Information Sessions

Information Sessions are offered throughout the year. These are good opportunities to:

• talk with the admission counselor, program director, financial aid officer, and faculty
• learn how to prepare a competitive application
• hear about the best times to apply
• discover how applications are evaluated, the interview process, etc.

Contact: Jimmerson@setonhill.edu, or 724-838-4231 for more information.

Tentative dates for Fall 2003 Information Sessions are:

Dietetics

October 25, 2003

Bayley Hall

Room 205

 1:30-3pm

 November 19, 2003

Bayley Hall

Room 205

 6pm-7:30pm

Seton Hill University Selected to Participate in SENCER: Summer Institute on

Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities

SENCER is sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Association of American Colleges and Universities. The SENCER institute was held Aug 8-12 at Santa Clara University in San Jose, CA. The SHU team consisted of Assistant Professor of Biology, Dr. Wendy Sera, team leader and primary author of the SENCER grant proposal, Dr. Steven Bassett, Associate Professor of Biology, Doreen Tracy, Asst. Professor of Nutrition/Dietetics, Dr. John Spurlock, Chair of  the Humanities Division and Susan Yochum, SC, Ph.D., Chair of the Division of Natural and Health Sciences.

By participating in the SENCER Summer Institute, SHU is contributing to a national reform effort that connects the improvement of undergraduate science education to some of the most vexing civic challenges our nation and our future graduates will face. The SHU team will be working on the revision of the courses that have the primary purpose of fulfilling the liberal arts core  science requirement. During the Fall 03 semester, Dr. Sera will be revising  Environmental Issues and Doreen Tracy will be revising Nutrition for Life. Both of these SENCER courses will be offered Spring 04.  Additional courses will be revised according to the SENCER model in 04-05.

The SENCER project is supported with a grant from the National Science Foundation and is designed to achieve three pressing goals: 1) to improve science education, especially for students who may never major in a scientific field; 2) to connect science education reform to more robust and relevant general education programs; and 3) to stimulate informed civic engagement with scientific questions on the part of today's students.

Members of the SENCER team

on left - Sr. Susan Yochum and Doreen Tracy

Below Center - Dr. Wendy Sera

Below Right - Dr. Steve Bassett

Below left - Dr. John Spurlock

Dr. Chris Diaz's research paper, "Demand-Update: Scalable Consistency for Distributed Systems in Wide-Area Networks," was accepted over the summer for the International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET '03), at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota.  Dr. Diaz will also be presenting his workshop, "Introduction to Terascale Code Development," at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center on October 13-14, 2003.

2nd Annual Natural & Health Sciences Division Social

Freshmen converse with Sr. Ann Infanger 

A party was hosted by the Biology, Chemistry and Math Clubs to introduce students to the new and existing faculty within the division. All of the chemistry, biology, physician assistant, dietetics, math, and computer science majors and faculty were invited. The social lasted about three hours and was held in the Greensburg Room.   It was a great opportunity for new students, freshmen, and upper-class-mates to learn more about their field of study.  Faculty members as well as club officers  were available to field questions while enjoying good food and stimulating conversation.

Congratulations to the Seton Hill University Chemistry Club

For the tenth consecutive year, Seton Hill University's Chemistry Club

Chapter has earned the American Chemical Society’s Outstanding

Chapter Award.