WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J.—Monmouth University’s Shadow PR and Public Relations Student Society of America chapter held its first-ever workshop last Wednesday. Assistant Director of Career Service Jeff Mass was featured as the keynote speaker of the event, which revolved around LinkedIn. Mass showed students a behind-the-scenes look at the business social networking site–especially useful when searching for careers […]
Campus Events
Coco Fusco Visits Monmouth
WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J.–Cuban-American interdisciplinary artist Coco Fusco visited Monmouth University’s Pollak Theater last week to give a presentation called “Observations of Predation in Humans,” during which she played a chimpanzee animal psychologist named Dr. Zira. The main feature of this performance was Fusco’s character portrayal of Dr. Zira, the chimpanzee psychologist from the 1968 film, “Planet of the […]
Delta Phi Epsilon Hosts Annual Vigil
WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J.–Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority hosted its annual National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders Vigil for eating disorder awareness on Wednesday, October 21, in Wilson Auditorium. Wilson Auditorium was nearly filled to capacity at the vigil. The room approached full capacity with such a large crowd—some latecomers were even turned away. […]
Spoken Word Poet Performs at MU
WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J.–Poet Carlos Andres Gomez performed to a large crowd during the Spoken Word event hosted by the Student Activities Board and Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc., in New Hall’s first floor lounge on Wednesday evening. Carlos Andres Gomez’s set consisted of seven poems about various topics. These included genocide, being in love, […]
Comedy Duo Receives MACE
WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ–Phil Lord and Chris Miller, producers of “The Lego Movie,” “21 Jump Street,” and “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” received the Monmouth Award for Communication Excellence for their achievements in the film industry in Pollak Theater on the evening of Oct. 26. “[The MACE Award] is a great tradition here at the university […]
Monmouth Students Show They Care
WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ–Monmouth University’s Study Abroad Office recently teamed up with its Global Education Office to take a trip to Monmouth Care Center, a nursing home in Long Branch, N.J. Robyn Asaro, the Assistant Director of Study Abroad at Monmouth, was inspired to bring students to the home after visiting her father there and hearing about […]
Boom Roasted Productions First Full Length Musical: "RENT"
Monmouth University’s very own student theatre group, Boom Roasted Productions, put on its very first student run, full length musical on May 2nd at 8:00 p.m. in Woods Theatre.
MU Students Show Strength & Fight Hunger
On Sunday April 12, Monmouth University and Move For Hunger teamed up for a pull a truck event to help fight hunger in Monmouth County. Teams of Monmouth University students joined in a friendly competition of pulling a moving truck through the university parking lot.
Students De-Stress With Puppies
The last few weeks of school can be quite stressful. To combat that stress, Monmouth University’s Library hosted a special de-stress event on Thursday, April 30, where students were given to opportunity to play with some friendly dogs from The Seeing Eye Puppy Raising Program.
Monmouth University Spring 2015 Commencement is Bound to Be Legendary
For all of you seniors preparing to graduate this upcoming May, Monmouth University has a little unexpected surprise awaiting you…