Author: Michael Candelaria

Summoning Captain Kirk and Uhura

Editor’s note: In recognition of Black History Month, we celebrate the work of Professor Harry Price, PhD. The full length of this article will appear in the Spring 2021 issue of Stetson University Magazine, to be published in April.  When Harry Price, PhD, associate professor of chemistry and director of biochemistry, was growing up in Chicago […]

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Timely Sabbatical in Taiwan

In a sense, the timing could not have been much better.  Stetson’s Rachel Core, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, barely made it through travel restrictions on the way to her sabbatical in Taiwan. Due to a new strain of COVID-19, Taiwan had closed to foreigners, but Core had a visa […]

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Rising Political Mind

George Alderman ’21 remembers March 12, 2020, all too vividly.  That was the day — and late evening — Alderman went from popular Student Government Association president to true leader. Former Stetson President Wendy B. Libby, PhD, had just announced that all classes on campus would move online for the remainder of the 2020 Spring […]

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The Hatter Gallery

Paige Lynn Driza ’14: Proud and Passing the Torch “I am so grateful for [Stetson’s] kindness. I was able to take time to discuss my love of Stetson University, scholarship opportunities, our academic programs and answer questions my students had about Stetson. I was able to talk about being a first-generation college graduate that achieved Summa […]

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The Hatter Gallery

During Virtual Homecoming 2020 (Nov. 6-8), among the sessions was the Veterans’ Alumni Reunion. Pictured here is Ned Ricks ’68 (top row, middle) and fellow soldiers during their time in Vietnam. Notably, the movie “Apocalypse Now” was based on his company (although Ricks says the film portrayal wasn’t entirely accurate). Scholars reunite: The J. Ollie Edmunds […]

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