Stetson University will present an evening of art beginning at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 3, in the duPont-Ball Library, room 25L, on Stetson’s DeLand campus. Dan Gunderson, professor of art at Stetson University for more than 35 years, will give an Artist Talk; Toy Man, a Woodruff Laputka documentary, will be premiered; and “Kaleidoscope,” a video […]
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When you first enter her home, it is very clear to see that Mrs. Patricia Fort has not only a welcoming presence but also has made her home a haven for students of her husband Dr. Robert Fort, Stetson’s choral director between 1965 and 1994. Mrs. Fort, pictured below in her home, fondly remembers hosting […]
Continue ReadingLegendary Stetson men’s basketball coach Glenn Wilkes was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame on Sunday in Kansas City, Mo. The National Association of Basketball Coaches elected Wilkes last April. Joining Wilkes in the Class of 2014 are Grant Hill, Darrell Griffith, Shaquille O’Neal, Zelmo Beaty, Dale Brown, Gary Williams, and Howard […]
Continue ReadingStetson University is one of the top masters universities in Central Florida for international students as well as students studying abroad, according to the Institute for International Education’s (IIE) 2014 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. Stetson University has seen a 65 percent increase in international student enrollment since 2011, and currently has 157 students […]
Continue ReadingStetson’s Gillespie Museum’s Science Café will host an informal discussion of the Volusia County Sustainability Action Plan Thursday, Nov. 20, 7-8:30 p.m., in the Gillespie Museum, 234 E. Michigan Ave., on the DeLand campus. This event, which is open to the public at no charge, will feature Katrina Locke, Volusia County’s Sustainability and Natural Resources […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s School of Music will present clarinetist Ashley Oliveto in recital on Sunday, Nov. 23, at 5:45 p.m. The performance will take place in Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 North Woodland Blvd., DeLand. The recital is open to the public at no charge, and is being performed in partial fulfillment of a Bachelor of […]
Continue ReadingStetson University School of Music will present pianist Brent Pafford on Saturday evening, Nov. 8. The program will feature J.S. Bach’s 10 Chorale Preludes (BV B27) composed for organ and transcribed for piano by Ferruccio Busoni. Pafford will also speak on the significance of these sacred works in the pianist’s repertoire. The 7:30 p.m. lecture-recital will […]
Continue Readingby Shannon Tan Voters will decide Nov. 4 whether Florida becomes the 24 state — and the first in the South — to adopt a comprehensive program allowing medical marijuana to be purchased for a variety of medical conditions. Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia have already legalized some form of the drug – […]
Continue ReadingSoprano Lloyd Linney, Ph.D., professor of music, has spent her career delighting audiences in opera, recital and oratorio. A graduate of Furman University, where she studied with DuPre Rhame, she holds a master’s and doctorate of music degrees from Florida State University, studying with Elena Nikolaidi and Roy Delp, respectively. From 1994 to 2001 she did […]
Continue ReadingStetson University presents Measure for Measure, a play by William Shakespeare, Nov. 13-15 at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 16 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. The play is directed by Ken McCoy, Ph.D., professor of theatre […]
Continue ReadingAuthor Syd Jones, pictured, and his wife KT Budde-Jones will be teaching a three-session Lifelong Learning course at Stetson University’s Celebration campus in November. The course is about the little known events before, during and after the attack on Pearl Harbor and the relationship the events had on each other and the course of World War II. One […]
Continue Reading“Like all boys growing up in the early sixties, I was fascinated by space exploration,” Anthony Hose, conductor of the Stetson University Symphony Orchestra, writes. “I watched all of the films made by the Americans and Russians showing first satellites, then animals and finally astronauts being catapulted into the cosmos. And, of course, I wanted […]
Continue ReadingProposal would dedicate funding to conservation of Florida’s water and land resources. Stetson University will host a community forum on Florida’s Water and Land Legacy, also known as Amendment 1, on Oct. 29, 7-8:30 p.m., at Allen Hall, 508 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand. Senator David Simmons (R-Altamonte Springs), Volusia County Council Member Pat Northey and […]
Continue ReadingLohengrin Velasquez, pictured, currently a senior at Stetson University studying music and marketing, is collaborating with the Museum of Art – DeLand to present a concert for their annual fall fundraiser event, An Appalachian Afternoon: A celebration of music, art, and food inspired by the culture of Appalachia. As the administrator and orchestra manager, Velasquez […]
Continue ReadingChildren of all ages are welcome to attend Stetson’s 7th Annual Instrument Petting Zoo, Saturday, Oct. 25. It is free of charge. Kids will be able to see and play musical instruments up close and enjoy complimentary snacks. The Instrument Petting Zoo is sponsored by the Volusia County Alumnae Chapter (VCAC) and Eta Pi Chapter, […]
Continue ReadingThe Gillespie Museum will celebrate its 6th annual “Mostly Green Halloween,” a showcase of hands-on activities and experiments demonstrating some of the mysteries of the plant and animal world, on Saturday Oct. 25, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. One of the museum’s monthly Science Saturdays, the event welcomes scientists of all ages. The activities, […]
Continue ReadingPaul Sibbald, assistant professor of chemistry, will open the fall series of the Gillespie Museum’s Science Café programs–and Halloween Week–with a discussion of the chemistry of candy and confections. This event, Thursday, Oct. 23, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m., is part of National Chemistry Week (Oct. 19-25) and co-sponsored by the Orlando Section of the American […]
Continue ReadingThe faculty of Stetson University’s Department of Creative Arts worked with the Atlantic Center for the Arts (ACA) to bring three master artists to campus for public lectures on Oct. 21 and 23. “The ACA is a world-class multidisciplinary arts residency program in New Smyrna Beach with a long history of partnership with Stetson University in supporting the […]
Continue ReadingJoe Trupiano ‘04, who received his bachelor’s in digital arts at Stetson University, co-founded a company with Keith Robinson called Sample Logic LLC in 2006. The company was born from his thesis at New York University, where he received his master’s in composition and music technology. Since then, he has provided the award-winning tools for […]
Continue ReadingA legacy of three talented and prestigious brothers has been developing at Stetson University, ever since oldest brother, Brian Rodriguez ‘15, Music with Outside Field Business major, joined Stetson. Afterward, Brian’s two younger brothers also chose Stetson: Manuel (Manny) Rodriguez ‘16, Finance major and Vocal Music Minor, and Michael Rodriguez ‘17, Vocal Performance and Mathematics major. […]
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