Events

Intro to the Library & Finding Your Library Space
2024-09-19 10:00 - 10:30, 2024-09-20 10:00 - 10:30 (America/New_York) | Library Room 101 – 1st Floor
Presented by the University Librarian, Kurt Wagner

Sheryl Oring performs "I Wish to Say"
2024-09-19 11:00 - 13:00 | Student Center Patio
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. She mails one to the White House and archives and exhibits the copy. To date she has typed over 4241 postcards. Oring will take dictation from the MU community in a live performance of “I Wish to Say”. This event is part of the exhibition of Oring’s artwork, I Wish That I Had Spoken Only of It All, which is on display in the DiMattio Gallery through Dec. 20, 2024.

Career Development Meet & Greet / Prepare for the Fairs
2024-09-19 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-09-20 12:00 - 13:00 | Student Center – 1st Floor – Career Development Office

Library Special Collections Special Preview
2024-09-19 16:00 - 16:30 | Special Collections Reading Room/L206 – 2nd Floor
Presented by Professor Librarian George Germek

I Wish That I Had Spoken Only of It All
2024-09-19 16:30 - 19:30 | DiMattio Gallery at Rechnitz Hall
Sheryl Oring, Performance of I Wish to Say | 11am-1pm | Rebecca Stafford Student Center Patio
Artist Talk | 4:30-5:30pm | Great Hall Auditorium
Exhibition Opening Reception | 5:30-7:30pm | DiMattio Gallery, Rechnitz Hall
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 typed over 4241 postcards. In this artist talk, Oring will discuss I Wish to Say, now in its 20th year, alongside her other socially engaged art projects.
This talk is in connection with the exhibition I Wish That I Had Spoken Only of It All: 20 Years of Sheryl Oring’s I Wish to Say, which is on display in Rechnitz Hall’s DiMattio Gallery for the Fall 2024 semester. A reception and performance of I Wish to Say in the DiMattio Gallery will follow this talk.
About the Artist
Sheryl Oring examines critical social issues through projects that incorporate old and new media to tell stories, examine public opinion, and foster open exchange. Using tools typically employed by journalists (the camera, the typewriter, the pen, the interview, and the archive), she builds on her experience in her former profession to create installations, performances, artist books, and internet-based works that address themes of citizenship, free expression, first amendment rights, story-telling, and activism through art. Oring received her MFA from the University of California at San Diego. She is currently a board member for the National Coalition Against Censorship. She has held several academic positions, most recently serving as the Dean of the School of Art at University of the Arts in Philadelphia.
Oring has shown her work at the O1SJ Biennial; Bryant Park in Manhattan; the Brooklyn Public Library; and the Jewish Museum Berlin. She has also presented work at Art in Odd Places in New York; the Art Prospect festival in St. Petersburg, Russia; Encuentro in São Paolo, Brazil; and the International Symposium on Electronic Art in Dubai. She has completed public art commissions at the San Diego and Tampa International Airports. Collecting institutions include the Library of Congress; Museum of Modern Art; Tate Britain; Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg; and many others.
For more information, see: https://www.sheryloring.org/
Or contact Dr. Corey Dzenko, cdzenko@monmouth.edu
This exhibition was made possible with funding from the Edna Wright Andrade Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation and from the Diversity Innovation Grant Program coordinated by the Office of the Provost and Intercultural Center at Monmouth University. Thank you also to ArtNOW, the Helen Bennett McMurray Endowed Chair of Social Ethics, and Monmouth University’s Department of Art and Design and Department of Curriculum and Instruction.

Postcards for the Presidential Election
2024-09-19 18:00 - 20:00 | Intercultural Center
Writing nonpartisan postcards to potential voters in Arizona for the presidential election.

Trivia Night: Latinx Heritage Month Theme
2024-09-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Intercultural Center Lounge

Monmouth University Women’s Club Volleyball Team Open Gym
2024-09-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Boylan Gymnasium
Monmouth University Women’s Club Volleyball Team Open Gym – open to all girls!

Bring in Da Funk, Part I
2024-09-19 19:30 - 21:00 | Virtual
Class Schedule: Thursdays – September 12 & 19 | 7:30 – 9:00 PM
“On the one”—James Brown often defined funk as a groove, emphasizing the first beat, using the ‘one-two-three-four’ downbeat. However, as the Godfather of Soul would agree, funk encompasses more than just a rhythm: it’s about freedom, expression, and dance. If not for funk, disco would have never been born. How did the genre develop, and who were the central figures in the history of funk? This two-session virtual course taught by Kit O’Toole will trace funk through its blues, jazz, soul, New Orleans, and R&B roots. The class will culminate in discussing, among other funk pioneers, three of the music’s most important figures: Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, and George Clinton. The course includes multimedia presentations and class discussions.
Zoom Link will be provided upon registration.

Prima Facie
2024-09-19 19:30 - 21:30 | Pollak Theatre
written by Suzie Miller
directed by Justin Martin
Jodie Comer’s (Killing Eve) Olivier and Tony Award-winning performance in Suzie Miller’s gripping one-woman play returns to cinemas.   Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. She has worked her way up from working class origins to be at the top of her game; defending; cross examining and winning. An unexpected event forces her to confront the lines where the patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof and morals diverge.   Prima Facie takes us to the heart of where emotion and experience collide with the rules of the game.   Justin Martin directs this solo tour de force, captured live in 2022 during a sold out run at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London’s West End.

Men's Golf vs Ryan T. Lee Memorial Collegiate
2024-09-20 00:00 - 2024-09-21 23:59 | Kensington, CT
Monmouth University Men’s Golf vs Ryan T. Lee Memorial Collegiate

Drop-in Application Workshop
2024-09-20 12:00 - 14:00 | Student Center – Global Education Office – Lower Level
Drop by the GlobalEducation Office for assistance with your study abroad application.

Field Hockey at Hofstra
2024-09-20 15:00 - 18:00 | Hempstead, NY
Monmouth University Field Hockey at Hofstra
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/3IzwagG

Meet the Greeks
2024-09-20 17:00 - 19:00 | Shadow Lawn / Soccer Field
Rain Location: OceanFirst Bank Center

Escape The Room
2024-09-20 18:00 - 21:00 | Great Hall Auditorium
Can you make it out in time? Come to the Great Hall Auditorium and see if you can escape. Pizza will be served and games will be available to play!

Asbury Park Boardwalk Shuttle, with Free Mini-Golf, and Silverball Retro Arcade Pass
2024-09-21 14:00 - 18:00 | Student Center

Hawks on the Road at Florida International University
2024-09-21 15:30 - 17:30
Join fellow Monmouth friends and family for a pregame tailgate in lot 10 at Pitbull Stadium on the campus of Florida International University. A buffet will be available to all registered guests along with a cash bar. The cost to attend is $30 per person ages 12 and older. Children 11 and under are free with an accompanying paid adult. The tailgate begins at 3:30pm and ends at 5:30pm. Kickoff is set for 6:00pm. $1 of the registration fee is a donation to the Athletic Director’s Excellence Fund.
Tailgate registration does NOT include a ticket to the game. Monmouth will occupy the bench in front of sections 130-135.

Football at FIU
2024-09-21 18:00 - 21:00 | Miami, FL
Monmouth University Football at FIU
Streaming Video: https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/1505df4d-9b1a-40fc-9e37-2bdf9ee257b0
Streaming Audio: https://monmouthhawks.com/showcase?Live=103

Men's Soccer vs Hofstra - M Game
2024-09-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Hesse Field on The Great Lawn
Monmouth University Men’s Soccer vs Hofstra – M Game
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/3IzwagG

Women's Golf vs Red Bandanna Invitational
2024-09-22 00:00 - 2024-09-23 23:59 | Canton, MA
Monmouth University Women’s Golf vs Red Bandanna Invitational

Women's Soccer vs Drexel
2024-09-22 13:00 - 15:00 | Hesse Field on The Great Lawn
Monmouth University Women’s Soccer vs Drexel
Streaming Video: https://my.flosports.tv/partner/caa?utm_campaign=caa&utm_medium=partner&utm_source=teams&utm_content=teams&rtid=monmouth&coverage_id=

Field Hockey at Columbia
2024-09-22 13:00 - 16:00 | New York, NY
Monmouth University Field Hockey at Columbia
Streaming Video: https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/532d1fde-9478-4220-bec2-6c1c95c782f2

NFL Watch Party - NY Giants vs. Browns
2024-09-22 13:00 - 16:30
Location: Pinewood Hall Lounge
FREE Pizza and Refreshments
Sponsored by the Office of Student Engagement, The Office of Residential Life, and The Student Government Association.

Hurricanes of Color
2024-09-22 17:00 - 18:30 | LakeHouse Recording Studio, 619 Lake Ave, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712, United States
Michael Frankel, the author of Hurricanes of Color and Monmouth University alumnus will be giving an artist’s talk and book-signing hosted by Prof. Ken Womack and Prof. Joe Rapolla.
Hurricanes of Color
In 1964, fifteen-year-old Mike Frankel found himself among professional photojournalists covering a Beatles concert during the band’s first tour in the United States. A few years later, he was a regular photographer at the Fillmore East, a storied venue in classic rock. And in 1969, he was onstage at Woodstock, documenting one of the most important events in American music history.
Featuring Frankel’s stunning photographs of nearly every major rock figure from the 1960s and ’70s―including Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, and the Grateful Dead―as well as many unpublished images of the Beatles, Hurricanes ofColor chronicles an extraordinary moment. Frankel, who was for a time a personal photographer for Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, developed an innovative style―one that layered images with multiple exposures to capture the spirit of the music of the era and the experience of listening to the bands live.
A must-have for fans of classic rock, this is a spectacular and profound collection of photography that complements the music of the world’s biggest performers.

Sunday Mass
2024-09-22 18:30 - 19:30 | Catholic Center, 16 Beechwood Ave, West Long Branch, NJ, 07764, United States

Intramural 7v7 Flag Football
2024-09-23 00:00 - 23:59 | Hesse Field on The Great Lawn
Monmouth Recreation is offering Intramural 7v7 Flag Football for all students. There will be a men’s and women’s league. The leagues will run from September 16th to October 11th. The leagues will be comprised of teams of 7-12 members and games will be played Monday-Thursday nights.
Register for the league online or email pkovac@monmouth.edu for any questions!

Agua Frescas Sale
2024-09-23 11:30 - 13:30 | Student Center Patio
Enjoy some freshlymade Agua Frescas! And hangout with the Brothers of Lambda Theta Phi.

Drop-in Application Workshop
2024-09-23 14:00 - 16:00 | Student Center – Global Education Office – Lower Level
Drop by the GlobalEducation Office for help with your study abroad application.
