:00 | McAllan Hall
Constitution Day commemorates the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution by thirty-nine brave men on September 17, 1787, recognizing all who, are born in the U.S. or by naturalization, have become citizens.
Each year on Constitution Day, the Department of Political Science together with the Office of the Provost plan a keynote speaker to bring attention to this nationally recognized day.
Susan B. Anthony was one of the driving forces of the women’s suffrage movement, and an unwavering advocate of equal rights for all people. She was arrested in 1872 for voting in Rochester, New York, and convicted after a highly publicized trial. She and Elizabeth Cady Stanton pressured Congress to propose a Constitutional Amendment giving women the right to vote in 1878. The “Anthony Amendment” ultimately became ratified into the U.S. Constitution as the Nineteenth Amendment 42 years later in 1920.
Susan B. Anthony will be visiting MU to help celebrate Constitution Day. Ms. Anthony turned 195 years old last February and will visit MU through the performance of Marjorie Goldman, an historic actor from the American Historical Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She will perform for approximately 50 minutes and then take questions from the audience, remaining always in character. She is also happy to make a five minute surprise appearance into your class prior to or after her Wilson Auditorium performance.
She will be speaking in Wilson Auditorium on Thursday, September 17, from 11:40 a.m. – 1 p.m.
For more information, contact Joe Patten at 732-530-4300 or jpatten@monmouth.edu.

School of Science Ice Cream Social and Summer Employment Stories
2015-09-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Magill Commons
Ice cream will be provided, and Peer Mentors will share their summer 2015 employment experiences and answer questions. At this event first-year and transfer students will learn how to advance themselves professionally with summer activities and receive helpful advice on how to obtain these positions.

School of Social Work 40th Anniversary Celebration
2015-09-18 18:00 - 21:00 | The Great Hall
Monmouth University’s School of Social Work celebrates it’s 40th Anniversary with a celebration in historic Wilson Hall on Friday, September 18, from 6 to 9 p.m.
With a cash bar and hors d’oeuvres available, this event will feature a Grand Door Prize, presentation of the school’s Jane Addams Social Work Visionary Award, a basket auction, “Photos with Shadow,” 40 Voices Project, Walking History Docents and much more! All proceeds will benefit the School of Social Work.
Tickets are $40 per person (tax deductible of $10), and 2015 grads and current Social Work students can attend free! For more information and tickets, please call 732-571-3543.

Bravo Amici
2015-09-20 16:00 - 19:00 | Pollak Theatre
Bravo Amici’s mix of handsome tenors and stunning divas perform an uplifting collection of well-known classical and contemporary arias. Combining the essential elements of pop, Broadway and opera with classical overtones, their powerful performance is a tribute to the emerging musical genre of “Contemporary Classical Crossover” taking the world by storm. With fans ranging from Sir Elton John to Queen Elizabeth, these acclaimed international top artists have sold more than 3 million albums.
Cast includes multi-platinum selling recording artist and accomplished tenor Geoff Sewell; Jeremy Stolle who played Phantom in the Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera, Mollie Vogt-Welch from A Tale of Two Cities original Broadway cast, Jared Zirilli who just starred in the World Premiere of Pretty Filthy with The Civilians and Michael Friedman off Broadway, and Betsy DiLellio who was hand-picked by Tony Award winning composer Adam Guettel to join the cast of the multiple Tony-Award winning The Light in the Piazza’s national tour.
For more information: http://www.bravoamici.com/

Beyond Diversity: Steps for Uprooting Racism, Privilege, and Institutional Inequity
2015-09-21 09:00 - 15:00 | Magill Commons
The Central Jersey Consortium for Excellence and Equity will present a membership-only workshop titled Beyond Diversity: Steps for Uprooting Racism, Privilege, and Institutional Inequity presented by renowned author, essayist, and educator, Tim Wise on Monday, September 21, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Magill Commons Club Rooms 107/108/109.
During this interactive workshop, participants will explore the causes, both formal and informal, for institutional racial inequities. By examining the various policies, practices, and procedures that exist within educational, employment and organizational settings – and which often inadvertently perpetuate unequal opportunity and treatment – workshop attendees can develop strategies for shifting their institutional cultures in the direction of greater parity.
Learn more about the Central Jersey Consortium for Excellence and Equity at Monmouth University’s School of Education.

Visiting Writer: Alex Gilvarry
2015-09-22 16:30 - 18:00 | The Great Hall Auditorium
Alex Gilvarry is the author of the novel, From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant (Viking). He was selected as a “5 Under 35” nominee by the National Book Foundation in 2014 and received the Hornblower Award at the 2012 New York City Book Awards. He has been a Norman Mailer fellow and a visiting scholar at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, Austin. His essays and criticism have appeared in Vogue, The Nation, Boston Globe, and have been broadcast on NPR’s All Things Considered. His next novel, Eastman Was Here, is forthcoming from Viking/Penguin in 2016. He is the Artist-in-Residence at Monmouth University where he teaches creative writing.

National Theatre Live: The Beaux’ Stratagem (Broadcast in HD)
2015-09-24 19:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
Simon Godwin (Man and Superman) directs George Farquhar’s wild comedy of love and cash. The ‘Beaux’: Mr Aimwell and Mr Archer, two charming, dissolute young men who have blown their fortunes in giddy London. Shamed and debt-ridden, they flee to provincial Lichfield. Their ‘Stratagem’: to marry for money.
Lodged at the local inn, posing as master and servant, they encounter a teeming variety of human obstacles: a crooked landlord, a fearsome highwayman, a fervent French Count, a maid on the make, a drunken husband, a furious butler, a natural healer and a strange, turbulent priest. But their greatest obstacle is love. When the Beaux meet their match in Dorinda and Mrs Sullen they are most at risk, for in love they might be truly discovered.

SEEMA Kick-Off Celebration
2015-09-25 08:30 - 10:00 | Magill Commons
The Leon Hess Business School will be launching an in-house mentoring program called SEEMA (Student Enrichment and Engagement through Mentoring Activities)with an informal meeting for mentors and mentees on Friday, September 25, from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. in the Magill Commons Club Dining Room.
Formal mentoring activities will start in October.
SEEMA, an exclusive mentoring program within the Leon Hess Business School, was developed for our students to apply career development skills beyond the classroom. Through SEEMA, students will have the opportunity to engage in resume development, interviewing processes and other activities designed to enhance their preparedness in the professional job market. Enhanced networking opportunities will also result from participation in the program.
For more information contact Janeth Merkle at 732-571-3423 or jmerkle@monmouth.edu.

On Screen In Person: Foreign Puzzle
2015-09-25 19:00 - 22:00 | Pollak Theatre
Foreign Puzzle follows dancer and choreographer Sharon Marroquin as she endures intensive breast cancer treatments and explores her fear of death through the creation of a 90 minute dance titled, “The Materiality of Impermanence.” The dance becomes Sharon’s only outlet, allowing her to escape the daily pressures of the disease and life as a single working parent, and shapes her perceptions about life as she fights to heal her body and mind.
Chithra Jeyaram is an award winning documentary filmmaker and educator based in Washington D.C. She is the technical instructor at the Institute for Documentary Filmmaking at George Washington University and is a master instructor at Arlington Independent Media where she teaches Documentary Production and Video Editing Courses. Her short film Mijo aired on KLRU TV, PBS online film festival and in more than 50 film festivals around the world. Foreign Puzzle is her debut feature documentary and she is in pre-production for an interactive documentary project titled 1001 Breast Cancer Nights. She is the recipient of the 2014 Creative Arts Fellowship and BAVC National Mediamaker Fellowship for 1001 Breast Cancer Nights; 2013 Docs in Progress Fellowship for Foreign Puzzle; 2012 Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Your Worldview Documentary grant for Mijo and Dina Sherzer Award for Social Awareness for her documentary Refugee Musings. There will be a Q&A with director Chithra Jeyaram following the screening.
OnScreen/In Person is made possible by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation through the generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts’ Regional Touring Program.

Monmouth University Kislak Real Estate Institute 2015 Invitational Golf Classic
2015-09-28 10:00 - 21:00

Aquila Theatre's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
2015-10-01 19:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
The legendary sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, takes the stage in this witty, fast paced production by the acclaimed Aquila Theatre.
The clever Holmes skillfully maneuvers the twisted web of London’s most intriguing cases with his split second deductions revealing intimate and useful details of a person’s life. Sherlock Holmes is a master of disguise and a brilliant actor, as well as a composer and musician-is there anything he can’t do? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s vivid characters jump from the page weaving a tale of mystery, suspense and intrigue. In addition to Holmes, many of Doyle’s other well known creations are on hand; the trusted sidekick Dr. Watson, Irene Adler, the woman who got away, and the only woman to have won Holmes’s respect, the red-headed mason Jabez Wilson. Doyle, in addition to being a renowned author, was a physician and he infused Holmes with terrific skills in forensic science and logical reasoning.
One hundred and twenty five years after his debut, Sherlock Holmes remains the definitive and most famous detective in world literature. The Aquila Theatre brings it’s energetic and physical style to this new adaptation. With actors drawn from the top British and American stages, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a thrilling and memorable ride.
For more information: http://www.aquilatheatre.com

Cowboy Junkies
2015-10-02 20:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
It’s been 30 years since the Cowboy Junkies led by siblings Margo, Michael and Peter Timmins on vocals, guitar and drums respectively, plus Alan Anton on bass —performed their first
gigs at various Toronto clubs. For three decades, the Cowboy Junkies have remained true to their unique artistic vision and to the introspective, quiet intensity that is their musical signature, creating a critically acclaimed body of original work that has endeared them to an audience unwavering in its loyalty.
Joined by multi-instrumentalist Jeff Bird, the core Cowboy quartet returns to Monmouth for a retrospective of their three decades playing (and listening to) all manifestations of popular music. Expect an evening that runs the gamut from the folky intimacy of the band’s earliest efforts, to an always surprising selection of covers (Springsteen, Stones, Talking Heads, The Cure) — although to be sure, simply delivering “the expected” has never been part of the Cowboy Junkies playbook.

MET OPERA: Il Trovatore (Broadcast in HD)
2015-10-03 13:00 - 16:00 | Pollak Theatre
Soprano Anna Netrebko’s dramatic and vocal skills are on full display in her next new role at the Met—Leonora, the Verdi heroine who sacrifices her own life for the love of the gypsy troubadour. Tenor Yonghoon Lee sings the ill-fated Manrico, baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky is his rival, and mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick is the mysterious gypsy with the troubled past. Marco Armiliato conducts Sir David McVicar’s Goya-inspired production.
Tickets on sale Friday, July 24.

Lakota Sioux Dance Theatre
2015-10-04 15:00 - 18:00 | Pollak Theatre
Experience Native American culture through authentic dance, music and ceremony when the Lakota Sioux Dance Theatre performs Ċokata Upō! Ċokata Upō! – Come to the Center is the story of the birth, death and rebirth of a nation. The performance represents an experience the New York Times describes as a “…great sense of theatricality…a visual treat…more than a spectacle…A ritual celebration that made dancing a ceremonial act.” This three-part work celebrates the culture of the Lakota people. Set against a backdrop of spectacular video imagery and accompanied by live traditional, sacred, and courting songs, narratives and creation stories are woven into the fabric of the performance. Under the direction of choreographer Henry Smith, the company includes some of the most highly acclaimed championship performers of the Sioux Nation.

Manufacturing Today is More Than an Assembly Line: How American Made Products Can Drive the Next Generation
2015-10-07 14:45 - 16:00 | Pozycki Hall Auditorium
As part of the nationwide Manufacturing Day celebration, the Leon Hess Business School, in partnership with the American Oil & Supply International LLC, will be hosting an event that aims to educate students about the true value of manufacturing jobs and its importance to the U.S. economy.
This event is scheduled for Wednesday, October 7, 2015 starting at 2:45 p.m. until 4 p.m. in Pozycki Hall Auditorium. All business students including entrepreneurship and those with marketing and/or management concentrations are encouraged to participate in an interactive discussion and video presentation emphasizing “Made in America” products and career opportunities in today’s manufacturing environment.
Moderator:

Chuck Decker, President, American Oil since 1895 ®

Panelists and Presenters:

Stanley Ziemski, Chairman, American Oil since 1895 / AOS Thermal Compounds
Jeff Leiter, Managing Partner, Leiter & Cramer, Washington DC
Holly Alfano, Executive Director, ILMA, Washington DC
John Ziemski, President, AOS Thermal Compounds

For additional information, please contact Janeth Merkle at jmerkle@monmouth.edu.

The 6th Annual School of Science Deans' Seminar
2015-10-08 19:00 - 20:15 | The Great Hall

National Theatre Live: Hamlet (Broadcast in HD)
2015-10-15 19:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game, Frankenstein at the National Theatre) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, National Theatre Live will broadcast this eagerly awaited production live to cinemas. As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralyzed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.

Drum Workshop with Joe Bellia, drummer of The Weeklings
2015-10-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Lauren K. Woods Theatre
Joe has worked with Jon Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, The Allman Brothers, Nils Lofgren and more. He will be analyzing the drumming style of Ringo Starr.
Joe will be performing at Pollak Theatre at 8 PM the same night along with The Weeklings and Max Weinberg of the E Street Band. For more information about that event click here.

On Screen In Person: Small Small Thing: The Olivia Zinnah Story
2015-10-16 19:00 - 22:00 | The Great Hall Auditorium
In December 2012, Olivia Zinnah died of complications from a rape injury caused when she was seven years old. After filmmaker Jessica Vale became personally involved with Olivia and her mother while working on another project in Monrovia, Liberia, her quest to film them became a mission of hope and medical help in a country where rape is the number one crime, and the majority of the victims are children.
Jessica Vale is an accomplished non-fiction television producer and editor, working freelance for over 12 years. Originally from New Hope, Pennsylvania, Jess graduated from the film program at Temple University. Her credits include work for NBC News, CBS News, National Geographic, History Channel, The Weinstein Co., and more. Small Small Thing: The Olivia Zinnah Story is her award winning feature directorial debut which had its worldwide television premiere on Al Jazeera English. The film received high praise and Vale received substantial media attention including appearances on MSNBC’s Melissa Harris Perry Show, Huffington Post Live and WABC NY’s Weekend Morning Show. Vale is currently post producing LIV a feature narrative by director Catherine Eaton, as she works on her next documentary The Limits of Dissent. She a member of the NYC chapter of Film Fatales.
There will be a Q&A with director Jessica Vale following the screening.
On Screen/In Person is made possible by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation through the generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts’ Regional Touring Program.

The Weeklings: With A Little Help From Our Friends
2015-10-16 20:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
After performing on Broadway as a member of both Beatlemania & Rain, Glen Burtnik and bandmates Bob Burger, John Merjave & Dave Anthony have created a new theater production. The evening promises to be a night of all things Beatles & beyond. The Weeklings will be joined by their friends The Barefoot Strings, Maxximum Horns with a special appearance by Max Weinberg. Together, they will perform the best and greatest songs of The Beatles, as well as The Weeklings performing their own Beatle-inspired songs.produced by Sammy Boyd Productions **Please note discounts (Senior, Alumni, Student, Employee, etc.) DO NOT apply for this event **

MET OPERA: Otello (Broadcast in HD)
2015-10-17 13:00 - 16:00 | Pollak Theatre
Verdi’s masterful Otello matches Shakespeare’s play in tragic intensity. Director Bartlett Sher probes the Moor’s dramatic downfall with an outstanding cast: tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko plays the doomed Otello; new soprano star Sonya Yoncheva sings Desdemona, Otello’s innocent wife and victim; and baritone Željko Lučić plays the evil Iago, who masterminds Otello’s demise. Dynamic maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.Tickets on sale Friday, July 24.

MET OPERA: Il Trovatore (Encore)
2015-10-18 13:00 - 16:00 | Pollak Theatre
Soprano Anna Netrebko’s dramatic and vocal skills are on full display in her next new role at the Met—Leonora, the Verdi heroine who sacrifices her own life for the love of the gypsy troubadour. Tenor Yonghoon Lee sings the ill-fated Manrico, baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky is his rival, and mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick is the mysterious gypsy with the troubled past. Marco Armiliato conducts Sir David McVicar’s Goya-inspired production.

Tickets on sale Friday, July 24

Homecoming Weekend 2015
2015-10-23 18:30 - 2015-10-24 21:00

MBA Homecoming Barbecue
2015-10-24 11:00 - 13:00 | Pozycki Hall
Attendance by Invitation Only
“We Bleed Blue”
MBA Homecoming Barbecue
Two-hour barbecue event held on the terrace outside Pozycki Hall as part of the University’s homecoming weekend events. In the event of rain, the BBQ will be held inside. Upon request, attendees are offered free tickets to the football game.
Attendance at this event is by invitation only and not open to the general public.
Saturday, October 24, 2015
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Pozycki Hall, Leon Hess Business School
Sponsored by: Leon Hess Business School, LHBS Business Council & MBA Program
FOR MORE INFORMATION
nkelly@monmouth.edu
732-571-3434

A Marvelous Night: The Music of Van Morrison
2015-10-24 20:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
New Jersey’s favorite entertainers will take the stage to share the music of Van Morrison with their friends. Legendary front man Rob Paparozzi (Original Blues Brothers Band, Blood Sweat ‘n Tears) and Master Song Stylist Pat Guadagno (BobFest, The Candle Brothers) will lead an all-star band on a musical journey through the lifework of one of the most influential and unusual artists of our time. Last year’s capacity crowd was mesmerized by an eclectic selection of Morrison’s mystical compositions, performed by an ensemble of Jersey musical nobility that included Pam McCoy, Steven Delopoulos (Burlap to Cashmere) Irish Tenor Steve Reilly, Michael Ghegan (Michael Jackson Cirque de Soleil), John Korba, (Hall & Oates, Phoebe Snow, Roseanne Cash) Tom Labella, Joe Bellia & Jillian Reyes McCoy (John Bon Jovi’s Kings of Suburbia). The memorable evening was highlighted by a surprise visit from ‘the worlds most recorded drummer’ Bernard “Pretty” Purdie. The whole crew is back for a transcendental evening of genre defying music presented by Charles Moran and Christopher Neary to benefit Autism Speaks on what is sure to be A Marvelous Night ….. You will be healed!
A portion of the proceeds from A Marvelous Night will benefit Autism Speaks, the world’s leading autism science and advocacy organization. Learn more about Autism Speaks at www.autismspeaks.org

Bolshoi Ballet: Giselle
2015-10-25 15:00 - 18:00 | Pollak Theatre
Encore: Thurs. January 28, 2016

Music: Adolphe AdamChoreography: Yuri Grigorovich
The young peasant girl Giselle dies when she learns that the man she loves, Albrecht, has betrayed her. Against her own will, she joins the wilis, vengeful spirits who now turn against Albrecht and condemn him to dance until he dies of exhaustion. This treasure of romantic ballet is one of the oldest and greatest in classical repertoire, touching upon the great romantic themes: a doomed love affair ending in tragedy, a dive into fantasy and ultimate redemption through the power of love. The Bolshoi is renowned for its intimate and emotionally intense interpretation of this beloved drama.

Monmouth University Award for Communication Excellence (MACE) Award
2015-10-26 18:00 - 21:00
Presentation of this year’s Monmouth Award for Communication Excellence (MACE) will be to film producers/directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord. The event includes a discussion about their award-winning filmmaking techniques moderated by Monmouth University Professor Rob Scott.
A cocktail reception preceding the presentation will be held at 6 p.m. in the Gallery of Pollak Theatre.
The award presentation and program will be held in Pollak Theatre.
The program is free but registration will be required. For more information please contact Nicole Frame, Assistant Director of Conference Services and Special Events, at 732.571.3473 or nframe@monmouth.edu.
About the Honorees:
Phil Lord and Chris Miller are the prolific writing and directing duo behind some of today’s most successful films, including, The Lego Movie, 21 & 22 Jump Street and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. In 2014, the duo saw incredible success at the box office and were the only writers/directors with two films ranked among the top highest grossing features of the year. Up next for film, the duo will be directing the highly anticipated untitled Star Wars Anthology. Focusing on a young Han Solo, the feature is slated for a May 25, 2018 release date and will be written by Lawrence and Jon Kasdan.
For more information on this event, please visit the MACE Award web site.

Future of the Ocean Symposium & Champions of the Ocean Awards
2015-10-29 10:00 - 14:00 | The Great Hall -104
The Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute presents the 11th Annual Future of the Ocean Symposium and Champions of the Ocean Awards Luncheon on Thursday, October 29, 2015 at Wilson Hall. The theme of this year’s symposium is “A Revolution at Sea: Ocean Exploration, Technology & Discovery.”
The symposium will feature presentations by distinguished speakers: Dr. Sylvia Earle, National Geographic Society Explorer-in-Residence; and Terry Garcia, National Geographic Society Chief Science and Exploration Officer. Both will be honored as National Ocean Champions at the luncheon following the symposium.
The event will also recognize Regional Ocean Champions representing organizations that were instrumental in the preservation of 38,000 square miles of coral reefs from Long Island to Virginia.
The symposium is free and open to the public. Awards luncheon immediately following is $150 for members of the public.
For more information, please visit the Urban Coast Institute web site.

Trunk or Treat
2015-10-31 12:00 - 14:00 | Parking Lot #25
Hosted by the First Year Service Project, Trunk-or-Treat provides a safe and fun environment for community members and their children to trick-or-treat and enjoy some Halloween fun!
More than 25 of Monmouth’s student organizations have come together to host over 45 trunks for children to visit for trick-or-treating! The event will also include pumpkin painting, games, activities, and a contest for the Best Halloween Costume!
This event will take place in Parking Lot 25; guest parking is available in Lot 16.
For more information contact Katherine Browna at 732-571-3590 or kbrowna@monmouth.edu.
