Dear Members of the Monmouth University Community:
We are looking forward to celebrating our 2023 spring commencement ceremonies later this week. We will again be honoring our undergraduate and graduate/doctoral students with distinct events, and for the second year, fostering a new tradition with an all-undergraduate class gathering held the day before degree conferral. This event will provide a special opportunity for the undergraduates in the Class of 2023 to celebrate their collective achievements in the company of their closest friends and classmates. All ceremonies this week will be held in the Dr. Marilyn A. McNeil Arena of the OceanFirst Bank Center.
The graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony is on Wednesday, May 10 at 10 a.m., followed by the all-undergraduate class gathering at 4 p.m. Three additional school based degree conferral ceremonies will occur the next day, Thursday, May 11. The ceremony for graduates of the Leon Hess Business School will be at 10 a.m., the ceremony for graduates of the Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences at 1 p.m., and the ceremony for graduates of the Marjorie K. Unterberg School of Nursing and Health Studies, School of Social Work, School of Education, and School of Science at 4 p.m. For additional details, including livestream links of each ceremony, visit monmouth.edu/commencement.
Linda Deutsch ˈ65, acclaimed journalist with the Associated Press who covered court cases for 50 years, earning the extraordinary distinction of AP Special Correspondent—a title shared by only 18 reporters since the news cooperative was founded in 1846—will deliver a commencement address at both ceremonies, and will receive an honorary degree at the all undergraduate class gathering.
If you have any questions about our commencement activities, please do not hesitate to contact Vice President Mary Anne Nagy, the chair of the Commencement Planning Committee, at 732-571-3417.
I hope you share my excitement at welcoming our special guest and honoring our graduates in the days ahead. It gives me special pride to host these in person events on our beautiful campus, which has served as a second home to our graduates for the past several years. Please keep our graduates and their families in your thoughts as we prepare for this year’s commencement exercises.
Sincerely,
Dr. Patrick F. Leahy
President