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Black History Month 2021

Each year, Monmouth University observes National Black History Month throughout the month of February. Originating in 1926 under the vision of African American historian Carter G. Woodson, Black History Month provides opportunities for all members of the university to explore the histories, legacies, and current contributions of individuals across the African Diaspora. Join the Black History Month Planning Committee for our month-long virtual event series including events organized by students, faculty, and staff.

Climate & the Coast: Challenges for the Next Administration

This panel discussion with experts from the Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute (UCI) will cover mounting issues facing the nation and Florida’s coast, including beach erosion, sea level rise, flooding and harmful algal blooms. How is the changing climate impacting the coast? What actions we might expect from the incoming Biden-Harris administration? Following the talks, take part in an open Q&A with UCI Director Tony MacDonald, Esq., UCI Associate Director Thomas Herrington, and Endowed Associate Professor of Marine Science Jason Adolf.

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Virtual Tuesday Night Book Club: Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man

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Join us for Tuesday Night Book Club! Hosted by Monmouth University’s Ken Womack and Michael Thomas, each month we’ll explore a different novel. All you have to do is Zoom in and join the discussion! This month’s novel is Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man. Originally published in 1952 as the first novel by a then unknown author, it remained on the bestseller list for sixteen weeks, won the National Book Award for fiction, and established Ralph Ellison as one of the key writers of the century. The book’s nameless narrator describes growing up in a black community in the South, attending a Negro college from which he is expelled, moving to New York and becoming the chief spokesman of the Harlem branch of “the Brotherhood”, before retreating amid violence and confusion to the basement lair of the Invisible Man he imagines himself to be.

Free and open to the public, but registration is required