The Department of Catholic Studies and the Department of Classical Studies are each offering a three-credit study abroad faculty-led course, which will culminate in a joint 10-day trip to Spain over spring break.
Some of Seton Hall’s most active organizations have begun a movement to promote education about sexual violence and its prevention. All fraternities, headed by Sigma Pi’s Altruistic Campus Experience (ACE) Project, the Student Government Association and Sexual Assault and Violence Education (SAVE), opened a campus-wide discussion on Monday, Oct. 20, to combat and uncover the truth about sexual violence on college campuses.
Research conducted earlier this year for the University revealed that Seton Hall’s students have more say in their academic fate than just avoiding the seal in the middle of campus en-route to class---and the answer can be found as early as the first day of freshman year.
Since 2007, Seton Hall has had a surge in the number of Fulbright scholarship winners, including two of the four applicants last year, according to the campus’ current Fulbright program advisor, Dr. Gita DasBender.
Seton Hall University has again hired marketing firm Lipman Hearne to conduct a branding study in an effort to rebrand the school and its image.
Throwing out trash in bins that are marked for recycling can undo a lot of good.
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Seton Hall’s swimming and diving team will look to continue their early season success this Saturday when the men and women travel to Baltimore for the Loyola Quad Meet.
The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) will welcome 334 new members at its induction ceremony on Oct. 17.
The 2014 Campus Security and Fire Safety Report was released on Oct. 1 includes several new definitions that make interpreting the statistics somewhat more difficult, and breaks down the new numbers for students.
At the closing of the last academic year, PNC Bank, Seton Hall’s primary personal banking system, decided to close its branch office in the cafeteria and remove the ATM from Xavier Hall because the machines were being underutilized.
The College of Arts and Sciences will host a Servant Leadership Experience to Kingston, Jamaica, for the duration of Seton Hall’s winter break. Selected students will be given the opportunity to work at the Alpha Boys School from Jan. 2 to 11, where they will help rebuild the facility, develop evening social activities and teach young students the essentials of reading, writing and arithmetic.
PirateNet will be getting an update soon, and while there are not going to be any big changes to the system, this update could allow for more in the future.
Due to a decision made by the South Orange Board of Trustees on Sept. 8, parking on Ward Place was discontinued on Oct. 6.
Timothy Hoffman, president of the Student Government Association, has already had a big impact on the campus. Since becoming SGA president in April, Hoffman has taken steps to overhaul the old Student Government bylaws, which he said were confusing and did not define what SGA could do.
Seton Hall’s Student Government Association has brought TurboVote to campus. TurboVote is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that helps make the voting process easy and provides students a chance to have their voices heard.
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