Monmouth University is a

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West Long Branch, New Jersey West Long Branch is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 8,097,charter. There are about 4,400 full-time and 260 part-time

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and 1,750 graduate students, as well as 302 full-time faculty members. About 80% of faculty members hold

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s or other terminal degrees in their field of study. The university's student-to-faculty ratio is about 14:1. Forty-four percent of students live on-campus. Most of Monmouth's student body is drawn from the northeastern United States, although student body is composed of students from 29 states and 28 countries.

History

Early years

The school that would become Monmouth University was founded in 1933 as Monmouth Junior College, a two-year junior college under Dean Edward G. Schlaefer. Created in

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during the Great Depression, Monmouth Junior College was intended by Schlaefer to provide an opportunity for higher education to high school graduates in Monmouth County who could not afford to go away to college. The junior college did not have its own campus at the time of its founding and was housed at

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in Long Branch. Due to sharing a building with a high school, classes were taught during evening hours after the high school students had departed. Monmouth Junior College opened to students on November 21, 1933. The junior college's first student enrollment was reported at 325, all graduates from Monmouth County high schools, with a faculty of 12 instructors. Federal reemployment funds financed the junior college, with approximately $18,000 approved by New Jersey Director of Emergency Relief John Colt. In 1947, the school received full college accreditation from the

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to award associate degrees to students. 100 students became the first recipients of associate degrees from Monmouth Junior College the following year. Support from students and the community is credited with helping the school continue to teach classes and become a privately funded institution.

New location and four-year status

Monmouth Junior College acquired its own campus in 1955 when it relocated from Long Branch to the estate of Shadow Lawn in West Long Branch. The estate was purchased from Eugene H. Lehman for $350,000. In addition to the monetary cost, Lehman signed over the estate under the provision that he serve as the school's president for one year. A year later, the school was renamed Monmouth College when it was accredited by the state to offer four-year programs that would award bachelor degrees to students. Through the agreement that granted Shadow Lawn to the school, Lehman became the first president of Monmouth College from 1956 to 1957. Schlaefer resumed leadership after Lehman's tenure, serving as president from 1957 to 1962. Monmouth's first commencement was held at Shadow Lawn the same year that Schlaefer assumed the presidency and the first bachelor's degrees were awarded the year after, in 1958. The 1960s saw further growth for Monmouth in campus size, athletics, student life, and academics. At the start of the decade, the Murry and Leonie Foundation transferred ownership of the Murry Guggenheim House to Monmouth, which became the school's library. The transfer also included a stable and carriage house that would be converted into the Lauren K. Woods Theatre. Elmwood and Pinewood, Monmouth's first campus residence halls, opened in 1963, while the William T. Boylan Gymnasium was built in 1965 as a new home for the basketball team. Additional property was acquired by the college in 1969 when Monmouth was granted ownership of Maurice Pollak's home, the site of what would become Pollak Theatre. Amid the campus expansion, Monmouth College received authorization from the state to offer graduate programs and award master degrees in 1967. Monmouth's 50th anniversary in 1983 was coincided by its athletics program being granted Division I status from the

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(NCAA). Teams representing Monmouth competed in the

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for the next three decades. The 50th anniversary also saw the first Founders' Day at Monmouth, which would become an annual tradition. Four years later, the school's Athletics Hall of Fame was established. The school's athletic program was joined by a

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in 1993.

University charter

A significant development occurred for Monmouth in 1995 when it was granted university status by the

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, resulting in the school being renamed Monmouth University. The university status was obtained under the leadership of Rebecca Stafford, the school's first female president, who described Monmouth as being "on the move". The College Center, constructed in the 1970s, would be renamed the Rebecca Stafford Student Center in her honor. The 21st century saw the completion of a pedestrian underpass on campus in 2001. By the end of the decade, the Multipurpose Activity Center replaced the William T. Boylan Gymnasium as the home of the men's and women's basketball teams in 2009. The new facility, which cost $57 million, was described by then-Senior Associate Athletic Director Jeff Stapleton as "probably the biggest undertaking that the institution has done". The facility was renamed OceanFirst Bank Center in 2016 after Monmouth University and OceanFirst Bank reached a $4 million agreement through 2036 that included the naming rights of the facility. The athletic teams would continue to compete in the Northeast Conference until 2013 when they moved to the

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(MAAC). As the MAAC did not sponsor collegiate football, Monmouth's football team became part of the Big South Conference as an associate member. In 2022, all teams except for women's bowling joined the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA).

Buildings

Great Hall at Shadow Lawn

Woodrow Wilson Hall, West Long Branch, NJ - south view

The centerpiece of the Monmouth University campus is Shadow Lawn. Originally, it was the site of the Shadow Lawn mansion, constructed in 1903 and housed 52 rooms. After the original Shadow Lawn was destroyed by a fire in 1927, the current building that would become was built as a residence for Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Templeton Parson. Mr. Parson was the former head of F.W. Woolworth Company. The building was designed by

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and

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. Abele is regarded as the first professional African American architect. Shadow Lawn became municipal property during the Great Depression and until Monmouth acquired ownership, it was home to Highland Manor Junior College, a private girls' school. Today, it is a

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. Some classrooms and the administrative offices are inside of the building. Shadow Lawn was named to the

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on March 28, 1978. It was named a

on February 4, 1985. Shadow Lawn has also been a host of the film version of ''Annie'', starring Aileen Quinn. Some of the scenes in this movie were filmed inside and outside of the building along with the rest of the Monmouth University campus. Shadow Lawn was used as

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' mansion. Following Monmouth's acquisition of the estate, Shadow Lawn was renamed Woodrow Wilson Hall after United States President Woodrow Wilson, who stayed in the original mansion during his campaign in summer of 1916. The current mansion was renamed to Great Hall in 2020, with the university citing racist policies of Wilson for the change.

Murry and Leonie Guggenheim Memorial Library

Murry Guggenheim House, West Long Branch, NJ - south view

In 1903, Murry Guggenheim (1858–1939), son of Meyer Guggenheim, bought property in West Long Branch to build a summer residence for himself and his wife, Leonie. The original structure of the Beaux-Arts mansion, designed by Carrère and Hastings is now the Murry and Leonie Guggenheim wing of the Monmouth University Library. It was also added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 28, 1978.

Lauren K. Woods Theater

The Guggenheim estate also included a stable and carriage house across the road on Cedar Avenue. This has been converted into the Lauren K. Woods Theatre.

Organization

Monmouth University is organized into seven schools: * Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences * School of Education * Leon Hess Business School * School of Social Work * School of Science * Marjorie K. Unterberg School of Nursing and Health Studies * The Honors School

Centers of Distinction

* Center for the Arts * Monmouth University Polling Institute * Kislak Real Estate Institute * Institute for Global Understanding * Institute for Health and Wellness * Urban Coast Institute

Presidents

* 1933 to 1956: Edward G. Schlaefer (Dean) * 1956 to 1957: Eugene H. Lehman * 1957 to 1962: Edward G. Schlaefer * 1962 to 1971: William G. Van Note * 1971 to 1979: Richard J. Stonesifer * 1980 to 1993: Samuel Hays Magill * 1993 to 2003: Rebecca Stafford * 2003 to 2013: Paul G. Gaffney II * 2013 to 2017: Paul R. Brown * 2017 to 2019: Grey J. Dimenna * 2019 to present: Patrick F. Leahy

Academics

Monmouth University's placement on the '' U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking'' increased during the 2010s, moving from 76 in 2005 to 37 in 2012 and 30 in 2013 among regional universities in the Northern United States. By 2018, Monmouth ranked at 28 among northern regional universities, its highest spot at the time from '' U.S. News & World Report''. The ranking also made Monmouth the highest private regional university in New Jersey and the state's second-highest regional university behind

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. Despite moving up in the ''U.S. News & World Report'' ranking, however, Monmouth University did not appear on

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until 2021. Mark Blackmon, the director of News and Public Affairs at Monmouth, attributed the school's omission in 2016 to ''

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'' relying "on some information that can be highly subjective", with schools " osingpoints for awarding grants and scholarships". In response to Forbes allegedly lowering a school's ranking for providing financial support, Blackmon commented that, "We are actually quite proud that we can assist so many students in getting an education", and concluded, "Even though Monmouth failed to make the Forbes list, I think that it doesn't reflect the quality of its teachers and the type of school that Monmouth is. I think it should have definitely made it." The 2021 ranking marked the first appearance of Monmouth University, in which it placed 394. Monmouth University has held multiple academic symposia on the work of Bruce Springsteen and houses the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music.

Student life

Activities

Monmouth University has a variety of on-campus clubs and organizations, including the campus television station ''HawkTV''; the college radio station WMCX-FM, one of the last media outlets to interview Bob Marley and the first media outlet in America to announce his death; and the student-run newspaper ''The Outlook'', which has been published since 1933. The Department of Art and Design is an active participant in the arts of Monmouth. It maintains multiple galleries for exhibiting creative works of students, faculty, and staff, as well as practicing artists and designers. Monmouth University also has its own independent, student run record label, Blue Hawk Records. The music organization allows students to learn hands-on, gaining relevant experience and encountering situations that would occur in the Music Industry. Blue Hawk Records allows students to work together, alongside experienced industry professionals, to build their skills in talent scouting, artist promotion and development, live music and record releases, artwork, packaging, sales, marketing, further learning the structure of business and how to mold artists into marketable material.

Greek life

Fraternities

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(Pi Chapter) *

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(New Jersey Beta chapter) * Sigma Pi (Delta-Beta chapter) *

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(Epsilon Omicron chapter) * Tau Delta Phi (Delta Tau Chapter)

Sororities

* Alpha Kappa Alpha (Tau Eta chapter) * Alpha Omicron Pi (Iota Theta chapter) * Alpha Sigma Tau (Beta Omega chapter) *

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(Iota Nu chapter) *

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(Gamma Beta chapter) *

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(Delta Omega chapter) * Lambda Theta Alpha (Tau Chapter) *

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(Delta Phi chapter)

Student residences

* Beechwood Hall * Cedar Hall * University Bluffs * Elmwood Hall * Garden Apartments * Great Lawn Apartments * Laurel Hall * Maplewood Apartments * Mullaney Hall * Hesse Hall * Oakwood Hall * Pinewood Hall * Redwood Hall * Spruce Hall * Willow Hall Monmouth University joined the Colonial Athletic Association on July 1, 2022.

Athletics

Monmouth's athletic teams are known as the Hawks. The Hawks compete as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. The school had competed as a

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school in the

from 2013 to 2022, with football competing as an FCS independent in the 2013 season before joining the Big South Conference in 2014. Monmouth left the MAAC and join the CAA on July 1, 2022. Monmouth fields the following sports at the Division I level: baseball, basketball (men's and women's), bowling (women's) cross country (men's and women's), field hockey, football, golf (men's and women's), indoor track (men's and women's), lacrosse (women's and men's), soccer (men's and women's), softball, tennis (men's and women's), and track & field (men's and women's). In the fall of 2014, Monmouth announced the reintroduction of swimming programs (women's and men's) at the Division I level in the fall of 2015. Monmouth University (then still Monmouth College), added football to the school's ledger of sports teams in 1993. The team's first game was played on September 25 of that year. The first points in school history were scored on a bizarre defensive play by intercepting and returning a

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. A new multipurpose activity center opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on September 16, 2009. The Center currently serves as the primary indoor athletic structure. A partnership agreement with OceanFirst Bank named the facility as the OceanFirst Bank Center in June, 2016. It houses a 4,100 seat competition arena; a 200-meter; six-lane indoor track; locker rooms; educational and conference space; ground-level bookstore; and fitness center. The new facility adjoins the William T. Boylan Gymnasium a 2,500-seat arena built in 1965. Monmouth has been in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 1996, 2001, 2004, and 2006. Monmouth won their first NCAA men's basketball tournament game in 2006 when they beat Hampton University in that year's

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school won a game in the NCAA tournament since 1983 when Robert Morris University won in the opening round. Monmouth's men and women's soccer teams as well as baseball, women's lacrosse, men's tennis and men's golf team have also reached the NCAA tournament. The men's lacrosse team made the 2016 NCAA playoff tournament as well. The Monmouth Men's Soccer team is the only sport on campus to ever advance to the second round of the NCAA tournament. The men's soccer team also hosted three first round NCAA Tournament games on The Great Lawn, in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Monmouth's men's soccer team has even been ranked as one of the top teams in the country. In September 2010, Monmouth attained the #4 spot on the NSCAA/HendrickCars.com National Rankings and has been ranked in the national top 25 every single week for the past two seasons. Men's lacrosse won the 2021 MAAC conference championship

Notable alumni

Politics and government

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, American diplomat and the first openly homosexual United States Foreign Service officer. * DiAnne Gove, member of the

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. * Noel Lawrence Hillman, United States federal judge. * James W. Holzapfel, member of the New Jersey Senate. * Declan O'Scanlon, member of the New Jersey Senate. *

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, former commissioner and chairwoman of the Jersey City Housing Authority. * Mitchell Shivers, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs.

Arts and entertainment

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, writer, producer and director. *

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, professional wrestler with independent circuits. * David J. Burke, producer, screenwriter and film and television director. * Cody Calafiore, actor, model, and television personality featured on '' Big Brother''. *

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, animation director and producer. *

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. * Amber Marchese, television personality and entrepreneur featured on '' The Real Housewives of New Jersey''. *

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, former professional wrestler with

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and Total Nonstop Action and television personality featured on '' American Gladiators''. *

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, television personality featured on '' Jersey Shore''. *

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, author and novelist.

Sports

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. * R. J. Allen, soccer defender in Major League Soccer. * Miles Austin, American football coach and former wide receiver in the

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for the

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and Philadelphia Eagles.Newman, Josh
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for the Los Angeles Lakers. * Wendy Boglioli, former Olympic swimming champion and swimming coach at

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, baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals of

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. * Tevrin Brandon, former gridiron football defensive back in the

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. * Brian Brikowski, former gridiron football defensive end in the

and the Arena Football League. *

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, college basketball coach and former men's basketball head coach at Monmouth. *

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and Bellator MMA. *

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, former American football safety in the

for the

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. * Ed Halicki, former baseball pitcher in

for the San Francisco Giants and California Angels. * Matt Healing, Head Coach, Pace University Men's Basketball team. * Chris Hogan, American football wide receiver for the New England Patriots and New York Jets of the

. * Will Holder, former gridiron football player in the Arena Football League. * Brian Kennedy, college basketball coach and current men's basketball head coach at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. * Ryan Kinne, former soccer player in Major League Soccer. * Eric Klenofsky, soccer goalkeeper for the

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. * Pat Light, former baseball pitcher in

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and Minnesota Twins. *

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, soccer player in the

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. * Chuck Martin, college basketball coach and assistant coach at The University of South Carolina. ChristieRampone_captain_2009

* Bryan Meredith, soccer goalkeeper for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer. * John Nalbone, former American football tight end in the

for the

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, Seattle Seahawks and

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, soccer defender and former captain of the

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. * Justin Robinson, basketball player for the Élan Chalon of the LNB Pro A. * Greg Soto, mixed martial artist formerly with

. *

Neal Sterling Neal J. Sterling (born January 14, 1992) is a former American football tight end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for four seasons. He played college football at Monmouth and was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the seventh ...

, former American football tight end in the

for the

Jacksonville Jaguars The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida. The Jaguars compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) South division. The team pla ...

and New York Jets. * Travis Taylor, basketball player for BC Rilski Sportist of the Bulgarian National Basketball League. * Hakeem Valles, American football tight end in the

. * Anthony Vázquez, soccer defender formerly with the

Puerto Rico national football team The Puerto Rico national football team ( es, Selección de fútbol de Puerto Rico) represents Puerto Rico in men's international football, and are governed by the Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol (FPF). The team's nickname is ''El Huracá ...

Others

* Foster Diebold, former president of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and the University of Alaska System. * Ron Lapin, Israeli-born American physician. *

John Daido Loori John Daido Loori (June 14, 1931 – October 9, 2009) was a Zen Buddhist rōshi who served as the abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery and was the founder of the Mountains and Rivers Order and CEO of Dharma Communications. Daido Loori received s ...

, Zen Buddhist priest and founding abbot of

Zen Mountain Monastery Zen Mountain Monastery (or, Doshinji, meaning Temple of the Way of Reality) is a Zen Buddhist monastery and training center on a forested property in the Catskill Mountains in Mount Tremper, New York. It was founded in 1980 by John Daido Loori or ...

. * Lee Lozowick, spiritual teacher and author. * Joe Palazzolo, 47th President of Sigma Pi Fraternity, International. * Yvonne Thornton,

obstetrician Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a surgic ...

and author. * Charlie Trabold, board member, Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, International. * Heather Vitale, television and horse racing journalist.

Notable faculty

* Steven Bachrach, dean of science and organic chemist. * Jenny Rosenthal Bramley, dean of mathematics and physicist. * Josh Emmons, professor of English and novelist. *

Melissa Febos Melissa Febos is an American writer and professor. She is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir, ''Whip Smart'' (2010)'','' and the essay collections, ''Abandon Me'' (2017) and ''Girlhood'' (2021)''.'' Early life and education Febos grew u ...

, professor of English and writer. *

Alex Gilvarry Alex Gilvarry (b. 1981 on Staten Island, NY) is an American writer. He is the author of the novels ''From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant'' (2012) and ''Eastman Was Here'' (2017). In 2009, Gilvarry graduated from CUNY - Hunter College's MFA P ...

, professor of English and novelist. * Amy Handlin, professor of marketing and member of the

. *

Eduard Helly Eduard Helly (June 1, 1884 in Vienna – 28 November 1943 in Chicago) was a mathematician after whom Helly's theorem, Helly families, Helly's selection theorem, Helly metric, and the Helly–Bray theorem were named. Life Helly earned his doct ...

, professor of mathematics and mathematician. * Ken Loeffler, professor of law, collegiate and professional basketball coach, and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame. * Patrick Murray, Director and Founder, Monmouth University Polling Institute. * Joseph W. Oxley, professor of criminal justice,

New Jersey Superior Court The Superior Court is the state court in the U.S. state of New Jersey, with statewide trial and appellate jurisdiction. The New Jersey Constitution of 1947 establishes the power of the New Jersey courts.Jeffrey S. Mandel, New Jersey Appellate Pr ...

judge, and former Monmouth County sheriff. *

Steven Pressman Steven Pressman (born 1955) is an American documentary filmmaker, journalist, author of two books ('' Outrageous Betrayal'' and '' 50 Children''), and director/producer of the documentary film '' 50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. K ...

, professor of economics and finance and economist. * Gerard Scharfenberger, professor of archaeology and member of the

. * Tommy Tucker, professor of music and bandleader. * Michael Waters, professor of English and poet. *

Kenneth Womack Kenneth Womack (born January 24, 1966) is an American writer, literary critic, public speaker, and music historian, particularly focusing on the cultural influence of the Beatles. He is the author of the bestselling ''Solid State: The Story of A ...

, professor of English and popular music.Marinucci, Steve
"Why The Beatles’ ''Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band'' Should Be Considered Classical Music"
''

Variety (magazine) ''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', base ...

'', June 1, 2017. Accessed February 14, 2018. "Kenneth Womack, dean of the Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Monmouth University and author of several scholarly books on the Beatles, says it certainly could."

References

External links

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Official athletics website
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