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Adult Education Series: Understanding Popular Music

This three-session virtual course provides attendees with a multimedia introduction to popular music’s history and various forms. Students will enjoy engaging, wide-ranging discussion about the soundtrack of our lives and its past, present, and future. Instructor: Ken Womack, Monmouth University Professor of English and Popular Music, as well as the author of numerous books about the Beatles.

$50 (for three sessions)

Electo Electro 2020 – Interactive Workshop and Artist Talk

Virtual

Electo Electro 2020 is an interactive installation combining audience participation, music, news footage, and politics. The project allows participants to remix videos from political rallies, debates, and news in a structured sixteen beat loop. The touchscreen design is a parody of the system employed by the Accuvote, a voting system that is difficult to audit and susceptible to hacking. The parody continues into the format of the installation itself which will resemble a polling station. There will be an artist talk at 6:00 followed by a Max MSP Jitter workshop at 7:30 pm.

Free and open to the public

Virtual Internship & Fall Career Day

Connect with employers from the comfort and convenience of your own home. How It Works Employers and students will log in to the event from their respective locations (office, home, school, etc.). Each employer will have their own video conference room. Students will enter the video conference room and the dialogue will begin. Students and […]

Creating Opportunity in Chaos – Jenna Gaudio ’09

Virtual

Hosted by Jenna Gaudio ’09, senior vice president of operations at Vydia. “Feeling like the odds are against you? When I graduated from Monmouth University in 2009, the sentiment of our commencement speaker was, ‘It’s tough out there.’ At the time, it was the worst economic recession my generation had ever seen and I was […]

Ask a Recent Alum Series Part 3 – Featuring Nicolette Pezza ’18

Virtual

This month’s edition of our Ask a Recent Alum series features Nicolette Pezza ’18, associate content manager for the L’Oréal Paris Beauty Magazine and proud alumna of the Department of Communication. During her time at Monmouth, she was actively involved in Alpha Xi Delta, The Outlook, and The Verge. Throughout her career, Nicolette has worked […]

Navigating Your Way around Virtual Employment

Virtual

Presented by the Monmouth Future Business Leaders Club Sponsored by the Leon Hess Business School Opportunities and challenges—what can you expect from a virtual environment, and what employers are expected from you? Special Guest: Valerie Utsey, PHR, SHRM-CP, MLHR Award winning human resources executive with expertise in optimizing talent management strategies to drive business success. […]

CLONet Workshop

Virtual

The Coastal Lakes Observing Network (CLONet) will host its annual workshop on Tuesday, Nov. 17, from 12-2 p.m. Through the CLONet project, Monmouth University School of Science and Urban Coast Institute (UCI) staff and students partner with municipalities and community groups to organize citizen science efforts dedicated to understanding the causes of environmental problems facing Deal Lake, Fletcher Lake, Lake Como, Lake Takanassee, Spring Lake, Silver Lake, Sunset Lake, Sylvan Lake, Wesley Lake and Wreck Pond.

The workshop is an opportunity for CLONet volunteers to share their experiences with fellow citizen scientists and find out what the water quality sampling data they’ve collected to date reveals. New individuals and groups interested in volunteering are welcome to attend.

The Cover Letter: Get the “Write Stuff” for Professional Branding

Virtual

In this competitive job landscape, it is no longer enough to have a well written resume. Many job boards and internal HR departments utilize pre-screen applicants with the “robot eyes” of Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to manage the high level of interest for open positions. Unlock the power of a persuasive cover letter as part of your professional branding strategy that includes impactful resumes and an online career profile that will make the robot eyes take notice!

The Cover Letter: Get the “Write Stuff” for Professional Branding

Virtual

In this competitive job landscape, it is no longer enough to have a well written resume. Many job boards and internal HR departments utilize pre-screen applicants with the “robot eyes” of Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to manage the high level of interest for open positions. Unlock the power of a persuasive cover letter as part of your professional branding strategy that includes impactful resumes and an online career profile that will make the robot eyes take notice!

Ask a Recent Alum Series Part 4 – Featuring Taylor Dickson ’13

Taylor Dickson ’13 is a proud alumna from the Department of Communication. She also received her minor in sports communication and enjoyed being involved in HawkTV. Taylor landed her first job with the National Basketball Association in 2014 as a production trainee. She navigated her career path within the NBA and is currently an associate […]