The Seton Hall University radio station, WSOU, will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its Arab Caravan Radio Show on Saturday with a benefit concert featuring virtuoso Simon Shaheen and his ensemble.
Seton Hall alumna Beatriz Manetta will be inducted into the Seton Hall University Entrepreneur Hall of Fame along with fellow alum Sunny Bathla. SOUTH ORANGE -- The Seton Hall University radio station, WSOU, will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its Arab Caravan Radio Show on Saturday with a benefit concert featuring virtuoso Simon Shaheen and his ensemble.
The radio show, which runs on Sundays from 4 to 6 p.m., is made possible through the New Jersey Arab Cultural Institute, also co-sponsor of the event.
A musician, performer, composer and lecturer, Shaheen tours internationally to promote awareness of Arab music.
The concert is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. in Jubilee Hall on SHU's campus. Tickets are $25; students will be admitted for $15.
Seton Hall is located at 400 South Orange Ave. For more information or reservations, call 973-202-2221 or 201-207-3580 or email JTO1037@aol.com.
In other SHU news, business leaders and Seton Hall alumni Sunny Bathla and Beatriz Manetta will be honored on October 7 when they will be inducted into the Seton Hall University Entrepreneur Hall of Fame.
Bathla, a Millington resident, graduated from Seton Hall's Stillman School of Business with a bachelor of science degree in finance in 2000 and returned to enroll in the master's program for accounting.
In 2007, he founded OSB Consulting, a specialized consulting services firm that he started in his basement. As it grew, he hired fellow students in the Stillman MBA program, several of whom still work with him.
Bathla sold OSB Consulting to Virtusa Corp., a global information technology services company, in 2013. He currently serves as the vice president at Virtusa.
Manetta, of Far Hills, is the founder, president and chief executive officer of Argent Associates Inc. and Asociar LLC.
She received her master's degree in international business from Seton Hall, where she received the Beta Gama Sigma Award for "contributing significantly to the vitality and strength of the economy." She also serves on the Seton Hall University Board of Regents.
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