In their first match of the week and third of their four-game win-streak, the Monmouth University men’s tennis team edged Fairleigh Dickinson in an evenly matched performance on Feb. 15, defeating the Knights 4-3. The Hawks improved to 5-1 in head-to-head matches this season after taking the doubles point and earning three singles victories. Fifth […]
The Monmouth University women’s lacrosse team played their second and third games of the season this past week, facing Rutgers and Navy in tough losses for the Hawks. The Hawks first faced nationally-ranked Rutgers at home on Wednesday, Feb. 15 in what was expected to be a difficult matchup against the top-10 in-state rival. Monmouth […]
Mary Anne Nagy, Vice President of Student Life and Leadership Engagement, will be retiring in June 2023, as announced in an email sent to the campus community on Monday, Feb. 6. Nagy has been with Monmouth for 37 years, first joining the University’s program services department in 1986 before eventually taking on her current role […]
Educational institutions across the world are bracing themselves for the widespread dissemination of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Monmouth professors and students weighed in on the topic, discussing their thoughts on technology that may change how educators teach and assess students’ writing in the future. Stanley Blair, Ph.D., Associate Professor for the Department of English, began, […]
Monmouth’s student-run record label Blue Hawk Records (BHR) held auditions and accepted song submissions for its 22nd Compilation Album on Wednesday, Feb. 1. at Woods Theatre. According to Joe Rapolla, Chair and Specialist Professor for the Department of Music and Theatre Arts, there were a record-breaking number of auditions for this semester’s To-Be-Named compilation, which […]
A group of Monmouth’s real estate students advanced to the semi-finals of Villanova’s Mulroy Real Estate Challenge. The competition took place from Thursday to Friday, Feb. 2-3, at The Union League of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Mulroy Real Estate Challenge is a national case competition hosted by the Villanova School of Business’ Daniel M. DiLella Center […]
Monmouth University announced a new campus-wide art exhibit called Diversity Lives Here: Representation Through Art, a student-led initiative intended to promote diversity and inclusion on campus. The submission prompt on CaFÉ, the online platform being used to accept entries, encourages student artists to “submit work that reflects on identity, diversity, representation, inclusion, power, equity – […]
Much to our surprise, this winter has produced more sun than snow. The weather is warmer, hitting temperatures as high as 40 and 50 degrees across the tri-state area. It’s difficult to understand why we aren’t experiencing our normal frigid winter and determine whether or not there are more serious, underlying problems at hand. Kyle […]
The transition from high school to college is very odd— at least it was for me. In high school, I had to wear a uniform every day, attend the same classes over and over, make it to class on time in fear of detention, and interact with the same people for four years. When I […]
A couple of years ago, I was aimlessly scrolling through my social media when I received a notification that read, “Average Screen Time: 7 hours and 26 minutes.” That’s when I knew I was in desperate need of a change. Social media is addicting. According to Jefferson Health, “Social media platforms drive surges of dopamine […]