SHU_Libraries has been recognized with a Certificate of Appreciation from JESPY House, in South Orange.
JESPY House held its annual Community Appreciation Night recently, where Seton Hall University Libraries received the award. Accepting the award was Prof. Martha Loesch, who spoke about a JESPY employee who started on a volunteer-trainee basis in the library, and is now a valued, paid employee.
JESPY house provides adults with disabilities a well-rounded program of support services.
#SHU_Libraries 24/7 period will end tonight–Wednesday, May 16 when the library closes @ 11p.
The library then operates on reduced hours for the next week:
Thursday, May 17 8a-5p
Friday, May 18 8a-5p
Saturday, May 19 CLOSED
Sunday, May 20 CLOSED
Monday, May 21 8a-5p
Tuesday, May 22 8a-10p (Intersession I and Summer I begin)
#SHU_Libraries Our elevators will be undergoing a long overdue upgrade and overhaul this summer.
Starting Tuesday, May 22ndour main public elevators will be out of service for the next 10 weeks, until the end of July. We apologize for the inconvenience, but these are necessary repairs.
We will have our freight elevator available to escort anyone needing elevator access throughout the building. Please ask our helpful staff for assistance at our circulation desk.
For more information call us 973-761-9435 or send us an email circulation@shu.edu.
As a part of Seton Hall’s annual Multicultural Day celebration on Thursday, April 26th The Chinese Corner will be hosting a food tasting and Calligraphy-Paper Folding event!
This is a free event, all are welcome to attend!
Where: The Chinese Corner, 2nd floor of Walsh Library When: Thursday, April 26th, 12p-1p.
About The Chinese Corner: located on the 2nd floor of Walsh Library, The Chinese Corner is a unique collection of books and videos for learning Chinese language, history and culture. The collection is curated by Dr. Xue-Ming Bao, the library’s Electronic Resources Librarian & liaison to Asian Studies.
M.P.A. Student Presents at National Conference By Roseanne Mirabella
On March 9th, Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) graduate student and Social Sciences Librarian Prof. Lisa DeLuca presented her capstone project “Spatial Literacy with PolicyMap for Public Policy Undergraduate Instruction” at the 7th Annual M.P.A. Capstone Panel at the annual conference of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). The national panel showcased national M.P.A. capstone projects that integrate theory and practice. The student presenters, sponsored by faculty, represent the “best of the best” as practitioners in field of public administration.
Lisa Deluca
Established in 1939, ASPA is the largest and most prominent broadly based professional association in American public administration. It has a diverse membership of approximately 8,000 practitioners, academicians and students. ASPA serves as the principal arena for linking theory and practice within the field of public administration.
DeLuca’s paper focused on the use of spatial analysis for assessment of situations in political science and to understand public policy. Her analysis was based on class assignments for the course “Contemporary Issues in US Public Policy,” taught by Professor Michael Taylor in the Political Science Department. The implications for public administration of her research findings support current data visualization best practices, that using mapping tools can result in more accurate storytelling through the emergence of patterns in maps or clusters that are not easily revealed through tables or spreadsheets. Additionally, the use of spatial analysis provides for identification of previously unknown relationships resulting in new research questions or alternative proposals for public policy.
The M.P.A. degree, offered both on-campus and online by the Department of Political Science and Public Affairs, is accredited by NASPAA and ranked #17 in the country for nonprofit management by U.S. News & World Report. Students learn from great minds in both the government and nonprofit sectors. Concentrations are offered in Health Policy, Public Service Leadership and Governance, Nonprofit Management and Data Visualization and Analytics.
Marguerite Louppe, Les Trois Chevalets, n.d. Oil on canvas, 116 x 89 cm
The exhibition examined the public and private lives of husband and wife painters, Maurice Brianchon and Marguerite Louppe, both of whom lived and workedin France in the pivotal time leading up to World War II, through the late 1970’s. The exhibition was curated by David Hirsh and William Corwin.
Maurice Brianchon, Bal Masqué, 1948. Oil on canvas, 33 x 55 cm
In honor of the upcoming World Communications Day, the Institute for Communication and Religion within the College of Communication and the Arts and University Libraries will discuss The Absence of Healthy Confrontation: Reflections on Pope Francis’ World Communications Day Message on Fake News on Wednesday, April 11th, from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the 2nd floor Common Area of the Walsh Library.
The program is part of the “Critical Issues in Information and Education” Speaker’s Series by University Libraries. The event is free and open to the University community. Light refreshments will be served.
The event will feature Monsignor Dennis Mahon, Ph.D., coordinator for the Institute for Communication and Religion and associate professor of communication, and Dr. Ki Joo (KC) Choi, committee member for the Institute for Communication and Religion and chair of the Department of Religion, discussing remarks made by Pope Francis about fake news and the importance of truth during his World Communications Day message at the beginning of the year.
“The Institute for Communication and Religion is excited to partner with University Libraries for this important discussion,” said Monsignor Mahon. “I hope the event provides attendees with the opportunity to understand how communication and religion are integrally connected.”
Monsignor Mahon brings to the conversation more than 40 years of experience as a communication faculty member and administrator at Seton Hall University, The Catholic University of America, and Catholic Community Services. After receiving his B.A. from Seton Hall University and S.T.B. from The Catholic University of America, he was ordained for the Archdiocese of Newark. He later went on to earn his M.A. from Fairfield University and Ph.D. from Syracuse University.
Monsignor Dennis Mahon
Dr Choi, an associate professor of religion, is an ethicist, specializing in Catholic and Protestant moral theology, political theory/ethics, and the political morality of race and ethnicity. His teaching areas also include the ethics of war and peace and the relationship between science (evolutionary theory) and theological ethics. He earned his B.A. and a M.Div. from Yale and his Ph.D. from Boston College.
Dr. Ki Joo (KC) Choi
The University Libraries’ Speaker’s Series, “Critical Issues in Information and Education,” focuses on the intersection of educational and informational issues. Its inaugural event on issues of mass communication featured John Berry III, former editor-in-chief of Library Journal, on misinformation and Dr. Christopher Tienken, associate professor of education administration at the University, on the false narrative surrounding the current educational testing regime and educational standardization. Its second program, Discursive and Demographic Dysfunction, Or, Why It Is So Hard To Decide What The Facts Are, included Rutgers University Professors Marie Radford, Library and Information Sciences, on narratives of information seeking and Julia Sass Rubin, School of Planning and Public Policy, on legal challenges to academic inquiry.
Launched in Fall 2017, the Institute for Communication and Religion provides a nexus for ongoing scholarly exploration of communication topics critically important to religion and society. Under the leadership of Monsignor Mahon and inspired by Nostra Aetate, the Institute enhances the University’s and the College’s sustained leadership in fostering open, clear dialogue and study between religious believers and the broader public in the communication disciplines at the theoretical, professional, and practical levels.
The discussion is the Institute’s latest initiative. The Institute recently hosted curriculum development workshops, cosponsored Ethically Speaking, and its inaugural event, Speaking Truth: Religion in the News Media, featuring The Wall Street Journal Columnist William McGurn, took place in Fall 2017. A large-scale, interreligious event featuring award-winning religion journalist David Gibson is also scheduled for April 24.
To learn more about the Institute for Communication and Religion, please contact Monsignor Dennis Mahon.
