{"id":5903,"date":"2026-04-15T16:52:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T20:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/faculty-and-staff\/?page_id=5903"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:52:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T20:52:17","slug":"cec-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/faculty-and-staff\/cec\/cec-events\/","title":{"rendered":"CEC Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"megha-majumdar-keynote-event\">Megha Majumdar Keynote Event<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-big-body\"><strong>April 15, 2026, 4:30\u20136 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Megha Majumdar is a national bestselling author, 2026 Guggenheim fellow, winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, finalst for the National Book Award. Her book, &#8220;A Guardian and a Thief&#8221;, became an Oprah&#8217;s Book Club pick and served as the reading for the New York Public Library\/WNYC&#8217;s Get Lit Book Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>In conversation with Monmouth University Students<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Book Signing<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Welcome by President Patrick F. Leahy, Ed.D.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-in-page\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/events\/event\/megha-majumdar\/\">Visit the Megha Majumdar Keynote Event Page<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"623\" style=\"object-position: 69.53% 45.655%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/faculty-and-staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2026\/04\/pastedImage5.jpg\" alt=\"Book cover for A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar\" class=\"wp-image-5904 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/faculty-and-staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2026\/04\/pastedImage5.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/faculty-and-staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2026\/04\/pastedImage5-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/faculty-and-staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2026\/04\/pastedImage5-768x478.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"native-american-boarding-school-symposium\">Native American Boarding School Symposium<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-big-body\"><strong>March 26\u201327, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This symposium provided a space for generative conversations on what we know about Native American boarding schools and what that knowledge means. 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