{"id":2625,"date":"2020-07-02T15:39:34","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T19:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/?p=2625"},"modified":"2020-07-02T15:39:34","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T19:39:34","slug":"summer-school-at-setonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/2020\/07\/summer-school-at-setonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer School at Setonia"},"content":{"rendered":"

On most college and university campuses, the voluntary option of attending Summer School between the end of any Spring semester and the beginning of a Fall term is a concept that is commonplace today.\u00a0 This has traditionally been a time when students could undertake selective coursework in order to repeat classes for added intellectual reinforcement, quicken the pace of their respective graduation timetable, or even for self-knowledge and continuing education purposes.\u00a0 Seton Hall has systematically followed this trend of student support through most of the twentieth century into the present day.<\/p>\n

Historically, the typical Academic Year for a Setonia student during the nineteenth century entailed a regimented ten-month academic experience along with their proscribed vacation time to help rejuvenate themselves in time for an Autumn opening.\u00a0 General catalog(ue)s of the 1860s-90s highlighted this required modus operandi<\/em> in the following manner:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Academic year, which consists of two terms of five months each, begins on the first Wednesday of September and ends on the third Wednesday of June.\u00a0 At Christmas there is a vacation of twelve days; and in May students are permitted to be absent for a day or two, to procure Summer clothing.\u00a0 At no other time are they allowed to leave the College, except for reasons of great importance . . . General examinations are held at the end of each term.\u201d<\/p>\n

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“Welcome to Seton Hall Summer School!” A press clip from the Newark News showing the first class of women to attend the South Orange campus of Seton Hall College in 1937. Dr. Howard E. Merity, Director of the Summer School welcomes from left to right: Sally Webster, Natalie McMahon, Lillian Driscoll, and Rita Smatherust<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Over subsequent decades, the number of months that a student at Seton Hall were required to stay on campus had been reduced with final examinations taking place in late or early May with commencement exercises taking place shortly thereafter.\u00a0 This left around three and a half months worth of vacation time as the twentieth century moved forward.\u00a0 As enrollment multiplied along with an increased number of course offerings especially when the Urban Division of Seton Hall (Newark and Jersey City) was created in 1937 became a catalyst to encourage co-educational study.\u00a0 This also led to an opportunity for all <\/em>students (both Men and Women) to freely attend classes at the South Orange campus.\u00a0 However, Women could not fully avail themselves of course enrollment at any time during any formal Academic Year until 1968.<\/p>\n

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From the 1930s forward, especially after World War II a full calendar of Summer-based course offerings were planned and scheduled on an annual basis and representing every individual College, School, and Department on campus along with offerings from the School of Continuing Education and Internet-based learning communities as well.\u00a0 The evolution of Summer School has undergone various developments over the years and continues onward as the popularity of this program had endured.\u00a0 The time usually spent taking any course outside of the traditional Academic Year period is usually accelerated and completed within a matter of a week or two on average, but no matter how long, participation was a valuable experience for many individuals as we move forward into the twenty-first century.<\/p>\n

For more information on the history of Summer School and other aspects of University History we are glad to assist you.\u00a0 Inquires can be sent via the following e-mail address: Archives@shu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On most college and university campuses, the voluntary option of attending Summer School between the end of any Spring semester and the beginning of a Fall term is a concept that is commonplace today.\u00a0 This has traditionally been a time when students could undertake selective coursework in order to repeat classes for added intellectual reinforcement, … Continue reading “Summer School at Setonia”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":2627,"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":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seton-hall-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625","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=2625"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2633,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625\/revisions\/2633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}