Students bring awareness of LGBT during Allies Week
By Staff Writer | Apr. 8, 2010National Allies week begins on April 12, to celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community (LGBT) and their supporters at Seton Hall.
National Allies week begins on April 12, to celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community (LGBT) and their supporters at Seton Hall.
The ONE chapter at Seton Hall is ranked in the top 10 most active chapters in the nation, and will be launching its final campaign project on campus next week.
"Celebrate Life Week 2010" will launch next week as part of an initiative by Seton Hall United for Life members to raise awareness and educate the Seton Hall community about the protection of life from natural conception to natural death.
In recognition of Women's History Month on March 25, the Walsh Library will host a Women's Read-In, at which the new silent study room will be inaugurated.
Seton Hall University's Irish cultural society, Pirates of Irish Persuasion & Extraction, is currently hosting an Irish Studies Discussion Series.
Seton Hall is moving from the Federal Family Education Loan to a direct lending program, a change that will take effect in the 2010- 2011 academic year.
More than 20 students spoke at the Student Government Association's Meet the Candidates Night on Monday, hoping to win a seat on next year's Senate. Though the turnout was high, several seats are still available and most are uncontested.
The belief, any obstacle is conquerable and manageable no matter the circumstance, is one that embodies sophomore Andrew Toropiw daily life.
The annual Seton Hall Leadership Institute Conference (SHLI), taking place on March 27 in the University Center, will offer 37 different leadership workshops this year, emphasizing more variety in the student leadership, and giving students the opportunity to network with others leaders on campus.
South Orange is holding a photography contest, "Picture South Orange" which will be open to Seton Hall students and South Orange residents.
The Bishop Bernard J. McQuaid Medal, as well as the Servant Leader Scholarship award, will be presented at the annual Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Charter Day Convocation on April 21 at 4 p.m. in Jubilee Hall Auditorium.
The Village Liaisons are sponsoring an Off Campus Living Fair on March 30 in the Main Lounge. The fair will host different property owners and managers in South Orange and surrounding area with available place for students to rent off campus.
As part of Seton Hall's Mobile Computing Program, sophomore students will begin receiving their new laptops on April 19 during laptop refresh. Recently, PC Support Services has developed a program, called a Request for Proposals, which allowed PCSS to set up meetings with vendors and review the technology they offer Seton Hall's Mobile computing program.
The College of Nursing faculty voted "no confidence" in the leadership of Nursing Dean Phyllis Hansell on Feb. 24, according to a nursing professor.
Summer classes have a new format this year including a May intersession, which takes place from May 18 to June 7; summer session 1, which takes place June 9- June 28; and summer session 2 takes place July 6 to August 9. However, students now have the opportunity to enroll in a summer online course instead.
A case of pulmonary (lung) tuberculosis, has been confirmed on campus according to Health Services. An announcement was sent on Monday detailing the outbreak.
Kelly Whitney can be added to the list of present and former Seton Hall basketball players who had their name placed on a New Jersey police report this year.
Former men's basketball Kelly Whitney was arrested on Thursday night and is facing kidnapping and robbery charges, according to www.NJ.com.
David Peterson, a campus minister in Campus Ministry, traveled to Haiti the week before spring break to check up on friends and see if students can still travel there in May.
At this time last week, the Seton Hall Pirates were on the bubble of the NCAA Tournament. ESPN's Joe Lunardi had the Pirates as the second team out of the field of 65, but there was still hope within the team and on the campus.