{"id":486,"date":"2023-08-31T16:26:45","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T20:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/founders-day\/?page_id=486"},"modified":"2025-05-01T14:33:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:33:46","slug":"founders-day-convocation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/founders-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Founders Day Convocation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"founders-day-convocation\">Founders Day Convocation<\/h1>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/founders-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2023\/09\/23_Founders_Day_Web_Header_V2-1024x549.jpg\" alt=\"Founders' Day Convocation, Celebrating our 90th Anniversary\" class=\"wp-image-540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/founders-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2023\/09\/23_Founders_Day_Web_Header_V2-1024x549.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/founders-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2023\/09\/23_Founders_Day_Web_Header_V2-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/founders-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2023\/09\/23_Founders_Day_Web_Header_V2-768x411.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/founders-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2023\/09\/23_Founders_Day_Web_Header_V2-1536x823.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/founders-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2023\/09\/23_Founders_Day_Web_Header_V2-2048x1097.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/founders-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2023\/09\/23_Founders_Day_Web_Header_V2.jpg 2800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group narrow is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:75px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center block-title\">President Patrick F. Leahy cordially invites you to celebrate Founders&#8217; Day Convocation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center block-title\">The Maurice Pollak Award for Distinguished Community Service Honorees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitmonmouth.com\/Page.aspx?Id=3835\"><strong>Thomas A. Arnone<\/strong><\/a><br><em>Director, Monmouth County Board of Commissioners<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.senatorgopal.com\/\"><strong>Vin Gopal<\/strong><\/a><br><em>New Jersey State Senator<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pallone.house.gov\/about\/biography\"><strong>Frank Pallone Jr.<\/strong><\/a><br><em>United States Congressman<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center block-title\">Wednesday, October 11<br>3 p.m.<br>Pollak Theatre<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center block-title\">Reception to Follow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-in-page\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/etcentral.monmouth.edu\/#\/form\/697\">RSVP by Friday, October 6<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Founders\u2019 Day is a campus-wide event that celebrates Monmouth University\u2019s founding in 1933. 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