This is What Great Minds Can Do

THIS IS WHAT

GREAT MINDS CAN DO.

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

WE’RE ON THE RISE. AND WE’RE

NOT STOPPING. Our vision to be recognized as one of the nation’s best colleges is being realized in the accomplishments of our faculty and the prestigious awards they receive. In fact, research grants have skyrocketed 75 percent in the last five years. Every day, we work to live up to our own high standards—and the world is taking notice.

WE BRING THE

BEST SCHOLARS TOGETHER. FULBRIGHT AWARDS 11 faculty Fulbright award recipients in the past three years.

TOP TIER U.S.News & World Report ranks Seton Hall among the top-tier national universities and has moved the University up 13 places in just five years.

18TH YEAR For the 18th consecutive year, The Princeton Review named Seton Hall one of the best colleges in the nation.

TOP 8 PERCENT Money Magazine rates Seton Hall among the top 8 percent of colleges in the nation.

BIGGEST BRAINS

Two of Seton Hall’s top faculty members are included on the list of “Jersey’s 20 Biggest Brains” by Inside Jersey.

FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS ▪ Chemistry professor Sergiu Gorun’s research on harnessing the sun’s energy to fight cancer and clean up the environment was published in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Chemical Communications and featured on the cover.

▪ Speech-Language Pathology professor Sona Patel is making breakthroughs on the early detection of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.

▪ Biologist Tin-Chun Chu’s research on tea extracts may help in the fight against bacterial infections and the spread of “superbugs.”

▪ Law professor Thomas Healy was named a 2015 Guggenheim Fellow.

▪ Anthropology professor Rhonda Quinn is part of an international research team analyzing the world’s oldest stone tools—and their work was featured on the cover of Nature.

▪ A team of Health and Medical Sciences faculty is conducting internationally cited research on teens and social media.

ACADEMIC GROWTH

TOGETHER, WE’RE BUILDING A HEALTHIER FUTURE.

GROWING

STRONGER. We will always look for ways to expand our academic programs if it means we can better meet the needs of our students, the job market and society. This was our vision when we decided to create our two newest schools.

STRENGTHENING OUR CONNECTIONS AND ACCELERATING GROWTH. With our new College of Communication and the Arts, we’re providing our students with a distinct advantage by offering innovative interdisciplinary programs that embrace today’s digital culture and personalized mentorship through our Artist-in-Residence program. In addition, we place our students in valuable internships with more than 180 top organizations in the media and cultural powerhouse that is New York City.

Our partnership with Hackensack University Health Network will position us to be one of only six Catholic universities in the nation with a School of Medicine as well as the only private medical school in New Jersey. This is our opportunity to educate a new generation of healthcare practitioners with a dedication to service in an industry that desperately needs them.

We are also creating a new national model for healthcare education.

By moving the College of Nursing and School of Health and Medical Sciences to a new Health and Medical Sciences campus housing the medical school, we will equip our students to function as members of collaborative healthcare teams.

This model reflects the future of health care, and as the preeminent center for Catholic health sciences education we will attract the best students from around the globe.

STUDENT SUCCESS AND SCHOLARSHIP

RAISING

THE BAR. We always prepare students to lead with character and compassion. To launch meaningful careers that contribute to a world we all want to live in. What we offer—an educational experience for the whole individual—continues to attract the best and brightest, demonstrated by a nearly 100-point increase in the average SAT score of our rst-year students since 2009. During this growth, we’ve continued to stay true to our mission of being a “University of Opportunity” by enrolling approximately 30 percent low-income, Pell-eligible students from all over the country.

TASEEN PETERSON

CYNTHIA SULARZ

enrolled in the Stillman School of Business to take his startup to the next level. And it paid off. His app company, Tap Factory, was named student business of the year

by Student Startup Madness—pushing downloads of his signature app, Notefuly, up to 4 million.

represented the U.S. at the 2014 G(irls) 20 Summit in Australia. She spent a week exploring the challenges facing women and girls around the world. And she became more certain of her passion to empower women everywhere.

FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS*

OUTCOMES

▪ Largest undergraduate applicant pool in Seton Hall history ▪ Largest freshman class in more than 30 years ▪ 30 percent of freshman class in top 10 percent of their high school class ▪ 40 percent of freshman class comes from outside N.J. *2015–16

▪ Top 5 in the nation for internships according to International Business Times ▪ 19 student Fulbright awards since 2009 ▪ The Stillman School’s Business Leadership Program ranked #1 in the nation by Leadership Excellence for the past two years ▪ 6-month post-graduation employment rate is 20 percent higher than the national average

CATHOLIC MISSION/COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

CATHOLIC AT OUR CORE. PIRATES AT HEART. Our Catholic mission is the foundation upon which our education is built. Clergy are active contributors on our campus, and the Catholic intellectual tradition is the bedrock of our Core Curriculum. This rigorous educational model allows our students to grow and embrace their role as servant leaders in their volunteer work, internships and academic studies.

FAITH IN ACTION ▪ Founded the Department of Catholic Studies in 2012 to provide students with a deeper academic exploration in theology and faith.

▪ Recently launched the Archbishop John J. Myers Annual Lecture Series, which brings top religious experts to campus.

▪ With 43 priests living on campus, Seton Hall has one of the highest numbers of clergy in residence of all Catholic universities in the nation.

DOVE (DIVISION OF

VOLUNTEER EFFORTS)

▪ Every year, between 2,000 and 2,500 students participate in community service projects throughout the nation and around the globe.

▪ 48 service trips throughout the United States and abroad since 2004.

▪ 22,824 community service hours performed by our students (2014–15).

We are a relationship-centered institution. Our strength comes from our close connections with our nearly 100,000 alumni around the globe, our philanthropic supporters and the parents of our amazing students.

We have worked strategically to offer a wide array of opportunities for these groups to take an active role in the life and progress of the University through improved communications, enhanced events and volunteer opportunities, and more meaningful ways to provide philanthropic support.

ENGAGEMENT

PHILANTHROPY

▪ Enhanced the University’s regional and international reach with the development of 31 new alumni chapters in the United States and three abroad.

▪ Increased the number of undergraduate alumni making annual gifts to the University, a key indicator in the U.S. News & World Report college rankings, by 38 percent in four years.

▪ Increased participation in events hosted

by Alumni Relations on campus and regionally from 3,600 just four years ago to nearly 7,000 in 2015.

▪ Solidified a new volunteer program offering more tangible opportunities for alumni and parent involvement. To date, 932 new volunteers have registered.

▪ Launched the True Blue program to recognize those who stay actively engaged with Seton Hall each year by attending events or volunteering, advocating for the University, keeping in touch and providing philanthropic support. More than 2,500 alumni, parents, students and friends have become True Blue since the program’s inception.

▪ Grew overall gift commitments from $9.7 million in 2012 to more than $13 million in 2015 and are on track to exceed $20 million in 2016.

▪ Established a new parent program and leadership council resulting in more than 1,300 gifts totaling over $750,000 in new commitments since their inception in 2013.

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT

WELCOMING. STUNNING.

INSPIRING.

COMPLETED PROJECTS

PLANNED PROJECTS

▪ New state-of-the-art Academic Building

▪ Expanded and renovated University Center

▪ New 12,000-square-foot Fitness Center

▪ New home for the College of Communication and the Arts

▪ Renovated and expanded Aquinas Residence Hall

▪ New Student Residence Hall

▪ New Admissions/Welcome Center

▪ Major parking deck expansion

For our students, we are a home. For thought leaders, we are a research incubator. For the job market, we are developing the next generation of talent. We’ve invested $134 million in campus improvements over the last ve years, creating the best and most advanced spaces for our community of scholars. Here are a few of the major building projects we have recently completed and some of the new projects we are currently planning.

The Richie Regan Recreation and Athletic Center

Planned Admissions/Welcome Center

ENSURING THE

ATHLETICS/FINANCIAL STABILITY

Our strategic goal is to be named among the top 75 national universities an nd top f ive Catholic universities by 2025. With th his vision in mind, we’rre launching these e transformative initia atives that build upon the University’s historicc mission, our academic strengths an nd the powerr of greatt minds.

THE

POWER OF PRIDE. Our Pirates have joined the recongured Big East Conference in a move that puts us back where we belong. Even as we’ve rekindled some of our storied rivalries, we’ve invested in the modernization of our facilities so that our varsity athletes can compete at the highest level.

ATHLETIC FACILITY UPGRADES ▪ New Athletics Hall of Fame

▪ Charles W. Doehler Academic Center for Excellence ▪ Renovated varsity locker rooms, weight rooms and training facilities ▪ State-of-the-art softball facilities

▪ Deepen our commitment to the intellectual, moral and spiritual ideals of a Catholic education.

▪ Modernize our campus facilities to give our scholars the tools they need.

▪ Enroll more high-achieving undergraduate students from the top 10 percent of their high school classes.

▪ Raise our national profile by attracting more students from across the U.S. and around the globe.

▪ Establish a Health and Medical Sciences Campus that fosters collaboration and reflects the future of health care.

▪ Reinforce our mission to serve students from diverse ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.

▪ Design innovative academic programs that meet the demands of a rapidly changing global society.

▪ Renovated tennis courts ▪ 2,760-square-foot golf lab Seton Hall Wins 2016 Men’s Big East Basketball Championship

FUTURE.