Decorated Navy SEAL Jonathan Bertera ’04 draws on 20 years of experience to teach ethics at the U.S. Naval Academy. On the crisp September morning in 2001 when two hijacked jetliners crashed headlong into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, Jonathan Bertera was in the first month of his sophomore year…
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An Innovation Hub is coming to Walsh Library to provide students with hands-on learning opportunities fueled by access to emerging technologies. Located on the ground floor, the hub will include open study space, technology consultation areas and studios to explore virtual reality and artificial intelligence (AI) as well as content creation, including a recording space and podcast studios. The…
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To call Niamh Campbell a student athlete would not be incorrect, just somewhat inadequate. Sure, she’s starting her third year on a Division 1 tennis team after being voted co-captain by her teammates and was chosen as her class’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2024-25. Yes, she has a 4.0 grade-point average. But she’s also a polished, capable journalist and commentator on…
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Jennifer McCarthy shapes her students into compassionate, capable healthcare professionals through clinical simulation. Having worked as a paramedic for over 35 years, Jennifer McCarthy has experienced life and death in many forms. She has resuscitated patients in cardiac arrest, responded to fatal car crashes and given lifesaving care to patients slipping into anaphylactic shock. The vulnerability of life continues…
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Educator Tom Arlotto ’66 brings global conversations to Seton Hall through an endowed gift. Tom Arlotto has been on six continents, but he’s always called New Jersey home. A retired educator, he recalls pleasant memories of growing up in Jersey City, New Jersey, with his large family. “I’m one of nine siblings. It was organized chaos,” he says…
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Shayne Simmons began volunteering in college. Service and sustainability are now part of his life’s mission. The late Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’, issued in 2015, includes seven goals. Among them is “ecological spirituality and community involvement and participation.” It’s a goal embodied by Shayne Simmons ’24/M.P.A. ’25, one of four students to receive Seton Hall’s 2025 Servant…
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Inside a Campaign for a Greater Seton Hall On the night of September 19, the Bishop Dougherty University Center buzzed with excitement. Hundreds of Seton Hall alumni, faculty, students, friends and family gathered to celebrate the public launch of For All, Forever: A Campaign for a Greater Seton Hall — the University’s first comprehensive campaign in nearly two decades. Kicking off the…
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Students Farnsworth Hendrickson Jr. and Miguel Freire explore the world of sports journalism while covering Super Bowl LIX. When the mom of a Seton Hall senior came to his dorm room with a suitcase, it wasn’t to help him pack for move-out day. Farnsworth Hendrickson Jr. was about to embark on the experience of a…
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I have been reflecting on the blessings of serving as president for nearly a year now. Chief among them has been the support of alumni across the country — from New York to Las Vegas, North Carolina to Chicago and from Florida to Texas to Utah. Visiting each place, I came away feeling even more…
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Monsignor Joseph Reilly steps into the role of Seton Hall’s 22nd president — guided by faith and an open heart. Stepping down from the podium at the November 4 ceremonies marking his investiture as the University’s 22nd president, Monsignor Joseph Reilly S.T.L., Ph.D., moved closer to the audience to share three aspects of his life…
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