Top Stories

• WFTV 9 and Yahoo! News featured Stetson and Stetson Law in the May 4 online story, “Stetson will recognize over 1,000 graduates this spring.”

• The Daytona Beach News-Journal interviewed graduating students Yuliia Balan and Yana Verbova, and Martin Blackwell, PhD, visiting professor of History, for the May 8 story, “Two Ukrainian students graduating from Stetson Saturday grateful for chance to study here.”

Also, Central Florida News 13 featured Stetson in the May 8 broadcast segment, “Ukrainian Students to Graduate from Stetson.” The story featured an interview with Balan and profiled Verbova.

• Central Florida Public Media, WUSF and WJCT featured Stetson’s annual Ending Poverty and Homelessness Conference in the May 7 public radio broadcast and online story, “Poverty and homelessness need a trauma-sensitive approach, advocates say.” The story included an interview with Rajni Shankar-Brown, PhD, professor and Jessie Ball duPont Endowed Chair of Social Justice Education.

• Chicago radio station AM 560 The Answer interviewed Chris Ferguson, PhD, professor of Psychology, for a May 6 broadcast about university campus protests.

• The website hillel.org featured the May 2 commentary, “On Yom HaShoah, Reflecting on the Family I’ve Lost and Found” by Sheridan Macon, a first-year English and creative writing student who will serve as the Religion and Ritual Chair for Stetson’s Hillel in the 2024-2025 academic year.

Other Stories

• HappeningNext cited Stetson’s Concert Choir in the May 5 post “Concert Choir Tour- Orlando.”

• Recruiting Blogs cited Stetson in the May 8 post “Diversity Sourcing Part 2 Hispanic/Latino 050824.”

• This Day cited Stetson in the May 1 story, “Mamman’s Retrogressive Age Limit for University Admission.” The Nigerian Tribune and USAfricaLIVE cited Stetson in the May 7 story “Minister Tahir Mamman and his varsity age limit.”

• Public radio station WUSF cited the university’s name change from DeLand University to Stetson University in a May 8, “This day in history” segment.

• Pat’s Blog cited Erich Friedman, retired professor of Mathematics, and his concept of what has become known as a “Friedman number” in the May 8 post “On This Day in Math – May 8.”

• Florida Weekly cited Stetson’s Science Camp in the May 9 story “Community In The Know.”

Alumni

• The Oakland Press featured the May 2 story “Millions of semi-trucks on US roads still rely on fossil fuels. Cutting-edge EV tech in California could change that” by alumnus Luis Melecio Zambrano.

• The Weekly Challenger profiled Law alumna Dawn Hunter in the May 4 story “2024 Men and Women of Distinction Awards.”

• The Apopka Voice featured a May 6 commentary, “The Transformation of DeLand: Part One – From Deadland to DeLand of Opportunity,” by alumna and Orange County Commissioner Christine Moore.

• VeroNews.com featured alumnus Michael Haridopolos, former president of the Florida Senate, in the May 7 story “Congressman Bill Posey announces retirement.”