Nobel Prize nominee and Inuit leader Sheila Watt-Cloutier speaks on “Biodiversity and Climate Change” May 22 at 7 p.m. at the Mahaffey Theatre in St. Petersburg. The lecture is part of a series developed by Stetson University College of Law’s Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy, Friends of the United Nations, the WHALE Center Global Healing Initiative and the Mahaffey Theater at Progress Energy for the Arts.

. . . who has been elected Secretary of the Ferguson-White Inn of Court.

. . . who has been appointed to the SEALS Internationalization Committee.

Governor Charlie Crist, Stetson University College of Law and the Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement will sponsor “Investigating and Prosecuting Financial Exploitation of an Elderly Victim” on May 21 in the elder-friendly Eleazer Courtroom on Stetson’s Gulfport campus, 1401 61st St. S.
Lt. Governor Jeff Kottkamp will introduce the program, which provides training for law enforcement and social services providers using case examples involving financial scams of elder consumer victims.

. . . who has been appointed to chair the SEALS "Distance Learning" committee next year.

. . . who has been appointed to serve on the SEALS "Call for Papers" committee next year.

Professor Rebecca Morgan has been selected to be on the cover of NAELA magazine.

. . . who received the University's Homer and Dolly Hand Awards for Excellence in Faculty Scholarship for 2006-2007.

. . . who received the University's Excellence in Teaching Award for 2006-2007.

Professor Henderson participated in a web conference in conjunction with Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government's ASH Institute for Democratic Goverance and Innovation on May 10th. Link to Harvard's site: http://www.innovations.harvard.edu/xchat-transcript.html?chid=61

A record number of 252 Stetson University College of Law graduates walked in commencement ceremonies on May 12.

Twenty-two students graduated with a JD degree from the part-time class, nine students with master of laws degrees and 26 students with both an MBA and a JD degree.

Stetson University College of Law is moving graduation ceremonies from the Gulfport campus to the Pasadena Community Church, 227 70th St. S., St. Petersburg due to smoke and outdoor visibility. The commencement ceremony will begin Saturday, May 12 at 10 a.m.