NEWS

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Exposition marks 15 years of celebrating academic efforts

The Annual Petersheim Academic Exposition, a commemoration of undergraduate and graduate student scholarly achievement, is celebrating its 15th year this April.

ONE Campaign sponsors awareness concert

Seton Hall's ONE Campaign will host an awareness concert, free to Seton Hall students, headlined by Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin (SSLYBY) on May 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Theatre-in-the-Round.

Summer construction for Xavier

The tri-level of Xavier will be closed this summer for renovation work, according to Michael Marconi, project manager for Facilities Engineering.

Blue Orange guide highlights popular town hangouts

The Village Liaisons at Seton Hall are creating a Zagat-type guide of South Orange establishments for the fall semester's incoming freshmen.

Alum creates internship program

A Seton Hall alumni and member of the Board of Entrepreneurial Studies at the Stillman School of Business created a new summer internship opportunity open to Seton Hall students.

Hall brings back TEDx

Seton Hall will be holding its second annual TEDx conference on April 8 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m in the Theatre-in-the-Round.

Gay marriage course returns in fall 2011

The special topics course, Politics of Gay Marriage, will be offered by the Women and Gender Studies department for the second time next semester.

Hands-on training for high-schoolers

High school students interested in athletic training participated in Seton Hall's Athletic Training day, a workshop organized by the Athletic Training club in order to promote March as Athletic Training month.

PR seniors hope for success in national competition

____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A group of senior public relations majors were chosen to participate in the Public Relations Student Society of America Bateman Competition, which began in November and will conclude in May. Ned Hopf, Melissa Piccinich, Besi Henriquez and Lauren Cerra were all picked to be on a team to represent Seton Hall in the competition, which allows the students to use the skills they learned in the classroom to create a campaign for a national client, according to the PRSSA website. All the students felt it was a privilege to be chosen to be on the team. "This competition means the world to me," Piccinich said. "For public relations majors, this is a great honor to be chosen to participate." The competition this year is sponsored by AllyFinancial and the task is to increase financial literacy among low to moderate income communities, according to the website. The students agreed that PR classes they took throughout their years at Seton Hall had helped them to prepare. "I could not have been prepared for this competition without the knowledge my previous PR1, PR2, and Promotional Writing courses have taught me," Cerra said. "I reviewed past PR campaigns to also prepare." There was a large amount of work that goes into creating the actual campaign for the competition, according to Hopf. "A large portion of our time was devoted to researching the competition, our client, our demographics and various things of that nature," Hopf said. "Then we had to create objectives and a strategy for how to move forward. After the planning is complete we then have to put the plan in action and make sure it goes as smoothly as possible. Finally once the implementation is over we have to evaluate our campaign and reflect on its strengths and weaknesses." For part of their campaign, the group created different financial game shows to help students learn in an entertaining way, according to Henriquez. The students all have different expectations for the competition, but said they all want to create a great campaign. "My expectation for this competition is to create a good campaign that will promote the client's message: To make smart financial decisions," Henriquez said. "However, my biggest expectation is to make Dr. Rennie proud. If we can achieve that, than I know our campaign was a great success." Three teams will be chosen as finalists in May to present their campaigns and the winner will receive $2,500 and a trophy. Kelly Carroll can be reached at kelly.carroll@student.shu.edu.

Seton Hall continues to help Haiti recover

Chilean miner visits Seton Hall

Mario Sepulveda, one of 32 survivors of the collapsed Chilean mine from this fall, visited the Seton Hall campus today.

Chilean Miner speaks at the Hall

Mario Sepulveda, one of the 33 miners from Chile who were trapped underground for 69 days, spoke about his experience in the mine and how it has affected his life.

Construction causes closure of McNulty atrium

Students with classes in McNulty Hall, also known as the Science and Technology Center, were greeted with a surprise after spring break: the complete closure of the building's atrium.

Deeper understanding' of bullying needed

A little more than 200 students have responded to a bullying survey emailed to a random sample of students by the Office of Community standards, according to Winston Roberts, coordinator for community standards and dean for community development.

Hall alum named 2011 Young PR Professional

Seton Hall 2007 alum, Andrew Testa, was named PR Week's "Young PR Professional of the Year 2011" on March 10, according to a Coyne PR press release, where Testa is employed as an account executive.

Nothing new' in Bascus, Welch cases

It has been six months since the death of Jessica Moore that resulted from an off-campus apartment shooting on South Clinton Street in East Orange on Sept. 25, yet according to authorities, there are no developments in the case.

ARC adds new subjects for tutoring help

The Academic Resource Center has added new subjects for tutoring that include Japanese, Chinese, logic and history.

Email phishing scam attacks SHU accounts

A broadcast email sent to Seton Hall community members on March 18 warned of an email phishing scam that has recently affected several people within the University.

Diplo professor, undergrads to present research in Chicago

A Seton Hall Whitehead School assistant professor will travel to the Midwest Political Science Association's annual conference in Chicago, from March 31 to April 3, with two undergraduate student researchers to present their findings funded by the National Science Foundation grant.

SHU SUED

A Seton Hall student is suing the University because he claims they removed him from his dorm room because he is gay.