Enduring subzero temperatures, rain and heavy winds, relentless fatigue and decreasing oxygen levels, Business Professor Rick Copeland and his daughter reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro as dawn broke on New Year’s morning. “The sunrise was gorgeous. You could see the roof of Africa and the curvature of the Earth,” recalled Copeland. “I was so […]
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Author: Mary Anne Rogers
With so much focus on the Mayan calendar and 2012 this year, Stetson University’s Latin American studies program and Artists and Lecturers Committee have planned a Mayan Week, April 3 through 5, featuring a lecture by a Maya cultural activist, a demonstration by a Maya weaver and showing of a film. All programs are free […]
Continue ReadingA dozen Stetson University football players from the 1940s and ’50s and a young recruit for next year’s return of Hatter Football were special guests at the ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Athletics Complex being built on the northeast side of campus. Under beautiful blue skies with the backdrop of a partly-constructed Athletics Field House […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will host the 28th annual IMPACT Conference, a national conference focusing on service, civic engagement and advocacy, Thursday, March 29, through Sunday, April 1. About 600 college students, faculty and staff members from all over theUnited States are planning to attend, including 150 Stetson students. Registration is still open; information: http://www.impactconference.org. The cost […]
Continue ReadingStetson University has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for the sixth consecutive year for its commitment to bettering the world through community service and service learning. Stetson is one of 642 colleges and universities nationwide to receive the honor given by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). […]
Continue ReadingCalling all women singers to join an all-women choral group, Inspirare, at Stetson University. Inspirare means to breathe and to inspire. This group was organized by Dr. Ann Small of Stetson’s School of Music. It is part of the Stetson Community School of the Arts. Auditions are not required, but participants must commit to performing […]
Continue ReadingMid-terms are over; spring is in the air. And there is a plethora of events available next week for Stetson’s DeLand campus and the surrounding communities. With events spanning many cultures—French operas, Russian elections, Caribbean cuisine—to community service, sports events and just plain fun things to do, this week’s calendar offers something for everyone! Here […]
Continue ReadingStetson offers a full array of cultural opportunities open to the public, including concerts by the School of Music, art exhibitions in the Homer and Dolly Hand Art Center, collections and exhibitions at the Gillespie Museum, a theatre production at Stover Theatre and public lectures. Free parking is available with easy access to Stetson’s beautiful […]
Continue ReadingNote: This release is from Volusia County Government The fourth annual Green Symposium, The Green Edge: Innovation and Sustainability, is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, April 13, at Stetson University’s Lynn Business Center. The symposium is hosted by the Volusia County Office of Sustainability and Energy Management, Lake County, Stetson University and […]
Continue ReadingStetson University Russian Studies Professor Michael Denner has always encouraged his students to take risks. Teaching by example, in June 2011, he decided to take a risk of his own and trekked across the Russian countryside with his friend and academic colleague, Thomas Newlin, a professor at Oberlin College. The two men walked 100 miles […]
Continue ReadingDeLand, Fla. –Stetson University will hold the third annual Doug Lee Day of Service on Saturday, March 24, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This event honors the memory of the late Doug Lee, former president and chancellor of Stetson University, and is open to Stetson and the surrounding DeLand community. Anyone interested in participating […]
Continue ReadingOver the past few years, Stetson faculty members, including Dr. John T. York, Dr. Michael King and Dr. Tandy Grubbs, have been hard at work writing and securing much-needed grants through the National Science Foundation (NSF) to benefit the science departments. Most recently, the NSF has awarded the university a $200,000 grant to purchase a […]
Continue ReadingCultural diversity has defined a distinctive philosophy for the success of alumna Yvonne Chang, a woman who traces her roots to Cuba and her greatest inspiration no further than her Caribbean/Chinese parents. “All that I am and will ever be, I owe to my parents,” said Chang, MBA ’09, director of Operations Integration for Disney […]
Continue ReadingThe Stetson University Opera Theatre, Russell Franks, director, and Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Hose, conductor, will present two French operas on Friday, March 23, and Sunday, March 25, at the DeLand High School Theatre Center, located at the corner of Hill and Plymouth avenues, DeLand. Angélique by Jacques Ibert, and Les Mamelles de Tirésias by Francis […]
Continue ReadingNote: We want to share with you that Stetson University has joined Tuition Plan Consortium, a group of more than 270 U.S. private colleges and universities that own and operate the Private College 529 Plan. Private College 529 Plan offers families a guaranteed way to get tomorrow’s tuition at today’s prices, for up to 30 years after it […]
Continue ReadingStetson University has had a number of interesting stories in the news this month, including faculty interviews in the New York Times, Zee News in India, Tampa Bay Times and Lakeland Ledger. The Huffington Post featured Stetson students/alumni for making a difference in the world. And Lake Mary Life magazine featured the Metzger teens, with a beautiful […]
Continue ReadingLucas Watson, vice president of global sales and industry marketing for Google’s Video business, which includes YouTube and Google TV Ads, will discuss the future of YouTube in business and sports business at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 22. The presentation will be held in the Rinker Auditorium inside the Lynn Business Center, 345 N. Woodland […]
Continue ReadingTop o’ the morning to you! It’s our St. Patrick’s Day/Weekend edition of Stetson Today! And what’s more fitting than to celebrate Stetson “green” with the HatterPalooza music festival on St. Patty’s Day? And “the rest of the week” offers plenty to do on and near campus, too. So plug in, expand your thinking, expose […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will celebrate the return of Hatter Football, introduction of Women’s Lacrosse, Stetson’s outstanding Men’s and Women’s Soccer programs and the new on-campus facilities being constructed at an Athletics Expansion Groundbreaking Celebration at 5:30 p.m. Friday, March 23. The celebration will be held at the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center, 402 E. University Ave., DeLand. […]
Continue ReadingIt was a cool spring morning in northern Virginia and 9-year-old Peter was absorbing the early sun as he meandered down the country road near his home in historic Manassas. He peeled and poked his stick into the new spring ground, curious to what the cold winter had left behind. Raised in a military family, […]
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