Top honors from Florida Campus Compact and debate on a defense bill led the news for Stetson this week. Notable national and local news coverage included: Al Jazeera America, Huffington Post, Digital Journal, Hawaii News Now, Cayman News Service, Tampa Bay Times and Herald-Tribune. Top stories for Nov. 15-Nov. 21 include:

• Visiting Law Professor Rachel VanLandingham joined AlJazeera America on Nov. 20 live for a special report, “Defense bill stalls amid debate on military sex assault amendments.”
• According to Digital Journal, Stetson University was awarded the top 2013 Campus-Community Partnership Award for partnership with the Volusia County Public School District by the Florida Campus Compact (FLCC). Stetson’s director of community engagement Savannah-Jane Griffin and assistant director Kevin Winchell also received the FLCC 2013 Above and Beyond Award.
• Hari Pulapaka, associate professor and chair of the department of math and computer science, features a blog in the Huffington Post about “lesser” food ingredients that are overlooked by both amateur and professional chefs.
• Associate professor and chair of the psychology department Christopher J. Ferguson is quoted in Reason and Palladium-Item as he continues to offer his insights about gun violence in media and films.

Other Stories in the News

•  According to Ball State Daily, Stetson University was one among a handful of other universities that traveled with Ball State Officials to visit Vietnam for five days in hopes of broadening international academic relations.
• Law Adjunct Professor Joseph Bodiford appeared on the Nov. 20 Fox 13 news discussing the sentencing phase of the Dontae Morris trial. 
• News of the town hall meeting  at the Tampa Law Center about Medicaid expansion ran in WUSF Florida Matters on Nov. 19.
• Professor of organ Boyd Jones played with the Advent Lutheran Church as part of the Organ Concert Series, according to Hometown News.

Alumni in the News

• Shomari Scott has resigned as director of the Department of Tourism for the Cayman Islands to pursue a new career that will be in line with serving the country, according to Cayman News Service.
• According to the Nov. 15 Herald-Tribune, Erika Quatermaine was appointed Sarasota County judge by Governor Rick Scott. Additional coverage: YourObserver.com, Tampa Bay Times.
• Denise Hines was named Executive Director of the Georgia Health Information Network (GaHIN), according to TMCnet.
• Bardford J. Cunningham, according to the Herald Online, Hawaii News Now, Virtual-Strategy Magazine, and more, has been promoted to Company’s Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of 7’s Electronic Cigarettes.
• News of the Lima Bar Association honoring two Florida lawyers, including Law alumnus Jose Toledo, at Stetson’s Tampa Law Center has run in the Nov. 15 Florida Bar News.
• According to the Nov. 18 Akron Legal News, Law alumnus Kenneth Mirkin is helping with the new AmeriCorps Veterans Legal Corps.