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Monmouth University health officials have encouraged students and faculty to receive the COVID-19 vaccination as it becomes available in order to return to normal campus life.

Chair of the Music and Theatre Department and Director of the Music Industry Program Joe Rapolla, joined music executive John Esposito on “The Smartest People in the Room” webinar. Hosted by music industry headhunter Tom Truitt, the episode detailed Esposito’s rise to becoming CEO of Warner Music Nashville.

The third annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Distinguished Speaker in Social Justice featured guest speaker Ibram X. Kendi, Ph.D., award-winning author of How to be an Antiracist, on Jan. 27.

University faculty held a virtual panel discussion in response to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol Building. During the event, titled “The White Supremacist Terrorist Siege on the U.S. Capitol: The Roles and Responsibilities of Universities in Times of National Crisis,” faculty explored the motives behind the siege through their various disciplines.

President Patrick F. Leahy Ed.D., and Communication faculty member Matt Harmon discussed the spring semester on their weekly “Monmouth Mondays” podcast on Tuesday, Jan. 26. The episode detailed health protocols and the return of sports,

The University has implemented a new pooled surveillance testing this spring semester to diminish the number of active COVID-19 cases on campus, according to Director of Health Services Kathy Maloney. This allows for testing more people with fewer resources, as per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

As part of the Urban Coast Institute’s Marine & Environmental Speaker Series, environmental lawyer Ethan Prall asked and discussed possible answers in regards to seaweed being a fish, giving a virtual lecture about the growth of the seaweed industry on Tuesday, Nov 10.

Michael Salvatore, Ph.D. is headed to Kean University as the Senior Vice President for Administration. Salvatore worked on the development of the Educational doctoral program at MU a year before it was created in 2017 and has consistency served as a teaching fellow since the inauguration of the program. He also served 22 years as an early childhood educator, principal, district administrator, assistant superintendent and most recently, superintendent of Long Branch public schools. Dr. Salvatore will continue as superintended until January 31, 2021.

 The New Jersey Department of Education’s mandate establishing climate change as a requirement for NJ elementary, middle, and high school curriculums will go into ef­fect beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, according to nj.gov.

Kristen Bluemel, Ph.D., a Professor of English, was recently awarded the Leverhulme Visiting Professorship at Newcastle University, where she will undertake projects focused on the impact that 18th century wood engraver Thomas Bewick had on British book printing.