Author: Janie Graziani
Stetson University

Annual Yule Log Lighting to open holiday season at Stetson

Stetson University invites the community to join in its annual Yule Log Lighting ceremony Tues., Dec. 1, 6 p.m., at Hulley Tower, 513 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, between DeLand Hall and Chaudoin Hall. The event is free and open to the public. This annual ritual traditionally opens the holiday season at Stetson University. It began at Stetson in […]

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Stetson University In the News, Sept. 25-Oct. 1

Top Stories­ Discussion regarding the construction of the Athens Commons II, perceived by many DeLand residents as Stetson’s planned, off-campus dorm, was featured in the Daytona Beach News-Journal on Sept. 28. It was followed up by a letter to the editor from President Wendy Libby on Sept. 30. On Sept. 26, Stetson students were featured […]

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Clay Henderson, Stetson University

Henderson to Head New Water Institute

Stetson University has selected noted environmentalist and policy expert Clay Henderson as the first executive director of its newly established Institute for Water and Environmental Resilience. The institute, a first of its kind at Stetson, will focus on water and environmental research in order to offer policy options to protect them and other natural resources […]

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Stetson University In the News, July 17-23

Top Stories Paul Boudreaux, professor of law, wrote an op-ed on eminent domain published in the Orlando Sentinel’s Front Burner on July 17. Roberta Flowers, professor of law, is quoted in the July 22 Tampa Bay Times article, “Jury selection in latest Dontae Morris case a slow, delicate task.” Charles Rose, director of Stetson Law’s […]

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Reiter Wins NEH Enduring Questions Grant

Kimberly Reiter, Ph.D., associate professor of history, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Enduring Questions grant. Reiter was surprised and excited about the possibilities of what winning this grant could provide for her and her students. “I quite frankly did not expect to be selected,” Reiter said. “However, I had heard about it […]

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Betty Thorne, Stetson University

Thorne New Chair of Business Administration

Betty Thorne, Ph.D., professor of statistics, has been appointed the Christian R. Lindback Chair of Business Administration for the 2015-2016 academic year. This chair, the first established at Stetson,  is awarded to a faculty member with national recognition for scholarly contributions and a record of excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching. Thorne co-authored a statistics textbook that has been translated into several […]

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