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This is You

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In one year at Monmouth, every opportunity comes alive.

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first days

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Day one: Hesse Hall. Your bed is made, your artwork hung up, your alarm is even set. This is really happening. Around you, everybody feels like they’re matching your level of excitement (and maybe nervousness) as you head to Pollak Theatre for your first orientation activities. Posters on the walls announce the first meetings of clubs, teams, and gatherings where you know you’ll find fast friends—like Monmouth Artists for Diversity & Inclusion, which is hosting a meeting for interested singers and musicians—but already a friend is calling from the end of the hall.

Day one: full to the brim. And even better: not alone.

Two students sitting outside at a table as they both smile and laugh while chatting together

Monmouth felt like home right away. All the welcome events meant I was constantly making connections, having fun, and being my authentic self. The freedom of college is even better with the security of a close-knit community like this one.”

Vincent J. Sedlmeir ’24

B.S. in Business Administration/Marketing
Marketing and Management Intern
Whirlwind Creative

Here, fun meets learning. Culture meets connection. Skyline meets coastline. Opportunity meets you.

AUTUMN
IN FULL
COLOR.

You’re finding ways to be involved on campus at every turn. With 120+ clubs and organizations—like Monmouth Gamers United, Student Activities Board, and Sea Sharps A Capella Group—everybody on your floor seems to have found a different way to connect with those who love what they love, no matter what it is.

The Visiting Writers Series lets you rub shoulders with world-famous authors and playwrights like Joyce Carol Oates and Colm Toibin. The Hawk Capital Student-Managed Fund lets you manage a real $300k investment portfolio. Of course, this is Monmouth, so you’re not just getting involved—you’re encountering endless opportunities to lead. Asad Whitehead ’24 made his mark as president of the Black Student Union, working with student-run organizations like Blue Hawk Records and WMCX, and with Empowering Young Black Males—a mentorship collaboration with local high school students. As a music industry student, Whitehead found success through internships with the United Justice Coalition, Roc Nation, and “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”

By fall, you’re feeling like everything is possible.

bird statue outdoors with orange leave tree behind it

Everything I did at Monmouth will play a role in my future … Everything I’ve done here has been for a reason, and I’m grateful I’ve had these opportunities. Without them, I don’t know where I’d be.”

Asad Whitehead ’24

B.A. in Music/Music Industry

The experience I got doing three-and-a-half years of research with faculty, which included working on a published global study, opened the door. When I interviewed at Bristol Myers Squibb, they said it sounded like I had completed a grad school program. I wouldn’t be working in the role I am now if it wasn’t for my experiences at Monmouth.”

Jesse Bragger ’21

In-vivo Associate Scientist, Bristol Myers Squibb
B.S. in Biology/Molecular Cell Physiology

the midterm

Elevated

You’re halfway through the semester and everything is accelerating.

Monmouth’s academic excellence is why you came, and now you’re fully immersed in it. Your professors are teaching you incredible things, and they’re also standing alongside you while you pursue goals you’d never have imagined before you came here. Take Associate Professor Davis Jose for example. His summer research team is studying the formation of G-quadruplex (GQ), a non-canonical nucleic acid secondary structure, which can inhibit the elevated telomerase activity that is common in most cancers. And students are right there, unlocking GQ-ligand interactions that will help to design new drugs for cancer and other diseases.

Or the Kislak Real Estate Institute Competition, where colleges from all over the country come to compete at Monmouth hoping their team’s pitch for a real estate development will impress the panel of judges: bankers, brokers, and realtors who know what success looks like.

By the time Student Scholarship Week comes around, everyone is ready to celebrate the huge achievements they’ve been working so hard for. You’ll shake the hand of the faculty member who collaborated with your roommate on a published paper, be in the audience when your math tutor performs her monologue, and mingle at your best friend’s art exhibit.

With support built into every part of the academic experience, Monmouth students like you are achieving amazing things eveRY day.

Winter.
warmed up.

Every Monmouth student is part of the excitement that Division I athletics offers. You’re attending games that are being broadcast around the country. You’ve made friends with athletes in class whose level of skill will lead them to professional opportunities. And you’re feeling the surge of togetherness that can only happen when you’re part of a greater whole, cheering for a common victory. Excellence in athletics at Monmouth looks like the football team competing against nationally ranked opponents in Kessler Stadium. In its Division I history, Monmouth boasts 154 regular season championships, 45 NCAA Tournament appearances, and has produced 129 professional athletes. It looks like access to first-rate fitness facilities for every student. It looks like intramural teams that dial up the fun with the expected and unexpected alike, including wiffle ball and fantasy football. Above all, excellence in athletics at Monmouth looks like a community. A circle of support, of challenge, of success. And you’re right in the middle of it.

Former student athletes Ben Zakowski ’23 and Griffin Tomas ’23 partnered with fellow business major Dylan Sara ’23 during the trio’s senior year to launch Division One Fitness, a global fitness media company sharing soccer training videos. After winning HawkTank, the Center for Entrepreneurship’s annual business pitch competition, Division One has expanded its online community and launched its own clothing line, and has plans to implement a subscription service next.

“HawkTank really opened our eyes to where we could take our business within the next year or two,” says Zakowski.

spring break.
expanded.

Monmouth offers so many opportunities for discovery, it took you a while to appreciate the best part: those opportunities aren’t just about you. They’re also about becoming a catalyst for good in the world. And spring break is the perfect opportunity to make it all happen. Some of your friends are heading to Costa Rica for a course on Adventure Education. They’ll have thrilling outdoor experiences while also learning about how to use those team-building principles in the classrooms, group homes, and youth development organizations that they’ll someday lead. Others are heading to the Philippines to mentor children through their involvement in Enactus Club, a student group that promotes the principles of entrepreneurship and free enterprise to help people improve their lives. Wherever you choose to go, at Monmouth, you’ll have a part in bringing more wellness, more goodness, more hope to the world.

By spring, the whole world seems bigger than ever and closer than ever all at once—and you’re finding your place in it.

Once I stepped on campus and spoke with current students, I knew Monmouth had an environment that encouraged students to grow and experience new things. From the variety of courses to choose from, to the opportunity to form a community within clubs and organizations, the Monmouth experience is special … Through the club, Enactus, I mentored children from the Philippines. In the Student Government Association, I learned how to effectively navigate and lead others, especially during times of uncertainty and confusion.”

Dustin Ho ’23

Banking Analyst – Global Payment Solutions, HSBC
B.S. in Business Administration/Economics & Finance

Dustin Ho in long navy blue shirt resting his hand on rail

Three individuals discuss something on a boat

Group of students walk outside through the alleyway

Two individuals participate in an archeological dig activity

A portrait photograph of George Alfano grinning while holding a microphone

summer.
unleashed.

Once exams wrap up, things don’t wind down. Summer is an amazing time to branch out, dial in, or go deeper into your interests. And Monmouth has so many opportunities to offer. Some of your friends are going abroad this summer—someone from last year went to Italy and now she has her first job teaching Italian at a local school. And internships? You know people who are interning at the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., at Disney headquarters in Orlando, at the studios of CNBC. You’re staying local, doing a summer research project with a brilliant professor on a study of algae all down the coast. These opportunities are available all year long at Monmouth. It’s a place where exploration, discovery, and the adventure of figuring out your own path is part of every day.

As a production assistant at ESPN, Morgan Alston ’23 interviews and reports on athletes at events like the Super Bowl, NBA draft, and NFL combine—and is making strides toward her goal of becoming the face of sports media.

I know that it was my experience as an anchor and producer at HawkTV, along with my writing experience at the Outlook, that helped me get to where I am today.”

Morgan Alston ’23

Production Assistant, ESPN
B.A. in Communication/Media Studies and Production

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A photograph of a girl participating in a shark tagging activity nearby two other individuals

Two girls on a boat outside in the water under a gloomy sky

Morgan Alston smiling in television studio while holding football

Your Future Amplified

Denisse Quintanilla at news station studio smiling in orange blazer while leaning against reading table

your future

There’s so
much more to
experience.

At Monmouth, even the future starts to look different. Because of everything you’ve already been able to experience, you start to dream differently. Because of the support you’re getting at every step, more seems possible. Because of Monmouth, a bigger life seems reachable.

It’s because you’ve seen it happen. More than 90 Monmouth students have been hired by Commvault, a top-ranked software company. Monmouth alumni are changing the landscape of health care, leading the way in advances in medicine, helping to shape policy and regulation, and bringing innovations in life-saving technology. And those opportunities aren’t just reserved for a few—within nine months, 93% of graduates have moved into their career or their graduate degree.

Denisse Quintanilla ’22

(Pictured above)
Producer, KSN-TV
B.A. in Spanish/Communication, Media Studies and Production

As a first-generation student, Denisse Quintanilla ’22 made her mark as a producer on an award-winning show with the student-run radio station, WMCX, and through internships with Telemundo 62 and CNBC. These real-world experiences allowed Quintanilla to begin her professional career as a bilingual news producer for KSN, an NBC affiliated station, overseeing broadcasts and directing live shows from start to finish.

“The thing I’m most proud of about my time at Monmouth was that I got out of my comfort zone. I was this really shy thing when I got there, but I tried new things that I never thought I could do and was able to grow because of that.”

One Year

WILL DIAL UP YOUR LIFE

IMAGINE WHAT FOUR CAN DO

With the experiences, the connections, and the opportunities that Monmouth offers, there’s no limit on where your future will take you.

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