As a software engineer for the online behemoth Amazon, Muhammad Fahad played a crucial role in developing the company’s highly scalable advertising streaming TV service, Sponsored TV. The initiative, which launched earlier this year, expands advertisers’ reach across platforms such as Twitch and Prime Video.

Thanks to a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award, Faith Bates ’24M, an adjunct professor for Monmouth’s English department, spent the 2024-2025 academic year in Romania. There she taught and assisted with practical and specialized English language and American culture classes at higher education institutions, while also serving as a resource on American culture and history and literary and nonliterary traditions.

Maddison Perna has been a mainstay in the midfield for the Monmouth women’s soccer program since 2019. Despite missing the 2021 season due to injury, Perna racked up an impressive 81 games played as a Hawk. Along the way, she competed in an NCAA championship tournament, won regular season and conference playoff titles, and was named to All-MAAC and All-CAA conference teams.