{"id":28519,"date":"2025-10-08T09:31:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T13:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/?p=28519"},"modified":"2025-10-08T10:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:01:08","slug":"watch-tony-macdonald-reflects-on-ucis-first-20-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/2025\/10\/08\/watch-tony-macdonald-reflects-on-ucis-first-20-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Tony MacDonald Reflects on Urban Coast Institute\u2019s First 20 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Video: 20 Years of Impact: The Urban Coast Institute\u2019s Journey at Monmouth University\" loading=\"lazy\"  style='width: 500px; height: 281px;' src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zfaRNBCW4AA?feature=oembed&#038;rel=0&#038;rel=0\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute (UCI) turned 20 this year and Tony MacDonald has been its director from the start. Watch above as Tony looks back on some of the UCI achievements he\u2019s most proud of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"277\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2025\/07\/24_UCI_Anniversary_Final-vertical-300x277.jpg\" alt=\"UCI 20th anniversary, 2005-25\" class=\"wp-image-28024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2025\/07\/24_UCI_Anniversary_Final-vertical-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2025\/07\/24_UCI_Anniversary_Final-vertical-1024x946.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2025\/07\/24_UCI_Anniversary_Final-vertical-768x709.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2025\/07\/24_UCI_Anniversary_Final-vertical-1536x1419.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2025\/07\/24_UCI_Anniversary_Final-vertical-2048x1892.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2025\/07\/24_UCI_Anniversary_Final-vertical-150x139.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2025\/07\/24_UCI_Anniversary_Final-vertical.jpg 4563w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can celebrate this anniversary with the UCI at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/symposium-and-awards\/2025-ocean-champions\/\">2025 Future of the Ocean Symposium<\/a> on Thursday in Monmouth&#8217;s Great Hall Auditorium. You can also browse these resources to learn more about the UCI\u2019s history:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The UCI\u2019s retrospective report \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/2025\/09\/03\/reflections-two-decades-supporting-stewardship-of-coastal-communities-and-ocean-resources\/\">Reflections: Two Decades Supporting Stewardship of Coastal Communities and Ocean Resources<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/20th-anniversary\/\">UCI 20<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary web page<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tony MacDonald <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/guardians-of-the-coast\/\">Q&amp;A in Monmouth Magazine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute (UCI) turned 20 this year and Tony MacDonald has been its director from the start. 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