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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In the eyes of three former women’s basketball standouts, Seton Hall is the chosen family that provided the roots and wings they needed to play professionally overseas. Alexia Allesch, Azana Baines and Sidney Cooks all started their college careers elsewhere, but say that a strong sense of family and community helped draw them to Seton Hall. Coach Tony Bozzella credits their…
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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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Diplomacy has become second nature to Wendy Da’Cruz ’12/M.A./M.P.A. ’15 in all facets of her career: as entrepreneur, consultant and mentor. So has versatility: Da’Cruz, who has Seton Hall graduate degrees in diplomacy and international relations as well as public administration, worked as a consultant for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa in addition…
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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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Maureen Wadiak ’80 reflects on the value of a private education and giving back to the Seton Hall community. A few years ago, Maureen Wadiak ’80 retired from a rewarding career in social work that included case management, program development, administration and teaching. Having spent decades in a profession devoted to helping others, Wadiak is…
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A lot of women have exploded off the starting blocks and into the pool since Seton Hall first formed a women’s swim team in 1978. There’s been no shortage of BIG EAST champions among them, either. But competing in the NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships was always just out of reach. That…
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Associate professor Joseph Huddleston utilizes a sabbatical in D.C. to prepare diplomacy students for a rapidly changing political landscape. Joseph Huddleston, Ph.D., is spending his sabbatical working in Washington, D.C., on federal legislation that may or may not be enacted. But his time won’t be wasted — he’s learning lessons he’ll be bringing back to…
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