Despite the flu vaccine proving only 23 percent effective this season, as reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 406 individuals of the Monmouth community received the flu vaccine provided by the University’s Health Services this fall according to Louise Bosmans, University Nurse Practitioner.
Approximately 60 Monday night University classes that meet once a week have been cancelled due to inclement weather which has prevented, in some cases, students and faculty from beginning their courses; however, those classes were able to meet in most cases for the first time on Monday, Feb. 9 some 21 days into the spring semester.
A crowd of approximately 40 University students and faculty gathered to hear Dr. Donald Hilliard Jr. discuss issues of gender inequality, violence in America, and the changing family dynamic at the “Searching for Signs of Hope” event in Wilson Hall on Tuesday Feb. 3. The event was the first of many events scheduled on campus to commemorate black history month.
The University’s Urban Coast Institute (UCI) received a grant of $1.6 million from The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation supporting their work on the Mid-Atlantic Data Portal in late January.
Monmouth University’s Center for the Arts has been nominated in the 2015 Discover Jersey Arts People’s Choice Awards in the category for Favorite Small Performing Arts Center.
Jeff Whorley, founder and CEO of computer software company Core Principle, developed “Class120,” an app aimed at holding students accountable for their class attendance.
Twelve people working for satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo were shot and killed in Paris, France by two Islamic extremists who sought revenge for the magazine’s depiction of the Prophet Muhammad on Wednesday, Jan. 7, sending waves of shock and fear throughout all of Europe and other parts of the world. In light of these recent events, the number of students looking to study abroad may begin to decrease.
Over winter break, two pipes burst within several hours of each other, spewing hot water from the ceiling of The Outlook office and causing approximately $20,000 in repairs, according to Patricia Swannack, Vice President for Administrative Services. Cold temperatures within the building caused the incident on the morning of Monday, Jan. 12 in the Jules L. Plangere Center for Communication.
The University has been acknowledged by four different organizations as one of the best universities in the country for war veterans and military students in 2015.
Speech pathology, educational counseling and leadership assistant professor, Pietro Sasso has helped co-edit a new textbook, titled Today’s College Students: A Reader on College Students, that is now available for purchase on Amazon, after being published in mid-December.