George Salis, Stetson class of 2015, has won the 2015 Josephine F. Davidson Award for Integrity in Journalism for his writing and reporting, and will receive $500. Kaley Fulton was named runner-up of the award, presented by Stetson University’s journalism program. Salis is a double major in English and psychology, and has contributed to The Reporter, Stetson’s student-run newspaper. He […]
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Continue ReadingThis is it! Hatter Productions will be bringing Sage the Gemini and DJ Baauer for Hatter Palooza 2015. Doors opens at 7:00 p.m. in the Edmunds Center, 143 E. Pennsylvania Ave., on the DeLand campus. Sage the Gemini, pictured, is best known for his hit song Gas Pedal and Baauer is the artist behind the Harlem Shake. Due to […]
Continue ReadingCompelling mysteries hook researchers into blazing trails to discovery. In particular, Stetson Assistant Professor of Biology Roslyn Crowder, Ph.D. (pictured first row, center), and her students are on one such trail. They are asking whether plant-based products can kill cancer cells naturally and selectively. Would these substances be viable alternatives to today’s chemotherapy and radiation, […]
Continue ReadingThis year’s initiation ceremony for Phi Beta Kappa is scheduled for Friday, April 17 at 4:30 p.m. in the Gillespie Museum. A reception on the porch will immediately follow. Gillespie Museum is located at the southeast corner of campus, at 234 E. Michigan Ave. The public is invited to attend. This year, 20 Stetson students have been […]
Continue ReadingStetson University presents Clybourne Park April 16-18, at 8 p.m. and April 19 at 3 p.m., in Stetson Theatre Arts’ “Second Stage” located inside the Museum of Art, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., adjacent to the DeLand campus. Inspired by Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, this Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning satire looks at […]
Continue ReadingTake immediate action to conserve and restore the world’s wetlands, the director of Stetson University’s Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy, professor Royal Gardner, urges in a briefing note he recently co-authored with scientists from around the world. The “State of the World’s Wetlands and their Services to People: A compilation of recent analyses” is […]
Continue ReadingStetson University is expanding Boundless Learning Web Development offerings by teaming up with DrupalEasy, a Central Florida-based Drupal web development and training company, to offer the Drupal Career Certificate Program at the Celebration Center. The program is the first and only comprehensive, university-based Drupal professional development program in Florida, perhaps the nation. Drupal is an […]
Continue ReadingAs part of its Science Saturday series, Stetson University’s Gillespie Museum has partnered with the Stetson Environmental Coalition to host the 2015 Earth Day: Keeping It Green at Stetson, on Saturday, April 18, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Museum and the adjacent Rinker Environmental Learning Center. This annual event showcases the ongoing work […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will host the eighth annual Bernard Weiner Holocaust Memorial Lecture on Thursday, April 9, 7-8:30 p.m., in Rinker Auditorium, inside the Lynn Business Center, 345 N. Woodland Blvd, on Stetson’s DeLand campus. The public is invited free of charge. This year’s speaker will be Dr. Jan T. Gross (pictured right), Polish-born American historian […]
Continue ReadingIn the Gillespie Museum’s third Science Café at Stetson University this spring semester, Wendy Anderson, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Environmental Science, will consider the impacts of large seabird populations on the terrestrial and aquatic environments where they roost. Her talk, entitled “Too Much of a Good Thing? Impacts of Seabirds on Island Ecosystems and […]
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Continue ReadingThe Stetson University School of Music will be presenting G.F. Handel’s Messiah on April 21, at 7:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church located at 725 North Woodland Blvd., next to Stetson’s DeLand campus. A combined chorus, student soloists, and orchestra totaling 250 musicians will present this sacred oratorio, which has a long performance tradition at […]
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Continue ReadingCentral Florida Legends in the Making: Learn Local Lecture Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist with WESH-TV in Orlando, Bob Kealing, right, will speak at Stetson University on Thursday, March 19, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the duPont-Ball Library, room 25 (lower-level, courtyard entrance). This event, sponsored by Stetson’s College of Arts and Sciences and the […]
Continue ReadingFor its March Science Saturday, Stetson University’s Gillespie Museum will host a range of activities for young scientists in two disciplines, Neuroscience and Physics. The hands-on workshops, open to the public at no cost, will be held on Saturday, March 21, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Visitors may drop by at any time to […]
Continue ReadingIn the Gillespie Museum’s second Science Café at Stetson University this spring semester, Jason Evans, Ph.D., assistant professor of Environmental Science and Studies, will consider “What is Native Anyway? The Strange Tale of Water Lettuce in Florida.” His talk is scheduled for Thursday evening, March 19, at 7 p.m. in the Gillespie Museum, Stetson University, […]
Continue Readingby Jason Evans, Ph.D. While at New Smyrna Beach over a recent holiday, I watched my wife and son play in the sand and surf. Of course, the husband and father could enjoy this happy moment, but the scientist in me feared what the future holds for our vanishing coastline. As a Central Florida […]
Continue ReadingJoin the musicians of the Stetson University Jazz Ensemble as they pay homage to former director, Don Waldrop (pictured below, right), and welcome Greg Parnell to the stage as our guest artist. Prior to taking over the directorship of the jazz ensemble at Stetson University in 2012, Don Waldrop was best known for his work as a […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s Artist’s and Lecturers Committee and the Guitar Program, under the direction of Stephen Robinson, D.M., professor of Music, will present the internationally renowned Amadeus Guitar Duo featuring Dale Kavanagh and Thomas Kirchhoff in concert on Thursday evening, Feb. 26, at 7:30 p.m. The performance will take place in Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, […]
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