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 […]
Monmouth University’s Guardians Club welcomed Alternate Commander Special Agent Alani Bankhead to a virtual club discussion Wednesday, Feb 2. The Guardians Club aims to expose students to a variety of career paths in the fields of criminal justice and homeland security, all while highlighting the necessary job qualifications. During her presentation, Agent Bankhead spoke about […]
Over a dozen historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) across the U.S. were forced to go into lockdown as a result of racially motivated bomb threats made on Tuesday, Feb. 1. Tuesday was the first day of Black History Month, a month-long observance of Black achievement and excellence throughout history. The timing of the threats […]
The Outlook was awarded First Place with Special Merit and Best Weekly University Newspaper in the 2021 American Scholastic Press Association (ASPA) newspaper competition. The victory came in light of the start of the COVID pandemic, which shut down the University and many of its clubs and organizations due to health and safety concerns during […]
Monmouth’s Urban Coast Institute’s (UCI) hosted its latest installment in its return to the Marine and Environmental Lecture Series on Tuesday, Jan. 26. The discussion was advertised as, A Tale of Two Seal Hunts: Contesting the Conflation of Canadian Sealing Activities. Consistent with previous lectures, the online forum was moderated by Randall Abate, Professor in […]
President Leahy’s Advisory Council on Diversity and Inclusion welcomed activist and author Alexis Pauline Gumbs to a virtual discussion in social justice on Wednesday, Jan. 26. Gumbs, a queer Black feminist, was chosen to speak for the University’s annual lecture honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Zaneta Rago-Craft, Advisor to the President on Diversity […]
Monmouth University’s Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) and Shadow PR Firm hosted its first speaker series of the semester with Cassidy Lunney on Wednesday, Jan. 26. Lunney, an Account Executive at Push The Envelope PR, spoke to PRSSA members in a Zoom discussion about pursuing a career in public relations and gave advice […]
The U.S. Department of Education announced the Biden-Harris Administration’s decision to extend the pause on student loan repayment, interest, and collections for another 90 days, on Dec. 22. This latest update to the Administration’s policy is in response to the surge and impact of the Omicron variant.According to the national Federal Student Aid Office, the […]
India’s Woxsen University organized a virtual panel discussion, in association with the International Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and the Global European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) on Thursday Jan. 13. Monmouth University’s Dean of the Leon Hess Business School, Raj Devasagayem, Ph.D., was an active participant. The expert-driven discussion analyzed how […]