Storytelling is a key element in a string of successful conferences on both coasts of the United States produced in partnership by Stetson University’s Family Enterprise Center and Family Business Magazine. To be sure, there are other vital elements of the Transitions conferences – the most recent of which was in Orlando in April – […]
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Author: Mary Anne Rogers
Daytona Beach News-Journal, 6/5/12 – Two players affiliated with the Stetson baseball program were selected Tuesday on the second day of the 2012 MLB First Year Player Draft. Relief pitcher Tucker Donahue (Coral Springs, Fla.) was selected 145th overall in the fourth round by the Toronto Blue Jays while NLI signee Alfredo Escalera was taken […]
Continue ReadingLast fall, I attended a lecture by Bruce Dunn of Dunn Enterprises, who is the associate director for ESPN College Football Saturday Primetime. The audience consisted of a large group of music students, which may seem strange considering his area of expertise, but that is the beauty of a liberal arts education. Mr. Dunn delivered […]
Continue ReadingThe 2012 MLB First Year Player Draft wrapped up on Wednesday with six Stetson Hatters and two incoming National Letter of Intent signees for Head Coach Pete Dunn’s baseball program being selected in the final 25 rounds. Four of the picks were seniors with two headed to the same organization. The Baltimore Orioles began Stetson’s […]
Continue ReadingWith over 100 years of theater production on campus, Stetson University announces four productions for the 2012-13 academic year, including a popular musical during the fall Homecoming. Performances will be held at Stetson Theatre Arts’ “Second Stage,” located inside theMuseum of Florida Arts, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., adjacent to the DeLand campus. The box office […]
Continue ReadingTwo players affiliated with the Stetson baseball program were selected Tuesday on the second day of the 2012 MLB First Year Player Draft. Relief pitcher Tucker Donahue (Coral Springs, Fla.) was selected 145th overall in the fourth round by the Toronto Blue Jays while NLI signee Alfredo Escalera was taken in the eighth round by […]
Continue ReadingStetson University students conduct community-based research for governmental and non-profit agencies in central Florida each year – a real-life learning experience for students that also benefits the community partners. The research is done through Stetson’s Community-Based Research program, which is directed by Dr. William Ball, visiting associate professor of political science. Students take a course […]
Continue ReadingThree Stetson University faculty members, Dr. Paul Croce, Dr. Bill Nylen and Dr. Nathan Wolek, have been awarded Fulbright Scholar grants to travel abroad to teach and conduct research during the 2012-13 academic year, the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced. Recipients of the prestigious Fulbright grants are […]
Continue ReadingStetson University College of Law dedicated its new Veterans Law Institute with a ceremony on May 31 in Gulfport, Fla. More than 100 people gathered for the dedication, which included remarks by the Honorable Bruce E. Kasold, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, Stetson Law faculty, students and veterans, a […]
Continue ReadingStetson University College of Law alumnus Brian L. Tannebaum ’94 has created an award for students who excel in their first-year criminal law course. The Brian L. Tannebaum High Grade Award in Criminal Law rewards Stetson students earning the top grade in each section of their criminal law class with a financial award of $500. […]
Continue ReadingIn December, a group of 14 SU students successfully completed an internship in Teacher Education at various Central Florida elementary, middle and high schools. Students in the program gained real-world experience by being in the schools every day, all day, for a duration of 15 weeks, teaching, grading and planning classes. Included in the full-time […]
Continue ReadingTwo military landmarks dominate Stetson University business students’ descriptions of their journey halfway around the planet to absorb insights into Asian economies, as well as historical and cultural perspectives. Graduate students visited one Communist country, China, and from South Korea, peered into North Korea, another Communist country. While in China in early March, they climbed […]
Continue ReadingBecause of the deteriorating condition of Stetson University’s Stover Theatre and after careful deliberations over the past year, the Board of Trustees approved the recommendation from the university administration to move forward with the removal of Stover Theatre this summer. This decision was made at the recent trustee meeting to seek a demolition permit from […]
Continue ReadingSunday morning, May 28, 2012: The storm threat has passed. Tropical Storm Warning in effect for Volusia County. The National Hurricane Center, http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/#BERYL, has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for the northeast coast of Florida including Volusia County. Stetson University has posted a Weather Alert on its home page and will provide periodic updates […]
Continue ReadingDr. Hala ElAarag, associate professor of computer science at Stetson University, is being awarded the Society for Modeling and Simulation International’s Outstanding Service Award. The award, to be presented at the SummerSim ’12 Conference in Genoa, Italy, in July, recognizes ElAarag’s “outstanding and dedicated technical contributions and services to the modeling and computer simulation discipline […]
Continue ReadingThe College of Law is opening a new Veterans Law Institute on May 31 in Gulfport, Fla. The institute will serve the growing population of active duty military, veterans and their families in the Tampa Bay area, one of the largest concentrations of military veterans in the U.S. The institute’s Veterans Advocacy Clinic will provide […]
Continue ReadingAssociate Professor and Chair of Counselor Education Brigid Noonan followed a more circuitous path to an academic career than most faculty. She didn’t complete her undergraduate degree until she was 28, and, prior to pursuing graduate work at the University of Maryland, she held a variety of positions—on both coasts. She worked as a research […]
Continue ReadingThree years ago, when former Stetson University President and Chancellor Doug Lee and his wife, Margaret, were planning their retirement, they prioritized their philanthropic interests – the most important of which was Stetson University. The Lees decided to continue their annual gifts, as well as their membership in The Stetson Society through provisions in their […]
Continue ReadingOn May 18, nine constitutional law scholars, including Assistant Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy of Stetson’s College of Law, filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, urging the Court to revisit Citizens United. The brief was written by the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law. The brief urges the Court to […]
Continue ReadingWho Does That? Sophomore Michelle Vergara, from West Palm Beach, Fla., did, and so can you! Here’s her story in her own words: I was that kid who did both AP and dual-enrollment — the one who wrote sports articles, but never set foot on the field — and who graduated in the top of my small […]
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