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Seton Hall University
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MottoHazard Zet Forward
TypePrivate, Catholic, Sea-grant
Established1856
Endowment$192 Million
PresidentMsgr. Robert Sheeran
Undergraduates5,200
Postgraduates4,500
Location
South Orange
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New Jersey
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United States
Campus58 acres (230,000 m²)
SportsSeton Hall Pirates File:SetonHallPirates.png
17 varsity teams
ColorsBlue and White            
Websitewww.shu.edu
"Seton Hall" redirects here. For other uses, see Seton Hall (disambiguation).

Seton Hall University is a Roman Catholic university located 14 miles (23 km) from Manhattan in South Orange, New Jersey. Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan university in the United States and is known for its basketball team, its radio station, and its programs in business, law, education, nursing, and diplomacy.

History

Like many of America's Catholic universities, Seton Hall arose out of the Plenary Council of American Bishops, held in Baltimore in 1844, with the goal of bringing Catholicism to higher education in order to help propagate the faith.

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Statue of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.

The university was founded on September 1,1856 by Archdiocese of Newark Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley, a cousin of President Theodore Roosevelt. Bishop Bayley named the institution after his aunt, Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton, who was the first American-born Catholic saint.

From the time of the council, Seton Hall had been charged with providing quality higher education in the Catholic tradition to the residents of the Archdiocese of Newark, but has since expanded to become a nationally renowned university, with students from all 50 states and many foreign countries.

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President's Hall is the university's oldest building.

This school, originally located in Madison, New Jersey, opened on September 1, 1856. Reverend Bernard J. McQuaid served as the first college president (1856-1857, 1859-1868) and directed a staff of four diocesan clergy including Reverend Alfred Young, vice-president; Reverend Daniel Fisher (the second college president, 1857-1859) and five lay instructors. Initially, Seton Hall had only five students - Leo G. Thebaud, Louis and Alfred Boisaubin, Peter Meehan and John Moore. By the end of the first year, the student body had grown fivefold to 54.

During the 19th century, in spite of setbacks, lean times and the Civil War, the College continued to expand. By 1937, Seton Hall established a University College. This marked the first matriculation of women at Seton Hall. Seton Hall became fully coeducational in 1968.

In 1948, Seton Hall was given a license by the FCC for WSOU-FM. Today, the station is one of the leading college radio stations in the country. WSOU runs an eclectic modern rock format in addition to coverage of Seton Hall's athletics.

The College was organized into a university in 1950 following an unprecedented growth in enrollment. The College of Arts and Sciences and the schools of business, nursing and education comprised the University; the School of Law opened its doors in 1951, with Miriam Rooney as the first woman dean of law in the United States.

The state of New Jersey had no facilities for medical and dental education until 1954 when the Seton Hall College of Medicine and Dentistry was established under the auspices of the Archdiocese of Newark. The College was incorporated on August 6, 1954, as a legal entity separate from Seton Hall University, but with an interlocking Board of Trustees. In September 1955 remodelling construction was begun in two buildings of the Jersey City Medical Center to house the clinical and teaching facilities of the College. The first class of 80 students was admitted to the four-year MD program in September 1956. From the first graduating class in 1960 through 1964, the College awarded the MD degree to a total of 348 individuals. There were 36 dental graduates in the first class of 1960. By 1963, the total reached 139. The College expanded its program in 1961 when the Graduate School of Biomedical Science was chartered by the State Board of Education. The first candidates for the M.S. and Ph. D. degree entered in 1962.

As the medical college expanded, the Archdiocese was concerned about its ability to properly cover the costs of operating the college. On July 28, 1964, a committee appointed by New Jersey governor Richard J. Hughes recommended that the State purchase the assets of the SHCMD for $4 million and continue its operation under state control. The action was consummated on May 3, 1965, and the institution's name was officially changed to the New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry (NJCMD). The college continues today as the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

The next two decades saw the construction and modernization of a large number of facilities and the construction of the library, science building, residence halls and the University center. Many new programs and majors were inaugurated, as were important social outreach efforts. New ties were established with the private and industrial sectors, and a growing partnership developed with federal and state governments in creating programs for the economically and educationally disadvantaged..

The 1970s and 1980s continued to be a time of growth and renewal. New business and nursing classroom buildings and an art center were opened. In 1984, the Immaculate Conception Seminary returned to Seton Hall, its original home until 1926, when it moved to Darlington (a section of Mahwah). The Recreation Center was dedicated in 1987. With the construction of four new residence halls between 1986 to 1988, and the purchase of an off-campus apartment building in 1990, the University made a significant change to its previous identity as a primarily commuter institution. Seton Hall is now also recognized as a residential campus, providing living space for approximately 2100 students.

The physical development of the campus continued in the 1990s. The $20 million Walsh Library opened in 1994, and its first-class study and research resources marked the beginning of a technological transformation of Seton Hall. Kozlowski Hall, the University's newest academic center dedicated in 1997, is a clear example of Seton Hall's continued commitment to undergraduate education and the expanding role of information technology in higher education. The building was named after Seton Hall graduate Dennis Kozlowski, who is notorious for allegedly stealing millions of dollars from Tyco. On July 18 2005, Kozlowski's name was removed from the building at his request, and it was subsequently renamed Jubilee Hall. All classrooms in this six-story, 126,000 square foot (12,000 m²) building are wired for network and Internet connections, and many of the lecture halls are equipped with distance-learning technology. A new School of Law building and parking garage were also constructed in the 1990s. Seton Hall continues to be a leader in technology in education, as well as in distance learning, with its renowned Seton World Wide program.

Its recreation center was originally named after Robert Brennan, but he was found guilty of securities fraud in 1994. It has since been renamed for long-time athletic director Richie Regan.

In 1998, all incoming full-time, first-year students were issued laptop computers as part of the University's innovative and nationally recognized mobile computing program.

Sister Rose Thering, of the Racine Dominican Sisters, was a professor of Catholic-Jewish dialogue at Seton Hall.

Boland Hall Fire

Main article: Boland Hall Fire

On January 19, 2000, three students died and 54 were injured in a dormitory fire.[1] The fire prompted calls for increased fire safety measures at colleges across the country. In 2003, two people who were freshman at the university during the time of the fire were charged with murder and arson for allegedly starting the fire.[2] Joseph T. LePore and Sean Ryan, both 26, pleaded guilty and were sentenced to five years in prison. [3]

Schools and colleges

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Seton Hall School of Law in Newark, NJ

Main Campus -- 400 South Orange Ave., South Orange, NJ

Newark Campus -- One Newark Center, Newark, NJ

On-Line Campus

  • SetonWorldWide: The Online Campus [12]

Whitehead School

Main article: John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations

The Whitehead School was founded in 1997 in alliance with the United Nations Association of the United States of America. It has since become the fastest growing division of the University. A partial explanation for its internationally renown diplomacy program[citation needed] is its notable faculty consisting of US ambassadors, world-famous lecturers, and student body made up indiviuals from across the nation and world.

Athletics

The school's sports teams are called the Pirates. They participate in the NCAA's Division I and in the Big East Conference. Seton Hall cancelled football (which was played in Division III) in 1982.

Seton Hall is best known for its men's basketball program, which won the NIT tournament in 1953, and lost in the finals of the 1989 NCAA tournament to Michigan 80-79 in overtime, but the game result was marred by a "phantom foul" call. Most recently, they were in the 2006 NCAA tournament (or Big Dance), but the 10th seed Pirates were eliminated in a crushing 86-66 first round loss to the 7th seed Wichita State Shockers of the Missouri Valley Conference. Following this season-ending loss, Seton Hall fired head coach Louis Orr, a move that had been rumored all year. After contacting several head coaches to replace Orr, Seton Hall hired head coach Bobby Gonzalez away from Manhattan College. [13]

Seton Hall currently participates in the following sports at the Division I level:

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Seton Hall Pirates Logo

Seton Hall also offers the following club sports:

Seton Hall and Rutgers University have a spirited rivalry in sports that the two offer.

All Seton Hall sports have their home field on the South Orange campus, except for Men's Basketball, who play at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Student Media

The school's principal newspaper is The Setonian. The paper has national news, school news, editorials, letters, a "life" section (entitled "Pirate's Life"), and an athletics section. The staff consists mostly of undergraduates and publishes weekly on Thursday.

Other newspapers have also sprung up over time on campus. The Stillman Exchange is the Stillman Business school's own newspaper. Its stories cover a wide scope, including ethical issues, business and athletics.

The Rampage is an unofficial paper that is popular among students on campus. Known for humorously questioning the integrity of The Setonian, the Rampage has grown into an underground phenomenon. The members of the staff are kept relatively secret as to protect their identities. This paper is unofficially circulated in high-traffic areas on campus. They also maintain a website.

Greek life

There are currently twenty-five recognized fraternity and sorority chapters at Seton Hall. Approximately ten percent of the student body is a member of a Greek-letter organization.

Additionally, a group of students purporting to be an unrecognized chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon recently made headlines when it was discovered that a pledge had been kidnapped and beaten for alerting University Administration of the group's existence. [14]

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