The 11th Annual Scholarship Week: Celebrating the Research, Creative, and Service Accomplishments of Monmouth University Students will take place Friday through Sunday, April 10–19, 2026.
Student Scholarship Week includes week-long activities that showcase and celebrate students’ individual academic work inside and outside of the classroom as well as highlights faculty-student collaboration, across the University.
2026 Hawk Talks – Monday, April 13, 2026 – 10 a.m. in SSC Anacon A & B
* Indicates Hawk Talk speaker is an Honors School student
- Viviana Ayuso*, Senior, Business Administration – “Cafeteros: A Direct Payment Platform that Puts Coffee Farmers First”
- Sophia Bartko, Junior, Health & PE – Secondary Education & Michael Fowler, Junior, Health & PE – “Advocating for Youth Physical Activity”
- Flavia Daniels, Junior, Computer Science – “Interactive Quantum Computing: A Scratch-Based Learning Tool”
- Marwan Elgoghel, Junior, Software Engineering – “Every Seed, Every Result: Intent-to-Threat Reporting for Financial Reinforcement Learning”
- Robert Federico*, Junior, Health Studies – “Athletic Performance V02 Max Research Study”
- Jessica Kipnis, Junior, Biology & Timothy Buckley, Junior, Mathematics – “Spatial and Temporal Distribution of the Atlantic Mole Crab (Emerita talpoida) Across Monmouth County Beaches”
- Danielle Klaus, Senior, Speech-Language Pathology; Vivian D. Capogrosso, Junior, Speech-Language Pathology; & Sarah Godbout, Senior, Speech-Language Pathology – “Mealtime Communication: Alternatives to Screens to Improve Communiction at Restaurants: A Pilot Study”
- Bingjun Li, Senior, Educational Counseling & Leadership – “From Vision to Impact: Building the SNHS Student Ambassador Leadership Program”
- Robert Milano, Senior, Occupational Therapy – “Physical Activity’s Impact on Building Resilience in Children with Neurological Conditions”
- Julianna Nichols, Senior, Occupational Therapy – “Hope After Plateau: The Future in Chronic Stroke Care with Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy”
- Tonisha Taylor, Senior, Human Rights Leadership – “Shine a Light NJ: Empowering Youth & Families in Jersey City, NJ”
2025 Hawk Talks were held Monday, April 21, 2025. See recorded video of Hawk Talks
2026 Scholarship Week Committee
- Shannon (Nikki) Clifford, Acting Dean, School of Nursing & Health Studies (Co-Chair)
- Kurt Wagner, University Librarian (Co-Chair)
- LoriAnne Perrine, Executive Assistant to the Provost (Co-Chair)
- Jim Pillar, Vice President for Student Life
- Jenny Ross, Acting Dean, Honors School
- MyKellan Maloney, Global Education
- Leon Hess School of Business
- Janeth Merkle, Assistant Dean
- Jonathan Daigle, Assistant Professor, Economics, Finance and Real Estate
- School of Education
- Alex Romagnoli, Interim Associate Dean
- Carol McArthur-Amedeo, Program Director, Lecturer, Special Education
- Danielle Frith, Specialist Professor, Special Education
- Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Rich Veit, Interim Provost/SVPAA and Professor, History & Anthropology
- Michele Van Volkolm, Senior Lecturer, Psychology
- Beth Sara Swanson, Lecturer, English
- Marjorie K. Unterberg School of Nursing and Health Studies
- Nikki Clifford, Acting Dean
- Tamara Rial-Faigenbaum, Assistant Professor, Health & Physical Education
- School of Science
- Joe Coyle, Dean
- Jason Adolf, Endowed Professor of Marine Science, Biology, and Urban Coast Institute
- School of Social Work
- Jeanne Koller, Associate Professor, Social Work
Featured Events
Friday, April 10
School of Science Student Research Conference – Edison 201 – 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 11
Events TBA
Sunday, April 12
Events TBA
Monday, April 13
The Hawk Talks event will highlight the rich diversity of events offered during Student Scholarship Week by including student work from all academic disciplines, including graduate and undergraduate students, in one premier interdisciplinary event. The event format will showcase student work through poster presentations and eight-minute TED-talk style presentations. Refreshments will be served.
- Hawk Talks (10:05 a.m.)
- Reception (12:30 p.m.)
- University-wide Poster Expo Opening – Virtual Poster Expo coming soon
- Student Center, Anacon A/B
- Poster Expo Opening Session – 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m.
Senior Art Exhibition 2026 – DiMattio Gallery, Rechnitz Hall – all day – Closes Sunday, April 26
Tuesday, April 14
- Posters and Pizza -Virtual Poster Expo coming soon
Please join us in Anacon Hall on the 2nd floor of the Student Center. Bring a friend or colleague. Have a slice and see the great student research posters.- Student Center, Anacon A/B
- Posters & Pizza Session – 12 p.m.- 1 p.m
Wednesday, April 15
Department of Criminal Justice Senior Seminar Poster Presentations – Anacon A – 10:30 a.m.
- Posters & Pizza Session – Virtual Poster Expo coming soon
Please join us in Anacon Hall on the 2nd floor of the Student Center. Bring a friend or colleague. Have a slice and see the great student research posters.- Student Center, Anacon A/B
- Posters & Pizza Session – 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
RESISTANCE IS… Original performances by Communication students on themes of resistance – Location TBD – 3:00 p.m.
Department of Political Science Symposium, Student Posters, Theses Presentations, & Awards – Great Hall Auditorium & Lobby – 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 16
AN 252 Human Variation Class Posters – Edison 201 Lobby – 1:15 p.m.
Friday, April 17
Marjorie K. Unterberg School of Nursing and Health Studies 3-Minute Thesis Competition – Pozycki 115 – 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 18
Events TBA
Sunday, April 19
Events TBA