11 Facts About Monmouth University

Monmouth University is a private university in West Long Branch, New Jersey.

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

Additional property was acquired by the college in 1969 when Monmouth University was granted ownership of Maurice Pollak's home, the site of what would become Pollak Theatre.

Amid the campus expansion, Monmouth University College received authorization from the state to offer graduate programs and award master degrees in 1967.

Teams representing Monmouth University competed in the Northeast Conference for the next three decades.

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Shadow Lawn became municipal property during the Great Depression and until Monmouth University acquired ownership, it was home to Highland Manor Junior College, a private girls' school.

Mark Blackmon, the director of News and Public Affairs at Monmouth University, attributed the school's omission in 2016 to Forbes relying "on some information that can be highly subjective", with schools "[losing] points for awarding grants and scholarships".

Monmouth University has held multiple academic symposia on the work of Bruce Springsteen and houses the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music.

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.

Monmouth University has its own independent, student run record label, Blue Hawk Records.

Monmouth University, added football to the school's ledger of sports teams in 1993.