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  • NJ Run for the Fallen

    Please join the Student Veterans Association at the entrance of Norwood Ave & Kirby Ave (Lot11) for the 16th annual NJ Run for the Fallen. There is no running required to participate!

    The NJ Run for the Fallen has teams of military runners who embark on a 225+ mile journey starting in Cape May and finishing in Holmdel, to honor every NJ service member who died in support of the Global War on Terror.

    The family of Christopher Cosgrove, a Monmouth Alumni and US Marine Corps Veteran, will be present as military runners pass by to pay respect. We ask that you join us in celebrating the life of LCpl Cosgrove alongside his family.

  • The Election We Didn’t Expect, with Patrick Murray

    Join Monmouth University Polling Institute Director Patrick Murray for a presentation highlighting how the presidential candidate switch has impacted the election outlook, the motivations of voters, and the issues that are important.

    Q&A to follow.

    Patrick Murray has three decades of experience in public opinion research and has been director of Monmouth University’s Polling Institute since 2005. The Monmouth University Poll is one of the nation’s leading independent survey research centers, recently rated one of the five best polling organizations in the country by FiveThirtyEight.com. Murray frequently appears as a commentator on national and regional TV and radio. During election years, he serves as an exit poll analyst for the National Election Pool. In his home state, Murray regularly appears on various “Power Lists” of influential people in New Jersey politics.

  • The Eighth Biennial International Interdisciplinary Conference on Race

    Race and the Freedom to Learn

    Cosponsored by the William Monroe Trotter Institute for the Study of Black Culture at UMass Boston

    Location: Monmouth University Campus

    The freedom to learn has been inextricably linked to race across time and space. From the era of enslavement in the Americas to book burning in Nazi Germany down to the present humans around the globe have demanded the freedom to learn as a fundamental human right. This right to learn is intrinsically linked to race, gender, sexuality, and class -the denial of which diminishes society while threatening democracy. Denying groups and individuals the right to learn impacts everyone in society and oftentimes involves the censoring of curriculum, arrest of educators, and book banning or book burning. The freedom to learn has been particularly denied to marginalized communities including people of color, women, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.

    In November 2024, the International Interdisciplinary Conference on Race will focus on “Race and the Freedom to Learn” and invites papers from a range of disciplines, including history, anthropology, education, gender studies, ethnic studies, sociology, and other disciplines that have grappled with this subject. We welcome individual papers or complete panels from scholars, educators, artists, and activists whose work is related to race, its intersections, and the freedom to learn in history, society, and culture. We also seek papers from international scholars and offer a few travel stipends to scholars traveling from abroad to attend the conference.

  • The Courage to Challenge Racial Injustice and Build Equity in Education: A Conversation with Ruby Bridges

    Social Justice Academy Professional Development Series Fall 2024 Series

    A Conversation with Ruby Bridges in recognition of the 70th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education

    Co-moderated by Vernon Smith, Ph.D., and Zaneta Rago-Craft, Ed.D.

    Co-sponsored with the Monmouth University Intercultural Center

    Ruby Bridges is a civil rights icon, activist, author, and speaker who at the age of 6 was the first Black student to integrate an all-white elementary school alone in Louisiana. She was born in Mississippi in 1954, the same year the United States Supreme Court handed down its landmark decision ordering the integration of public schools. Her family later moved to New Orleans, where on Nov. 14, 1960, Bridges began attending William Frantz Elementary School, single-handedly initiating the desegregation of public education. Her walk to the front door of the school was immortalized in Norman Rockwell’s painting “The Problem We All Live With”, in Robert Coles’ book “The Story of Ruby Bridges”, and in the Disney movie “Ruby Bridges”.

    She established the Ruby Bridges Foundation to provide leadership training programs that inspire youth and community leaders to embrace and value the richness of diversity. Bridges is the recipient of numerous awards, including the NAACP Martin Luther King Award, the Presidential Citizens Medal, and honorary doctorate degrees from Connecticut College, College of New Rochelle, Columbia University Teachers College, and Tulane University. Bridges is also the author of “Through My Eyes”, “This Is Your Time”, “I Am Ruby Bridges”, and “Dear Ruby, Hear Our Hearts”, released in January 2024. In March 2024, she was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.

  • Spring-Nuts Presents: Adam Weiner (aka Low Cut Connie)

    The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music is excited to announce a special, solo performance by Adam Weiner (aka LowCut Connie) on Saturday, August 24th at 8pm. The concert is being presented by the Spring-Nuts and will take place at Monmouth University’s Pollak Theatre. Tickets are $25 and will go on sale Wednesday, July 24 at noon and can be purchased here or the Monmouth University box office. All proceeds from this event will benefit Stevie Van Zandt’s TeachRock, FulFill of Monmouth County and the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music.

    Buy Tickets to See Adam Weiner

    About the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music

    The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music serves as the official repository for the musical legacy of Bruce Springsteen. The Archives includes photographs, periodicals, oral histories, rare recordings, historic footage, and artifacts related to Springsteen and the E Street Band. The Center for American Music produces museum exhibitions, seminars, concerts, and other public and educational programs that both explore and celebrate the nation’s rich music tradition. For further information, please contact Eileen Chapman, Director, at echapman@springsteenarchives.org, or 732-571-3512, or visit our website.

  • Summer House Watch Party

    Location: Bradley Brew Project (714 Main St, Bradley Beach, NJ 07720)

    Cost: $5 (includes food and $1 donation to Access Fund)

    Join us for the season finale of Summer House at Bradley Brew Project! First, we will have a Q&A with alumna and Story Producer for the show, Amy Silva ’05. Then grab a sandwich (don’t worry, you don’t have to make your own), some snacks, and a drink at the bar as you reconnect with fellow Hawks. We’ll gather around the screen at 9 p.m. for the episode we’ve all been waiting for. Emotions will run high, and laughter will fill the air as we share in the joys and tribulations of our favorite housemates!

  • Alumni Tandem Cycle Spin Class

    Join us for an unforgettable ride at Tandem Cycle in Asbury Park with instructor and fellow alumna Steph Ramos ’10! Steph majored in Communication & Media Studies and Music Management. She was also a proud member of WMCX and DPHIE! Stick around after class for a gathering on the patio with healthy snacks, hydrating beverages, and local vendors. Don’t miss out on the chance to pedal, sweat, and reconnect with fellow Hawks. Spaces are limited, reserve your spot today!

  • HawkTank 2024 (Center for Entrepreneurship)

    Six student entrepreneur teams compete for first prize. Three judges, plus you (the crowd) will be the fourth!

  • Why Americans Doubt Climate Science

    A presentation by Peter Jacques, Ph.D.

    In 2023, fifteen percent of surveyed Americans did not think climate change was happening, and 28 percent responded that warming was not caused by human activities. 22 percent were doubtful or dismissive of climate change. Why is this when over, according to a 2021 survey of climate experts found that 98.7 percent of them said the climate is warming and humans are driving this global environmental change? Between confirmed climate experts who published 20 or more peer reviewed papers on climate change between 2015 and 2019, there was 100 percent agreement that the Earth is warming mostly because of human activity.

    At least part of this disconnect is because there has been a US-centered counter-movement organized to cast doubt on climate change science and climate scientists. This effort is organized by policy elites in conservative think tanks who have guided some of our narratives and these narratives have turned an elite-led counter-movement to one that is populist. This discussion will attend to the social science surrounding this climate change counter-movement (CCCM).

  • Alumni Awards

    Join Fellow Alumni and Friends for Our 2024 Alumni Awards Ceremony!

    Held every other year, Alumni Awards recognize professional achievement, outstanding leadership, and volunteer commitment to Monmouth University. All alumni are invited to honor recipients at our upcoming award ceremony. The Alumni Association Board of Directors Recognition and Milestones Committee is proud to showcase our 2024 Alumni Award recipients. The awards ceremony will take place from 6 p.m.–6:30 p.m. in the Great Hall, with a cocktail reception on the patio to follow from 6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.

    This Year’s Award Recipients

    • Recent Alumni Award: Jenna Gaudio ’09
    • Outstanding Alumni Service Award: Tasha Youngblood Brown ’97, ’03M
    • Distinguished Alumni Award: Raymond Klose ’77