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MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY
Monmouth University is a private university located in West Long Branch, New Jersey.
It was founded as "Monmouth Junior College" in 1933 and became Monmouth College in 1956. In 1995 it became Monmouth University.
There are about 3,500 full-time and 500 part-time undergraduate and 1,600 graduate students, as well as 232 full-time faculty members. 45% of faculty members hold Ph.D.s. 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 TAs. 45% of students live on-campus.
Monmouth University has 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
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.
Campus setting and architecture
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.
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 Gaffney II
Athletics
- Monmouth's athletic teams are known as the Hawks.
- The school competes as a Division I school in the Northeast Conference, which generally ranks as one of the weaker NCAA Division I conferences. 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), soccer (men's and women's), lacrosse (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.
- Since 1994, Monmouth's athletic department has been headed by Dr. Marilyn McNeil.
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, as well as most of Wilson Hall, was modeled after the Palace of Versailles.
- 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 Survivor: Palau
- WMCX-FM was the first media outlet to announce the death of Bob Marley.
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