About the College
Seton Hall University has a great heritage of research and teaching
in the field of nursing, with courses offered since 1937, and a school of
nursing education formally founded a few years later in 1940.
In 1971 the school was renamed the College
of Nursing and, in 1973, it moved into the purpose-built Caroline D. Schwartz
building which has been its home ever since.
Situated on a 58-acre main campus in South Orange, New Jersey, the
College is at the center of a vibrant research and teaching community,
where students and academics have found inspiration to grow and succeed
for more than 150 years.
As well as being conveniently located near major road and rail links to
the north and south of the state, SHU is only 14 miles from New York
City, making it the ideal base from which to explore the region further.
The College is home to more than 40 full-time faculty, all of whom have a
substantial record of academic achievement, and who help us to deliver
the unrivalled combination of evidence-based learning and hands-on
expertise that has become the hallmark of a Seton Hall education.
The quality of our faculty is complemented by the extensive facilities
available to students, from advanced patient care simulation
laboratories to laptop-based learning and wireless Internet access.
Some significant moments in our history
| 1937 | Students attend
baccalaureate nursing classes under the auspices of Seton Hall
College |
| 1940 | School of
Nursing Education founded |
| 1941 | School begins
accrediting diploma nursing programs (a forerunner of the
National League for Nursing accreditation process) |
| 1940-1945 | The Industrial
Nursing and Public Health Nursing programs are added |
| 1947-1951 | To serve the
demand for education from nurses returning from World War II,
two major courses are founded: Nursing Education and Public
Health, School & Industrial Nursing |
| 1950 | New Jersey
legislature grants Seton Hall College university status |
| 1954 | Four-year
baccalaureate nursing program established |
| 1960 | The National
League for Nursing accredits the School of Nursing |
| 1967 | School of
Nursing moves from Newark to the main South Orange campus |
| 1971 | School of
Nursing renamed Seton Hall University College of Nursing to make
the nursing program’s position clear within the broader academic
context of the University |
| 1973 | Master of
Science in Nursing program offered for the first time |
| 1975 | The College’s
honor society is chartered as the Gamma Nu Chapter of Sigma
Theta Tau |
| 1978 | International
program with Hangzhou School of Nursing, China is established |
| 1988 | Graduate program
for clinical specialists in critical care established MA in nursing education program established MSN/MA accelerated program established First students undertaking RN-to-BSN entirely off-campus graduate |
| 1992 | College receives
major research grant of $750,000 to investigate the impact of
social support on caregivers of children with HIV/AIDS 13-month accelerated baccalaureate program for non-nursing graduates begins |
| 2001 | Joint MSN & MBA
program developed in collaboration with Seton Hall’s Stillman
School of Business |
| 2002 | College receives
a grant of $960,000 from the Department of Health and Human
Services to fund the development and implementation of on-line
MSN programs for nurse practitioners. |
| 2005 | College receives
grant of over $780,000 from HRSA to fund the PhD in Nursing
Program |
| 2008 | New Jersey Board
of Nursing approves establishment of Clinical Nurse Leader
program |
 1965 – Members of the Student Nurse Association |
 1974 – Members of the Student Nurse Association |
 1982 – Nursing majors practicing in the lab |
 1982 – Students study cardiac monitors |
 1991 – Students prepare to give an injection |
Images courtesy of the Seton Hall University Archives & Special Collections Center