Students rally to bring back track
By Staff Writer | Mar. 4, 2010At least 50 Seton Hall students and alumni rallied Monday afternoon against the administration's decision to eliminate all of Seton Hall's track teams on July 1.
At least 50 Seton Hall students and alumni rallied Monday afternoon against the administration's decision to eliminate all of Seton Hall's track teams on July 1.
The five finalists for the School of Arts and Sciences Professor of the Year Award were determined Monday night by the Arts and Sciences student senators.
As a Catholic University, Seton Hall follows the traditions surrounding Lent, a time where Catholics and other Christians prepare for the celebration of Easter. For some students, Lent is also a time where they search for the meaning in their self and the act of giving things up.
Maintaining a high GPA is typically a goal for students during college, however when it comes to finding jobs and internships, employers also look for candidates with extracurricular involvement.
Students considering graduate school may not realize they can participate in a dual-degree program at Seton Hall to earn their Bachelor's and their Master's degrees in a shorter timespan.
In an effort to spread innovative ideas from the Seton Hall community and the larger region, Seton Hall will host a TEDx conference on Friday, April 9 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Seton Hall is currently working to finalize a "Strategic Plan" for the university. The plan, which sets goals to improve Seton Hall by the year 2015 is titled "From Strength to Strength."
Housing applications are in and the priority point process for room selection has begun for 1,200 students who applied for room and board in fall 2010.
In honor of women's history month, Seton Hall will host its annual Women's Conference honoring the accomplishments of women and granting the Woman of the Year Award along with the "On the Shoulders We Stand" award on March 26 in the Main Lounge.
A Seton Hall freshman created a film society at Seton Hall in hopes of introducing its members to well known and popular movies college-aged students might not have seen.
The Seton Hall men's and women's track teams will be eliminated to cut costs in the Athletic Department, Athletics Director Joe Quinlan and University President Msgr. Robert Sheeran announced Wednesday.
The first place on my checklist was South Orange Public Library. There, I teamed up with a librarian named Ellen and together we searched through online databases for anything involving births or deaths in the years 1952 and 1953.
The shuttle service to Newark Airport that ran during the Thanksgiving and winter breaks for Seton Hall students may end due to a lack of student participation.
Declare Your Major Day was held on Feb. 17 in the University Center's Living Room, where 202 students changed or declared their major. The event is held annually in February to allow students a "one stop shop" for their new major or minor.
A Faculty Senate resolution asking that the presidential search be opened to candidates who are not priests has been rejected by the university's board of regents, and members of the Faculty Senate expressed their disappointment at the decision.
David Peterson, a campus minister in Campun Ministry, traveled to Haiti on Thrusday. Peterson will visit there until Friday of next week, and the next day he will go with Seton Hall students to El Salvador on the March Releasing the DOVEs trip.
In a financial bind, Seton Hall University opted to end one of its most prestigious athletic programs to save over $1 million a year.
It's called the happiest place on Earth, where dreams come true, an adult can be a kid again, no dream is too big, and remember, "one mouse started it all."
The Jewish Student Union hopes to host a concert in mid to late March featuring rap artist, Big Sean, in order to raise funds for Haiti.
Seton Hall has received 13,385 applications for freshman admission so far this year while last year, admissions received a total of 13,854 applications, according to Jaime de Leon II, associate director of admissions.