Events

Classical Fun
2019-04-16 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | The Great Hall Auditorium
A joyous program of music by some of the greatest composers of all time—Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Wagner, and others.
The MU Chamber Orchestra, comprising students, faculty, staff, and administrators, performs a variety of compositions from the classical repertory. This spring concert also features music for chamber ensembles from within the orchestra-solos, duos, trios, quintets.

Urban Coast Institute Marine & Environment Speaker Series
2019-04-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Edison Atrium – Room 201
Money, Mandate, and Water Management
with
Professor Keith Rizzardi, St. Thomas University School of Law

Professor Keith Rizzardi from St. Thomas University School of Law will speak about climate change, rising sea levels, and professional ethics. Discussions will also include insights into how the historic commitment to water management in South Florida has dramatically decreased and considerations on how water managers can best prepare before the next disaster strikes in the future.
For more information, contact Doris Meyer, Urban Coast Institute, at 732-263-5662 or dmeyer@monmouth.edu.

Climate Change, Coasts & Communities Symposium
2019-04-17 15:00 - 2019-04-18 17:00 | The Great Hall Auditorium
The “new normal” of increased storm events, flooding, sea level rise, and coastal erosion from climate change presents daunting adaptation challenges for New Jersey in the years ahead. This symposium features leading experts in climate change adaptation law and science to discuss lessons learned from other states and countries to assist New Jersey in navigating these challenges.

Topics will include:

S. and Australian case studies in coastal adaptation;
Public health dimensions of coastal adaptation;
Human rights impacts to vulnerable coastal communities;
Climate change impacts to “voiceless” communities (future generations, wildlife, and natural resources);
Strategies to combat climate change-induced and other anthropogenic factors in eutrophication of coastal marine ecosystems, and the impacts to ecosystem services and the communities who depend on them.

Visit the symposium web site for a full list of speakers and more event details. Admission is free for Monmouth employees and students (registration required), $35 for the general public, and $25 for Monmouth alumni and non-Monmouth students. (Cost covers Wednesday evening reception and Thursday breakfast, lunch and refreshments.)
For more information, contact Professor Randall S. Abate at 732-571-3641 or rabate@monmouth.edu.

Symposium Information and Registration

Spring Dance Concert: The Dance Has Many Faces
2019-04-17 19:30 - 21:30 | Lauren K. Woods Theatre
Feel inspired and touched as artists produce a dance worth trending. Discover many forms of dance in collaboration with Student Scholarship Week. Artists from the spring dance classes and dance teams of our Monmouth University will present their understanding of the diverse world of dancing. Performances will feature the choreographic exploration of the students and the faculty

Who Cares about Diversity? We Do! And So Should You
2019-04-18 17:30 - 18:30 | Pozycki Hall 214
What does diversity mean to you as a graduate student at Monmouth? What role will issues of diversity and inclusion play for you in the workplace? How should you prepare? Join us for a candid conversation addressing these important questions and much, much more! This discussion will also help determine content for future episodes in the podcast series. Come be part of the action and lend your voice to this critical conversation!
This event is hosted by the Office of Graduate Studies as part of Graduate Student Appreciation Days 2019.

5678 Dance Club Recital
2019-04-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Pollak Theatre
Come out and see 5678 dance club’s wonderful spring recital for all ages on Easter weekend.

Student Scholarship Week
2019-04-22 00:00 - 2019-04-28 23:59 | NJ
Thank you to everyone who participated in or attended Scholarship Week 2019.
Missed our signature event, Hawk Talks? Check out our YouTube playlist to watch student presentations from the event.
The next Scholarship Week will be April 20-26, 2020. Apply now!

Trees! A 'Discovering the Ecological Self' Installation
2019-04-22 - 2019-04-28 | DiMattio Gallery at Rechnitz Hall
Discovering the Ecological Self is a social practice, environmental, community art project in collaboration with students and faculty at Monmouth University, local community organizations, and other artists and ecological thinkers and creators. It is an interdisciplinary project that is an intersection of art and sustainability research. This installation is in response to this year’s theme: Trees! The Dimattio Gallery will host the installation and other artworks produced through the project this year. Look for the wandering installation around campus during Scholarship Week and sign your “commit me to trees” statement.

Street Art and Its Impact: Courtyard Mural
2019-04-22 - 2019-04-28 | Rechnitz Hall Lobby
Students collectively designed and painted a 40 foot long mural for the courtyard of the Department of Art and Design.

Jockey Hollow Virtual Reality
2019-04-22 - 2019-04-28 | Rechnitz Hall Lobby
Come to Rechnitz Hall to view a video of a recreation the Jockey Hollow winter encampments from the Revolutionary War. The exhibit will showcase some of the research, both of historical sources and technical, that is being conducted to create a virtual reality (VR) experience based on the site in the National Historic Park in Morristown, N.J. An initial version of the virtual recreation of the encampment can be experienced in VR during the opening of the All Student Show on the last day of Scholarship Week, Sunday April 28, 1–4 p.m., RH 206.

Global Scholarship Showcase
2019-04-22 13:00 - 15:00 | Edison Atrium – Room 201
The Global Scholarship Showcase highlights student achievements away from campus as part of study abroad, international activities, and departmental club activities. It also showcases students who are engaged in global learning activities without traveling internationally. Students will present their research in photo essays/posters, short videos, and in seven-minute-motivator presentations, which focus on one significant outcome of the global learning experience. Refreshments will be served. Topics to be covered include:

Global Barriers to Women’s Health
World Mental Health: The German Perspective
Reflections on International and Domestic Practices of Service-Learning
Global Social Work: Lessons from the Field
The Kite Runner: Novel Significance

Open Classroom: Health Promotion in Action
2019-04-22 16:30 - 17:50, 2019-04-24 16:30 - 17:50 | Rechnitz Hall 107
Students in groups will be conducting a health promotion event on campus. We will start in Rechnitz Hall 107 and then will walk to the event on-campus.

Open Classroom: FITNESSGRAM Testing
2019-04-23 10:05 - 11:25 | Boylan Gym South
Students will teach their peers and the audience about specific FITNESSGRAM tests and each participant will be asked to be dressed for activity and to join.

Open Classroom: Evolution of a Language and Critical Thinking through the Study of the Latin Language
2019-04-23 10:05 - 11:25 | Plangere 115
Each student will make a presentation on the impact that the Latin language, history and mythology had on them.

Hope is a Thing with Feathers: A Celebration of Emily Dickinson
2019-04-23 13:15 - 14:35 | Monmouth University Library Room 101
This poetry reading including students, faculty and staff, celebrating the work and life of Emily Dickinson. Readers will read from Dickenson’s work or their own.

First Generation Student Leadership: Student Summit Reflections
2019-04-23 15:00 - 16:00 | Club Dining, Magill Commons
This panel discussion features student participants in the 7th annual First Generation College Student Summit held on March at The College of The Holy Cross. Students will share their experiences, insights and leadership lessons learned by attending this student run conference. Students will also discuss programs and initiatives that may be of value in support of first generation students at Monmouth.

De-Stress for Success
2019-04-23 15:00 - 18:00 | Graduate Center
The period right before the end of the semester can be an especially stressful time for graduate students as they prepare for final exams, papers and presentations. De-Stress for Success provides an outlet for students to practice self-care and wellness in a fun and relaxing environment. De-Stress for Success activities include therapy dogs, coloring, chair massages, free refreshments, and much, much more!
This event is hosted by the Office of Graduate Studies as part of Graduate Student Appreciation Days 2019.

Campus Solutions to Plastic Pollution
2019-04-23 17:30 - 21:00 | Anacon Hall, 2nd Floor, Student Center
This is the New Jersey Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability Student Summit. There will be speakers from Clean Ocean Action, Clean Water Action, and The Surf Rider Foundation. Following the discussion, students will break out into sessions to discuss ideas for plastic waster. At the end, students from each school will discuss one action that they are going to tackle upon their return to their own university.

The Nile Hilton Incident
2019-04-23 19:30 - 21:30 | Pollak Theatre
A maid witnesses a murder at an upscale hotel and a policeman is assigned to the case, but it soon becomes clear that important people don’t want the case solved.
Director: Tarik Saleh
(2017)
Unrated
111 minutes

Open Classroom: Roma/Gypsies at the Confluence of Myth and Reality
2019-04-24 11:40 - 13:00 | The Great Hall – Room 310
During this open class, students in PR 403.01 (Roma /Gypsies in History, Literature, and Pop Culture) will present, in teams, on various aspects of Romani history and culture and on representations of Gypsies in pop culture. Through these presentations, students will engage with a variety of fields and disciplines, including sociology, education, cultural anthropology, political science, psychology, and public policy as they examine Roma’s position at the confluence of myth, metaphor, and reality. They will discuss topics related to Roma’s current situation in Europe (including the effects of institutionalized antigypsyism) and/or examine the production and dissemination of stereotypes and tropes associated with Gypsies/Roma.

Open Classroom: Using Writing and Research to Forge New Partnerships
2019-04-24 11:40 - 13:00 | Rechnitz Hall 107
Students in a First-Year Composition class used their skills to partner with a local non-profit, Garden State Equality (GSE). Through the partnership, students learned how to research populations and topics as well as how to write for specific audiences. The projects stemming from this hands-on learning experience will be used to help GSE forge relationships with school districts across New Jersey to provide training and support for schools as they transition into teaching the new state-mandated LGBTQ+ history curricula.

Goldfish Learning Laboratory: An Unconventional Approach to Teaching Psychology of Learning
2019-04-24 12:00 - 13:00 | Edison Science Hall Multipurpose Room 201
Since Fall 2017, the Psychology Department at Monmouth University has used an unconventional live animal model –goldfish – as an active learning tool to teach students hands on about various principles of psychology. In this open classroom session, attendees will be able to view an oral presentation and corresponding live animal demonstrations on topics relating to Pavlovian and operant conditioning, choice and preference, memory, cognition, and welfare. Attendees will also be able to view a poster in the room that displayed data collected by students in previous semesters during the goldfish labs. Protocols and lesson plans will be provided to attendees as well. During the course, students are required to demonstrate knowledge of species-typical behavior and husbandry care of goldfish before working with goldfish directly. Next, students observe naturalistic goldfish behavior and create operational definitions in preparation for collecting data on different training paradigms. Overall, this session will showcase how a wide range of basic and applied learning concepts can be taught through an active learning approach with live animals. These types of procedures are not limited to just goldfish; they are also applicable to human behavior as well.

Public History Showcase
2019-04-24 14:00 - 15:00 | Howard Hall 316
In this panel discussion, public history students will discuss experiential projects that are preparing them for life after graduation while also benefitting significant partners such as The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University, the Monmouth Memories Oral History Program, the National Guard Militia Museum of NJ, TheClio.com, the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation and Museum, and others.

Blue Hawk Records Compilation Album Release
2019-04-24 14:30 - 16:30 | Student Center
Come and join Blue Hawk in releasing their 14th compilation album! Music and live performances. An event you do not want to miss!

Hawk Talks
2019-04-24 14:45 - 16:15 | Pollak Theatre and Lobby
The Hawk Talks event will highlight the rich diversity of events offered during Student Scholarship Week by including student work from all academic disciplines, including graduate and undergraduate students, in one premier interdisciplinary event.
The event format will showcase student work through poster presentations and five-minute TED-talk style presentations.
Refreshments will be served.
Hawk Talks Speakers
Welcome Remarks
President Grey J. Dimenna
Master of Ceremonies
Kel Grant, Class of 2018 and Graduate Student, Communication

Megan N. Conchar, Senior, Psychology: Predictive Risk Factors of Secondary Traumatic Stress and Compassion Fatigue in Veterinary Staff and Animal Rescue Workers
Adham M. Hasan, Senior, Health Studies: Informal alcohol risk reduction methods among Greek life
Kaitlyn R. Hirsch, Junior, Health Studies: Abortion and the Effects of its Associated Stigma
Denisse G. Quintanilla, Freshman, Spanish and Communication, and Michelle D. Iannelli, Junior, Spanish: La literatura y el arte para un mundo mejor
Max I. Sobrano, Senior, Business Management: Helping Students Meet Sports Industry Professionals and Get Internships & Jobs in the Sports Industry Through the Newly Created Sports Industry Club at Monmouth University
Marta Telatin, Senior, Biology MCP: Neuropharmacology of Alcohol-Stimulant Co-Use

Hawk Talks Poster Presentations

Kaitlin Allsopp, Senior, Political Science: Impediments to Proportional Representation for Women in American Politics
Gina A. Badlowski, Senior, Marine and Environmental Biology and Policy: Spatial analysis of water quality parameters in Hilo Bay, Hawai’i
Emily G. Blaser, Senior, Communication: The Depiction of #MeToo in Men’s and Women’s Magazines: Concurrences and Contrasts
Sean R. Capper, Senior, Computer Science: Spatial analysis of violent versus drug-related crime in Jersey City, New Jersey
Emily J. Ciccolo, Sophomore, Homeland Security: Ranking New Jersey sporting and concert venues based on driving distance from police and EMS stations
Mary E. Emich, Junior, Marine and Environmental Biology and Policy: Mapping Suitable Shore Nesting Habitat for Migratory Birds in Sea Bright Beach, New Jersey
Thomas C. Engel, Junior, Marine and Environmental Biology & Policy: Mapping vulnerability of amphibian migrations during “Big Nights” in New Jersey
Joseph A. Fantozzi, Senior, Finance: Just Say Yes
Kelly N. Grant and Bryce Rose R. Petraccoro, Graduate Students, CPC: 2020 Vision: TEDxMonmouthUniversity
Paige N. Kaercher and Samuel C. Aydukovic, Psychology: The Effect of Expected Benefits on Young Adult Volunteering
Jarrett Kennedy, Senior, Homeland Security: Building a line-of-sight model for event security in Center City, Philadelphia
Mariah L. Laster and Tori R. Hart, Psychology: Emotions Predict Society’s Perspectives on Social Justice
Sydney N. Lucas, Senior, Marine and Environmental Biology and Policy: Lines of evidence for differences in water quality between the Shrewsbury and Navesink coastal waterways in New Jersey
Caitlin M. Mazzella, Junior, English Elementary Education: Hawaiian Language
Emma D. O’Rourke, Senior, Political Science: Environmental Stressors on Migration: Guatemala
Zachary M. Pereira, Senior, Social Work: Student Athlete’s Perception of a Sports Social Worker
Jenna C. Puglisi, Senior, English – Creative Writing: Elements of Nature: Poetry Project
Nathaniel J. Rodriguez, Junior, Mathematics: Heronian Polygons
Claudia E. Sanchez, Senior, Social Work; Priya Telidevara, Sophomore, Sociology; Andres A. Camacho, Sophomore, Communication: True Life: I Am a First Generation College Student
Brielle A. Sanders, Junior, Psychology: Power Perceived
Shevaitha T. Shyamalan, Junior, Biology: Analysis of Kombucha
Sebastian A. Vera, Senior, Biology MCP: Experimental Manipulations to study the effect of diet on aspects of body size
Michael C. Zarnowski, Junior, Homeland Security: Modeling travel cost based on terrain to strategically plan new border wall between the United States and Mexico

Open Classroom: School Counseling Presentations
2019-04-24 16:30 - 17:50 | McAllan Hall 227
Students in EDL 601 Research Methods and Applications will be presenting their research proposals using posters. The proposals and posters have been developed throughout the semester, and focus on a wide variety of subjects related to school counseling. Students are prepared to present their proposals and discuss how their research would be implemented and ultimately impact the field of school counseling.

Open Classroom: Peer Teaching Module Showcase
2019-04-24 16:30 - 17:50 | Plangere Lower Lobby
Students will showcase binders reflecting comprehensive modules for teaching a focal Communication Theory to peers.

Hess Excellence in Scholarship Series
2019-04-24 18:00 - 19:30 | Club Dining, Magill Commons
The Excellence in Scholarship Series provides the opportunity for students in the Leon Hess Business School to highlight their scholarly work over the last academic year.

An Inconvenient Truth
2019-04-24 19:30 - 21:00 | Showroom Cinemas, 707 Cookman Ave, Asbury Park, 07712, United States
Celebrating EARTH DAY/MU Scholarship Week
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effects on the environment.

With a post-film discussion hosted by Randall Abate, J.D.
Director: Davis Guggenheim
Writer: Al Gore
Stars: Al Gore, Billy West, George Bush
