The 10th Annual Scholarship Week: Celebrating the Research, Creative, and Service Accomplishments of MU Students took place Friday through Sunday, April 18–27, 2025.
Student Scholarship Week includes week-long activities that showcase and celebrate students’ individual academic work inside and outside of the classroom as well as highlights faculty-student collaboration, across the University.
2025 Hawk Talks were held Monday, April 21 at 10 a.m. in Student Center Anacon A/B.
See recorded video of Hawk Talks.
Jillian Bodiford – Theatre Saved My Life: The Benefits of Theatre Activities and its Crucialness in Public Schools
Nick Carducci – Revolutionizing Event Attendance at Monmouth University
Andrew McGovern & Omar Ahmed – ParkShark: Revolutionizing the Campus Parking Experience
Carlee Migliorisi- Wendy Let Me In: The Unknown Story of ‘Born to Run’
Victoria O’Malley – Measuring the Body Size of Diamondback Terrapins from Drone Imagery
Noelle Parrino – CELEBRATE: A Gaming Club for Children who Stutter
Madison Patterson – Evaluating Predation Risk of Eastern Box Turtles in a Suburban Island in Monmouth County, New Jersey
Christopher Reigel – Comparative Study of Quantitative eDNA with Capture Data for Atlantic Sturgeon in the New York Bight
2025 Student Posters | 2025 Program | Scholarship Week Event Passport Pages
2025 Scholarship Week Committee
- Shannon (Nikki) Clifford, Acting Dean, School of Nursing & Health Studies (Co-Chair)
- Kurt Wagner, University Librarian (Co-Chair)
- LoriAnne Perrine, Executive Assistant to the Provost (Co-Chair)
- Jim Pillar, Vice President for Student Life
- Jenny Ross, Acting Dean, Honors School
- MyKellan Maloney, Global Education
- Leon Hess School of Business
- Janeth Merkle, Assistant Dean
- Jonathan Daigle, Assistant Professor, Economics, Finance and Real Estate
- School of Education
- Alex Romagnoli, Interim Associate Dean
- Carol McArthur-Amedeo, Program Director, Lecturer, Special Education
- Danielle Frith, Specialist Professor, Special Education
- Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Rich Veit, Interim Provost/SVPAA and Professor, History & Anthropology
- Michele Van Volkolm, Senior Lecturer, Psychology
- Beth Sara Swanson, Lecturer, English
- Marjorie K. Unterberg School of Nursing and Health Studies
- Nikki Clifford, Acting Dean
- Tamara Rial-Faigenbaum, Assistant Professor, Health & Physical Education
- School of Science
- Joe Coyle, Dean
- Jason Adolf, Endowed Professor of Marine Science, Biology, and Urban Coast Institute
- School of Social Work
- Paul Urbanski, Associate Professor
Featured Events
Friday, April 18
School of Science Research Poster Expo – Edison Atrium – 9:30 a.m.
Saturday, April 19
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown! – Woods Theatre – 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 20
No events
Monday, April 21
The Hawk Talks event will highlight the rich diversity of events offered during Student Scholarship Week by including student work from all academic disciplines, including graduate and undergraduate students, in one premier interdisciplinary event. The event format will showcase student work through poster presentations and eight-minute TED-talk style presentations. Refreshments will be served.
- Hawk Talks (10 a.m.–11:30 a.m.)
- Reception (11:30 a.m.)
- University-wide Poster Expo Opening – Virtual Poster Expo
- Student Center, Anacon A/B
- Poster Session I – 12 p.m.-1 p.m.
- Poster Session II – 1 p.m.-2 p.m.
Intercultural Understanding & Communication – Anacon Lobby – All day
Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music – Students Making History – Zoom register –HERE – 2 p.m.
Tuesday, April 22
- Posters and Pizza –Virtual Poster Expo
- Student Center, Anacon A/B
- Session I – 12 p.m.-1 p.m
Oyster Reef Art and Science Collaboration – GH Pompeii – 12:00 p.m.
English Composition Roundtable: The Impact of Climate Change on Oceans and Ice Caps: Exploring Ecological Connections – SC 202-C – 1:15 p.m.
Power of Student Storytelling Student Performances I – Plangere 235 – 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 23
Department of Criminal Justice – Student Poster Expo – Anacon – 11 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
- Posters and Pizza –Virtual Poster Expo
- Student Center, Anacon A/B
- Session II – 12 p.m.- 1 p.m.
School of Nursing & Health Studies 3-Minute Thesis Competition – Stafford Student Center – Anacon – 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 24
Power of Student Storytelling Student Performances II – Plangere 235 – 4:30-5:30 p.m.
8th Annual Hess Excellence in Scholarship Series – Bey 229 – 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Friday, April 25
Political Science Seminar Symposium & Awards Luncheon – Edison 201 – 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Honors School Spring Research Conference – Library 101 – 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 26
Psychology Research and Internship Presentations – Pozycki – 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.