Author: Mary Anne Rogers

Law students win at National Championship

Stetson University College of Law students Chad Burgess, Erin Okuno and Morgan Vasigh won the Best Brief Award at the prestigious Andrews Kurth Moot Court National Championship on Jan. 26 in Houston, Texas. (L-R): Erin Okuno, Chad Burgess and Morgan Vasigh won the Best Brief Award at the prestigious Andrews Kurth Moot Court National Championship. The […]

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Volunteer, study abroad opportunities

Want to learn more volunteer and study abroad opportunities? Stetson’s “Community Partner and Study Abroad Fair,” the first of its kind to be co-hosted jointly for students by the Center for Community Engagement and WORLD (International Learning), is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 31, in front of the CUB. Students will have […]

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Pete Dunn Elected to ABCA Hall of Fame

Stetson University baseball coach Pete Dunn has earned college baseball’s highest honor, election to the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Read more about this great news in today’s Daytona Beach News-Journal.   Dunn will be inducted with the Class of 2014. The full class of inductees for 2014 will be announced later this […]

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Summer Freiburg Program rewarding

Participating in Stetson University’s Summer Freiburg Program was one of the most rewarding experiences of my college career. You don’t have to major or minor in German to take part in a program that combines academically rigorous study with several field trips and group excursions. Most importantly, we gained invaluable insight into German cultural and everyday life. […]

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StetsonU’s Cultural Calendar for Spring 2013

Stetson University’s Spring 2013 Cultural Calendar offers something for everyone, including the School of Music concert schedule, the Theatre Arts Department’s production schedule and the exhibition schedule for Stetson’s Hand Art Center. General admission to School of Music concerts, except in the case of the Stetson Opera Theatre, is $10; seniors $8; area students $5; […]

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Hatter Alert Update

Stetson University’s Emergency Management Team sent out a test emergency notification to faculty, staff and students on the DeLand campus on Jan. 16. If you are registered to receive Hatter Alerts, you should have received a text message and voice message on your cell phone and an email. Hatter Alert is Stetson University’s official emergency […]

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The Week Ahead in Hatter Country

Stetson University is humming with many wonderful opportunities for fun, recreation and culture! The following is a list of just some of what’s happening this next week at Stetson: Opening Art Reception for Bluemner Art and Video Exhibitions: Friday, Jan. 25, 6 p.m. in Hand Art Center. Featuring:Oscar Bluemner’s Germany: Juxtaposing Jerichow and Bill Viola: […]

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Hatter Softball 6th in ASun Preseason poll

GoHatters.com http://www.gohatters.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=14600&ATCLID=206094566 The Stetson University softball team has been picked to finish sixth in the 2013 Atlantic Sun Conference preseason coaches poll, which was released on Thursday. The Hatters, who were 26-22 overall in 2012 and 9-9 in the A-Sun, received 56 points in the poll, just two behind fifth-ranked Jacksonville. Florida Gulf Coast received […]

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Law students win Mock Trial Competition

Stetson University College of Law students won the Florida Bar Chester Bedell Mock Trial Competition on Jan. 18 in Orlando, Fla. Stetson has won the competition 20 out of 30 times, including last year. A total of 22 teams from 11 Florida law schools competed.
Two teams of four Stetson Law students advanced to compete against each other in the final round of the competition.… » Read more

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Protecting biodiversity through law

Venable partner Peggy Strand, an expert in federal wetlands and environmental law, talked with Stetson Law students about challenges to protecting biodiversity through the law at the Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture on Jan. 17. Strand explained that one challenge to protecting biodiversity through the law is the lack of consensus among lawmakers on […]

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Magician for the Non-Believers

Stetson University and Hatter Productions will host Peter Boie, Magician for the Non-Believers, 9 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 22, in Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall. The event is open to the Stetson University community–students, faculty and staff–free of charge. The event will be an hour-long imaginative magic show that is sure to leave audience members on […]

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Jazz Professor George West passes away

George Addison West, 81, of DeLand, Fla., musician and jazz educator, died under hospice care on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, after living courageously with myeolodysplastic syndrome (MDS) for several years. Influencing countless students and colleagues throughout an academic career that spanned over 50 years, he devoted his professional life to advocating for jazz education and […]

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Videotape collection opens at Hand Art Center

In addition to the opening of the new Bluemner exhibition: Oscar Bluemner’s Germany: Juxtaposing Jerichow, Stetson University’s Hand Art Center will also feature a videotape collection by artist Bill Viola, also opening Friday, Jan. 25, with a reception from 6-8 p.m. The Viola exhibition will remain open through March 19, 2013. The screening schedule is: […]

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Bluemner exhibit opens at Stetson Jan. 25

OSCAR BLUEMNER’S GERMANY: JUXTAPOSING JERICHOW Works from Stetson University’s Vera Bluemner Kouba Collection January 25 – April 29, 2013 OPENING RECEPTION 6-8 P.M., FRIDAY, JAN. 25  Since its opening in 2009, an important mission of the Hand Art Center at Stetson University has been the exhibition and interpretation of the artwork of Oscar Bluemner (1867-1938) […]

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Stetson to be well-represented at Inauguration

Stetson alumna Second Lt. Shanti S. Nolan will be conducting the U.S. Air Force Band and Honor Guard in President Obama’s inauguration parade on Jan. 21, 2013 in Washington D.C.  Lt. Nolan earned bachelor of music degrees in education and in trumpet performance from Stetson University in 2002. Originally from Vero Beach, Fla., Lt. Nolan […]

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Stetson business profs join Semester At Sea

Two adventurous Stetson University business professors have embarked on a round-the-world voyage aboard a sea-going university campus in the company of extraordinary global leaders. Rebecca and Gary Oliphant are now in the Eastern Pacific spending their sabbaticals as sea-going faculty on the 590-foot MV Explorer. They and their 635 students on board will call at […]

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Martin Luther King’s legacy commemorated

Stetson University will begin a four-day celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life from Sunday through Wednesday, Jan. 20-23. The public is cordially invited to all of the following events at Stetson and throughout DeLand. Sunday, Jan. 20 5:30 p.m. Chapel Service at Stetson University Location: Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, Fla. […]

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British author to speak at Stetson Jan. 23

Stetson University will feature internationally renowned author Geoff Dyer as the James Turner Butler Creative Lecturer for 2013. This special event, scheduled for 8 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 23, in Lee Chapel, inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., on Stetson’s DeLand campus, is open to the public at no charge. Dyer will read from his […]

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Wm. Reece Smith passes away at 87

Legendary Florida lawyer William Reece Smith Jr., who served for decades as a distinguished professorial lecturer at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Fla., died on Jan. 11. Smith was 87. A visitation funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Hyde Park United Methodist Church, 500 W. Platt St., Tampa, with […]

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SU law conference includes national recognitions

Higher education leader D. Parker Young, Ph.D., has been selected as the recipient of this year’s Facilitator Award, presented during Stetson University’s 34th Annual National Conference on Law and Higher Education, Feb. 14-20, in Orlando, Fla. The award recognizes educators who embody the values and principles articulated by Stetson University College of Law professors Peter […]

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