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Contents
Features | Spring 2020
BACKSTORY »
A kick from her first horse, Tristan, gave
René Stone a traumatic brain injury, but
also led to her realizing the power of
equine-assisted therapy. Story, page 26.
22
ALL IN A DAY’S WORK
Our readers recall tales of
triumph, tragedy, and the
Talking Heads in our round-
up of college job memories.
26
HEALING WITH HORSES
René Stone found salvation
in a saddle. Now she’s passing
the reins to veterans in need
of their own healing.
32
OUR WARMING PLANET
Seven expert takes on what
climate change means—and
what it reflects about us.
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Contents
Departments | Spring 2020
MONMOUTH » VOL. 39. NO. 2
06 10 20 Monmouth magazine is published thrice
annually by the Monmouth University
Division of Enrollment Management.
Vice President for
Enrollment Management
Robert D. McCaig, Ed.D.
The Front Associate Vice President,
Marketing & Communications
currents » RESEARCH & REFLECTION
Tara Peters ’94, ’99M
06 09 Editor
Tony Marchetti
NEED TO EXPLAIN THIS
KNOW How to foster a love of Assistant Editor
Tracing the rise and fall of reading in your child. Breanne McCarthy
the Religious Left.
Design & Layout
Dog Ear Consultants
TIDES » CULTURE & COMMUNITY
10 12 14 Contributing Writers
Pete Croatto
Nick DiUlio
CROSS TALK HOW MONMOUTH CAMPUS Steve Neumann
A college bridge program at WAS MADE BRIEFS Molly Petrilla
Monmouth is increasing The story of how The scene at West Long Greg Viscomi
access to higher education Monmouth College became Branch.
for first-generation students. a university. Photographers
Tina Colella
PLAY » SPORTS & FITNESS Anthony DePrimo
18 20 21
John Emerson
Matt Furman
Tom Lozinski
MORE THAN ONE FOR MAKING THE MOST OF Karlee Sell
JUST A GAME THE AGES A FIRST IMPRESSION
Illustrators
Midfielder Esther Wellman is Looking back on football’s Field hockey wins regular Davide Bonazzi
making the most of her Mon- historic season. season championship. Josue Evilla
mouth experience. Mark Matcho
Alex Nabaum
The Back The Rest
On the cover
Class notes » ALUMNI LIFE President’s Note, 3. Illustrator Alex Nabaum’s take
42 50
Letters, 4. on the climate crisis.
A Day at the Beach, 16.
Alumni Roundup, 44.
THE FINDING HER In Memoriam, 55.
CHANGEMAKER ELEMENT Remembrance, 56.
Sophia Lewin is not your How Ishita Bhattacharya
average football coach. went from pre-med to 400 Cedar Ave.
pioneering choreographer. West Long Branch, NJ 07764
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02 MONMOUTH Spring 2020
President’s Note
“ In the 25 years since Monmouth
attained university status, we
If we can have been on a steady march to
unleash becoming a first-rate academ-
academic ic institution. That progress has
certainly accelerated in recent
excellence years. At the same time, we are
and also proud of the fact that one-
continue third of our undergraduate stu-
dents receive federal Pell Grants,
to open our
awarded to students with the
doors to greatest financial need.
that kind At Monmouth, nearly half of
of access, our students—45 percent—are
the first in their family to pur-
Monmouth sue a four-year college degree.
will stake Twenty-nine percent of our stu-
its claim to dents self-identify as diverse.
Taken together, these measures
a national of access are very uncommon for
reputation a private Division I institution and
as an will continue to inform our ongo-
ing strategic planning process.
institution If we can unleash academic ex-
that is both cellence and continue to open
highly our doors to that kind of access,
Monmouth will stake its claim
ranked
to a national reputation as an
and highly institution that is both highly
accessible. ranked and highly accessible.
I am pleased that this issue of
Monmouth magazine showcases
” areas where our intellectual heft
and our commitment to access
shine. In “Our Warming Plan-
et,” Breanne McCarthy gathers
diverse perspectives on climate
change from a cross section of
faculty in different disciplines.
Closer to campus, in “Cross
Talk,” Tony Marchetti profiles
two students who are the first
to matriculate to Monmouth
Success and as a result of our Future Schol-
ars program, in which gradu-
ate interns from the education-
Momentum
A LOOK AT MONMOUTH’S GROWTH
al counseling program mentor
6th through 12th graders in the
Long Branch public schools.
There is so much about our
University that makes me
25 YEARS INTO ITS UNIVERSITY STATUS. proud, from our championship
S
athletic programs, to our engag-
ix months into my tenure, several elements have
ing thought leadership, and to
come into clearer focus that I think really shape so many alumni success stories.
the character of the University. What stands out This issue of the magazine covers
them all. Enjoy!
to me is a special blend of academic excellence and Patrick F. Leahy, Ed.D.
access to opportunity for our students. President
photo MATT FURMAN Spring 2020 MONMOUTH 03
letters
TELL
Most of the audiences were stu- withey chapel,
dents from various acting classes
or there by personal invitation two takes:
from Lauren Woods. As I can
recall, some of the plays we did US One of the creepiest places on
campus, but in a charming way.
were The Bald Soprano, Death
of a Salesman, and The Glass WHAT @HarlonJugo via Twitter
YOU
Menagerie. One of my favorite spots on
Across the hall from the Chapel campus.
Studio Theater was the Wilson Hall @jellybellyspinelli via Instagram
Bowling Alley. It was the perfect
place to do makeup and store cos-
tumes for each show. No one within
THINK Remembering
the college administration seemed Email us at Kenneth Stunkel
Our fall 2019 issue featured stories to care if we used the chapel or the magazine@ I was saddened to read of the
about Withey Chapel.
bowling alley. For two years, that passing of Dr. Kenneth Stunkel
monmouth.edu,
was a special place for the drama (“Remembrance,” summer 2019).
group. Our only other venue in or write What a great man and educator
those days was the little theater us at Monmouth he was! I have many enduring
Setting the scene on the lower level of Wilson Hall. It memories of Dr. Stunkel, but two
magazine,
There is another story to tell was a totally different time in the stand out. The first is the very first
about Withey Chapel (“How history of the school. Monmouth class that I attended in September
Monmouth Was Made,” fall 2019) There was one little problem University, 1976: Western Cultures, co-taught
that I think should be added to its we had doing our shows in the by Dr. Stunkel and Dr. Prescott
history. In 1964, members of the chapel though. The chapel is right Alumni House, Evarts. How fortunate to be taught
Monmouth College theater group behind and next to the former 400 Cedar by two such esteemed titans of
and our favorite professor, Lauren ladies’ room (now the men’s room) Ave., West academia at Monmouth. The way
“Woody” Woods, took over the on Wilson’s lower level. Every they worked together was truly
chapel and renamed it the Chapel flush clearly resounded during Long Branch, inspiring! And, of course, both had
Studio Theater. It was a perfect each play. The actors got used to NJ 07764. such incredible senses of humor as
little venue to produce plays for it, but the audience always had a well as intellectual brilliance.
Submissions
a limited audience back then. It chuckle! My most enduring memory of Dr.
was an intimate space for sure: I Marilyn Egolf Rocky ‘65 for the Letters Stunkel, however, occurred in late
believe we were able to squeeze page are subject 1978. I was then a reporter and edi-
in 24 seats for each performance. tor for The Outlook. For our final
to editing for
issue each semester, we put out a
clarity and special edition called The Lookout
length and must in which we satirized current hap-
penings at Monmouth and around
include the the world. Just one month earlier,
writer’s name, in November 1978, the events at
address, and Jonestown in Guyana occurred.
Foolishly, I guess, we decided to
phone number satirize this in The Lookout. I wrote
for confirmation. the article and decided to make
Dr. Stunkel the Jim Jones–like
figure at Monmouth. Dr. Stunkel
always had that larger-than-life
persona and lots of charisma, so I
felt he was a perfect fit.
In the article, the avid Monmouth
followers of Dr. Stunkel and his
cult, “The Guggenheim Peoples
Temple,” met a similar tragic fate as
those at Jonestown. It was a fairly
funny article that was generally
Marilyn Egolf Rocky ’65 and the late Michael
Fisher ’66 in a 1965 production of The Bald So- well received by the Monmouth
prano that was performed in Withey Chapel. community. However, my biggest
04 MONMOUTH Spring 2020
concern was how Dr. Stunkel would
react to it, especially since he was
Expand your
network.
being compared to Jim Jones. We
found out shortly after when Dr.
Stunkel wrote a letter to the editor.
He totally played along with it, and
his humor in the letter certainly
surpassed and even enhanced
the humor of the original article. It
was one of the funniest things The
Outlook has ever published, and I
still chuckle thinking of it. It shows
what kind of person he was and just
how funny he was. He never took
himself too seriously.
This led to an even longer
collaboration with Dr. Stunkel,
when soon afterward I became
editor-in-chief during the second
semester. I asked him to become a
Propel
columnist for the paper, and he did
for the remainder of that semes-
ter. His “Gadfly’s Corner” column
enhanced The Outlook whenever
he wrote one. And he wrote it
your career.
most weeks, even continuing for
the entire 1979–80 school year. It
certainly raised the intellectual
level of our college paper.
I graduated in May 1980, so I have
no idea if he continued with this
column. I hope that he did. His col-
umns were always witty, percep-
tive, and extremely well written.
They were probably over the Monmouth University’s Hawk Network is
heads of most of us college kids. I
always suspected he was writing
a new digital community for professional
them more for his colleagues than networking and development, mentoring
the students. Whatever his rea-
sons, I was always thrilled when he
students, and reconnecting with classmates.
sent us a new “Gadfly’s Corner.”
What a coup for our paper! Activate your profile at monmouth.edu/hawknetwork.
Dr. Stunkel was a giant of a man.
He will be sorely missed and never
ever forgotten by those of us who
knew him and were taught by him.
Dan Stern ’80
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Currents RESEARCH & REFLECTION
NEED TO KNOW » Topics & trends to fear from minorities than he
Dispatches
does from anyone else.
The liberal religious approach
to societal change is to tweak
from the
the structures of society so that
individuals will then act accord-
ingly, whereas the conserva-
tive approach is to change the
Culture Wars
L. BENJAMIN ROLSKY’S NEW BOOK
heart in order to change society.
So the assumption with All in
the Family is that the audience
will see Archie Bunker and un-
DOCUMENTS THE SPIRITUAL POLITICS OF derstand that it’s satire. Lear’s
TELEVISION PRODUCER NORMAN LEAR programming isn’t going to tell
AND THE RELIGIOUS LEFT. Footnotes you what to think. It’ll give you
1. LBR: The Religious Left
the viewpoints; it’ll give you the
INTERVIEW BY STEVE NEUMANN is an understanding of conversation.
religion and its sacred Lear represents the pinnacle
T
texts that speaks to
he Rise and Fall of the Religious Left, the first social concerns, rather of that type of cultural influ-
book from L. Benjamin Rolsky, illuminates our than having some sort of ence and power. All in the Fam-
“born-again” conversion ily was on at a time when there
current political moment by examining famed experience. We can talk
were only three networks, so
about the Religious Left as
television producer Norman Lear’s career as an example part of American religious hundreds of millions of people a
liberalism, a broader tra-
of liberal religious mobilization in opposition to the rise dition that includes Walt
week could watch the show.
Whitman, Emerson and
of the Religious Right in the public sphere in the 1970s. Thoreau, etc. Lear’s career Did Lear’s approach to poli-
in media is representa-
We asked Rolsky, an adjunct professor in Monmouth’s tive of a Religious Left tics and societal change actu-
understanding of American ally work?
Department of History and Anthropology, about his religion and politics from I think it’s a very ambivalent
outside the confines of
research and reflections on these “Culture Wars,” and traditionally institutional legacy. My argument is that
how he plans to continue his scholarship in that area. settings such as churches when Democrats started reach-
or synagogues.
ing out to minority communi-
What’s the “elevator pitch” for to put a mirror up to the rest of 2. People for the American ties of various sorts, Republi-
your book? us so we can theoretically be- Way is an advocacy group cans said, “OK, we’re going to
founded by Lear in 1980
This is a story about the Reli- come better citizens.” to educate by combatting bring over the Archie Bunkers
gious Left,1 which is in the news the seemingly invasive of the world, we’re going to dou-
all over the place these days— How was a sitcom like All in media-savvy agenda of the ble down on those people for the
newly formed Christian
you watch any kind of Demo- the Family supposed to accom- Right. foreseeable future.”
cratic debate and it’ll come up. plish something like that? I think the biggest naïveté of
3. The patriarch of the
But it’s really the story of Nor- Archie Bunker3 is a poster 1970s sitcom All in the
Lear and the Religious Left was
man Lear and his career in me- child for what happened polit- Family was a bluntly that if you put the right stuff
dia from All in the Family to his ically during the early 1970s. bigoted WWII veteran in front of people, then they’ll
and warehouse dock
nonprofit organization, People He’s someone who grew up worker who drove a taxi make the best choices. Take All
for the American Way.2 during the Great Depression for extra income and lived in the Family as an example: You
The book uses Lear as a case and the New Deal. He support- in a row house with his put the bigot in front of people
family in Queens, New
study for a broader understand- ed Democrats at one point be- York. He was portrayed and you assume that they won’t
ing of politics: a progressive, civ- cause they were about labor and as being stubborn with his be as racist over time. That
adult daughter, Gloria;
ically minded vision of the pub- working class issues. But then argumentative with his
was the perspective of Carroll
lic square that says, “We don’t you have conservatives com- liberal son-in-law, Mike, O’Connor, the actor who played
put a bigot on TV because we ing along who are very good at whom he dubbed “Meat- Archie Bunker. He said that Ar-
head”; and dismissive and
agree with the bigot; we put a getting the idea out there that condescending toward his chie is really meant for the dust-
bigot on TV because he’s going someone like Archie has more deferential wife, Edith. bin of history.
06 MONMOUTH Spring 2020illustration DAVIDE BONAZZI Spring 2020 MONMOUTH 07
CURRENTS
But then you’re kind of leav- 4. The terms “Religious Single-issue politics might be If you want anything to
Right,” “Christian Right,”
ing behind a group of people and “New Christian Right”
good if you are in favor of the change, you’re going to have to
who are going to feel ignored, are largely interchange- issue—whether it’s civil rights think about how you engage in
and they’re going to feel con- able, and can be under- or gay marriage—but I don’t politics a little bit more prag-
stood both as a collection
descended to—right up un- of organizations, groups, think that reducing everything matically. You can’t just as-
til the conservative adver- and individuals who down to these things helped sume that with something like
tisement that says, “Are you organized on a grassroots progressives at all. I think if immigration, for example, peo-
level, and as shorthand
worried about the person of for a group of people led anything it turned politics ple are going to come up with
color that’s going to take your not only by televangelists into marketing and market re- the best decision.
but also by savvy political
job? Then vote for us; we’re go- advisers. The “New Right”
search. Religious conserva-
ing to make sure that doesn’t describes a conservative tives came up with things like What’s next for your scholar-
happen.” political movement be- Bible Scorecards5 in the 1970s ship?
tween 1955 and 1964 that
And the Religious Left of the centered around right- to help citizens understand I have a tentative title for
time wasn’t necessarily a coali- wing libertarians, tradition- and judge the politicians based my next book: Establishments
tion, or even a movement, because alists, and anti-communists on how they answered ques- and Their Fall: Direct Mail,
at William F. Buckley’s
it wasn’t that well organized. It National Review. tions about certain theologi- the New Right, and the Remak-
wasn’t pragmatic, it was aspira- cal issues. The Religious Right ing of American Politics. E.J.
5. The Bible Scorecard,
tional. It wasn’t like the fine-tuned sometimes referred to as a
has a certain understanding Dionne wrote a book6 about
campaigns of the Religious Right,4 Biblical Scorecard, was a of how to be political, an un- how the Republican Party
which only invested time, money, direct mail questionnaire derstanding of how to mobi- has tried to purify itself since
authored by Evangelical
and campaigning when the return pastor Jerry Falwell and lize people. For them, politics Barry Goldwater—purifying in
on investment was going to be ap- other members of the is not about widening the cir- the sense that they’ve got-
propriate. Religious Right in the cle and bringing in a diversity ten rid of the most moderate
late 1970s to mobilize
previously inactive of people, it’s about winning. dimensions of the party. My
So despite Norman Lear’s Christians in American Another part of the fall is that contribution to that conver-
presidential elections.
domination of TV program- The questionnaire scored
religious liberals have become sation would be an analysis
ming in the 1970s, you say all the candidates on the too comfortable with turning of the forms of communi-
that the Religious Left still purported moral issues of on something like The Colbert cation and technology that
the election (e.g., abortion,
experienced a significant fall. homosexuality, and nation- Report and thinking that that were used to make that puri-
Why? al defense). was their political act for the fication possible.
People usually talk about this day. I think they’ve gotten com- How did Republican PR peo-
6. Why the Right Went
period as the “Culture Wars.” Wrong: Conservatism— fortable with a certain type of ple learn from Barry Goldwa-
It’s that period of time since the From Goldwater to Trump cultural influence that didn’t ter’s failed campaigns? How did
and Beyond. E.J. Dionne
1960s when we stopped arguing is an American journalist,
necessarily translate into the the New Right strategists in the
about things like gross domes- political commentator, and day-to-day mobilization and ac- 1970s deploy and use the mail-
tic product and started arguing frequent op-ed columnist tivism that you need to actually ing lists of Goldwater to con-
for The Washington Post.
about who people should sleep make things happen. nect people in a way that they
with. Politics since the 1960s had never been connected be-
became about hot-button so- So what should those who fore? What if direct mail starts
cial issues. I think that helped consider themselves to be on to reach these people in their
the Religious Left when it was the Religious Left do today? mailboxes and they then know
about civil rights, but I think Those who ascribe to or iden- they’re not alone? That the Re-
it hurt them when it came to tify with the Religious Left have ligious Right will defend their
abortion. to do a little self-examination. I Christian values to the hilt?
When you make a movement think a simple suggestion would Direct mail was a way of
about civil rights, you’re reduc- be to start talking to the Archie bringing people together in
ing very broad traditions—like Bunkers again. We’ve ignored a relatively inexpensive way
Judaism or Christianity—down them for a very long time, and that gave them a sense of iden-
to particular issues of impor- in many ways they’ve come back tity, that let them know they
tance. But that way of mobi- with a vengeance—and we won- were part of something big-
lizing for something like civ- der why. ger. How are you going to get
il rights, with explicitly moral, Part of the reason is, we’ve that housewife from subur-
Christian language, then allows been distracted by the racist bia to get off her couch? You’re
the rights of the unborn to be- things they’ve said. Racism is going to tell her that there are
come a moral, theological issue, obviously something that we people moving into her neigh-
too. Who gets to decide what should be concerned with; but borhood; you’re going to tell
those issues of importance are at the same time, Archie Bun- her that what people do in the
going to be? In one moment, it’s ker’s paycheck was dwindling. privacy of their own homes af-
going to be civil rights, and in He was also suffering under the fects everyone, right? That’s
another it’s going to be the un- conditions that led to the death the brilliance of conservative
born fetus. of the working class. argumentation.
08 MONMOUTH Spring 2020EXPLAIN THIS » with books,” Kunz says. “We
Answering your burning questions need print-rich environments.”
That means a house filled
Q: How Can I
with diverse, high-quality read-
ing material, displayed with ti-
tles facing out—and cozy, de-
Raise a Reader?
fined places to cuddle up with a
book. (Kunz is a big fan of book
nooks.)
K
2. Bring stories off the page.
enneth Kunz, an assistant professor of literacy To get kids excited about what
education, is such a print fanatic that he they’re reading, tie it into real-
installed a Little Free Library outside his house. world experiences. Read a book
about wild animals? Treat the
But that’s not the only way Kunz, who’s president of the kids to a day at the zoo. Young
New Jersey Literacy Association and a board member of readers also love retelling a
story they read by acting it out
the International Literacy Association, is encouraging
with props. (The perfect audi-
people to read more. ence: you.)
At Monmouth, his research dents. Here, Kunz offers five 3. Make time for reading, but
focuses on literacy interven- tips for parents hoping to raise don’t time it. Kunz calls out a
tions in public schools, and the next generation of book- misconception about requir-
this spring, he will co-publish lovers. ing kids to read 20 minutes a
a new book: Literacy Change- day. Noting that reading aloud
makers: How to Bring Joy Back 1. Access is key. “If you want should happen every day, espe-
into Focus for Reading and a child to grow up to be a read- cially with young children, he
Writing with Teachers and Stu- er, you have to surround them acknowledges that it isn’t al-
ways possible to find 20 min-
utes. Rather than setting min-
imums (or ceilings) on book
time, Kunz offers this advice:
the
10-second HOW CAN I “Read as much as humanly pos-
sible with your kid.”
bonus
question REWARD MY 4. Encourage their interests
KIDS FOR
and embrace their choices.
You know what your kids like.
Buy books that echo those in-
READING? terests. Have a daughter who
adores trees? Get her some
Berenstain Bears books. If your
The short answer: don’t—or at least
son loved Diary of a Wimpy
not with tangible prizes. Kunz Kid, encourage him to read the
doesn’t recommend using reading whole series. Then let him re-
logs or suggest offering pizza in read it. “People get hung up on
reading level or challenge, but
exchange for book time. “The more choice is going to lead to that,”
you extrinsically motivate with prizes Kunz says. “What develops
our kids’ skills is voluminous
and rewards, the less value children
reading.”
see in reading,” he says. Instead, try
accountability that isn’t linked to 5. Be a reading role model.
Let your kids see you with
prizes. Have your kids tell you about To ask a question of our a book in your hands. Share
faculty experts, email
what they’re reading. Ask them
magazine@monmouth.
what you’re reading with them.
questions about it. Remind them of edu or mail Explain This, Talking about the characters
Monmouth magazine, and stories you’re discovering
how reading teaches them new words Alumni House, 400 Cedar
will encourage them to do the
Ave., West Long Branch,
and makes them more empathetic. NJ 07764. same. —Molly Petrilla
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“
Seeing
how many
first-gen
kids there
were at
Monmouth
Cross Talk
ful: You’re not sure if colleges
made me will even want you. There were
want to so many things I didn’t know
about the process as an un-
TWO OF THE FIRST MONMOUTH FUTURE come here documented student. And this
SCHOLARS GRADS TELL HOW THE PROGRAM even more. program really helped me with
PREPARED THEM FOR SUCCESS. I knew I’d that. Two students in particu-
lar—Ms. [Jennifer] Mora [’15,
AS TOLD TO TONY MARCHETTI fit in. ’17M] and Ms. [Danielle] Mur-
ray [’15, ’19M]—knew my situ-
S
ince 2012, the Monmouth Future Scholars
”
ation and still encouraged me
program has sent graduate interns from the and spent extra time helping
me.
educational counseling program into Long
Branch public schools to mentor 6th through 12th Martinez: Every year we came
graders who exhibit academic potential. to Monmouth for something
called Immersion Day. We’d
Two of the program’s over- us with homework. Sometimes tour campus, attend work-
arching goals are to increase we’d have assigned readings shops, and part of the day stu-
high school graduation rates that we’d discuss the following dents from Monmouth’s First
and increase college access week. to Fly program [first-generation
for first-generation students, students] talked with us about
say program directors Alyson Emily Martinez: As we got old- their experiences here. Seeing
Pompeo-Fargnoli and Cindy er, we talked more about the how many first-gen kids there
O’Connell. This is accomplished transition from high school to were at Monmouth made me
using a multiyear curriculum college. We learned about the want to come here even more. I
that aligns with the College, Ca- level of work that was expect- knew I’d fit in.
reer, and Life Readiness Frame- ed in college, how to apply, how
work, a research-backed ap- much college actually costs, Monzon: The program gave us
proach that focuses on core what financial aid was available so many opportunities to see
competencies middle and high to us. what Monmouth is about and
school students should achieve When we started applying to showed us the great community
so they’re well prepared for colleges, there was a Monmouth we could be a part of here. That
higher education and life after student there each week guiding stayed with me while I was ap-
college. us through that process, help- plying to colleges, and when it
Last spring, the first group of ing us along as we were accept- came time to decide where to
Long Branch students to enter ed to or declined by the schools go, I knew I wanted to be a part
the Monmouth Future Scholars we applied to. I had friends who of this community.
program graduated from high weren’t a part of the program,
school, and two of the students and I don’t think they under- Martinez: It will be cool to be
are now first-year business ma- stood the application process able to talk with the younger
jors at Monmouth. They shared the way I did. Monmouth Future Scholars at
how the program helped them Immersion Day this year and to
along the way. Monzon: Applying to college be able to give something back
is stressful for anyone—think- to the community.
Maria Monzon: We were se- ing about how you’re going to
lected to be a part of the first pay for it, knowing what you Monzon: We can say to them,
OPPOSITE: Monzon, left, is
group of scholars back in mid- have to hand in and when you a member of Monmouth’s
“We were just in your spot a few
dle school. Through the years, have to do it by. But for some- Student Government As- years ago. We know it can be a
we met every week, sometimes one like me, who wasn’t born sociation. Martinez, right, bit stressful. But keep going,
plays club field hockey and
twice a week, with the interns in the U.S., applying to college is involved with the 5-6-7-8 keep pushing, because you can
from Monmouth. They’d help is like 10 times more stress- Dance Club. do this too.”
10 MONMOUTH Spring 2020photo ANTHONY DEPRIMO Spring 2020 MONMOUTH 11
TIDES
HOW MONMOUTH WAS MADE » Landmarks & stories nizing itself to assume a teach-
ing university mission,” says
A long Pearson.
After that meeting, Monmouth
filed a new application, one
time coming
that more clearly “showed we
had the resource base to func-
tion as a university,” says Pear-
HOW MONMOUTH COLLEGE BECAME son. A successful site inspec-
tion by state officials followed in
A UNIVERSITY. fall 1994, and a unanimous rec-
BY TONY MARCHETTI ommendation from the Council
of College Presidents in Febru-
W
hen Monmouth attained university status 25 ary 1995 bolstered Monmouth’s
chances.
years ago this month, it was the culmination Finally, on March 24, 1995,
of a nearly decade-long undertaking. at 10:40 a.m., the New Jersey
Commission on Higher Educa-
Beginning in the mid-1980s, the new guidelines, colleges tion granted university status to
Monmouth and several other that offered a certain num- Monmouth.
New Jersey colleges started lob- ber of graduate programs, met “It was a unanimous vote
bying the state’s Board of High- specific enrollment standards, with one abstention: me,” re-
er Education to amend a 1966 and showed a commitment calls Bey. By then, he was chair
law which prohibited institu- to excellence in teaching and of Monmouth’s Board of Trust-
tions from becoming universi- learning could apply for teach- ees and serving on the state
ties unless they offered doctor- ing university status, regard- commission. “I couldn’t vote
al programs. less of whether they offered for my own school,” says Bey.
But as then-Monmouth Pres- doctoral programs. But it didn’t matter, he adds. “I
ident Samuel Magill explained “That description really fit us considered the vote a formali-
in a 1988 New York Times op-ed, like a glove,” explains Stanley ty. We [Monmouth] had done
such regulations weren’t in line Bey ’59, who was a Monmouth our homework and there were
with the higher education land- trustee at the time. “So that’s no issues. All the questions
scape in many other states. Even the course we took.” had been answered. All the re-
more concerning, Magill wrote, Monmouth applied for teach- quirements had been met, and
was that they were putting New ing university status, but be- “ we were ready to go.”
Jersey “at a competitive disad- fore the Board of Higher Educa- Sirens Stafford was at the meet-
vantage with neighboring states tion could issue a ruling, it was ing, and remembers that af-
wailed and
when it comes to higher-educa- disbanded, and replaced short- ter the vote was announced,
tion opportunities.” ly thereafter by a new oversight a Dixie- she opened her suit jacket to
College-bound seniors were body: the Commission on High- land band proudly reveal a Monmouth
exiting the Garden State in er Education. played as University sweatshirt she had
large numbers, he wrote, and it In summer 1994, then-Pres- made for the occasion. Af-
was getting harder for colleges ident Rebecca Stafford and students, ter handing out some Mon-
here to recruit from out of state, then-Provost Thomas Pear- faculty, mouth University hats to the
since many students sought the son met with officials in Tren- staff, commissioners, Stafford, Bey,
prestige that comes with at- ton to discuss Monmouth’s ap- Pearson, and the rest of the
tending a university. In short, it plication. “It became clear we alumni, and Monmouth contingent headed
was time to update the law to al- would have to do a bit of ‘infra- local media back to campus to celebrate.
low New Jersey colleges the op- structure’ work,” such as des- filed into And oh, what a celebration it
portunity to become universi- ignating which faculty mem- was. Sirens wailed and a Dix-
ties, Magill argued. bers would teach graduate
the Great ieland band played as stu-
Over the next several years, courses and organizing exist- Hall. ‘This dents, faculty, staff, alumni,
legislative attempts to do that ing academic programs un- is the end and local media filed into the
fell short. Nonetheless, Magill der a number of schools, says Great Hall. “This is the end of
of a long
kept up the pressure until his Pearson. Much of the work a long dream,” Stafford told
retirement in 1993. was already underway as part dream,’ the crowd. Bey, holding up a
It wasn’t until 1994 that the of Stafford’s strategic plan for Stafford special edition of The Outlook
state board finally relented, Monmouth. “But [in the appli- told the that bore the headline “A New
amending its regulations and cation] there had to be a clear Era,” offered a toast: “Good-
creating a new designation: indication to the commission crowd. bye, Monmouth College. Hel-
teaching universities. Under that the college was reorga- ” lo, Monmouth University. We
12 MONMOUTH Spring 2020love you!” Afterward, many The photo was featured on the continue to thrive. New build-
in attendance paraded across cover of this magazine’s spring ings went up to accommodate
campus and watched Stafford 1995 issue, the first to be pub- it all: McAllan, Rechnitz, Pozy-
unveil the new Monmouth Uni- lished with “University” in the cki, Mullaney, and Hesse Halls;
versity sign along Cedar Ave. nameplate. the Plangere Center; Ocean-
“Memories soften over time, “Being named a university First Bank Center. Renovations
but that’s one that will always is not the end; it is the begin- to Edison made it a state-of-the-
remain foremost in my mind,” ning,” Bey told this magazine art science facility.
says Mary Kane ’95 about at the time. Indeed, attaining University status also made it
that day. “There was so much the designation brought new easier to recruit top-notch fac-
energy and enthusiasm across challenges. Enrollment had ulty, says Pearson, who stepped
campus.” As president of the already started increasing by down as provost in 2014 and
Student Government Associ- March 1995; it continued to is today a professor of histo-
ation for two years, Kane had climb once Monmouth became ry. “Not faculty who avoid stu-
been closely involved with the a university. Stafford recalls dents in order to do their schol-
application process. some people worried there arship, [but rather] faculty who
A few days after Monmouth wasn’t enough classroom and bring their scholarship into
became a university, she was residential space to accommo- their teaching to enrich it,” he
recruited by former Universi- date the growing number of explains.
ty Photographer Jim Reme for a ABOVE: Rebecca Stafford students, nor enough faculty “The idea was always to make
photo shoot. and Stanley Bey ’59 (hands to teach them. sure that the real essence of
raised in background)
“We purchased a Monmouth unveil a new sign along It all worked out, of course. In Monmouth did not change as
College sweatshirt at the book- Cedar Ave. on March 24, the years after Monmouth at- we grew into this university
1995, the day Monmouth
store, then we crossed out the College became
tained university status, new designation,” says Pearson. “I
word ‘college’ and wrote ‘Uni- Monmouth University. academic programs were cre- think our mission as teacher
versity’ on it,” recalls Kane. ated (including two doctor- scholars is still very strong, and
See more photos from
Reme photographed her with the celebration at al programs). The Centers of it’s been passed on to succes-
Wilson Hall in the background. monmouth.edu/magazine. Distinction were founded and sive generations.”
photo MONMOUTH ARCHIVES Spring 2020 MONMOUTH 13TIDES
THIS IS MONMOUTH » The scene at West Long Branch
Campus
Briefs
A DAY FOR vant, more challenging, more
urgent today than ever before,”
CELEBRATION Leahy said.
With pomp befitting the his- “If we can educate students
toric circumstances, Mon- of competence, creativity, and
mouth University formally in- compassion; if we can make our
stalled Patrick F. Leahy, Ed.D., first-class private education as
as its 10th president on Oct. 18, accessible as possible; if we can
2019. Academic and legislative expand discovery to help solve
leaders from across the region our nation’s problems; and if
joined the University communi- we can continue to be forces
ty in welcoming Leahy, who offi- for positive economic, cultural,
cially took office on Aug. 1. and social development in our
During his installation ad- communities, then we private
dress, Leahy invoked the words colleges and universities really
of President John F. Kenne- can serve a great national pur-
dy, who during a 1963 speech at pose in the 21st century,” Lea-
Amherst College asked, “What hy continued. “And if we here
good is a private college or uni- at Monmouth University can do
versity unless it is serving a all of this, then we will not only
great national purpose?” participate in this effort in the
“That question is more rele- years to come, we will lead it.”
14 MONMOUTH Spring 2020 photos TINA COLELLA (TOP 2); ANTHONY DEPRIMO (BOTTOM AND OPPOSITE)Polling Institute conversation, and that’s really
important.”
again rated A+ The action part of the event
For the third straight time, the featured a full day of workshops
Monmouth University Polling in which students learned con-
Institute has been rated one of crete skills they can use to end
the best in the nation by the news sexual and gender-based cam-
site FiveThirtyEight. The Mon- pus violence.
mouth Poll was one of just six to Dinella said the goal now is to
receive a grade of A-plus out of find sponsorship that will allow
430 polling operations reviewed the Conversation and Action se-
by FiveThirtyEight. It also re- ries to become an annual event, so
ceived the best “predictive” score that other relevant topics can be
among these pollsters. explored. While elevating the pub-
lic discourse on meaningful issues,
the event teaches students “how
Big wins for to have a conversation about con-
troversial topics in a way that al-
Model UN Ensuring a safe ABOVE: Jack Ford
lows them to see all sides of the
addresses the audience
Monmouth’s Model UN team place for civil during last semester’s issue, and how to use that infor-
had major wins at competitions Conversation and Action
mation to make an impact in their
in London and Washington, D.C.,
discourse event.
community,” she said.
last fall. At the Oxford University Last semester, a two-
OPPOSITE: Scenes from
International Model UN, where day Conversation and Action President Leahy’s Installa-
teams from Oxford, Cambridge, event brought together experts tion. (Top) President Leahy School of Nursing
and London School of Econom- from the legal, advocacy, law delivers his Installation
ics were among the universities enforcement, and higher edu-
address. (Middle) The ranked among best
president flanked by Board
competing, several Monmouth cation fields for a provocative of Trustees Vice Chairs The Marjorie K. Unterberg
students won individual speak- discussion about sexual assault Jeana M. Piscatelli ’01,
’02M (left) and John A.
School of Nursing and Health
er awards: Kristen Gomez (Best and Title IX on college campus- Brockriede Jr. ’07, ’10M Studies was ranked as the No. 3
Delegate), Nick Boice (High es. Panelists left their talking (right), who presented him best nursing school in New Jer-
the President’s Chain of
Commendation), Payton Col- points behind as they debat- Office. (Bottom) The pres- sey, and among the Top 100 best
lander (Honorable Mention), ed hypothetical scenarios based ident celebrating with his private nursing schools nation-
and Mackenzie Ricca (Honorable on real-life cases of campus sex- family—daughters Molly wide, in the annual 2019 Nursing
and Grace; wife, Amy; and
Mention). In D.C., Monmouth’s ual assault, discussing a wide sons Jack and Brian—after Schools Almanac report.
U.S. Delegation took home Out- range of topics including report- the ceremony.
standing Delegation honors ing procedures, investigations,
while Monmouth’s Jordan Dele- support and advocacy, adjudi-
gation received Honorable Men- cation, and penalties. The dis- DEP Lauds
tion distinction. cussion, which was moderated
by Peabody- and Emmy-award Monmouth as a
winning journalist Jack Ford, recycling leader
Two firsts for the was based on the popular Fred Last fall, New Jersey’s Depart-
Friendly Seminars: Participants ment of Environmental Protec-
Debate Team were not meant to reach a con- tion recognized the University
In October, Monmouth debat- sensus, but rather to engage in as an institutional leader for its
ers Payton Collander and Antho- “high-level conversation … that broad-based program that result-
ny Cendagorta finished first, and allows for diverging perspec- ed in recycling 46% of the waste
Mia Ardovini-Booker and Bil- tives,” said Lisa Dinella, direc- generated on campus in 2018.
ly Siefert finished second, at the tor of Monmouth’s Program Monmouth’s program includes
University of Rochester’s Brad for Gender and Intersectional- initiatives to recycle glass, plas-
Smith Invitational Debate Tour- ity Studies, which organized the tic, metal, aluminum, used light
nament—the first time the De- event. bulbs, batteries, toner cartridges,
bate Hawks have captured the “Universities have been crit- and more. The installation of hy-
top two team awards in a compe- icized for presenting only one dration stations to encourage use
tition. The following month, Ar- side of issues and for shut- of reusable containers and the
dovini-Booker and Siefert won ting down conversations that donation of old electronic equip-
first place at the Rutgers Univer- are controversial,” said Dinel- ment, clothes, and books to char-
sity Newark tournament, securing la. “That Monmouth University ities were also cited as contrib-
the Debate Hawks’ first-ever back- hosted this event is progressive. uting factors to the University’s
to-back championship wins. We’re not shying away from this successful program.
Spring 2020 MONMOUTH 15TIDES
A DAY AT THE BEACH
» Coastal moments, captured
SPRING IS IN THE AIR
Colors blur and light up the evening sky at Jenkinson’s
Boardwalk in Point Pleasant, New Jersey.
photo
16 MONMOUTH XXXissue yearXXX
TOM LOZINSKI photo NAME NAMESpring 2020 MONMOUTH 17
PLAy SPORTS & FITNESS
On the field
and in the
classroom
4x
MAAC regular
season and tourna-
Goals. We investigated how
more than
ment champion
those goals are being imple-
3x
mented on a global scale, as well
as at the local level through sus-
Just a Game
SOCCER MIDFIELDER ESTHER WELLMAN HAS MAAC All-Academic
tainability initiatives enacted by
the Asbury Park City Council.
Ultimately, that’s why I headed
to Rhode Island between MAAC
FOUND SUCCESS ON AND OFF THE FIELD. Team selection playoff games: I was presenting
my findings from that research.
6x
AS TOLD TO MOLLY PETRILLA (Almost everyone there thought
I was a Ph.D. student!)
In January, I had the oppor-
W
e had just won our MAAC semifinal game tunity to travel to India with
Dr. Datta, Associate Profes-
against Niagara, but I didn’t have much time Dean’s List honoree sor Joseph Patten, and my fel-
to celebrate. As soon as I left the field that low Monmouth Hawks Debate
night, I showered and jumped in my car to drive straight Team members. Being fully im-
mersed in the culture there was
to Rhode Island. I had another major event slated an incredible, once-in-a-life-
for the next morning: presenting my research at the time experience. In Mumbai,
we visited nongovernmental or-
International Studies Association-Northeast conference,
ganizations and at-risk schools,
just 12 hours after my game ended. where we taught students the
structure of debate and dis-
When I was younger, I had ter taking another poly-sci class cussed the issue of gender in-
hoped college would be a place the following semester with In- equality in India and around the
where I could balance my love structor Ryan Tetro, I walked world. When the students stood
for soccer with academics. But, into my advisor’s office and said, up and debated to show us how
honestly, the way both have un- “I need to make this my major.” much they had learned, I could
folded these last few years has Things took off from there. I in- not have been more proud. My
been a surprise even to me. terned at a small law firm in New hope is that they will continue
I’m the third in a family of four York City during the summers to hone their critical thinking,
girls, and I’ve been playing soc- after my freshman and soph- analytical thinking, and public
cer since I was 5. At first it was omore years. As a junior, I did speaking skills.
mostly about keeping up with mentored research with Assis- When I arrived at Monmouth
my older sisters, but soon my tant Professor of Sociology Jen- four years ago, I had no idea all
love for the game grew much nifer McGovern, analyzing the of these experiences lay ahead
deeper. For years, I spent al- socioeconomic backgrounds of of me. (Nor could I have predict-
most every free moment prac- elite women’s soccer players. ed the four MAAC champion-
ticing or playing in games and Our findings were published last ship rings I’d win with the soc-
showcases all over the country. June and reported on in media cer team.) I feel so lucky to have
By the time I was in high school, outlets around the world. connected with professors who
I knew I wanted to play Division Another one of my professors, create such amazing opportuni-
I soccer in college, but I arrived Interim Provost Rekha Datta, ties for their students. They ex-
at Monmouth still unsure what suggested I apply for the 2019 tend the invitations, but then
subject I wanted to study. Then Summer Scholars Program. OPPOSITE: Wellman got
it’s up to you to take them. I be-
I took a political science class I spent last summer working the mehndi design, visible lieve college is what you make
with Professor Ken Mitchell. I with her on a research project on her left hand, at a Lohri of it, and I’ve worked hard to
celebration she attended
loved everything about it—the that examined the United Na- with other Monmouth make the most of these past four
material, the way he taught. Af- tions’ Sustainable Development debaters while in India. years.
18 MONMOUTH Spring 2020photo ANTHONY DEPRIMO Spring 2020 MONMOUTH 19
PLAY
One for the ages
FOOTBALL’S REMARKABLE SEASON CAPPED BY A BEVY OF
HONORS FOR KEY PERSONNEL.
BY GREG VISCOMI
T
hough it ended sooner than hoped, the 2019
season was nonetheless a historic one for the
Monmouth University football program.
The Hawks won their first-ever ence (ECAC) and Big South Of-
Big South title and NCAA playoff fensive Player of the Year, threw
game, in the process setting mul- for 3,684 yards and 30 touch-
tiple school records and achiev- downs—both Monmouth single-
ing the program’s highest-ever season records. His 3,861 total
rankings in the national polls. yards was also a program high.
Monmouth captured the Big The fifth-year senior finished
South Championship—and with his career as Monmouth’s all-
it, the league’s automatic bid time leader in passing yards
into the Football Championship (9,642), passing touchdowns
Subdivision (FCS) playoffs— (70), passing attempts (1,290),
with a dominating 47-10 win at and completions (798).
Campbell University on Nov. Guerriero set Monmouth
16. Two weeks later, in front of a records for rushing yards and
spirited Kessler Stadium crowd, all-purpose yards en route to be-
the Hawks rolled over Holy coming a consensus All-Amer-
Cross, 44-27, in the first round ican. The explosive redshirt ju-
of the playoffs. nior led the NCAA with 1,995
The Hawks came up short the rushing yards while scoring 18
following week in their sec- touchdowns. A true all-purpose
ond-round showdown against threat, he added a pair of touch-
James Madison. Still, as Head down receptions and 336 yards
Coach Kevin Callahan pointed receiving. His third-place finish
out afterward, one game “cannot in voting for the Walter Payton
overshadow what we have done Award, which is given annually
this season and what the team has to the FCS’s top offensive play-
done for Monmouth University.” er, was the highest finish ever
Callahan’s squad finished 11-3 for a Hawk.
overall—setting a school record For his part, Callahan took
for wins in a season—while go- home Big South, ECAC, and
ing 6-0 in conference play. They American Football Coaches As-
were ranked as high as 11th in sociation (Region II) Coach of
the American Football Coach- the Year honors, and finished
es Association poll, and finished fourth in voting for the Eddy
12th in the STATS FCS poll— Robinson Award, which is be-
both program bests. Along the stowed on the nation’s top FCS
way, the offensive unit set a num- coach. The only head coach in
ber of program records, includ- the history of Monmouth foot-
ing points per game, total offense, ball, Callahan now has 163 ca-
and rushing offense. Two key rea- reer wins. He’ll get the chance
sons for that were quarterback for number 164 on Sept. 5, when
Kenji Bahar ’19 and running back the Hawks travel to SHI Sta-
Pete Guerriero, who established dium to take on Rutgers. The
themselves as two of the top play- game will mark the first time
ers in the country. Monmouth football will face a
Bahar, who was named the East- team from the Big Ten or any of
ern Collegiate Athletic Confer- the power five conferences.
20 MONMOUTH Spring 2020 illustration JOSUE EVILLAMaking the
most of a first
impression
IN ITS DEBUT SEASON IN
the America East
Conference, the field hockey
team captured the East
Division Regular Season
Championship outright,
posting a perfect 5-0 record
in league play. Five Hawks
were named to all-conference
teams, and the coaching
staff, led by Carli Figlio, was
recognized as the conference
staff of the year.
Monmouth, which hosted
the conference tournament,
entered as the No. 1 seed.
The Blue and White defeat-
ed the California Golden
Bears, 4-3, in the semifinals
before falling in the final
minutes of the champion-
ship to Stanford, 2–1.
The Hawks, who finished
14-5 on the season, were
ranked in the Penn Mon-
to/National Field Hockey
Coaches Association National
Coaches Poll for seven
consecutive weeks—the last
two at No. 20, the program’s
highest-ever ranking.
Compiled from Office of Athletics
Communication and New Media
reports.
photo KARLEE SELL Spring 2020 MONMOUTH 21EDITED BY TONY MARCHETTI
ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARK MATCHO
W
e asked readers to share stories about the jobs they
worked in college, and alumni responded with tales of
how they discovered unknown talents, developed self-
confidence, or found fulfilling careers—and even lifelong love. Here
are some of our favorites. For more, visit monmouth.edu/magazine.
Model
employee
For most of college, I worked nights
and weekends at Bamberger’s in the
infants’ department. We were required
to wear white nurse’s uniforms so
customers would think we knew what
we were talking about. In my junior
year, I was offered an additional job in
Monmouth’s art department as a life
model—that is, modeling in the nude!
The benefits? A job on campus (no
commuting), I could work between
classes (nights free), and there was no
uniform (no clothes at all actually). Best
of all: The pay was almost three times
what I made at Bamberger’s. On day
one I was a nervous wreck, wondering
if I was pretty, skinny, or sensuous
enough. During my first break, I over-
heard a student and teacher discussing
me and my fears vanished. To the art
students I was just shape and shadow,
muscle and form—not a centerfold. In
time, I became so comfortable I even
fell asleep during a session. To this day
it still counts as the best, easiest job
I’ve ever had.
Tikki Biondic Russell ’72
Orange, Texas
22 MONMOUTH Spring 2020PREPPING
FOR THE
RAT RACE
Wanting to get a job in my future
field of psychology, I took the
only one that was available
to me at Monmouth: feeding
the rats that were used in
experiments. Since then, I have
had to deal with a lot of “rats” in
other jobs, so that was a good
way to start my education.
Sunny (Slack) Donald ’72
La Jolla, California
DESIGNATED
DRIVER The write stuff
I learned I could write by taking a creative writing class, and
One of my jobs at Monmouth was giving guest my success in the class led me to join the editorial board of
Monmouth Letters, the school’s literary magazine. Now that I
speakers a ride home or to the airport. Some was a starving artist—literally—I needed a job to pay rent, buy
of the people I met included George Plimpton, food, and pay off my student loans. A trip to Monmouth’s
then of Paper Lion fame, and Harrison job placement office led to a three-year stint as a copywriter
at WJLK-AM in Asbury Park, New Jersey—part time during
Salisbury, the one-time Moscow editor and the school year, and eight-hour days during the summer.
managing editor of The New York Times. Given My college work experience and GPA eventually led to a
full scholarship to the University of Denver for a Master’s
Mr. Salisbury’s profession, I thought we would
in Mass Communication, which in turn led me to a 46-year
have an interesting political conversation career in advertising. And it all started with that creative
during the one-hour drive to his home in writing class. I owe all my successes to Monmouth.
Fran Scannell ’68
New York City. But it turned out he loved
Denver, Colorado
automobiles, and when he saw my Triumph
Spitfire all we talked about were sports cars
the entire ride.
Joseph B. Rall ’69, ’72M
Laurence Harbor, New Jersey
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