The Interface Between Marine Biology and Creative Microscopic Inhabitants of the Sea
2020-11-18 13:15 - 14:15 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Before the advent of microscopic photography, it fell to the varying artistic skills of scientists to show the world what the invisible plants and animals in our oceans looked like. One of the most prolific and talented was Ernst Haeckel, an 1800s German zoologist and marine biologist whose groundbreaking sketches of organisms such as zooplankton, diatoms and copepods continue to capture the imagination of science enthusiasts and artists to this day. Count among them Monmouth University Professor Pat Cresson, who recently created over 50 works highlighting both microscopic marine organisms and larger sea creatures.
Cresson will present her collection, The Interface Between Marine Biology and Creative Microscopic Inhabitants of the Sea, in a free public webinar on Nov. 18. The session is being offered as part of the Department of History & Anthropology’s Research and Teaching Pedagogy Seminar Series
In an interesting twist, Cresson’s focus on the deep sea started with the CDC. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cresson was struck by the aesthetic beauty of models showing the virus and began investigating what other infectious diseases looked like. This research eventually shifted to imagery depicting the unicellular and microscopic life forms that are abundant in our waters, as Haeckel had famously done before.
“Art and science are very similar in some perspectives,” Cresson said. “Both science and art are human attempts to understand and describe the world around us. The subjects and methods have different traditions, and the intended audiences are different, but I think the motivations and goals are fundamentally the same.”
Cresson’s first works in the collection were detailed black ink drawings on heavy white watercolor paper. She then began creating a series of illustrations on deep wood panels that were covered with glued drawings on paper. Then an epoxy surface was poured over these panels, sometimes stained blue or green giving the appearance that they were submerged under water. She also created several collages on paper adhered to wood panels depicting ocean scenes. (Scroll to gallery below to view samples of her works.) Materials for the project were purchased through a faculty enrichment grant awarded via the Urban Coast Institute’s Heidi Lynn Sculthorpe Scholars program.
Building upon her work, Cresson assigned her Advanced Digital Imaging class to create first traditional collages (cut paper and materials) and then digital collages focused on marine ecosystems. Some of the student works will also be presented in the upcoming webinar.
“I gave them different ideas – the food web, symbiotic relationships, the role of light in the ocean, the health of the ocean and warming oceans, corals reefs and how they’re being bleached out,” she said. “They came up with some really interesting imagery. I was very happy with what they came up with.”

The Cover Letter: Get the “Write Stuff” for Professional Branding
2020-11-18 15:00, 2020-11-18 18:30 | Virtual
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Virtual Story Time
2020-11-20 16:00 - 17:30 | Online
Pre-K through 2nd graders and caregivers are welcome to register for Story Time, to be held on Friday, November 20, 2020 at 4 p.m. via Zoom.
Register at https://monmouth.libwizard.com/f/storytime-signup.
Story Time is Monmouth University students, at their finest, giving back to their community by instilling a love of reading and the library habit in children. The event consists of stories, guided conversation, and a craft.

A Post-Election Conversation – DC Area Alumni & Friends
2020-11-25 08:00 - 17:00
A virtual conversation with Director of Monmouth University’s Polling Institute, Patrick Murray.
Join fellow Hawks in your area and Patrick, to discuss the question on everyone’s minds: why were the polls off (again) plus what that means for potential cooperation in Washington in the next year.

Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation: Four Wednesday Sessions in December
2020-12-02 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
Join us for 4 weeks of guided Zoom meditation led by Cynthia O’Connell. Let this be motivation for your daily practice of mindful meditation.
Please Note: Free for Monmouth University faculty/staff or registered students. Full 4-week session – we ask that you plan to attend each class.
Dates and Time: Wednesdays, December 2, 9, 16 and 23 (from 12 – 1 p.m.)
Each 1 hour weekly session will consist of:

Lecture and Discussion (handouts included)
Guided Meditation
Mindful movement

Mindfulness Meditation can help develop self-awareness and enhance one’s understanding of living in the present moment and achieving greater life balance and emotional health. Participants will walk away from this workshop learning:

What mindfulness is and how it can reduce stress and enhance well-being
A variety of mindfulness meditation practices
Applications of mindfulness in day-to-day living

Presenter
Cynthia O’Connell is a Specialist Professor in the Educational Counseling graduate program at Monmouth University. She received her training in teaching Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction at the Jefferson-Myrna Brind Integrative Medicine Center in Philadelphia. She is also a certified Yoga Calm® Trainer and an RYT200 Yoga Instructor, she works with children through adults in yoga/mindfulness techniques, meditation and Yoga Calm®.
Free guided meditations lead by Cynthia O’Connell are available online.
This program is brought to by the Marjorie K. Unterberg School of Nursing and Health Studies – The Center for Professional Development in Nursing and Health. For additional questions, please send email to Barbara Paskewich bpaskewi@monmouth.edu.

Ask a Recent Alum Series Part 4 – Featuring Taylor Dickson ’13
2020-12-02 18:30
Taylor Dickson ’13 is a proud alumna from the Department of Communication. She also received her minor in sports communication and enjoyed being involved in HawkTV. Taylor landed her first job with the National Basketball Association in 2014 as a production trainee. She navigated her career path within the NBA and is currently an associate manager of International Events, leading events across the globe. Most recently, she headed the NBA Season Restart in Orlando. Taylor is excited to speak about navigating your career path and the importance of finding the right job for you.
Registration
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A Virtually Celtic Christmas - streamed direct from the National Opera House of Ireland
2020-12-04 19:30 - 21:30 | 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.
Register Online Now

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

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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