After almost a year of searching, Carlos Ortiz was named the University’s new Chief of Police, announced Mary Anne Nagy, Vice President for Student Life and Leadership Engagement, in a Feb. 15 email. Effective Monday, March 7, Ortiz will take on the duties of Chief of Police, which include overseeing all Monmouth University Police Department […]
Saliba Sarsa, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, has collaborated with a small international group of researchers who created a confederal framework, titled the Hold Land Confederation (HLC). This framework is based on an analysis of methods that could enable Palestine and Israel to move forward in the peace process. Sarsar began, “The Palestinian-Israeli conflict has […]
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 […]
Monmouth University’s Institute for Global Understanding (IGU) hosted the third event in their World Cinema Series on Wednesday, Feb 9. The theme for the series is titled, “Living on the Edge: Displacement, Identity, and Resilience.” The featured films correlate to the IGU’s overarching goal of depicting families and ethnic communities faced with war, poverty, and […]
In a professional development workshop hosted by the University, alumnus and top CEO, Brian Esposito ’03, discussed the importance of time management on Tuesday, Feb 8. Esposito emphasized to his alma mater that applying time management hacks is not only about valuing one’s time, but it also assists in the development of a person’s identifiable […]
Monmouth’s Financial Planning Club welcomed guest speaker Heather Vincent, Campus Program Manager for Wells Fargo, to discuss how students should apply for and use credit on Wednesday, Feb 9. While this was a club-sponsored event, the online forum was open to all University students. As many University students are faced with the option of taking […]
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 […]
School of Social Work Professor Golam Mathbor, Ph.D., was invited by the Independent University of Bangladesh (IUB) to participate in the University’s celebration of Bangladesh’s Victory Day on Thursday, Dec. 16. Mathbor’s participation required him to submit a piece that was then published by the IUB, titled, “Shifting from Public to Private: Governance and Modernization […]
Yuansi Hu, graduate student of Monmouth’s Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSSE) Department, won the “Best Student Paper” award at the 2021 International Conference on Cyber-physical Social Intelligence (ICCSI) on Monday, Dec. 20. This winning paper was co-authored by CSSE Professor Jiacun Wang, Ph.D. and Professor Guanjun Liu of Tongji University. The ICCS is a […]