{"id":2174,"date":"2018-10-15T15:24:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T19:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/?p=2174"},"modified":"2018-10-15T15:47:24","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T19:47:24","slug":"1968-a-year-in-the-life-of-seton-hall-university-a-pictorial-retrospective-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/2018\/10\/1968-a-year-in-the-life-of-seton-hall-university-a-pictorial-retrospective-exhibit\/","title":{"rendered":"1968 : A Year in the Life of Seton Hall University &#8211; A Pictorial Retrospective Exhibit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Archives &amp; Special Collections Center is proud to present an exhibit that shows scenes from the Seton Hall campus from half a century ago to celebrate student life, academics, activities, and the school within the context of one of the most pivotal years and times in national and world history.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2176 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/files\/2018\/10\/1968-lbj-e1539631057294-804x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/files\/2018\/10\/1968-lbj-e1539631057294-804x1024.jpg 804w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/files\/2018\/10\/1968-lbj-e1539631057294-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/files\/2018\/10\/1968-lbj-e1539631057294-768x978.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/files\/2018\/10\/1968-lbj-e1539631057294.jpg 1005w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 85vw, 399px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Counted among the highlights that happened at Seton Hall in 1968 include the following milestones . . .<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The South Orange campus of Seton Hall becomes fully Co-Educational.<\/li>\n<li>The Humanities Building (today known as \u201cFahy Hall\u201d named in honor of Rev. Thomas Fahy) houses offices and classroom space is dedicated.<\/li>\n<li>The Boland Hall East Dormitories were also dedicated on October 23.<\/li>\n<li>Bishop John J. Dougherty serves as the University President (1959-69).<\/li>\n<li>Commencement takes place on June 8th of that year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2178\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/files\/2018\/10\/1968-poster-e1539631084724-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/files\/2018\/10\/1968-poster-e1539631084724-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/files\/2018\/10\/1968-poster-e1539631084724-768x1194.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/files\/2018\/10\/1968-poster-e1539631084724-658x1024.jpg 658w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/files\/2018\/10\/1968-poster-e1539631084724.jpg 823w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 85vw, 243px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sister Agnes Reinkemeyer is appointed Dean of the School of Nursing on July 11th of that year.<\/li>\n<li>University Council approves Voluntary R.O.T.C. Program on campus.<\/li>\n<li>Business School starts plans for a new structure (ultimately completed in 1972).<\/li>\n<li>Spring Weekend at Seton Hall called the \u201cBiggest and Best Ever\u201d at the time.<\/li>\n<li>New Core Curriculum plan for the College of Arts &amp; Sciences is discussed in December.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2177 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/files\/2018\/10\/1968-peace-e1539631067544-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/files\/2018\/10\/1968-peace-e1539631067544-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/files\/2018\/10\/1968-peace-e1539631067544-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/files\/2018\/10\/1968-peace-e1539631067544-768x404.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/files\/2018\/10\/1968-peace-e1539631067544-1200x631.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/files\/2018\/10\/1968-peace-e1539631067544.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2175 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/files\/2018\/10\/1968-computer-e1539631045644-285x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/files\/2018\/10\/1968-computer-e1539631045644-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/files\/2018\/10\/1968-computer-e1539631045644-768x807.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/files\/2018\/10\/1968-computer-e1539631045644-974x1024.jpg 974w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/files\/2018\/10\/1968-computer-e1539631045644-1200x1261.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/files\/2018\/10\/1968-computer-e1539631045644.jpg 1218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 193px) 85vw, 193px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Examples from our collection will be on exhibit from October through December of 2018 in the First Floor foyer of Walsh Library located across from the stairs and elevator.<\/p>\n<p>For additional background on the United States Constitution and questions about relevant holdings and other research topics please feel free to contact us at \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:archives@shu.edu\">archives@shu.edu<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0(973) 761-9476.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Archives &amp; Special Collections Center is proud to present an exhibit that shows scenes from the Seton Hall campus from half a century ago to celebrate student life, academics, activities, and the school within the context of one of the most pivotal years and times in national and world history. &nbsp; Counted among the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/2018\/10\/1968-a-year-in-the-life-of-seton-hall-university-a-pictorial-retrospective-exhibit\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;1968 : A Year in the Life of Seton Hall University &#8211; A Pictorial Retrospective Exhibit&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":2177,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exhibits","category-seton-hall-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/290"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2174"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2180,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2174\/revisions\/2180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}