On a Mission

Just after dusk on April 12, silence fell over the crowd of Seton Hall students, faculty and alumni who gathered at the Richard and Sheila Regan Fieldhouse. A bagpiper began a slow, melancholy rendition of “Amazing Grace,” while a large-screen projector displayed the names of people who had succumbed to cancer. More than 500 white luminaria lined the track, one for each of the dead.This luminaria ceremony — probably the most emotional part of Seton Hall’s “Relay for Life” fundraiser for the American Cancer Society (ACS) — would never have been possible without the dogged perseverance of junior Michael Jacobson, 20. Jacobson, who has a genetic predisposition to cancer, was committed to founding a Relay program here from the moment he stepped on campus.Read more at...Seton Hall Magazine, Fall 2008.