Roland George Investments Program’s portfolio adds two more wins to its impressive list of championships. Double talk? Oh, no. Not in the hard-nosed, fact-based world of Stetson University’s Roland George Investment Program (RGIP). But there has been a lot of talk about doubles since the “George students” took double national championships – again. “It’s a double, […]
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Stetson law graduates had the highest pass rate on the Florida Bar exam, and coaching contracts with incentives for academics led the news for Stetson this week. Top national and regional placements include Huffington Post, Associated Press, Orlando Sentinel, Tallahassee Democrat, Tampa Tribune, Ocala Star Banner and Daytona Beach News-Journal. Top stories for Apr. 11-17, […]
Continue ReadingWhen it comes to veterans seeking a business degree, Stetson University is a perfect fit, according to Military Times, which named Stetson’s School of Business Administration a “Best for Vets: Business Schools” in its annual 2014 rankings. Military Times named Stetson University School of Business Administration as the 46th best school in the nation for […]
Continue ReadingA blog post regarding campaign finance law and coverage of a proposed aquatic center on Lake Beresford topped the news for Stetson this week. Notable national and regional placements include: SCOTUSblog, USA Today, Daily Mail Online, Florida Public Radio, Pacific Standard, Orlando Sentinel, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, and Tampa Bay Times. Top stories for Apr. 4-10, 2014, […]
Continue ReadingCoverage of the successful Roland George Investments Program and Stetson’s pursuit of a new aquatic center on Lake Beresford topped the news for Stetson this week. Notable national and regional placements include Florida Trend, Huffington Post, Tampa Bay Times, Daytona Beach News-Journal and Tampa Tribune. Top stories for the week of Mar. 28-Apr. 3 include: […]
Continue ReadingAs students and their parents have learned, it is going to cost more to attend Stetson University next year. Stetson’s Board of Trustees recently approved a 4.5 percent ($1,710) increase in undergraduate tuition to $39,690 while keeping student fees at $350, which will bring the annual bill to $40,040. Although the increase may not be […]
Continue ReadingStetson University is celebrating its revamped sport business program with an “Open House: A New Game Plan for Stetson Sport Business,” Wednesday, April 2, 7 p.m., in the Stetson Room at the Carlton Union Building, 131 E. Minnesota Ave., DeLand. A reception in the Lynn Business Center lobby will follow the event. The Open House […]
Continue ReadingAnother study on the effects of video games on children, and legal action against General Motors led the news for Stetson this week. Notable national and regional placements include Reuters, Yahoo! News, New York Times, Bloomberg View, Miami Herald, Florida Public Radio, Tampa Bay Times and Daytona Beach News-Journal. Top stories for Mar. 21-27, 2014, […]
Continue ReadingFear of juveniles, conflict in Ukraine and recalls at General Motors topped the news for Stetson during the week of Mar. 14-20, 2014. Notable national and regional placements include Time Ideas, New York Times, Miami Herald, Business Insider, The Daily Commercial, WOFL, Daytona Beach News-Journal, Naples Daily News and Lexington Herald-Leader. Top stories for the week include: […]
Continue ReadingFlorida death penalty cases and a controversial ending to the reality television show The Bachelor led the new for Stetson this week. Notable national and regional placements include MLB.com, Times-Union, Globe & Mail, Vancouver Sun, Fox 35, Tampa Tribune, and Daily Nation. Top stories for the week of Mar. 7-13, 2014, include: The March 8 […]
Continue ReadingStetson’s freshman duo of Amber Porter (Woodbridge, Va., right side of photo) and Brianti Saunders (Hilliard, Fla., left side of photo) swept the league’s weekly awards Monday as Porter captured her first Atlantic Sun Player of the Week honor and Saunders landed her third A-Sun Newcomer of the Week accolade. The pair helped lead Stetson […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will host an interdisciplinary conference on the state of democracy titled Democracy in America: Participation and Social Justice, Mar. 27-28. The conference will address problems as well as solutions in the contemporary practice of democracy in the United States from a variety of perspectives, with an emphasis on issues of access, forms of […]
Continue ReadingPeter Nyongo’s, ’17, priceless Spring Break memento (left) includes a selfie with A-list celebrities at the Academy Awards and a respectable list of media mentions. For Stetson, notable national and international media placements for this week include US Weekly, E! Online, Associated Press, The Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph, New Zealand Herald, Seattle Times, Washington […]
Continue ReadingReading for pleasure can positively affect a student’s GPA. Required reading for school? Not so much, according to a recent study by Chris Ferguson, Ph.D., chair of the psychology department at Stetson University. Ferguson, who is probably best known for his ongoing research on the effects of violent video games, decided to conduct research on […]
Continue ReadingStetson University placed second in the statewide 2014 CFA Institute Global Research Challenge hosted at Florida Atlantic University recently. Stetson was well represented by a team of seniors in the Roland George Investments Program (RGIP) led by Captain Jeremy Goldberg and including Matthew Ady, Valeriya Popova, Christian Roeder and Travis Workman. Earlier in the year […]
Continue ReadingAn article in the Washington Post regarding religion in schools and a $2 million gift from a St. Augustine couple led the news for Stetson University this week. Notable national and regional placements include the Washington Post, ESPN online, University Herald, The Atlantic, University Business, Chronicle of Higher Education, Orlando Sentinel, Huffington Post and Fox […]
Continue ReadingA panel discussion of the Gideon v Wainwright case and a water conservation workshop at Stetson led the news this week. Notable media placements include WMNF, Florida Times-Union, Tampa Bay Times, Sarasota Herald Tribune, SFGate and Reason.com. Top stories for Feb. 14-20, 2014, include: Law Dean and Professor of Law Christopher Pietruszkiewicz and Dean Emeritus […]
Continue ReadingVoting on whether to unionize at a Volkswagon assembly plant and a meeting of government officials regarding water supply in Florida led the news for Stetson this week. Significant national and local coverage included CNBC, Newsweek, Toronto Telegraph, National Post, Reason.com, WOFL, College Baseball Daily, and Daytona Beach News-Journal. Top stories for Feb. 7-13 include: […]
Continue ReadingAn editorial on the war on poverty and an article on campaign contributions led the news for Stetson this week. Notable national and regional placements include Slate, Boston Globe, Orlando Sentinel, Center for Public Integrity, WOFL, WKMG, Fox 13, Financial News & Daily Record and Ecology Law Quarterly. Top stories for the week of Jan. […]
Continue ReadingFlorida’s stand your ground law, a college ranking and corporate campaign financing led the news for Stetson this week. National and local media placements include New York Magazine, US News & World Report, The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Tampa Bay Times, Orlando Sentinel and NAC&U newsletter. Top stories for Jan. 10-16, […]
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