Events

Student Scholarship Week
2021-04-19 - 2021-04-23
Monmouth University’s 6th annual Student Scholarship Week: Celebrating the Research, Creative, and Service Accomplishments of MU Students will take place virtually April 19-23, 2021. Student Scholarship Week is a weeklong conference that showcases and celebrates students’ academic work inside and outside of the classroom, as well as highlights faculty-student collaboration, across the University. This includes highlighting students’ scholarly contributions in research, writing, service learning, clinical experiences (i.e. study abroad, internships), musical and theater productions, art exhibits, student development and leadership, student clubs, etc.
This year, Student Scholarship Week will be held virtually for the safety of our students and staff. Each day of the week will feature one theme with a variety of student projects showcased through a mix of live Zoom sessions and asynchronous posters and videos.
Please visit the website for a list of the daily live sessions and to view the students’ posters and videos.

Women in Leadership Symposium
2021-04-20 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
We are excited to announce the Women in Leadership Symposium on April 20, 2021 from 3 to 5 PM (zoom) aimed to reach all current or aspirational leaders/employees in P-12 education, higher education, and business. This FREE symposium is brought to you in partnership with New Jersey Association of School Administrators, Monmouth University, and Equitable.
The focus of this year’s symposium is on wellness and will feature author and educational advocate Tina H. Boogren, Ph.D. Boogren is the author of numerous books centered on her passion areas of quality instruction, coaching, mentoring, and wellness and hosts the weekly podcast “Self-Care for Educators with Dr. Tina H. Boogren.” A panel of multidisciplinary professionals will provide insights and strategies to help professionals integrate wellness activities into their professional lives.

Virtual Tuesday Night Book Club: Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad
2021-04-20 19:30
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 Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, the #1 New York Times bestseller from Colson Whitehead, a magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave’s adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. In Whitehead’s ingenious conception, the Underground Railroad is no mere metaphor—engineers and conductors operate a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil. The Underground Railroad is at once a kinetic adventure tale of one woman’s ferocious will to escape the horrors of bondage and a shattering, powerful meditation on the history we all share.

Virtual Tuesday Night Record Club: Paul Simon: Graceland
2021-05-04 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 featuring Paul Simon’s Graceland will be hosted by Monmouth University Professor Meghan Hynson and is cosponsored by the Institute for Global Understanding.

The Ballerina of Auschwitz with Dr. Edith Eger
2021-05-06 19:00 - 20:30
Monmouth University’s Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences is a co-sponsor of
The Ballerina of Auschwitz
Dr. Edith Eger
With Dr. Edith Eger
New York Times Best Selling Author of The Choice
Thursday, May 6, 2021
7 – 8:30 p.m.
Presented on Zoom
This event is free but registration is required.
Register Online: chabadshore.com/ballerinaofauschwitz/
The virtual event, which is hosted by Chabad of the Shore, will feature a conversation with Edith Eger, Ph.D. One of the few living Holocaust survivors, Eger is the author of The Gift, and the New York Times bestselling book, The Choice.
Eger was sent to Auschwitz at 16-years old, where she endured unimaginable experiences, including being ordered to dance for the notorious Josef Mengele who killed her parents.
She is an inspiring speaker, human dignity advocate & award-winning author. Her book, The Choice, is a powerful memoir and a practical guide to healing which uses her past as a powerful analogy to inspire people to reach their potential and shape their destinies.

Virtual Tuesday Night Book Club: Taylor Jenkins Reid's Daisy Jones and the Six
2021-05-11 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 novel is Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Daisy Jones and the Six. A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup. Taylor Jenkins Reid is a talented writer who takes her work to a new level with Daisy Jones & The Six, brilliantly capturing a place and time in an utterly distinctive voice.
When you register you will be provided the meeting link to join the conversation. GET MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO USE ZOOM

Commencement - All Fall 2020 (January 2021) graduates
2021-05-12 10:00 | Kessler Field

Commencement - Master and Doctoral candidates in the School of Humanities & Social Sciences, the School of Business and the School of Education
2021-05-12 14:00

Commencement - Master and Doctoral candidates in the School of Nursing & Health Studies, the School of Social Work and the School of Science
2021-05-13 10:00

Commencement - Bachelor candidates in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences
2021-05-19 10:00

Commencement - Bachelor candidates in the School of Nursing and Health Studies and the School of Social Work
2021-05-19 14:00

Commencement - Bachelor candidates in the School of Business
2021-05-20 10:00

Commencement - Bachelor candidates in the School of Education and the School of Science
2021-05-20 14:00

Virtual Wine Tasting - California
2021-05-25 20:30
Note: Must be 21 years of age or older to participate. Please register by May 11 to receive your tasting kit in time.
Join us and your fellow Hawks for a guided, interactive wine tasting session. After you register for this event, a tasting flight of eight California coastal wines will be delivered right to your door.

Monmouth University's Leadership Excellence Award Dinner
2021-06-03 17:00 - 22:00 | The Great Hall
This Year Honoring …

Peter J. Cocoziello
Founder and CEO
Advance Realty Investors
Leadership Excellence Award Recipient

Anthony R. Coscia
Partner
Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP
Service to the Industry Award Recipient

For information and sponsorship opportunities, please contact Theresa Lowy at tlowy@monmouth.edu or 732-571-4412

Alumni Weekend 2021
2021-06-11 - 2021-06-14
Join us for a smattering of virtual get-togethers and in-person events for Alumni Weekend 2021.

Natasha Tretheway - Monmouth University Summer Music & Arts Festival
2021-07-01 19:00 - 2021-07-31 17:00 | Virtual
A special reading by former United States Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Natasha Tretheway, as part of the 2021 Monmouth University Summer Music & Arts Festival.

For more information on the festival visit: https://www.monmouth.edu/mca/festival/.
