President's Award for Student Service 2020  

With commitment to students central to our mission at Seton Hall, the University each year honors members of the community who demonstrate their dedication to ensuring student success through the President's Award for Student Service. In January, students began nominating University employees who have shown outstanding service in fulfilling their duties.

The 2020 award recipients honored by President Joseph E. Nyre, Ph.D., are Ibiyemi Adesanya, M.S., manager of the campus ID office, and Kurt Rotthoff, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Economics and Legal Studies in the Stillman School of Business.

As manager of the campus ID office, Adesanya, in conjunction with other authorized departments, is responsible for creating, issuing and maintaining the official Seton Hall University Pirate Campus Card used by all students, faculty and employees.

In expressing their gratitude for Adesanya, students described her as thoughtful and kind, as someone who provides excellent guidance and serves as an important resource on campus. "Ibiyemi is a great manager, friend and mother figure to everyone who meets her," one student wrote. "She prioritizes the student workers' health, education and mental health over anything, which I adore about her. Ibiyemi would be the perfect person for this award because she personifies leadership, goodness and love."

Rotthoff teaches sport finance at the undergraduate and graduate level as well as economics and liberty, principles of microeconomics and principles of macroeconomics. He has received awards for both his teaching and his research. His areas of interest include behavioral economics, financial economics, and industrial organization and focus on economics and finance in sports and economics of education.

"He is passionate about what he teaches and is enthusiastic in class," one student wrote of Rotthoff. "He goes above and beyond to make the material relevant. He gives advice and assistance not just on academic matters, but on personal issues as well. He exemplifies the values of Seton Hall."

Categories: Campus Life, Faith and Service