Monmouth Football Hosts the Spring Virtual Tailgate
2021-03-27 12:00 (America/New_York)
For the first time ever, Monmouth Football will be competing for the Big South Championship in the spring! At the moment, we do not know if Governor Murphy will lift the outdoor gathering restrictions in time for us to host fans in the stands but we have an alternative for you. Saturday, March 27, one hour before kick-off, Monmouth Football will be hosting a Virtual Tailgate for you to participate in!
Join us an hour before kick-off where we will hear from Coach Kevin Callahan about the upcoming season and how the team has prepared for this unprecedented time. This is a free event for all to attend.

A Conversation with Olivia Nuzzi: The Future of American Politics and the Press
2021-03-29 18:30 | Virtual
Join Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Poll, in a discussion with one of the nation’s highest profile political reporters about the state of the news media and how it covers political issues and players.
Olivia Nuzzi is currently New York magazine’s Washington correspondent. She grew up in Monmouth County, New Jersey, cutting her journalistic teeth with local outlets while still in high school. Olivia is known as a tenacious reporter who pursues the odd and unusual angles in today’s top political stories, writing with a unique, unfiltered voice. She once scored an impromptu exclusive Oval Office interview with Donald Trump and has written about the challenges of texting with Rudy Giuliani. She is currently working with Ryan Lizza on a book about the 2020 election.
Patrick Murray was named the Monmouth University Polling Institute’s founding director in 2005. He frequently appears as a commentator on polling and politics for regional and national outlets. During federal election years, Murray also serves as an exit poll analyst for the NBC News Decision Desk.

This free event is open to the public, but you must register.
For more information: polling@monmouth.edu
Registration
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Virtual Tuesday Night Book Club: Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2021-03-30 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 Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine: The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, which are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years
As Rebecca Skloot so brilliantly shows, the story of the Lacks family—past and present—is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The story of modern medicine and bioethics—and, indeed, race relations—is refracted beautifully, and movingly.”—Entertainment Weekly

When you register you will be provided the meeting link to join the conversation. GET MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO USE ZOOM

War Horse - Virtual Event Cinema
2021-03-31 - 2021-04-06 | Virtual
In response to the on-going health crisis, BY Experience is offering their beloved Live in HD titles for customers to view at home on an internet enabled device, as a “by appointment” basis. Customers screen as if they were attending at the venue itself (no fast-forward, pause, rewind or multi-watch option) in a virtual communal experience. The appointment screenings will be daily at 1pm, 4pm, 7pm and 10pm – You get to choose the date and time you would like to view it just like at the movies. Reserve your spot now!
War Horse:
Now seen by more than 8 million people around the world, War Horse is a powerfully moving and imaginative stage drama, a show of phenomenal inventiveness, filled with stirring music and songs. At its heart are astonishing life-size puppets by South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company, who bring breathing, galloping, charging horses thrillingly to life on stage. Based on the beloved novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted for the stage by Nick Stafford.
“Captivating! Nothing can replicate the specific thrill of watching Joey take on substance and soul before our eyes.” — New York Times
“A remarkable achievement… an astonishing piece of theatre.” — Time Out
“Genius isn’t too strong a word to describe this astonishing production.” — Daily Telegraph

Songwriting: Unlocking Your Creativity
2021-04-01 19:30 - 2021-04-15 21:00 | Virtual
Class Schedule: Thursdays – April 1, 8 and 15 | 7:30 – 9:00 PM
This three session virtual course, taught by Jay Sweet, provides participants with techniques to help give directions and creative elements that will help unlock the potential of active and aspiring songwriters. The workshop will also provide a supportive outlet for those songwriters looking to share their works for evaluation or for those looking to learn from others’ processes.
Instructor: Jay Sweet is a Professor of Music who has produced several pieces for television and radio. He is also the proud owner and director of Sweet Music Academy, where he has helped to train hundreds of musicians.Whether you are a hobbyist or someone looking to pursue a career in songwriting, this course will help you find new avenues and directions to enhance your craft. For those who wish to do so, there will also be opportunities for students to share their songs in a workshop setting.
Throughout the course, Sweet will provide examples and analysis of songs, techniques, and creative concepts that will be presented. Over the three weeks, we will discuss the process of developing and recording a song and the many different avenues that can be taken to make your music polished and presentable.
Zoom link will be provided upon registration.

Virtual Tuesday Night Record Club: Depeche Mode: Violator
2021-04-06 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 Depeche Mode: Violator.

Madama Butterfly - Virtual Event Cinema
2021-04-07 - 2021-04-13 | Virtual
In response to the on-going health crisis, BY Experience is offering their beloved Live in HD titles for customers to view at home on an internet enabled device, as a “by appointment” basis. Customers screen as if they were attending at the venue itself (no fast-forward, pause, rewind or multi-watch option) in a virtual communal experience. The appointment screenings will be daily at 1pm, 4pm, 7pm and 10pm – You get to choose the date and time you would like to view it just like at the movies. Reserve your spot now!
Puccini’s Madama Butterfly tells the heart-wrenching story of a young Japanese geisha who clings to the belief that her new husband, a visiting American naval officer, will stay faithful and return to her. In this live transmission from 2016, soprano Kristine Opolais stars as Cio-Cio-San, with tenor Roberto Alagna as Lt. Pinkerton, in Anthony Minghella’s beautiful, atmospheric production. Karel Mark Chichon conducts.
Runtime: 2 hours, 28 minutes
Rating: Not rated / treat as PG

COVID-19 and Systemic Racism in Education
2021-04-07 19:30 | Virtual
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How to Network and Build Rapport While Social Distancing
2021-04-13 18:30 | Virtual
Whether you are job searching, beginning a new career, or joining a new team, building relationships is key to your success. However, with little in-person, face-to-face interactions, networking and relationship building can feel a bit strange and stressful.
In this webinar, Pete Linn ’16, Human Resources Global Employee Support associate at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., will share advice on how to prepare for and host effective virtual networking meetings, ways to show value as a new employee, and qualities that make a strong teammate, both in the office or virtually.
Registration
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Kinky Boots: The Musical - Virtual Event Cinema
2021-04-14 - 2021-04-20 | Virtual
In response to the on-going health crisis, BY Experience is offering their beloved Live in HD titles for customers to view at home on an internet enabled device, as a “by appointment” basis. Customers screen as if they were attending at the venue itself (no fast-forward, pause, rewind or multi-watch option) in a virtual communal experience. The appointment screenings will be daily at 1pm, 4pm, 7pm and 10pm – You get to choose the date and time you would like to view it just like at the movies. Reserve your spot now!
KINKY BOOTS:
Captured live from the London stage, the ‘freshest, most fabulous, feel-good musical of the decade’ (The Hollywood News) KINKY BOOTS dazzles!
With songs by Grammy® and Tony® winning pop icon Cyndi Lauper, direction and choreography by Jerry Mitchell (Legally Blonde, Hairspray), and book by Broadway legend Harvey Fierstein (La Cage Aux Folles), this ‘dazzling, fabulously sassy and uplifting’ (Time Out) award-winning musical celebrates a joyous story of Brit grit to high-heeled hit as it takes you from the factory floor of Northampton to the glamorous catwalks of Milan!

Human Rights and the Environment: Perspectives from India
2021-04-14 09:00 - 10:30
This panel features experts on a wide range of emerging challenges that India faces at the intersection of human rights and the environment including climate justice litigation, the interplay between sustainable development and the rights of indigenous communities, climate change communication and climate migration, and the relationship between climate migration and human trafficking.
Moderator: Prof. Randall S. Abate, Director, Institute for Global Understanding
The event is free and open to the public but registration is required. Please fill out and submit the available form to receive the Zoom link for this session.

Virtual Mixology Class with Philadelphia Area Alumni
2021-04-14 18:00
Join your fellow Philadelphia area Hawks for a Virtual Mixology Class! Alisha Miller ’96, alumna and Racks Pub and Grill owner and operator, will lead the virtual cocktail making from the comfort and safety of your own home! Alisha will share tips and techniques on how to make two perfect cocktails, a Lemon Drop cocktail and an Old-Fashioned. You can drink-along, build-along, or watch with your own concoction in hand. A Zoom link will be provided to registrants prior to the event, as well as a list of ingredients to make each cocktail! All participants will also receive a Monmouth-branded commemorative beer glass!

WOMAN AT WAR - VIRTUAL PANEL DISCUSSION
2021-04-15 19:30 - 21:00 | Virtual
Join us for a World Cinema Series zoom discussion illuminating the theme “A Delicate Balance: Global Communities and the Natural World” by analyzing the message and impact the 2018 film, Woman at War.
Set in Iceland the film is a drama, with moments of whimsical comedy, about Halla, a 50-year old environmental activist determined to halt the construction of a new aluminum smelter near Reykjavik by destroying power lines and thwarting negotiations between the government of Iceland and a corporation and community eager to see the contracts awarded. Yet, it is her personal, ethical crisis that brings this drama, based on actual events, to a stirring conclusion.
The discussion of the film will be led by Catherine Duckett, Associate Dean in the School of Science; Nancy Mezey, Dean of the Honors School and Maiya Furgason, professor in the Department of Management and Leadership.
The film is available for streaming on a number of platforms including Vudu, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, Google Play Movies and TV, or iTunes (for rent or purchase).
When you register you will be provided the meeting link to join the conversation.
Free and open to the public, but registration is required.

MU Players presents THE WEDDING SINGER
2021-04-16 - 2021-04-19 | Virtual
Tickets on sale APRIL 1. Streams available daily at 8 PM
It’s 1985, and rock star wannabe, Robbie Hart, is New Jersey’s favorite wedding singer. He’s the life of the party until his own fiancée leaves him at the altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as his own. Enter Julia, a winsome waitress who wins his affection. As luck would have it, Julia is about to be married to a Wall Street shark, and, unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a decade, the girl of his dreams will be gone forever.
MU Players Productions, formally known as Boom Roasted Productions, was founded in 2013. MU Players is Monmouth University’s student run theatre club that strives to bring theatre, arts, entertainment, and unity to our campus. The club has opened its arms to many loving and talented students on our campus and continues to grow each year.

Wonders of the Night Sky Virtual Planetarium with Liberty Science Center
2021-04-18 13:00
Liberty Science Center’s all-live signature show, Wonders of the Night Sky, is an exhilarating 35-minute experience that explores our stars and beyond. See the galaxy as it appears to the naked eye, as well as through the eyes of NASA’s robot probes, of the Hubble Space Telescope, and arrays of telescopes from around our planet. A portion of the show is set aside to include the latest breaking news in astronomy and aerospace, taking full advantage of Liberty Science Center’s new Digistar 6 full dome system, which allows seamless passage from the night sky to another planet to the heart of another galaxy.

Ani DiFranco - Revolutionary Love Live
2021-04-18 20:00 - 21:30 | Virtual
Celebrate the release of Ani’s 22nd studio album ‘Revolutionary Love’ with a full concert from Ani, Terence Higgins, and special guest Ivan Neville. Come hang virtually in Ani’s home, Big Blue, as the band reminisces about touring and performs energetic live versions from the new album along with classics from the Little Folksinger canon. Captured lovingly with seven cameras, Revolutionary Love Live documents Ani’s vision for this album live while it’s hot off the presses.
*Each ticket includes replay access through April 21, 2021 at 11:59pm CDT

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
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.

La Bohème - Virtual Event Cinema
2021-04-21 - 2021-04-27 | Virtual
In response to the on-going health crisis, BY Experience is offering their beloved Live in HD titles for customers to view at home on an internet enabled device, as a “by appointment” basis. Customers screen as if they were attending at the venue itself (no fast-forward, pause, rewind or multi-watch option) in a virtual communal experience. The appointment screenings will be daily at 1pm, 4pm, 7pm and 10pm – You get to choose the date and time you would like to view it just like at the movies. Reserve your spot now!
Puccini’s La Bohème, the passionate, timeless, and indelible story of love among young artists in Paris, can stake its claim as the world’s most popular opera. In this live transmission from 2018, Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production stars soprano Sonya Yoncheva as the fragile Mimì and tenor Michael Fabiano as the poet Rodolfo. Marco Armiliato conducts.
Runtime: 2 hours, 20 minutes
Rating: Not rated / treat as PG

Understanding Climate Change
2021-04-22 19:30 - 2021-05-06 21:00 | Virtual
Class Schedule: Thursdays – April 22, April 29 and May 6 | 7:30 – 9:00 PM
In this three-session virtual course taught by Heide Estes, students will learn about the nature of climate change and its evolving effects on humankind and the future of planet earth. Students will discuss powerful ways in which we can stem the tide of climate change on personal, local, and national levels.
Zoom link will be provided upon registration.

Secret Impressionists - Virtual Event Cinema
2021-04-28 - 2021-05-04 | Virtual
In response to the on-going health crisis, BY Experience is offering their beloved Live in HD titles for customers to view at home on an internet enabled device, as a “by appointment” basis. Customers screen as if they were attending at the venue itself (no fast-forward, pause, rewind or multi-watch option) in a virtual communal experience. The appointment screenings will be daily at 1pm, 4pm, 7pm and 10pm – You get to choose the date and time you would like to view it just like at the movies. Reserve your spot now!
Secret Impressionists
Secret Impressionists reveals the story of the art revolution sparked by the Impressionist movement of the late 1800s. The art-documentary unveils 50 previously unseen works by Impressionist masters Manet, Caillebotte, Renoir, Monet, Cézanne, Signac, Sisley, and Morisot.

Runtime: 90 minutes
Rating: PG-13

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 Living Room Concert Series – Stay Safe, Stay at Home - Volume 4
2021-05-07 20:00 - 21:00 | Virtual
Monmouth University Center for the Arts is proud to present the fourth installment of our Virtual Living Room Concert Series – Stay Safe, Stay at Home featuring some of your favorite singers, songwriters, poets and musicians from the Jersey Shore and beyond!
The concert will premiere on the Center for the Arts YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/wAza7NBF4HA on May 7, 2021 at 8 PM with a live chat from some of the performers and will be available to stream on the channel anytime afterward.
This living room concert features: Steve Forbert and Tom Parr ’85; Lucy Kaplansky; Pat Guadagno; Anthony Nunziata; Joe D’Urso and John Gorka.
The concert is directed by Monmouth University Alumnus Tom Parr ’85 and sponsored in part by Riptide records.

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

42nd Street: The Musical - Virtual Event Cinema
2021-05-12 - 2021-05-18 | Virtual
In response to the on-going health crisis, BY Experience is offering their beloved Live in HD titles for customers to view at home on an internet enabled device, as a “by appointment” basis. Customers screen as if they were attending at the venue itself (no fast-forward, pause, rewind or multi-watch option) in a virtual communal experience. Screenings will take place daily at 1pm, 4pm, 7pm and 10pm – You get to choose the date and time you would like to view it just like at the movies. Reserve your spot now!
42nd Street: The Musical:
Captured live from the London stage and directed by the original author of the show, Mark Bramble, 42ND STREET is one of Broadway’s most classic and beloved tales. Full of crowd-pleasing tap dances, popular musical theatre standards including “Lullaby of Broadway”, “We’re in the Money”, “42nd Street” and more, plus show-stopping ensemble production numbers. Not to be missed!
5 Stars “A wow factor revival of one of the greatest musicals of all time” – The Times (London)
5 Stars “The mother of all show-biz musicals” — Daily Telegraph

Runtime: 2 hours, 35 minutes (includes 1 intermission)
Rating: Treat as PG

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
