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SA home for ETONthe mind, the heart and the spirit HALLFall 2015 THE PEACE BUILDERS: SETON HALL FACULTY HELP FOSTER PEACE ABROAD NEW COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION AND THE ARTS ThePhenom SETON HALL BASEBALL ALUM CRAIG BIGGIO IS INDUCTED INTO THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME SETON HALL Fall 2015 Vol. 26 Issue 2 In this issue Seton Hall magazine is published by the Department of Public Relations and Marketing in the Division of features University Advancement. President 22 Biggio’s Big Moment A. Gabriel Esteban, Ph.D. Former Seton Hall catcher Craig Biggio is Vice President for inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. University Advancement David J. Bohan, M.B.A. 26 On the Path to Peace Associate Vice President for Faculty at the School of Diplomacy Public Relations and Marketing and International Relations actively Dan Kalmanson, M.A. engage in the process of fostering and maintaining peace abroad. Director of Publications/ University Editor Pegeen Hopkins, M.S.J. 22 Art Director departments Elyse M. Carter Design and Production 2 From Presidents Hall Muniza Khan Copy Editor 4 HALLmarks Kim de Bourbon 14 Redefining the History of Man Assistant Editor William F. Golba Professor Rhonda Quinn played a key role on a team of scientists who dis- News & Notes Editors covered the world’s oldest stone tools. Robert X. Mayers ’10/M.B.A. ’12 Taryn Nie 16 Through Divine Mercy Contributing HALLmarks Writers Barbara La Porte, M.A. ’13 offers a Joe Cummins remarkable lesson in the power of Kim de Bo urbon forgiveness. 26 Send your comments and suggestions 18 In the BIg Leagues by mail to: Seton Hall magazine, Stillman students collaborate with FOX Department of Public Relations Sports to define “The Seton Hall Way.” and Marketing, 519 South Orange Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07079; 20 The Ripple Effect by email to [email protected]; or by phone at 973-378-9834. Scholarships established in the name of the late Army Capt. Gregory T. Dalessio ’00/M.A. ’04 allow his spirit Cover photo courtesy of the Houston Astros; facing page: photo by Matt Lester. of generosity to live on. 30 Sports at the Hall 34 Alumni News & Notes 16 48 Last Word www.shu.edu FROM PRESIDENTS HALL | A. GABRIEL ESTEBAN, PH.D. SETON HALL MAGAZINE | FALL 2015 Now more than ever, society needs strong and ethical Developing the leaders in the information, digital and cultural domains as new communication tools rapidly reshape the day-to- day lives of people around the globe. On the individual level, modern technologies offer and students the ability to speak their minds or showcase Artists their artistic skills to an unlimited audience in almost any way they desire, on almost any topic and without anyone to filter what is presented. At the national and global level, Communicators how the United States is regarded around the world is a function of how well the nation communicates on various topics: political, economic, artistic and financial. of Tomorrow To successfully train the next generation of servant leaders, Seton Hall must prepare its students for productive and ethical involvement in the emerging communication and artistic paradigms. How well are we training them to communicate via multiple methods “Christian communicators need a formation and technologies? What 21st-century models are we rior to 2015, the last two major academic units developing to guide them? How proficiently are they which enables them to work effectively in a established at Seton Hall were the Graduate able to assess the ethical quality of their creations? PSchool of Health and Medical Sciences created The College of Communication and the Arts will be a media environment. Such a formation will in 1987 and the School of Diplomacy and International dynamic and essential participant in addressing these Relations, with its inaugural class in 1998. In the past emerging questions. It will harness the power and prox- have to be comprehensive: training in tech- 10 months, we have been blessed to announce two major imity of the nation’s largest media market and expose additions to our colleges and schools. After revealing future communicators and artists to a top-notch faculty, nical skills; training in ethics and morality, plans for a new school of medicine in January — a leading-edge curriculum and the University’s time- project that continues to move forward — Seton Hall honored values-based instruction. with particular attention to values and proudly launched a College of Communication and the I hope you share my excitement as we welcome Seton Arts this past summer. Hall’s new college, which signifies our growing involve- norms relevant to their professional work; The new college, which had existed as a department ment in the arenas that create and transmit our shared in the College of Arts and Sciences, was created to build social culture — whether through a single theatrical training in human culture, in philosophy, upon Seton Hall’s strengths in mass media as well as performance or a webcast that is viewed by millions of the fine and performing arts and to take advantage of people. I am confident that the College of Communication history, social sciences and aesthetics. But opportunities offered by the University’s location in and the Arts will foster graduates whose vigorous and before all else, it will have to be a formation the New York metropolitan area. It is the culmination conscientious exercise of their professions will help of years of planning and collaborating with our faculty improve the lives of people around the world. n in the interior life — the life of the spirit.” and alumni with the goal of enhancing and elevating the prominence of Seton Hall’s communication and the arts – St. John Paul II Peck Field Peter by Photo offerings as outlined in the University’s strategic plan. 2 3 HALLMARKS SETON HALL MAGAZINE | FALL 2015 A GREAT The Just SO Festival For three days in late June, artists, professors Mark Svenvold and Fortunato Immigrant performers, musicians, storytellers, Battaglia with poet Gary Glazner around University President A. Gabriel Esteban was to ensure that today’s young Americans — professors and civic leaders came the idea that “interacting with art and among 38 people from across the country many of whom come from immigrant families together for a festival of art and ideas. music has a stimulating effect on our honored as “Great Immigrants: The Pride of — receive an education that will allow them South by South Orange (SOXSO) was neurological state.” America” on July 4 by the Carnegie Corpora- to realize their own hopes and aspirations.” the brainchild of South Orange Village Buckner found the feedback from tion of New York. The honorees have made new homes in trustee Steve Schnall, who described those attending excellent: “People ate up This was the philanthropic trust’s 10th year the United States after arriving from more the multiday event as a “creative colli- the opportunity to come and learn things honoring naturalized citizens from all walks of than 30 other countries, and represent lead- sion” of ideas between the University With WSOU broadcasting live for in general, to have public exchanges life who are making vital contributions to the ership in a wide range of professions. Among and the village. many of the events, there were 12 with scholars and thinkers.” Although country, and who “have helped advance and their ranks are Nobel and Pulitzer Prize Janine Buckner, psychology professor creative and interactive sessions as the South by Southwest Festival in enlighten our society, culture and economy.” winners, television personalities, diplomats, “The promise inherent in the American scientists, artists, musicians, an Olympic and associate dean of the College of well as 15 musical performances and Austin, Texas, has asked that the South Dream, which has attracted immigrants to the gymnast and a Major League Baseball coach, Arts and Sciences, coordinated the TED-style talks by Seton Hall profes- by South Orange name not be carried United States for centuries, has been fulfilled among others. festival on Seton Hall’s side. “This was sors, community authors and artists. forward to next year, there will definitely in my life many times over,” said Esteban, a The list of this year’s Carnegie honorees an event that was one of the first of Buckner’s favorite event was a dynam- by another “creative collision” in South native of the Philippines. “At Seton Hall, I work is posted online at www.greatimmigrants.org. Chapel photo by Brian Kutner Brian by photo Chapel its kind in New Jersey,” she said. ic conversation between Seton Hall Orange in Summer 2016, Buckner said. Following Olympic-Sized Dreams lympic gymnast Shawn Johnson came to campus in March for the Student Activity Board’s fourth installment in the “SHU Speaks” series. Johnson won a gold medal on the balance beam at age 16 when she competed in the O2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and also took home three silver medals. She went on to compete on ABC-TV’s “Dancing with the Stars” and on NBC-TV’s “Celebrity Apprentice,” but a knee injury helped prompt her retirement from gymnastics. Her appearance at Seton Hall was sparked by a collaboration between the Student Activity Board and the Stillman School of Business, with a market-research class help- ing to identify activities students would like to see on campus. In her speech, Johnson emphasized the importance of pursuing pas- sions and dreams, and discussed Architecture&Design.com named Seton Hall to its what led her to retire at age 22 and pursue a college education “30+ Insanely Beautiful Colleges at Vanderbilt University. Photo of Shawn Johnson by Ryan Towe; photo of Dr.