Over the past several months, The Outlook has received reports from students and employees about changes happening across Monmouth University, including reduced student employment hours, staffing departures, and concerns about university spending. The reports prompted The Outlook to examine the university’s financial situation, how budget decisions are affecting the campus community, and what changes students […]
Ten Monmouth University students visited Fanatics and Madison Square Garden on Oct. 26 through the Sports Industry Club, where they met with public relations and sales professionals, learned about career opportunities and attended a New York Rangers game. During the visit to Fanatics, students spoke with employees in the company’s public relations department. At Madison […]
Monmouth University brought together more than 70 scholars, writers, educators, musicians, and other experts for a three-day academic conference examining the role of music in American history and cultural identity. The Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music and the Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences hosted “Music America: The Sounds and Songs […]
For students hoping to break into the entertainment industry, getting a foot in the door can be challenging. However, a recent trip to New York City gave Monmouth students an opportunity to see what working in the industry could look like and learn directly from professionals who have built careers in the field. On Wednesday, […]
The Pearson World Cinema Series held a viewing of the Bosnian movie “Fuse” on Oct. 22. The movie portrayed postwar Bosnia in a light of humor, while still showing the deep problems that afflicted the area at the time. The movie began by showing a small Bosnian town, riddled with issues. There were landmines in […]
Monmouth University hosted the annual Fall Fest on Friday, Oct. 2, on the Residential Quad. This event took place from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.. This event was presented by The Monmouth University Residence Hall Association, Student Government Association and the Student Activities Board, who helped bring this event to life. The weather reached as […]
The History & Anthropology Club and Sigma Tau Delta, Monmouth’s English Honor Society, held its annual book sale on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, giving students a chance to pick up a couple books for a cheap price and find something new and interesting to read. Books cost $1 each, or students could purchase five […]
Beginning on July 27, the Monmouth University Campus Bookstore was outsourced to Follett Corporation.The Outlook set out to examine what led the university administration to this decision and to find out more about the Follett Corp. as a whole. We also wanted to understand what students, faculty, and employees could expect going forward. The announcement […]
Members of Monmouth University’s Sports Industry Club attended the Philadelphia Phillies’ College Series Sport Management & Hospitality Night on Sept. 24 at Citizens Bank Park. The event included a networking hour with Phillies front office employees, a panel discussion with sports management and hospitality executives, and a Phillies game against the Milwaukee Brewers. “So much […]
The Pearson World Cinema Series premiered “El Conde” on Sept. 24. with the Chilean dark comedy. The series’ theme this year is to focus on humor as a “great escape”. El Conde portrays the brutal Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet as a 250-year-old vampire and a royalist during the French Revolution who vowed to crush any […]