MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

'Monmouth University' is a private university located in West Long Branch, New Jersey.
Founded in 1933 as Monmouth College, it became Monmouth University in 1995 after receiving its charter.
There are about 4,000 full-time and 500 part-time undergraduate and 2,800 graduate students, as well as 244 full-time faculty members. About 73% of faculty members hold Ph.D.s or other terminal degrees in their field of study.^[1] The university's student-to-faculty ratio is about 15:1. Because of the university's relatively small student population, class sizes are capped between 20 and 35 and no classes are taught by teaching assistants. 44% of students live on-campus.

Contents

History

Campus

Academic buildings

Organization

Undergraduate programs

Graduate programs

Student life

Activities

Greek Life

Fraternities

Sororities

Student Residences

Food Services

Athletics

Presidents

Noted alumni

Noted faculty

Facts

References

External links

History

Monmouth College was founded in 1933 as a junior college. On January 18, 1956, Monmouth received accreditation to grant four-year Bachelor's degrees, and in March 1995, it received its university charter from the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education. History of Monmouth University

Campus

The centerpiece of the Monmouth University campus is Wilson Hall. Originally, it was the site of the Shadow Lawn mansion, constructed in 1903 and housed 52 rooms. United States President Woodrow Wilson stayed in the mansion during his campaign in summer of 1916.
After Shadow Lawn was destroyed by a fire in 1927, the building that would become Wilson Hall was built as a residence for Mr & Mrs. Hubert Templeton Parson. Mr. Parson was the former head of F.W. Woolworth Company.
Wilson Hall became municipal property during the Great Depression and until Monmouth University acquired ownership, it was home to a private girls' school. Today, it is a National Historic Landmark. Some classrooms and the administrative offices are inside of the building. In 1980, Wilson Hall was used as Daddy Warbucks' mansion in the film version of ''Annie''.^[2]

Academic buildings

★ 600 Art Building

★ 700 Building

★ 800 Art Gallery

★ Art Workshop

★ Bey Hall

★ Monmouth University Library

★ Howard Hall

★ Lauren K. Woods Theatre

★ Plangere Center for Communication and Instructional Technology

★ Robert E. McAllan Hall

★ Rotary Ice House Gallery

★ Thomas A. Edison Science Hall

★ Woodrow Wilson Hall

Organization

Monmouth University is organized into seven schools:

★ Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences

★ School of Education

★ School of Business Administration

★ School of Science, Technology and Engineering

★ Marjorie K. Unterberg School of Nursing and Health Studies

★ The Graduate School

★ The Honors School

Undergraduate programs

★ Anthropology (BA)

★ Art (BA)

★ Biology (BS)

★ Business Administration (BS)

★ Chemistry (BS)

★ Clinical Laboratory Science (BS)

★ Communication (BA)

★ Computer Science (BS)

★ Criminal Justice (BA)

★ Education (BA, BS)

★ English (BA)

★ Fine Arts (BFA)

★ Foreign Language (BA)

★ Health Studies (BS)

★ History (BA)

★ History/Political Science Interdisciplinary (BA)

★ Mathematics (BS)

★ Medical Technology (BS)

★ Music (BA)

★ Nursing (BSN)

★ Political Science (BA)

★ Psychology (BA)

★ Social Work (BSW)

★ Software Engineering (BS)

★ Spanish and International Business (BA)

★ Special Education (BS)

★ Theatre (BA)

Graduate programs

★ Business Administration (MBA)

★ Computer Science (MS)

★ Corporate and Public Communication (MA)

★ Criminal Justice (MA)

★ Education (MAT, MEd, MSEd)

★ English (MA)

★ History (MA)

★ Liberal Arts (MA)

★ Nursing (MSN)

★ Professional Counseling (MS)

★ Psychological Counseling (MA)

★ Public Policy (MA)

★ Social Work (MSW)

★ Software Engineering (MS)

Student life

Activities

Monmouth University has a variety of on-campus clubs and organizations, including the campus television station — Hawk TV — and the college radio station — WMCX-FM.

Greek Life

Fraternities

★ Alpha Chi Rho

★ Lambda Theta Phi

★ Phi Sigma Kappa

★ Sigma Pi

★ Sigma Tau Gamma

★ Tau Kappa Epsilon

★ Theta Xi

Sororities

★ Alpha Sigma Tau

★ Alpha Xi Delta

★ Delta Phi Epsilon

★ Lambda Theta Alpha

★ Phi Sigma Sigma

★ Theta Phi Alpha

★ Zeta Tau Alpha

Student Residences

★ Beechwood Hall

★ Birch Hall

★ Cedar Hall

★ The Diplomat Apartments

★ Elmwood Hall

★ Garden Apartments

★ Great Lawn Apartments

★ Laurel Hall

★ Maplewood Hall

★ Oakwood Hall

★ Pier Village

★ Pinewood Hall

★ Redwood Hall

★ Spruce Hall

★ Willow Hall

Food Services

★ Einstein Bros. Bagels

★ Eye Opener

★ Hawk's Nest Convenience Store

★ Java City at Bey Hall

★ Library Cafe

★ Magill Commons

★ Rebecca Stafford Student Center

★ Underground

Athletics

Monmouth's athletic teams are known as the Hawks. The school competes as a Division I school in the Northeast Conference. Monmouth fields the following sports at the Division I level: baseball, basketball (men's and 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), soccer (men's and women's), softball, tennis (men's and women's), and track & field (men's and women's).
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 two-point conversion.
Monmouth has been in the NCAA Men's Division I 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 play-in game. It was the first time a Northeast Conference school won a game in the NCAA tournament since 1983 when Robert Morris University won in the opening round.

Presidents

★ 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 Present: Paul G. Gaffney II

Noted alumni

★ Miles Austin, football player; wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League

Noted faculty

Facts

★ Monmouth Junior College was started in same building as Long Branch High School.

★ Woodrow Wilson Hall, the former summer residence of President Wilson, was Daddy Warbucks' house in the film Annie.

★ The Erlanger Gardens was modeled on la Colonnade at Versaille.

★ The Student Center, opened in 1973, was renamed the Rebecca Stafford Student Center in 2003 in honor of the past president.

★ Alumni Stephenie LaGrossa and Katie Gallagher, both 2002 graduates, were contestants on ''.

★ WMCX-FM was the first media outlet to announce the death of Bob Marley.

★ Most of Monmouth's student body is drawn from the northeastern United States, although students from 29 states and 23 foreign countries add to the school's diversity.^[3]

References

1. College Close-Up" Monmouth University - Faculty, accessed December 21, 2006. "Approximately 73 percent of the full-time instructional faculty members have doctorates or other terminal degrees in their fields."
2. History of Wilson Hall, Monmouth University
3. College Close-up: Monmouth University, Peterson's College Planner

External links

★ Monmouth University

★ Campus Map