Gala at the Great Hall

Gala at the Great Hall and Campaign Launch

Dec. 7, 2024 | 6 p.m.
The Great Hall

At this year’s Gala, Monmouth University will announce the largest fundraising campaign in its 91-year history. This year’s event will feature a seated dinner in Monmouth’s marquee building—the Great Hall—a space and setting befitting of such a significant announcement. We hope you will consider joining us for dinner and dancing to help kick off this historic fundraising campaign, as well as the holiday season.

Given the format, sponsorship and tickets will be limited and prices have been carefully curated to ensure proceeds support our Access Fund, benefiting our students with the greatest financial need.

For advanced information and availability, please contact gala@monmouth.edu or 732-263-5400.

Live Music by Marc Ribler and Friends

The Campaign

To differentiate ourselves in an increasingly competitive market, Monmouth University aims to become a national leader at integrating excellence and access by becoming the most highly ranked institution with our access measures in our category. In order to achieve this distinction, Monmouth University must become both more excellent and more accessible, while aligning itself with supportive local, regional, and national friends.

To ensure this success, the University has embarked on its largest comprehensive fundraising campaign to date—Excellence. Access. Ambition. Designed to directly support our strategic plan of the same name, this campaign will focus on three main components: significantly enhancing our facilities, bolstering our endowment, and sustaining annual funds. And, thanks to our campaign co-chairs, Joan Mercer and Henry D. Mercer III ’87 ’17HN, and many lead donors, we are well on our way. This work is worthy of our best collective efforts, and we hope to count on your support to help us meet our ambitious goal and set Monmouth on a path for even greater success.

Celebrating Excellence and Access

In 1933, during the throes of the Great Depression, Monmouth opened its doors as a junior college to offer quality education to local students aspiring to earn a college degree. Providing deserving students access to higher education, regardless of their economic circumstance, has always been paramount to Monmouth University’s mission.

As Monmouth evolved—first into a four-year college, and now into a nationally ranked university boasting doctoral programs, Division I athletics, and state-of-the-art facilities—our commitment to student access has remained steadfast.