Enriching Our Education

Experience

For education that awakens purpose. For learning that unlocks opportunities. For good.

We are deeply committed to shaping grounded, resilient graduates through hands-on, real-world experiences that prepare them to thrive in a rapidly changing world. Our strategic investments foster learning that goes beyond the classroom — through internships, research, service learning, global engagement and athletic participation — empowering students to apply their knowledge in meaningful contexts. This immersive approach equips students with the skills and mindset needed for career success and fuels innovation, solidifying our position as a leading university.

Your gift makes it possible to advance educational offerings beyond the classroom through deep experiential learning opportunities that prepare our students for career achievement in a changing world.

Areas of Strategic Investment

Help carry on our legacy of intellectual inquiry and high-impact learning

Experiential learning

Hands-on, real-world experiences are a cornerstone of our educational approach. Giving toward programs such as internships, study abroad, consulting in the community, clinical practice and simulation ensures greater access to these highly impactful experiences.

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Signature spaces

We are a tight-knit community that thrives on collaboration and fellowship. Investing in these dynamic, future-focused spaces — such as the University Center and Basketball Performance Center — will enrich the University experience for the next generation of Pirates.

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Academic centers, institutes and programs:

We're strategically adapting our education across specific disciplines. By supporting our flagship academic centers and institutes, you ensure our students are prepared to navigate a rapidly evolving professional world.

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Buccino Leadership Institute

The Institute offers select students a unique and effective interdisciplinary experience – shaping students in their development as leaders at and beyond Seton Hall. The Institute empowers students across every academic discipline through a four-year curriculum, which includes high-impact simulations, interdisciplinary collaboration and real-world engagement.

Center for Sports Media

The Center for Sports Media redefines how students are trained in media, communications, sports business, engaging with the sports community, and producing groundbreaking content through University channels and partnerships with major media outlets.

Center for Catholic Studies

The Center for Catholic Studies is dedicated to fostering an ongoing dialogue between the Catholic intellectual tradition and all areas of study and contemporary culture.

Joseph A. Unanue Latino Institute

The Unanue Institute advances, educates and transforms students into the next generation of servant leaders in our ever-changing global society. The Institute’s academic, cultural and community programs inspire, educate and immerse its students. The Institute encourages its students to be active members of their community, obtain on-campus leadership roles and embrace Latin America’s rich culture and history.

National Security Fellowship

The National Security Fellowship gives graduate students real-world experience by assigning them a research project commissioned by a U.S. government agency. NSF brings select fellows to Washington, D.C. each year to complete and present their research.

Buccino Leadership Institute

Center for Sports Media

Center for Catholic Studies

Joseph A. Unanue Latino Institute

National Security Fellowship

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Our impact

Stories of excellence, innovation and enrichment

"That’s a lot of star power for students to learn from. The opportunities the Center has given us are second to none."

Jackson Shank '25

Experiences that open doors

With a mission to “redefine how students are trained” in sports media, the Center for Sports Media was established in 2021 thanks to a donation from longtime ESPN personality Bob Ley ‘76. For aspiring sportscaster Jackson Shank ‘25, the Center has led to extraordinary opportunities — including an MLB Network internship, hands-on experience with ascendant digital mediums, and face time with big shots like Peter King, Stephen A. Smith, Tom Rinaldi and Billie Jean King, whom he was able to interview for a social media clip.

"It has opened my eyes to different career paths within international relations. The entire journey has just been extremely beneficial."

Emmanuel Ogundele '20

Opportunities that create impact

In 2024, Emmanuel Ogundele ‘20 participated in his first project for the National Security Fellowship (NSF), which gives graduate students real-world experience by assigning them a research project commissioned by a U.S. government agency. “It has opened my eyes to different career paths within international relations,” Ogundele says. “The entire journey has just been extremely beneficial.”

After graduating in 1963 and a brief Peace Corps stint, George Laudato ‘63 devoted the next 40 years of his life to USAID. After he died in 2022, his family wanted to uphold his legacy by helping students “demonstrate their ability to analyze geopolitical threats and opportunities.”

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