John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations

A key objective of the Ever Forward campaign is to raise funds to build a new $15 million home for the Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations. Only six years old, the school was established in alliance with the United Nations Association of the United States of America and is associated with the UN through its Department of Public Information. The School’s academic programs, leading to a Bachelor of Science or a Master of Arts in diplomacy and international relations, prepare an international student body to become the next generation of global leaders.

Because the Whitehead School has gained tremendous recognition over the years, it has quickly outgrown its present location on the first floor of McQuaid Hall. A new building is urgently needed to accommodate the Whitehead School’s rapid growth.

The new building will be an open, two-story, glass and steel atrium built on the site of Duffy Hall, which will be torn down. Featuring a mock UN room, international reading room, classrooms and a public space for conferences and to welcome prominent leaders to campus, the building will house a distinctive professional school with 18 faculty and 12 administrators and will better prepare our students to become the distinguished global leaders that they strive to be.

The new building will not only conform to the needs of this flourishing school, but will also be a significant global presence on Seton Hall’s campus. Ultimately, this building will be a site from which the University will promote global consciousness and from which the United Nations can come alive, propelling Seton Hall to greater national and international prominence.