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
Sophia Bartko, Junior, Health & PE – Secondary Education & Michael Fowler, Junior, Health & PE
Flavia Daniels, Junior, Computer Science
Marwan Elgoghel, Junior, Software Engineering
Robert Federico*, Junior, Health Studies
Jessica Kipnis, Junior, Biology & Timothy Buckley, Junior, Mathematics
Danielle Klaus, Senior, Speech-Language Pathology; Vivian D. Capogrosso, Junior, Speech-Language Pathology; & Sarah Godbout, Senior, Speech-Language Pathology
Bingjun Li, Senior, Educational Counseling & Leadership
Robert Milano, Senior, Occupational Therapy
Julianna Nichols, Senior, Occupational Therapy
Tonisha Taylor, Senior, Human Rights Leadership
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
Events TBA
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.
Events TBA
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
Events TBA
Wednesday, April 15
Student Center, Anacon A/B
- 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.
Thursday, April 16
Events TBA
Friday, April 17
Events TBA
Saturday, April 18
Event TBA
Sunday, April 19
Event TBA