The long approach to Lawtey Correctional Institution is unsettling as much for its unbroken monotony as anything else: The highway a plumb line of hot macadam, the slash pines in ordered rows. The prison, one of the largest in Florida, sits in the flyspeck of Starke, an eye blink of a town an hour west […]
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Author: Mary Anne Rogers
Professor Edwin Boyer has been named the first Borchard Distinguished Professorial Lecturer in Elder Law at Stetson University College of Law. Boyer ’78 has taught several classes in Stetson’s J.D. and LL.M. degree programs as an adjunct professor. Boyer, who is the immediate past-president of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and a partner […]
Continue ReadingThe Beckerath Studio Organ – on which hundreds of Stetson University organ and piano students have learned to play since 1971 – recently received a “million-mile overhaul.” “It was all taken apart: the console, keyboards and more than 1,000 pipes,” said Dr. Boyd Jones, Stetson’s John E. and Aliese Price Professor of Organ and university […]
Continue ReadingHatters don’t just stand back and watch. Oh no. When we are made aware of significant struggles that local youth endure, the Stetson community steps in and provides them with tools for self-empowerment and success. When we discover that there is a significant problem involving tens of thousands of homeless kids and families in Central Florida, Stetson students, alumni […]
Continue ReadingFive new trustees have been appointed to Stetson University’s Board of Trustees, effective July 1. Each trustee was appointed to a three-year term. Six current trustees were reappointed for additional three-year terms. The new trustees welcomed to the board are: Steven Alexander, a Stetson alumnus, is a managing director and partner in the PFM Group’s […]
Continue ReadingStetson University senior Emmanuel Delgado has been awarded the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study in Spain this fall. An international business major from DeLand, Fla., Delgado is one of only 1,159 students in the United States to receive the scholarship this year. He received an award of $4,500 to travel and study […]
Continue ReadingEvery Tuesday and Thursday morning this spring, students in Professor Robert Batey’s spring seminar class at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Fla., cracked open their books to discuss the latest assigned readings. It was a typical law school seminar, except instead of poring over case law, Professor Batey’s students are reading Kafka and watching Spike […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will be one of two host sites for the 20th Annual Celebrity Mascot Games hosted by the Central Florida Sports Commission to benefit New Hope For Kids. Stetson’s own mascot, John B, will join a talented group of mascots participating in this year’s event at both Stetson’s Edmunds Center and Orlando’s Amway Center from […]
Continue ReadingStetson Men’s Basketball Head Coach Casey Alexander announced that Roger Idstrom has been promoted to Associate Head Coach for the Hatters on Tuesday morning. Idstrom joined the Stetson staff in May of 2011 as an assistant coach. “Roger is an integral part of our basketball program, and this is a way to publically recognize his […]
Continue ReadingStetson University volleyball head coach Tim Loesch announced the hiring Tuesday of Kris Wojieck as an assistant coach for both the Hatters court volleyball and sand volleyball programs. “We welcome Kris to the Stetson volleyball family,” Loesch said. “Her good work at UNC Pembroke and Queens University shows that she is ready for the challenge […]
Continue ReadingJoseph Protopapa, director of Integrated Career Services and Employer Relations at The Career Center at the University of Akron (Ohio), has been selected as Stetson University executive director of Career Development and Academic Advising, starting in August. Protopapa will lead a new, innovative university initiative merging Career Development and Academic Advising. The new initiative is […]
Continue ReadingThe Stetson women’s soccer program is pleased to announce the addition of former Hatter soccer player Stephanie Webb to its staff. Webb will be coming on as an assistant coach for the 2012-2013 season, as announced by Head Coach Julie Orlowski on Monday afternoon. “We are happy to have her back in the Hatter family […]
Continue ReadingThe annual Physics Department newsletter, Cross Section, is out – featuring news and photos of the department’s alumni, current students, faculty and incoming faculty. Highlights of the newsletter include: A welcome to Allan Thomas: Stetson’s new visiting assistant professor from the University of Arkansas. Thomas will be teaching College Physics and Electricity and Magnetism in the fall, […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s Theatre Arts program will have four productions open to the public during the 2012-13 academic year, including a popular musical during the fall Homecoming. The schedule is as follows: An Evening at the Improv, features fun and games with Stetson student improv-artists. Performances will run Sept. 27-29, at 8 p.m., with a matinee […]
Continue ReadingStetson University has partnered with the Daytona Beach News-Journal to present the candidates for Volusia County Chair in a “Meet the Candidates” series. The series will consist of four debates where candidates will answer questions from the public, pose questions to each other, and debate issues critical to their constituents. Stetson will host one of […]
Continue ReadingHatters don’t just stand back and watch. That opening statement of the cover story in the new SU Magazine describes profoundly what being a Hatter is all about. It’s passion – for learning, serving, teaching, researching and giving to the world. The new edition of SU Magazine shares a rich selection of stories about how […]
Continue ReadingCello Professor David Bjella participated in an international music program in May in the capital city of Honduras, Tegucigalpa, teaching cello lessons to students, ages 7 through college age. Invited by Kirsten Yon, associate professor of Violin at the University of Houston, Bjella was invited to be part of a project called Cuerdas de Enlace (“Binding […]
Continue ReadingDELAND, Fla. – The Stetson tennis program has added more individual and team honors to its wealth of summer accolades. Recent graduate Maksim Levanovich (Minsk, Belarus) earned a second postgraduate scholarship, 11 student-athletes were named ITA Scholar-Athletes, and both the men’s and women’s squads earned ITA All-Academic status. Levanovich, who has already received a number […]
Continue ReadingDr. Thomas V. Schwarz is the new dean of Stetson University’s School of Business Administration, joining the university from California State University Fullerton, where he was the Rick Muth Family Endowed Chair in Family Business. The new dean has extensive experience in both higher education and business and is recognized nationally and internationally as a […]
Continue ReadingStetson University women’s basketball Coach Lynn Bria has completed her coaching staff for the 2012-13 season with the addition of Jenna Burkett. “She is young, but already has a lot of experience,” Bria said. She is very organized and detail oriented, but is also an outstanding coach.” Burkett spent the last two seasons as an […]
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