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  • Trunk or Treat

    Hosted by the First Year Service Project, Trunk-or-Treat provides a safe and fun environment for community members and their children to trick-or-treat and enjoy some Halloween fun!

    More than 25 of Monmouth’s student organizations have come together to host over 45 trunks for children to visit for trick-or-treating! The event will also include pumpkin painting, games, activities, and a contest for the Best Halloween Costume!

    This event will take place in Parking Lot 25; guest parking is available in Lot 16.

    For more information contact Katherine Browna at 732-571-3590 or kbrowna@monmouth.edu.

  • Dr. Rebecca Mercuri, “Digital Forensics at the Intersection of Public Policy and Civil Rights”

    Co-sponsored by Dept. of Computer Science & Software Engineering (CSSE) and the New Jersey Coast Section of IEEE

    Tuesday, November 10, 2015

    7 – 9 p.m.

    Bey Hall 113 (Young Auditorium)

    RSVP Information: Not required, though you may register at Technical Talk – Digital Forensics at the Intersection of Public Policy and Civil Rights.

    This event will feature networking and refreshments, guest speaker, and Q & A.

    Digital forensics is a rapidly expanding field where practitioners apply scientific techniques in order to investigate and draw conclusions about evidence, with the goal of presenting findings in courtroom settings. The manner in which the forensics expert is required to perform their work is greatly influenced by prior court rulings and government laws, both recent and older ones dating back to the Nation’s founding. Some public policy and civil rights issues related to computers and digital data will be explored using examples from the speaker’s casework, as well as newsworthy current events.

    ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

    Dr. Rebecca Mercuri is the owner of Notable Software, Inc. where she provides digital forensics investigations and expert witness services for criminal and civil matters, along with computer security and certification compliance evaluations.

    Education includes a B.S. in Computer Science from Penn State, M.S. in Computer Science from Drexel University, as well as an M.S. in Engineering and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. During 2003-2005 she was a fellow at Harvard University, performing research on computer security topics, and has testified to local, state and federal government agencies on the many inherent problems with electronic voting systems. Her sworn testimony in Bush v. Gore was cited in briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court.

    Dr. Mercuri’s publications include a book chapter on Digital Image Forensics, and numerous Security Watch and Inside Risks articles for the Communications of the ACM magazine, where she also served as a Contributing Editor. Rebecca has held leadership roles with the Association of Computing Machinery, the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the Audio Engineering Society, and is a frequent presenter at conferences and events promoting STEM education. Current hobbies include guitar and vocal music, droning, 3D printing, and amateur/Ham radio.

    For more information, please contact Rebecca Hanly, CSSE Secretary at x7501 or rhanly@monmouth.edu.

  • The Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences Distinguished Speaker Series

    In 2004, the first public exhumation of a mass grave in Andalucía, Spain took place in the province of Cádiz, bringing to light the buried history of repression under the Franco dictatorship. Professor Cate-Arries’ lecture focuses on the oral testimonies she has recorded with family members of the civilian victims who were “disappeared” by the regime in 1936. She examines how private mourning practices, personal objects of memory, and stories once told behind closed doors preserved a collective memory of the losers of a civil war who decades ago fought for the democratic ideals embraced by today’s Spain.

  • What Lies Beneath: Barnegat Bay

    The Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute will host a symposium exploring the results of a three-year comprehensive study of the health of Barnegat Bay on Tuesday, November 10, 2015. The event, titled “What Lies Beneath: Barnegat Bay,” will feature presentations by three groups of researchers who worked on the study.

    The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) initiated the study to determine the sources and extent of environmental problems in the bay, and identify actions that could be taken to slow and ultimately reverse the bay’s decline. Ten independent research projects were launched to determine the bay’s needs, three of which will be presented at the symposium.

    Members of the public are welcome to attend.

    For more information, contact James Nickles at 732-263-5686 or jnickles@monmouth.edu.

  • Career Choices Roundtable – presented by the School of Science Peer Mentoring Program

  • Dr. Paul Shane Annual Policy Symposium

    You are invited to attend the

    Dr. Paul Shane Annual Policy Symposium

    Themes: Race Relations & Environmental Justice

    Friday, February 26, 2016
    9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
    Monmouth University
    Anacon A & B, Student Center
    400 Cedar Avenue
    West Long Branch, NJ 07764

    Registration: 9:30 a.m.
    Program begins 10 a.m.
    The event is FREE

     

    SPONSORS:

     NJ Baccalaureate Social Work Education Association

     Monmouth University School of Social Work

     National Association of Social Workers, New Jersey Chapter

     

    FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

     Sanjana Ragudaran
    732-923-4596
    sragudar@monmouth.edu

    Annual Symposium on Influencing Government Policy
    Call for Papers

    This year the annual Symposium on Influencing Government Policy will be held on Friday, February 26, 2016 at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey. The annual Symposium on Influencing Government Policy is sponsored by the New Jersey Baccalaureate Social Work Education Association (NJBSWEA), and the National Association of Social Workers –New Jersey Chapter (NASW-NJ). The focus of this year’s symposium will be on Race Relations and Environmental Justice, and will include a Keynote speaker followed by a series of workshops that explore related policy issues.

    BSW and MSW students are encouraged to participate in this year’s symposium by developing poster presentations. These posters must be related to the policy arena. Student’s posters may involve:

    • a discussion of the policy advocacy efforts students have participated in
    • a discussion of student research findings that have direct relevance to the policy arena
    • a discussion of a practice experience that has direct relevance to the policy arena
    • a theoretical analysis of an ethical dilemmas faced in the policy arena,
    • a discussion of a special events the student has participated in that have direct relevance to the policy arena
    • a policy analysis
    • another focus that is of direct relevance to the topic of social justice in the policy arena

    Students interested in presenting posters should submit a title for their presentation, the names of presenting students, and an abstract to their school’s NJBSWEA representative. Abstracts should be no more than 250 words and should provide a concise overview of the content of the poster presentation. Proposals will be reviewed based upon their clarity and focus, relevance to the topic of social justice in the policy arena, and strength of design. Students whose poster presentation proposals are accepted will be required to develop a mounted poster, and informally discuss their content with those who visit their poster station during the symposium.

    Abstract Submission Due Date: Feb 12, 2016

  • Celebrated Author Erik Larson To Speak at Monmouth University

    Celebrated author Erik Larson will speak at Monmouth University on Monday, March 28, 2016, from 7 – 8:30 p.m. in Pollak Theatre. This event is free and open to the public.

    Erik Larson has written five books that have appeared on the New York Times‘ bestseller list, including such critically acclaimed works as In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin and The Devil in the White City. Mr. Larson’s most recent book is Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, which deals with the implications of the sinking of the Lusitania by German torpedoes in May 1915 and will be the subject of his talk.

    This event is the inaugural lecture in the Department of History and Anthropology’s Charles Mayes World War I Lecture Series.

    Mr. Larson’s talk at Monmouth University will be his first public appearance since the release of Dead Wake in paperback. His books will be on sale before and after his talk, and Mr. Larson will be available to sign books after his talk.

    You can read more about Mr. Larson and his body of work at: eriklarsonbooks.com

    For more information about this event, please contact Ken Campbell at campbell@monmouth.edu or Melissa Ziobro at mziobro@monmouth.edu with any questions.

  • Student Scholarship Week

    Thank you to everyone who participated in or attended Scholarship Week 2019.

    Missed our signature event, Hawk Talks? Check out our YouTube playlist to watch student presentations from the event.

    The next Scholarship Week will be April 20-26, 2020. Apply now!

     

  • The Race Card Project

  • J. Seward Johnson Sculptures

    Following an early career as a painter, Seward Johnson turned his talents to the medium of sculpture. Since then, more than 450 of Johnson’s life-size cast bronze figures have been featured in private collections and museums in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia, as well as prominent places in the public realm such as Rockefeller Center, Pacific Place, Hong Kong, Les Halles in Paris, and Via Condotti in Rome. Seward Johnson is most widely known for his sculptures depicting people engaged in every day activities. Johnson’s desire to highlight the mundane in his Celebrating the Familiar sculpture series has brought a unique voice to the world of art in public spaces.

    Johnson is often recognized for his most dramatic work — and also his largest — the 70’ aluminum giant entitled The Awakening. This sculpture was selected for the International Sculpture Conference & Exhibition and is currently sited along the Potomac River at National Harbor in Washington, DC. This work was profiled in LIFE magazine, Time Magazine and has become a “must see” destination in the nation’s capitol. In recent years, Seward Johnson’s monumental scale sculptures have captured the attention of the international media and a global audience. Among these are the 26 foot tall Forever Marilyn with her skirt blowing upwards defying the stainless steel and aluminum materials. Also, the iconic “kiss” sculpture depicting the moment in Times Square when the sailor and nurse embraced in celebration of the conclusion of World War II. 

    Pieces on Exhibit

    God Bless America (Located in front of Pollak Theatre)
    Strolling Professor (Located in front of Pollak Theatre)
    Between Classes (Located in front of Pozycki Hall) 

    Exhibited April 8 – August 31