Events

A Virtually Celtic Christmas - streamed direct from the National Opera House of Ireland
2020-12-04 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Filmed at the National Opera House of Ireland, A Virtually Celtic Christmas features the Irish Concert Orchestra, two choirs, guests singers and musicians from all over Ireland and the ethereal voice of Irish tenor, Michael Londra. Michael is best known as the lead voice of Riverdance on Broadway and for his Emmy® nominated show Beyond Celtic, on PBS. The show features an array of Christmas favorites from ancient Gaelic hymns to Broadway classics. Songs include In the Bleak Midwinter, The Wexford Carol, Winter, Fire and Snow, and a host of songs to warm you on a winter’s evening. The concert’s musical director, renowned Irish composer Liam Bates composed the choral arrangements for the evening. Guest artists include New York Times best selling author of Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer. Liam and Eoin’s songs from their Christmas musical NOËL feature in the concert along with an appearance by West End star and Northern Ireland native Zoe Rainey (Wicked, Hairspray).

About Michael Londra
Michael Londra is originally from Wexford, home of the National Opera House and was the first local to perform at the beautiful space when it opened in 2009. Over the past year he has spent a lot of time in his homeland filming a new tv series for public television, Ireland with Michael, a travel and music show featuring some of Ireland’s biggest stars. The show will air on PBS in the spring of 2021. Audiences of Virtually Celtic Christmas will get a special glimpse of the show during the concert. You’ll learn about his love for his home county, to traditional music and his special connection to JFK and the Kennedy family.

Barbera-Villegas International Social Work Lecture
2020-12-08 12:00 - 13:30 | Virtual

Introduction to Legal Nurse Consulting
2020-12-08 19:00 - 20:30
The Marjorie K. Unterberg School of Nursing and Health Studies is pleased to invite you to attend this program. Each semester we will present a series of professional development classes that feature our own Faculty and Alumni. Join us virtually to explore the field of legal nurse consulting with Tristan Ashly Wristen, graduate of the Forensic Nursing MSN program at Monmouth University, 2018.
Desired Learning Outcome
At the conclusion of the program participants will self-report knowledge gain on the role and responsibilities of the legal nurse consultant.
This class will discuss the evolution of legal nurse consulting and will focus on the current state of the field. The lecture includes interactive case studies based on actual real-life circumstances.
Key Topic Areas Include:

History and evolution of the field of legal nurse consulting
The basics of litigation and the legal system
Roles of the legal nurse consultant
Types of cases that benefit from legal nurse consultant involvement
How to develop a successful legal nurse consultant career

Registration Cost
Price ranges between $25.00 and $30.00 depending on the option selected at registration.
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Virtual Tuesday Night Record Club: John Lennon: Double Fantasy
2020-12-08 19:30 - 21:30
We have decided to continue with Record Club in virtual format using the ZOOM app. When you register you will be provided the meeting link to join the conversation.

CLICK HERE for more information on how to use zoom

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 John Lennon: Double Fantasy

Free and open to the public, but registration is required.

Virtual Blue Hawk Records Release Show for “Reviver"
2020-12-09 20:00 - 22:00 | Virtual
With the ever-changing, and at times frightening outside world, there is one thing that’s for certain: nothing can stop the music. Blue Hawk Records has been grinding to perfect their seventeenth compilation album, Reviver. Since the start of the fall 2020 semester, the team has been meeting regularly, held in-person and virtual auditions, went into Lakehouse Recording Studio in Asbury Park to record, mix, and master the album, and is set for an upcoming virtual release show. The release show will be held on Instagram live on December 9 starting at 8 pm. The Instagram handle to tune in to is @bluehawkrecordsoffical.
Included are two rappers, Hasan Chambers and Gabe Garza, otherwise known as Double G, both whose songs take the listener through a story-like experience with a moving message. A&R reps Ethan Christensen and Mikey Sacnhez, helped arrange, and recorded on, artist Charlie Krause’s piano-based song “Those Green Eyes”, giving it a driving full-band sound. Nick Garretch and his band, White Wing, contributed a modern day, fist-pumping, rock track with “Out All Night”. With the team’s help, Monmouth freshman and solo singer-songwriter, Abby Garcia, took her once acoustic-only song, “Silver Linings” and added various musical elements to give it a very current and mystical sound. Rapper-Singer, Justin Ume, known as UME, who already has an impressive following, contributed the hit-sounding pop track, “At The Tone”.
The Live release show will be hosted by one of Monmouth University’s WMCX top DJ’s, Kayla Booker, and will feature live performances by our artists.
You can find and follow Blue Hawk Records at @bluehawkrecordsofficial

Father Alphonse and The Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea's Virtual Christmas Concert 2020
2020-12-14 08:00 - 2020-12-31 17:00 | Virtual
While we missed not being able to host our annual holiday concert with Father Alphonse and The Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea this December we do have a special treat for his fans! Please join Father Alphonse and friends for this FREE Virtual Christmas Concert which features many of the same faces and voices you enjoy each year at Pollak Theatre. Happy Holidays!
Watch here: https://vimeo.com/490078103/60a243d1ee

Virtual Tuesday Night Book Club: Amor Towles' A Gentleman in Moscow
2020-12-15 19:30 - 21:30
Join us for Tuesday Night Book Club! Hosted by Monmouth University’s Ken Womack and Michael Thomas, each month we’ll explore a different novel. All you have to do is Zoom in and join the discussion!
This month’s novel is Amor Towles’ A Gentleman in Moscow and joining the conversation will be the special guest host Anika Chapin. A Gentleman in Moscow immerses us in another elegantly drawn era with the story of Count Alexander Rostov. When, in 1922, he is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the count is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel’s doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him a doorway into a much larger world of emotional discovery.
When you register you will be provided the meeting link to join the conversation. GET MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO USE ZOOM

Cherish the Ladies: Christmas in Ireland - Live in Concert
2020-12-19 20:00 - 22:00 | Virtual
Cherish the Ladies has shared timeless Irish traditions with audiences worldwide and 2020 celebrates the incredible milestone of their 35th anniversary! During that time, they have become one of the most engaging and successful ensembles in the history of Irish music.
Due to the Coronavirus the ladies were unable to tour their highly anticipated Celtic Christmas show in America. With so many requests from fans around the globe requesting the Christmas program, bandleader Joanie Madden assembled the entire group together in County Clare in Ireland in Spanish Point located alongside the rugged wild Atlantic coastline to record a special socially distanced Christmas program featuring a 12-piece ensemble of incredibly talented musicians, singers and dancers.
For more than two decades the ladies have placed their unique classic stamp on music of the season releasing three critically acclaimed holiday albums, “On Christmas Night”, “A Star in the East” and “Christmas in Ireland”.
In this special Christmas in Ireland Live program, the Ladies put their signature mark on classic carols such as “Angels we Have Heard on High”, “Joy to the World”, “Hark the Herald Angel Sing”, “Mrs. Fogarty’s Christmas Cake”, “Ding Dong Merrily on High” and “Silent Night” in arrangements that highlight the group’s unique Celtic instrumentation, beautiful harmonies and spectacular step dancing.
The show streaming to you in High Definition features the outstanding musicianship of Joanie Madden (flute, whistle, harmony vocals), Mary Coogan (guitar), Mirella Murray (accordion), Kathleen Boyle (piano, harmony vocals), Nollaig Casey (fiddle), The Waterboys and Lunása’s Trevor Hutchinson (Upright Bass), Riverdance’s Jimmy Higgins (percussion) also featured are the gorgeous vocals of Kate Purcell, Don Stiffe, Bruce Foley and Seámus O’Flatharta (harp, vocals, step dancing). Five-time World Champion step dancer David Geaney rounds out the troupe.
Don’t miss this spectacular live show from Ireland that the entire family will surely enjoys!

Virtual Tuesday Night Record Club: Crosby Stills and Nash: Self-Titled
2021-01-12 19:30 - 21:30 | Virtual
We have decided to continue with Record Club in virtual format using the ZOOM app. When you register you will be provided the meeting link to join the conversation. CLICK HERE for more information on how to use ZOOM.
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 Crosby Stills and Nash: Self-Titled.

Virtual Tuesday Night Book Club: Raymond Carver's What We Talk about When We Talk about Love
2021-01-26 19:30 - 21:30 | Virtual
Join us for Tuesday Night Book Club! Hosted by Monmouth University’s Ken Womack and Michael Thomas, each month we’ll explore a different novel. All you have to do is Zoom in and join the discussion!
This month’s book is Raymond Carver’s What We Talk about When We Talk about Love. In his second collection, including the iconic and much-referenced title story featured in the Academy Award-winning film Birdman, Carver establishes his reputation as one of the most celebrated short-story writers in American literature—a haunting meditation on love, loss, and companionship, and finding one’s way through the dark.
When you register you will be provided the meeting link to join the conversation. GET MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO USE ZOOM

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Distinguished Lecture in Social Justice: Ibram X. Kendi
2021-01-27 15:15 - 16:15
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Race, Racism and Education
2021-01-28 19:30 - 21:00 | Online
Dr. Jose Aybar, Past-President of Richard J. Daley College, one of the City Colleges of Chicago, will give a 40 minute virtual seminar on Race, Racism and Education, followed by an interactive question and answer session.
As the Latino president of a college serving a majority-Latino student body, Dr. Aybar has been profiled as a key Hispanic leader in higher education by Hispanic Outlook and Latino Leaders magazines.
This online seminar is free and open to the public but registration is requested. Please visit the East Coast Colleges Social Science Association at ECCSSA.org for to register and receive the GotoMeeting link.
For additional information, please contact Dr. Stanton Green at sgreen@monmouth.edu.

Black History Month 2021
2021-02-01 - 2021-02-28
Each year, Monmouth University observes National Black History Month throughout the month of February. Originating in 1926 under the vision of African American historian Carter G. Woodson, Black History Month provides opportunities for all members of the university to explore the histories, legacies, and current contributions of individuals across the African Diaspora. Join the Black History Month Planning Committee for our month-long virtual event series including events organized by students, faculty, and staff.

Racing into the Space Age: The Life, Scholarship, and Legacy of Dr. Walter S. McAfee ’85HN at Monmouth and Beyond
2021-02-05 15:00
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Questions?
Please reach out to Karen Keene at kkeene@monmouth.edu

Virtual Tuesday Night Record Club: George Harrison: All Things Must Pass
2021-02-09 19:30 - 21:30 | Virtual
We have decided to continue with Record Club in virtual format using the ZOOM app. When you register you will be provided the meeting link to join the conversation. CLICK HERE for more information on how to use ZOOM.
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 George Harrison: All Things Must Pass.

Policing in Communities of Color
2021-02-10 19:00 | Live over Zoom
A Conversation on Police Violence, Black Lives Matter, and Police Reform.
Panelists

Lorenzo M. Boyd, Ph.D., is a nationally recognized leader in police-community relations and an authority on urban policing. Boyd is the vice president for diversity & inclusion at the University of New Haven. As the former director of the Center for Advanced Policing and a life member of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE), Boyd has appeared on local, regional, and national media outlets to discuss policing in the aftermath of high-profile cases.

Jason Williams, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of justice studies at Montclair State University. He is a passionate activist criminologist deeply concerned about racial disparity and mistreatment within the criminal legal system. Williams has conducted ethnographic research in Baltimore, Maryland, and Ferguson, Missouri, following the police-involved tragedies of Freddie Gray and Michael Brown. He recently published a co-edited book entitled Black Males and the Criminal Justice System.

Sean K. Wilson, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Sociology and Criminal Justice Department at William Paterson University. As a community-based scholar, Wilson’s research seeks to foreground the voices and lived experiences of the oppressed and marginalized. His research interests include reentry, critical policing, critical criminology,reentry, critical gang studies, and race and justice.

Andrea McChristian, Esq., is the law and policy director at the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice. In this capacity, she leads the implementation of the strategic vision and the director of the law and policy program. Andrea oversees the programmatic function of the institute’s three pillars of social justice: democracy and justice, economic justice, and criminal justice reform. Andrea previously served as the director of the institute’s Criminal Justice Reform Initiative and was the primary author of Bring Our Children Home: Ain’t I a Child, which forms the basis of the 150 Years is Enough campaign.

Organized by Marie Mele, Ph.D., mmele@monmouth.edu
Sponsors: Intercultural Center; School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Sociology program; and Helen Bennett McMurray Endowment for Social Ethics
Collaborators: Program in Gender and Intersectionality Studies,
Black and African Diaspora Forum United, Black Student Union, Students for Systemic Change, Social Work Society, Guardians Club, and Global & Community Practice Action Group

New Year, Healthier You - Hosted by Kelly Mahoney ’11
2021-02-11 18:00

TUESDAY NIGHT WORLD MUSIC RECORD CLUB: Anoushka Shankar's Love Letters
2021-02-16 19:30 - 21:00 | Virtual
We have decided to continue with Record Club in virtual format using the ZOOM app. When you register you will be provided the meeting link to join the conversation.
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 featuring Anoushka Shankar’s Love Letters will be hosted by Monmouth University Professor Meghan Hynson and is cosponsored by the Institute for Global Understanding.

Panel to Examine Governance of Marine Shipping and Maritime Sovereignty in the Climate Change Context
2021-02-19 10:00 - 11:15

Virtual Women's Leadership Celebration
2021-02-21 14:00 - 15:30 | Live over Zoom

Climate & the Coast: Challenges for the Next Administration
2021-02-23 18:00
This panel discussion with experts from the Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute (UCI) will cover mounting issues facing the nation and Florida’s coast, including beach erosion, sea level rise, flooding and harmful algal blooms. How is the changing climate impacting the coast? What actions we might expect from the incoming Biden-Harris administration? Following the talks, take part in an open Q&A with UCI Director Tony MacDonald, Esq., UCI Associate Director Thomas Herrington, and Endowed Associate Professor of Marine Science Jason Adolf.

Build your Brand (Professional Empowerment Series)
2021-02-24 18:30 - 19:15 | Virtual
Sponsored by Career Services, the Educational Opportunity Fund, and Student Employment
In this 45-minute virtual session, you will learn to

Create an elevator pitch
Define your personal brand

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