Johanna Foster, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology, Endowed Chair in Social Ethics, and President of The Faculty Union at Monmouth University (FAMCO), received the 2022 Marilyn Sternberg Award from the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). According to the AAUP, the award was established in 1981 and recognizes the AAUP member “who best demonstrates concern […]
As part of the Annual H.R. Young Lecture Series, the Leon Hess Business School (LHBS) co-sponsored and featured guest speaker Patrick Radden Keefe on Thursday, April 7. Keefe is an award-winning staff writer at The New Yorker magazine and the author of the New York Times bestseller Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the […]
The Institute for Global Understanding (IGU) and Urban Coast Institute (UCI) hosted a virtual discussion titled “International and Domestic Strategies for Ocean Conservation and Biodiversity: Is 30 by 30 Enough?” on Wednesday April 6. Hosted by UCI Director Tony MacDonald, the discussion is part of the Institute’s Global Ocean Governance Lecture Series, which draws on […]
The Faculty Association and the Helen Bennett McMurray Endowment for Social Ethics hosted a webinar about the impact of for-profit outsourcing in higher education on Thursday, March 31. The featured guest speaker was Stephanie Hall, Ph.D., senior fellow and teacher education policy expert from The Century Foundation, one of the oldest public policy research institutes […]
Monmouth’s Sustainability Club hosted an event centered on recycling on Friday, April 1. The event was supported by Mazza Recycling Services, a waste and recycling management company located in Tinton Falls, NJ. There were two guest speakers representing Mazza Recycling, both of whom gave separate presentations, one based on careers in sustainability and the other […]
This semester, Monmouth students from different academic disciplines came together for their Information Systems Project Management class (IT-450) to develop a website for a local business, the Children’s Center of Monmouth County. Jamie Kretsch, MS, Senior Specialist Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software, teaches the course. “IT-450 is the Capstone course in […]
Monmouth University’s Institute for Global Understanding (IGU) hosted a Global Visionary Lecture titled “From War to Peace and Human Dignity: The United Nations and a Transformative Global Order” on Thursday, March 31. Ramu Damodaran, former chief of the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI), was awarded the University’s Global Visionary Award, followed by a lecture and […]
The Department of World Languages and Cultures at Monmouth University has pursued many unique initiatives to promote the campus’s mission for increased inclusivity and diversity. As Mirta Barrea-Marlys, PhD, Associate Professor of Spanish/Italian and Chair of the Department retires from her eleven-year tenure as chair, the Department’s faculty reflect on the programs and advancements that […]
The World Language Department’s faculty and students are working to promote Spanish elective courses while also brainstorming ways for curriculum enhancements. For example, Professor of Spanish, Luis Mora-Ballesteros, Ph.D., not only wants to emphasize the importance of studying a language, but also encourage the University’s language elective course, Afro-Caribbean Literature (FS-398). This course is commonly […]
The Phi Eta Sigma National Freshman Honor Society welcomed its latest group of inductees in a ceremony at Pollak Theatre on Friday, March 11. The honor society is a leadership organization based on students’ scholarly performance, rewarding academic excellence specifically among freshmen in institutions of higher education. The ceremony was hosted by the Honors School […]