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Monmouth University’s Sociology Club hosted a fundraising event to raise awareness about the Russia-Ukraine conflict and collect donations toward Razom for Ukraine on Thursday, March 10.Anastasiya Levytska, a sophomore math and primary education student, first came up with the idea to host the fundraiser. She approached Kayleigh Rucinski, a junior computer science student and President […]
Monmouth University’s Model UN team traveled to Boston to compete in the nation’s oldest Model UN contest at Harvard University from Feb. 10-13. The contest is very large and competitive, drawing national and international participants. Ken Mitchell, Ph.D., professor of political science, traveled with the team, composed of 19 students, as their faculty advisor. He […]
Monmouth University’s Class of 2022 Giving Campaign launched in October of 2021 and will continue to accept donations through May, closing right before spring commencement. The campaign encourages students to become active alumni by giving back to the Monmouth community. The University’s first Giving Campaign started in 2018 and was a last minute ordeal, with […]
Monmouth University announced that the school’s athletic teams will be leaving the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) to join the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in fall 2022 in an email from President Patrick Leahy on Jan. 25. The CAA approached Monmouth in August to gauge the University’s interest in joining an expanded league. It was […]
University Bluffs residents are voicing concerns about a lack of security measures at the off-campus apartments following an incident in which a catalytic converter was stolen from a resident’s vehicle on Saturday, Feb. 26. Maddie Detore, the owner of the burglarized Honda Element, indicated that her car was parked in the Bluffs parking lot when […]
Johanna Foster, Pd.D., Associate Professor of Sociology, the Helen Bennett McMurray Endowed Chair of Social Ethics in the Department of Political Science and Sociology and the President of MU faculty union, FAMCO, was appointed to the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women Board of Trustees by Governor Phil Murphy on Wednesday, Feb. 16. Foster was […]
Monmouth University’s Department of English hosted its third annual Toni Morrison Day celebration on Friday, Feb. 18. This year’s celebration included student and faculty scholarship panels, a faculty roundtable discussion, poetry and poster contests, and a presentation from keynote speaker Dr. Regina Duthely. “We are trying to make Toni Morrison Day as inclusive an event […]
Concerns about COVID recovery and post-COVID symptoms are especially prevalent among athletes because they live such an active lifestyle that they may have difficulty returning to. This was the case for Chicago Bears wide receiver Allen Robinson, who missed 11 days and two games after contracting the virus in December of 2021. According to the […]
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced that the indoor mask mandate will be lifted for students, staff, and visitors in schools and childcare centers in a press conference held on Monday, Feb. 7. The change in COVID protocols, effective March 7, comes in light of a notable decline in cases across the state of New […]
Monmouth University’s Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) and Shadow PR Firm hosted a pitching workshop with Karalyn Hoover on Wednesday, Feb 2. Hoover graduated from Monmouth University in 2020 and now works as an Account Executive at Max Borges Agency, a public relations firm that specializes in consumer technology. She served as the […]