Seton Hall University Annual Report 2021-2022

Dear Friends,

In academic year 2021-22, Seton Hall emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic to engage fully in the experiences that are at the heart of our University. From learning in classrooms to pursuing opportunities far beyond campus, Setonians brought the full force of our Great Minds to bear on the vital questions of the day.

Guided by dynamic strategy and collective action, the University is reinforcing its identity as a caring Catholic community that prepares students to serve, lead and achieve their dreams.

This annual report is a snapshot of our extraordinary year. Here you will read about global leaders who shared their knowledge at special events and symposia. You will see the many ways our faculty and students are collaborating to address the world’s most pressing issues. And you will learn how we are finding support and fostering cooperation with new friends and established partners.

Our alumni and friends are coming forward to support scholarships for students, faculty research and teaching, new academic offerings and campus transformation. The most successful fundraising year in Seton Hall history helped bring deserved recognition from S&P Global Ratings, which noted our strong financial condition and strategic acumen. The University’s fiscal strength advanced several pivotal initiatives: the next phase of a facilities plan that included an addition to the Boland Hall student residence and brought a transformed University Center to campus; record levels of funding for student scholarships; and key investments in faculty teaching and research.

Now in my fourth year of serving and leading the University, I witness even more deeply the power of this place to change destinations and transform lives. We advance a relentless focus on academic quality that is reflected in the University’s most qualified freshman class in University history. To guide them, we added more than 35 full-time and tenure-track new faculty members to strengthen the Academy. All of our success is rooted in the worldwide Setonian community. Seton Hall fosters people who don’t give up — who roll up their sleeves and surmount every obstacle to create a better experience for our students and a better world for all of us.

As member of that community, I am grateful for your ongoing support — your willingness to celebrate our successes, learn about our dreams and make them your own.

Sincerely,

Joseph E. Nyre, Ph.D. President

ENGAGED IN EXCELLENCE

TOP 15

School of Nursing online graduate nursing program ranked 15th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report

#1

Seton Hall Law ranked best in N.J. by U.S. News & World Report

TOP 10%

Seton Hall ranked in the top 10 percent nationally for student return on investment by Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce

TOP 40

Stillman School of Business ranked 39th in the nation by Poets&Quants rating of the “Best Undergraduate Business Schools”

PR A-LIST

PRNEWS recognized Seton Hall on its 2022 A-List of top U.S. institutions training future public relations and marketing professionals  TOPTHIRD U.S. News & World Report counts Seton Hall among the top third of national universities

TOP 10

Seton Hall named a “Top 10 Career-Ready Institution” and “Top 10 for Critical Thinking” by SkillSurvey

#1

The Buccino Leadership Institute was honored with the Association of Leadership Educators’ 2022 Outstanding Program award

ENGAGED IN CONVERSATION

Alex Rodriguez with Seton Hall students.

Seton Hall’s caring Catholic community is rooted in conversation — moments when people from diverse backgrounds share their perspectives, strive to be understood, and see the world as others see it. Opening students’ minds is a core component of the Seton Hall experience, which the University advanced in exciting ways this year by hosting several leading thinkers. These individuals, operating at the very highest levels in foreign affairs, media, business, culture and law, were key players in advancing the University’s mission and sparking dialogue about timely topics. Thanks to their unique insights and divergent views, students are better informed and better equipped to tackle the world’s most pressing social, economic and cultural issues.

UN Secretary-General Guterres Addresses the Class of 2022  Commencement 2022 was an international affair with an awarding of an honorary degree to António Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations. In his provocative and inspiring commencement address, Guterres described a “world brimming with peril” that he has witnessed firsthand in war zones and refugee camps around the world. He implored graduates to use their skills as servant leaders to make a difference. “I do not raise these challenges to darken your special day,” Guterres said. “I raise them because it now falls to you, as Seton Hall graduates, to use what you have learned ... to live up to your motto, and in the face of peril, go forward in building a better future.”

Alex Rodriguez Brings Media and Broadcast Students ‘Beyond Baseball’

Major League Baseball All-Star Alex Rodriguez hit it out of the park in April as part of the Center for Sports Media Speaker Series. Headlined as “Beyond Baseball,” A-Rod joined former ESPN anchor Bob Ley ’76 and Fox Sports’ Bardia Shah-Rais ’95 for a wide-ranging conversation about his MLB career and his real estate and venture capital pursuits, as well as his partial ownership of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves. Rodriguez also praised the center, housed in the College of Communication and the Arts, for blending academic training and practical experience, noting, “Seton Hall has an incredible opportunity to be the go-to school when it comes to media and broadcast.”

Public Interest Lawyer Bryan Stevenson Advocates for Just Mercy

In November 2021, Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy, spoke to students about social justice, about remaining hopeful and about the need to change the narrative. Stevenson is founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, a Montgomery, Alabamabased human rights organization that has won major legal challenges eliminating excessive and unfair sentencing, exonerating innocent death row prisoners, confronting abuse of the incarcerated and the mentally ill, and aiding children prosecuted as adults. In recognition of Stevenson’s commitment to social justice and those imprisoned, the University awarded him an honorary doctorate degree.

Bryan Stevenson receives honorary doctorate.

Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee Discusses Women, Peace and Security   Women were front and center stage in April when the School of Diplomacy and International Relations hosted Leymah Gbowee, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Liberian peace activist. Gbowee, who serves on the school’s board of advisers, is best known for leading a nonviolent movement that brought together Christian and Muslim women to play a pivotal role in ending Liberia’s devastating 14-year civil war in 2003. The event, organized by the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, was co-sponsored by the United Nations Association of the United States and the Institute for Inclusive Security.

U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger Focuses on Anti-Fraud Efforts in the Gaming Industry   Philip R. Sellinger, New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor, joined faculty at the School of Law for its Third Annual Gaming Law, Compliance and Integrity Bootcamp, held in Newark in May. Sellinger led a panel discussion on “AntiCorruption and Anti-Fraud Laws,” highlighting the role of federal law enforcement in preventing and prosecuting fraud affecting the gambling industry and giving industry professionals the information necessary to ensure compliance with federal law. The premier compliance program on the East Coast, the Gaming Bootcamp provides best practices to prevent, detect and mitigate corruption and fraud in the gaming industry.

Office of the Provost’s ‘Impact Talks’ Feature an

International Flair

The Office of the Provost launched its “Impact Talks Speaker Series” this year to expand understanding of the human impact of specific trends, disciplines or industries within communities and societies. The inaugural year featured talks by notable international innovators, including Mauro Porcini, the first chief design officer at PepsiCo; filmmakers Lorena Luciano and Filippo Piscopo, who directed the 2019 Emmy Award-winning documentary It Will Be Chaos; and Riccardo Illy, former chairman of Gruppo Illy, known for his expert marketing and business leadership of his family’s coffee company, illycaffè, in the ’80s and ’90s.

PepsiCo’s chief design officer Mauro Porcini with Provost Katia Passerini.

World Leaders Forum Features Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

In April, the School of Diplomacy and International Relations’ World Leaders Forum brought U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield to campus to discuss a range of topics, including the Ukraine-Russia conflict, vaccine inequality, climate change and her experiences in the Foreign Service. One of the highest-ranking Black women to serve in the Department of State, Thomas-Greenfield enlightened students on the United States’ agenda at the United Nations, the state of gender equity and diversity within diplomacy as well as international affairs careers. Her visit was an initiative of the school’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice Coalition.

ENGAGED IN ADDRESSING KEY ISSUES

From left: Stanley R. Terlecky, Hackensack School of Medicine; Kathleen Neville, College of Nursing; and Christopher Hanifin, School of Health and Medical Sciences, spearheaded implementation of a joint federal opioid research grant.

Seton Hall is an ideal place to engage with the most pressing issues of our time. Guiding students on their journey to greater understanding is the University’s superb faculty. Intellectually ambitious, inventive and versatile, faculty members are known for pursuing game-changing research with real-world implications.

Over the past year, some of Seton Hall’s most prolific and talented researchers have secured competitive grants from a variety of sources that promise to advance knowledge in issues ranging from health and science to equity and faith.

Pursuing New Approaches in Treating Opioid Use Disorder

The Seton Hall University College of Nursing and the School of Health and Medical Sciences have teamed up with the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine to address the record number of opioid deaths in the nation. The team secured a three-year grant totaling about $450,000 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration, a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to advance testing of medicationassisted treatment for individuals with opioid use disorder. This is the group’s second threeyear grant studying the approach; the former three-year grant concluded in summer 2021 with a major conference, “Recovery From Opioid Use Disorders: State-of-the-Art Science to Advance Clinical Care.”

Using Speech Patterns in Pioneering Concussion Study

Two School of Health and Medical Sciences faculty members, Sona Patel, Ph.D., and Caryn Grabowski, M.S., CCC-SLP, BCS-S, were awarded a $180,000 grant from the New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research for their pioneering study of concussions. Their interdisciplinary project, “Speech Indicators of Dysfunction and Recovery Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury,” represents a collaborative effort with Director of Sports Medicine Anthony J. Testa and the University’s team of athletic trainers as well as Dr. Felicia Gliksman, director of the Hackensack University Medical Center Concussion Center. The team plans to examine the concussion recovery process — which can vary greatly from person to person — in new ways by studying speech patterns.

Broadening Diversity in STEM Through Research and Mentorship

Joseph Badillo, Ph.D., a chemistry professor and researcher as well as a representative of the Hispanic/Latinx community, has been awarded two grants to help diversify the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). An assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Badillo received a $20,000 grant from the Sloan Scholars Mentoring Network and a $219,797 grant from the NSF Launching EarlyCareer Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program to broaden participation in research to include members from underrepresented groups. Badillo heads a team researching novel materials that absorb light with higher levels of efficiency that could be important for the synthesis of nextgeneration pharmaceuticals.

Lilly Endowment Awards Immaculate Conception Seminary Nearly $1 Million Grant to Strengthen Pastoral Leadership

The Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology (ICSST) received a grant of $989,384 from the Lilly Endowment to facilitate “The 4:12 Pathway for Pastoral Leadership: Building an Authentic Culture of Discernment, Encouragement and Accompaniment,” a project designed to foster new energy and growth in ICSST’s academic and formation programs. Launched in 2022, the project is funded through Lilly Endowment’s Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative, an effort designed to help theological schools across the United States and Canada

as they prioritize and respond to pressing challenges in preparing pastoral leaders for Christian congregations both now and into the future.

Professor Joseph Badillo and students.

ENGAGED IN TEACHING AND LEARNING

Professor Kurt Rotthoff in the classroom.

The faculty’s ability to make education absorbing, challenging and fulfilling is part of what makes a Seton Hall education unique. Professors are not content to present their course material in the same way from one semester to the next. Instead, they look for new methods and untried avenues to teach students how to transform facts into knowledge, and turn knowledge into understanding. For their part, engaged students find lifelong mentors among their professors, and often drive faculty research in new directions by uncovering unsettled areas of inquiry. This collective drive for excellence was in evidence last year, as students and faculty secured top national and international honors while the University further advanced teaching and learning through dynamic interdisciplinary initiatives.

Undergraduates Tapped for Rangel International Affairs Programs

Seton Hall Diplomacy and International Relations majors Akaysha Palmer ’22 and Mohamed Nezar Nokrachi ’23 were selected for the prestigious Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program that prepares outstanding young people for careers as diplomats in the U.S. Department of State. Palmer received the Rangel Graduate Fellowship, which provides up to $42,000 a year for two years of graduate study, along with internships, mentoring and professional development programs. Nokrachi took part in the Rangel Summer Enrichment Program — an intensive six-week summer course where he learned more about the key institutions, foreign policy-making practices and careers in the Foreign Service.

Seton Hall Launches

Seven New Academies Faculty across the University had the opportunity to collaborate on crossdisciplinary research projects, thanks to the introduction of seven new academies in the 2021-22 academic year. An outgrowth of Harvest Our Treasures: The Seton Hall University Strategic Plan, the initiative provides three years of funding for efforts that stretch beyond existing programs. These are the Academy for Applied Analytics and Technology; Academy for Business Humanities; Academies for Interprofessional Education and Research: Disease Detection, Prevention and Intervention; Interprofessional Active Learning Environment: Integrating Simulation and Telehealth Practices to Promote Psychosocial Wellbeing; Green Chemistry, Sustainability and Stewardship; DiploLab Undergraduate Research; and Catholic Social Thought in Action.

Setonian Editor Named White House Correspondents’ Association Scholar

Amanda DeJesus ’23, podcast editor of the Setonian, was named a White House Correspondents’ Association Scholar in May 2022. The announcement, broadcast by CNN and CSPAN, was made by Yamiche Alcindor, an NBC News Washington correspondent and host of PBS’ Washington Week during the 2022 White House Correspondents’ Dinner — famed for its roasting of the press and politicians. DeJesus, who is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, received a scholarship and was paired with White House journalist Anthony Zurcher, the senior North American Correspondent for the BBC, as a mentor.

National Security Fellowship Team Briefs U.S. State Department Officials

In 2022, the National Security Fellowship graduate-student research team offered federal officials policy recommendations for enhancing the United States’ strategic relationship with Pakistan in light of growing competition for power in the region. The team briefed leaders in the U.S. Department of State’s Office of South Asian Affairs, the Department of Defense Joint Staff and the Directorate for Intelligence. Later, the group briefed USAID officials. The presentations capped a yearlong research project for the team of 11 graduate students who worked under the guidance of National Security Fellow Mohamad Mirghahari ’02/M.A. ’04.

Breaking New Ground: University Celebrates a Series of Firsts

Last year was notable for a number of firsts logged by the University. These include the opening of the Center for Sports Media, which offers world-class interdisciplinary training within the College of Communication and the Arts. The Buccino Leadership Institute, one of the country’s most intensive leadership development programs, graduated its first cohort of 67 students. The College of Arts and Sciences introduced a graduate-level concentration in Forensic Social Work — making Seton Hall New Jersey’s first and only school to prepare social workers to work within legal systems. And a team from the College of Arts and Sciences and Stillman School of Business was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to establish a first-of-its-kind minor in business humanities.

Four Faculty Honored With Fulbright Awards

The Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board awarded fellowships to four Seton Hall faculty members. Kathleen Neville, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, associate dean of graduate studies and research at the College of Nursing, will spend next year in Scotland investigating nursing students’ perceptions of individuals with opioid use disorders. Ines Angeli Murzaku, Ph.D., professor of religion and director of the Catholic Studies program, will serve as a Fulbright senior specialist in North Macedonia, where she will research ecumenism and interreligious dialogue. Susan Nolan, Ph.D., professor of psychology, will use her award to examine the evolving nature of psychology education in Australia. And Margarita Balmaceda, Ph.D., professor of diplomacy and international relations, will study industrial decarbonization strategies in Germany.

KATHLEEN NEVILLE

INES ANGELI MURZAKU

SUSAN NOLAN

MARGARITA BALMACEDA SETON

ENGAGED IN

PARTNERSHIPS

Keaton Douglas and Father Luis E. De la Cuadra support the iTHIRST programs.

The global pandemic illustrated that stark, sustained isolation is neither healthy nor really even possible. Emerging from the shadows of COVID-19, Seton Hall is focused on partnerships. The University is actively reaching out, working with others near and far to better educate students on our campus, internationally and online. As a roundup of this year’s activities shows, these rich collaborations include exciting new initiatives, degrees and programs that facilitate connection, cooperation and conversation among students, faculty and administrators as well as the public at large.

School of Diplomacy Partners With UNITAR for Executive Master’s Degree

The fields of international affairs and diplomacy are becoming more vital as the world interconnects through migration, commerce and business, social media and mutual concerns about environmental issues. Seton Hall is preparing professionals for this multifaceted field with a new joint Online Master’s Program in International Affairs and Diplomatic Practice with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. Introduced at the School of Diplomacy in June 2022, this graduate program allows mid-career professionals to explore contemporary diplomacy against the changing nature of world politics, enabling them to investigate the complexities of relationships between different countries.

Growing Mutually Beneficial Global Collaborations

In June 2021, Seton Hall joined the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU), an organization with more than 200 Catholic universities worldwide. Since then, the University has forged partnerships with IFCU members Catholic University of South Sudan in November 2021 and Mexico’s Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla in February 2022. These partnerships pave the way for student and faculty exchanges and joint programs and research. In addition, outside of the IFCU, Seton Hall and the Universidad de los Andes in Colombia formed a formal partnership in April 2022, building on an existing collaboration. The partnership seeks to drive innovation in scientific discovery and application.

Teaming Up to Address Substance Abuse

This year brought the iTHIRST Spiritual Companionship Certificate training program back to campus. Offered by the Division of Continuing Education and Professional Studies,

iTHIRST empowers dioceses, parishes and communities to become a resource for those suffering from addictions. At the heart of iTHIRST is a recognition of the spiritual dimension to the disease of addiction that can only be addressed through the lens of faith. Upon completion of the program, students are equipped to minister to those affected by substance use disorder and their families as well as work with their pastors to develop a recovery ministry that fits the needs of their parishes.

Preparing for a Lay-Powered Catholic Church

With the decline in religious vocations, the continued growth of the Universal Church falls increasingly to lay people. Thanks to a 2022 grant from the Porticus Foundation, Seton Hall’s Center for Catholic Studies is preparing for this future with three interrelated programs. The first involves strengthening Praxis — a program that educates faculty about the University’s Catholic mission and its relationship to teaching and research — and sharing it with other Catholic universities. The second builds on this work, envisioning Seton Hall cultivating a national network of Catholic Studies Centers and Programs. The third aims to train Seton Hall faculty to offer continuing education to the surrounding dioceses of Paterson and Metuchen and the Archdiocese of Newark.

Helping Parents Better Engage With the Public Education System Faculty and alumni of the Seton Hall teacher certification program known as TESOL — Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages — started taking part in a local initiative in 2022 to provide an English as a Second Language (ESL) class to parents in the Orange Public School District. The project was part of the district’s new “Parent University,” a series of free or reduced-price educational opportunities for the community.

Seton Hall contributed a weekly “English as a New Language for Parents” class that met Wednesday evenings for six weeks in May and June. The goal was for parents to learn words and expressions they could use to communicate

with teachers and administrators at local schools, and to understand the differences between public schools in the U.S. and other countries around the world.

New Online Master of Arts in Theology Offered for Deacon Candidates Deacons play an increasingly important role in today’s Church. Men looking to undertake this ministry now have a new option with the advent of Seton Hall’s Online Master of Arts in Theology. Offered through the Center for Diaconal Formation at the Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology, the new master’s integrates students’ intellectual formation while preparing them to minister in integrated and holistic ways in collaboration with the sending diocese. Launched in April 2022, the program prepares candidates to take on leadership roles as ordained deacons in their local parishes, diocesan institutions and the Universal Church, while nourishing their spiritual and intellectual growth.

ENGAGED

IN THE SETON HALL COMMUNITY

Men’s Basketball Coach Shaheen Holloway ’00.

Community rests at the heart of what makes Seton Hall University special. In a supportive atmosphere where professors know students by name and take interest in their success, faculty coach students along, helping them find their passions. These relationships endure; alumni often talk about coming “Home to the Hall.” Emerging from a global pandemic that prevented physical gathering, the 2021-22 year at Seton Hall was about recognizing and remembering what’s critical about being together, fostering common bonds and celebrating community.

Midway Through the Journey: Symposium Reviews Strategic Plan Progress

In February 2021, Seton Hall University embarked on its three-year strategic plan, Harvest Our Treasures, to fortify its strengths and express its timeless values in innovative and exciting ways. As the University reached the midpoint of its implementation in May 2022, the community gathered to review the plan’s progress at “Midway

Through the Journey: Reviewing and Reflecting on Harvest our Treasures: A Strategy Symposium.” Sessions held throughout the afternoon gave faculty, administrators and students the chance to share updates, offer feedback and recommend modifications within the plan’s intentionally flexible five goals.

Shaheen Holloway ’00

Named Pirates Head Coach March brought a heartfelt homecoming when Shaheen Holloway ’00 was named head men’s basketball coach. Former associate head coach and standout student-athlete at Seton Hall, Holloway returned to South Orange after leading Saint Peter’s University on a miraculous run to the Elite Eight in the 2022 NCAA Tournament. The four-year Pirate starter takes over a BIG EAST program that has been to five of the past six NCAA tournaments. Holloway has deep-rooted loyalty to the program that he says made him who he is. “This is everything to get an opportunity to coach at my alma mater,” he said at the press conference reintroducing him to the University community.

Introducing Engage: The Involvement Platform for Students

This year, the Student Engagement team gained a new tool in empowering, challenging and inspiring students with the introduction of Engage. The new platform connects students to campus organizations, helps them learn about events and explore all Seton Hall has to offer. Students can also use Engage to track their involvement — including organization membership, service opportunities and event attendance — that they can then use to build a co-curricular transcript in support of their resumes. The Student Engagement Office plans to analyze data from Engage to identify areas of strength as well as opportunities for growth.

Celebrating Pirate Pride

The fall 2021 semester concluded with a weeklong display of Pirate Pride. Student Engagement and Athletics teamed up to host a slate of events to rally support for key men’s and women’s basketball home games. The week tipped off with team members attending the Christmas at The Hall Tree Lighting Ceremony, followed by a student basketball tournament and a chance to snap selfies with the Garden State Hardwood Classic trophy. The week wrapped up with more than 475 students attending a pregame tailgate, complete with food trucks, fire pits and lawn games before heading on the shuttle bus to Prudential Center to cheer on the men’s team in their match against Texas.

ENGAGED

WITH THE FUTURE

Television broadcaster Robin Roberts (with Bob Ley ’76) was honored with Seton Hall’s Center for Sports Media’s first Lifetime Professional Achievement Award.

Seton Hall won’t rest on its laurels. The University is leaning ever forward with an eye to the future — securing the resources that we need to support students’ access to education, enrich campus life and advance intellectual and academic excellence. We count ourselves fortunate that so many alumni, parents and friends have chosen to invest their philanthropic dollars at Seton Hall over this past year. We are honored by their trust.

$1 Million Gift Endows the Marino Tortorella & Boyle Professor of Law

Kevin H. Marino, Esq., J.D. ’84, chair of Seton Hall’s Board of Regents, and his wife, Rita, M.A.E. ’94, made a $1 million gift to establish an endowed professorship at the School of Law — the Marino Tortorella & Boyle Professor of Law, named for Marino’s law firm. “Endowed professorships are critical to the law school’s continued health and vitality,” said Marino. “Our hope in endowing the MTB chair is that the many distinguished firms in which Seton Hall lawyers play such critical roles — and that includes all of the most well-respected firms in the state — will follow our lead and endow law professorships in their own names.”

Patrick ’64 and Mary Ann Murray Support the University’s Strategic Initiatives Alumnus and board chair emeritus Patrick M. Murray ’64/M.B.A. ’72 and his wife, Mary Ann Pfaff Murray, added $2 million to their recent gift of $5 million to Seton Hall, bringing their total gift to $7 million toward the University’s strategic initiatives. The Murrays’ philanthropy has supported a wide range of priorities, such as need-based and merit-based scholarships, a faculty position, athletics programming and key capital projects outlined in the University’s campus vision. The Murrays’ latest gift will support the construction of a new basketball practice facility on campus, which is in the planning stages.

Torcivia Family Foundation Pledges $1 Million to Seton Hall

Joseph A. Torcivia, Esq., J.D. ’85 announced that The Torcivia Family Foundation is donating $1 million to Seton Hall to help fund two priorities: endowed scholarships for students with financial need and construction of a new basketball practice facility. A former member of the Board of Regents, Torcivia described his time at Seton Hall as “life-changing” and says he wants to ensure other students have similar experiences. “I’ve never been more optimistic about Seton Hall’s future,” said Torcivia. “A big part of that is having Dr. Nyre at the helm and an all-star team behind him. They have given me confidence that the University can really get to that next level.”

Matthew Wright ’89 Endows Scholarship for Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Program

If Matthew Wright ’89 hadn’t received a scholarship from Seton Hall’s Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Program, he likely wouldn’t have gone to college. To ensure future students have access to the transformative experience just as he did, Wright and his wife, Verna, endowed a scholarship for the program as part of a new fundraising initiative. “The scholarship had such an impact on my personal life, as I’m sure it had on other minority students,” Wright said. He hopes the combination of the endowment and the University’s fundraising initiative can preserve the amount of money given to each scholar and expand the number of students in the program.

Renowned Sportscaster Bob Ley ’76 Makes $2M Gift, Launching the Center for Sports Media

Legendary sportscaster Bob Ley ’76, an original ESPN SportsCenter anchor who enjoyed a 40-year career at the network, has made a $2 million philanthropic donation to launch the Center for Sports Media. With its longstanding athletic tradition, Ley says that Seton Hall is the natural place to launch this interdisciplinary center. “Seton Hall is uniquely positioned to assume a leadership role as we see this industry continually reshaped in front of our eyes,” said Ley. “Educating and training the next generation of leaders is vital so these creators of compelling content work at the highest journalistic standards.”

University Center Renovation Gets a $1 Million Boost from Jim ’82 and Judy O’Brien

Former Board of Regents member Jim O’Brien ’82 and his wife, Judy, made a $1 million gift to help Seton Hall fund the sweeping $40+ million renovation of its University Center. Housing the main cafeteria, theater, event space, student government and studentservices offices, this student-focused building has not seen renovation of this scale since its opening in 1962. Jim and Judy’s gift is their latest validation of a university that they have been supporting for nearly 30 years. “Everything I see tells me we’re going in the right direction,” said Jim, “and I’m thrilled that the student center is getting renovated.”

Reimagined University Center

University Leadership

Board of Trustees

Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Chair

Most Reverend Kurt R. Burnette

Robert Budelman, Esq.

Reverend Gerald J. Buonopane

Reverend John J. Chadwick

Henry F. D’Alessandro

Sister Sharon A Euart, RSM

Kevin H. Marino, Esq.

Monsignor Gerard McCarren

Joseph E. Nyre, Ph.D.

Sister Maureen Shaughnessy, S.C. Robert J. Sloan

Monsignor Peter Smutelovic Matthew W. Wright Leo J. Zatta

Board of Regents

Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., President

Kevin H. Marino, Esq., Chair

Henry F. D’Alessandro, Vice Chair

Robert J. Sloan, Secretary

Most Reverend Kurt R. Burnette Most Reverend James F. Checchio

Most Reverend Kevin J. Sweeney

Most Reverend Dennis J. Sullivan Robert S. Basso

James T. Boyle Jr.

Reverend Gerald J. Buonopane Edward C. Cerny

Reverend John J. Chadwick

James E. Collins Bonnie A. Evans Kevin P. Flood Mark Ganton

Robert C. Garrett

Richard A. Giuditta Jr. Stephen P. Loughrey Michael J. Lucciola

Anthony Masherelli

Kevin J. McMahon

Richard C. McMahon

Joseph E. Nyre, Ph.D. Robert J. Sloan

Sister Margaret Stallmeyer, C.D.P. John F. Swift

Stephen G. Waldis Matthew W. Wright Leo J. Zatta

Regents Emeriti

Gerald P. Buccino

John C. Kelly

Joseph P. LaSala, Esq. Helen Lerner

Patrick M. Murray, Chair Emeritus

Executive Cabinet

Joseph E. Nyre, Ph.D. President

Patrick G. Lyons, M.B.A., M.S.T.

Executive Vice President and Chief of Staff

Katia Passerini, Ph.D Provost and Executive Vice President

Matthew Borowick, M.B.A. Vice President for University Relations

Monica N. Burnette, Ph.D. Vice President for Student Services

Kimberly A. Capadona, J.D. Vice President and General Counsel

Reverend Colin Adrian Kay, M.Div. Vice President for Mission and Ministry

Alyssa McCloud, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President for Enrollment Management

Donna M. McMonagle

Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Michele L. Nelson, Ph.D. Vice President for Board Affairs and University Strategy

Jon Paparsenos Vice President for University Advancement

Deans of Schools and Colleges

Kathleen M. Boozang, J.D., LL.M. Dean, School of Law

John E. Buschman, D.L.S. Interim Associate Provost of Research and Innovation and Dean, University Libraries

Marie Foley, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.L. Dean, College of Nursing

Georita Frierson, Ph.D. Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Joseph Martinelli, Ed.D. Interim Dean, College of Education and Human Services

Monsignor Gerard H. McCarren, S.T.D. Interim Rector/Dean, Immaculate Conception Seminary/School of Theology

Renee Robinson, Ph.D. Interim Dean, College of Communication and the Arts Brian B. Shulman, Ph.D. Dean, School of Health and Medical Sciences

Courtney Smith, Ph.D. Dean, School of Diplomacy and International Relations

Joyce A. Strawser, Ph.D. Dean, Stillman School of Business

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