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  • Blue Hawk Records Album Release Show: “Down to Earth”

    Live Music, Food, Prizes, and More!

    Blue Hawk Records, Monmouth University’s student-run record label, is releasing their 26th regular semester compilation album on Friday, December 5. This is another great record with five new original tracks by students from across the university. The diverse collection of songs is spirited, well-crafted, and is sure to be at the top of your playlist. The work by this semester’s Record Label Strategies class team has been phenomenal.

    To celebrate the release of Blue Hawk Records vol. 26 Down To Earth, BHR is hosting a release party, and you’re invited!

    The students involved in the Fall 2025 Record Label Strategies class and the BHR organization would love for you to join them as they present their work, including Q&A with artists, live performances, food and giveaways.

    Be sure to register for amazing prizes from our main sponsor: Clarizio Music Center and others!

    Register for the Event
    Pre-Save the Album

    Down To Earth will be available on all streaming platforms on Friday, December 5.

    Special thanks to all of our sponsors, and our distribution partner, Vydia.

  • Best of Bridgerton on Strings

    Dearest Reader, Lady Whistledown has already given her verdict: the event of the season is here! Join us for a magical live music performance with Candlelight: Best of Bridgerton on Strings in Pollak Theatre. Surrounded by the soft glow of candlelight, listen to your favorite melodies from Shondaland’s ‘Bridgerton’ series on Netflix, reimagined by a talented string ensemble. Ready to make amazing memories? Get your tickets today!

  • 90s Hip-Hop on Strings

    Candlelight Concerts were created with the intention of democratizing access to classical music, and the space and performers are illuminated by thousands of candles to create a truly magical experience.

    Featuring works from the 90s Hip Hop genre, Candlelight Concerts allow audiences to connect with the most iconic pieces of the greatest composers and listen to the top hits of well-known artists in a different way. The string quartet has a tentative program that includes Killing Me Softly, Can I Kick It, Gin and Juice, Hypnotize and many more!

  • Chrystin Ondersma: “Dignity Not Debt”

    Dignity Not Debt: An Abolitionist Approach to Economic Justice. By Chrystin Ondersma

    Rutgers Law School professor Chrystin Ondersma is giving a presentation on her new book “Dignity Not Debt” on Wednesday, October 29, sponsored by the Greenbaum/Ferguson/NJAR Endowed Chair in Real Estate, the Monmouth University Debate Team, and the Monmouth University Pre-Law Club.

    Food and drinks available before the presentation outside Pozycki Hall 115. Presentation starts at 3 p.m. and will end by 4:15 p.m. No need to RSVP.

  • Tribute to Fleetwood Mac

    Candlelight Concerts were created with the intention of democratizing access to classical music, and the space and performers are illuminated by thousands of candles to create a truly magical experience. Featuring works from Fleetwood Mac, Candlelight Concerts allow audiences to connect with the most iconic pieces of the greatest composers and listen to the top hits of well-known artists in a different way.

    The string quartet has a tentative program that includes Rhiannon, Gypsy, Landslide, Don’t Stop, and many more!

  • The Stephen B. Siegel Lecture Series: The Opportunities and Challenges of Sustainable Development along New Jersey’s Coast

    Presented by the Kislak Real Estate Institute at Monmouth University and in partnership with the Urban Coast Institute.

    Light Refreshments: 5 p.m.

    Lecture: 6 p.m.

    Admission is free, but seating is limited: we suggest registering your attendance.

  • Climate Change and Mental Health: Fostering Hope and Connection

    Part of the Climate Crisis Teach-In 2025

    This presentation explores the growing mental health impacts of climate change, with a focus on community-level strategies that promote resilience, hope, and collective agency. Drawing on emerging research and best practices, it highlights how climate anxiety and ecological grief—particularly among Gen Z—are shaped by systemic inequities, uncertainty, and disruption. The session emphasizes the importance of intergenerational dialogue, mutual aid, and relational care in fostering emotional support and wellbeing. Participants will be introduced to tools, resources, and evidence-informed approaches for creating communities of care where climate-related emotions are validated and shared. Together, we will envision how interdisciplinary groups and diverse professionals can build climate-responsive mental health systems grounded in justice, connection, and collective action.

    Rachel Forbes, MSW (’11M), is the community outreach and engagement specialist at the Urban Coast Institute at Monmouth University. Forbes’s current research and teaching examines the impacts of climate change on mental health and protective factors at the community level. Her work has been published in environmental justice and human rights journals, and has been funded by the CSWE Katherine A. Kendall Institute for International Social Work and the Hispanic Access Foundation. She is editor of the award winning book “Ecosocial Work: Environmental Practice and Advocacy” (NASW Press 2023).

  • Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series: Lisa Sarnoff Gochman

    Thanks to a generous donation, Dean David Golland is pleased to announce the Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series for the 2025-2026 academic year. The Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series will invite authors to speak to groups of students, staff, faculty and administrators.

    In conjunction with Monmouth University’s Constitution Day, we are pleased to welcome Lisa Sarnoff Gochman, retired career appellate prosecutor and author, on Wednesday, Oct. 8, at 2:45 p.m. in Pozycki Hall Auditorium (PZ115). Gochman’s memoir, “At the Altar of the Appellate Gods: Arguing before the Supreme Court”, details her experience arguing the landmark criminal sentencing case, Apprendi v. New Jersey, before the United States Supreme Court. Read the unofficial bonus chapter of Gochman’s memoir.

  • 2025 Future of the Ocean Symposium and Champion of the Ocean Awards: Exploring the Wine-Dark Sea

    he Urban Coast Institute’s (UCI) signature annual event will be return on Thursday, October 9, to Monmouth University’s historic Great Hall. The theme of this year’s Future of the Ocean Symposium will be “Exploring the Wine-Dark Sea – U.S. Ocean Science and Technology: Keys to Prosperity and Security.”

    This year we’ll also be celebrating the UCI’s 20th anniversary. Come and help us set sail to serve the University and our communities for the next two decades!

  • Building a Global Medtech Leader (Leon Hess Business School H.R. Young Lecture, 2025)

    Great Hall Auditorium

    Meet Vincent Forlenza

    Vincent Forlenza, chair of Lehigh Univeristy’s Board of Trustees, is a retired executive known for transforming Becton, Dickinson and Company from a medical supplies manufacturer into a global leader in medical devices, diagnostics, and life sciences.

    A Lehigh University alumnus with a bachelor’s in chemical engineering and an MBA from The Wharton School, he has held key leadership roles in the U.S. and Europe. Forlenza serves as a director for MARAbio Systems, Inc. and MNHI, is lead director at Moody’s Corporation, and is chair emeritus on the Valley Health Systems Board of Trustees.

    Register for the Lecture