In 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, […]
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by 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, […]
Continue ReadingKennedy Center award-winning playwright, theatre producer and Stetson adjunct professor Ron Song Destro will offer a free visual presentation entitled Who Really Wrote As Will Shake-speare? on Thursday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. at the Stetson Theatre Arts’ Second Stage at the Museum of Art—DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., across from Chaudoin Hall. The presentation, […]
Continue ReadingStetson University presents Terence McNally’s Master Class, Thursday through Saturday, Feb.19-21, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 22, 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. Master Class is an inspirational comedy about opera legend Maria Callas, one of […]
Continue ReadingDr. Jeffrey Nytch, director of the Entrepreneurship Center for Music at The University of Colorado-Boulder, will speak at Stetson University on Wednesday, Feb.11. The full-day residency is co-sponsored by Stetson University’s Joseph C. Prince Entrepreneurship Program and Stetson’s School of Music. All events are free and open to the public. Nytch, composer, teacher, performer, arts administrator and consultant, will facilitate several discussions […]
Continue ReadingPhi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar David Schmidtz, Ph.D., pictured right, Kendrick Professor at the University of Arizona in philosophy and economics, will give a series of talks during his visit to Stetson University Jan. 29-30. A specialist in ethics, environmental philosophy, rational choice and political philosophy, Schmidtz holds a courtesy appointment in the McGuire Center […]
Continue Readingby Andy Butcher Surrounded by sea, speckled with lakes and springs like a Jackson Pollock painting, and boasting one of the highest annual rainfalls in the country, Florida would not seem to lack water. But that is the critical case when it comes to the fresh, usable kind. “It’s not a crisis yet, but everyone […]
Continue Readingby Mary M. McCambridge No one ever expects to see his or her child fighting a battle with cancer at the tender age of nine. But that’s exactly what Len and Elizabeth Forkas of Virginia faced when their son, Matt, was suddenly diagnosed with leukemia shortly after struggling to breathe while playing basketball. Faced with this […]
Continue ReadingFlorida Pro Musica (FPM), a professional ensemble that performs primarily music from the Middle Ages and Renaissance, especially sacred music of the 16th century, will perform at Stetson University on Saturday, Jan. 24, under the direction of Larry Kent. Kent (pictured below), director of Florida Pro Musica since its debut in 1999, holds degrees in […]
Continue ReadingDr. Debbie Joffe Ellis, licensed psychologist (Australia) and LMHC (New York), will deliver a public lecture at Stetson University on Friday, Jan. 23, at 7 p.m., on “Experiencing Greater Joy in Life, Despite and Including Life’s Challeges.” This event will be held in the Stetson Room, second floor of the Carlton Union Building, 131 E. […]
Continue ReadingPresident Libby details new program at College Opportunity Day of Action Today, Stetson University President Wendy B. Libby, Ph.D., will join President Obama, the First Lady, and Vice President Biden along with other college presidents and higher education leaders to announce new actions to help more students prepare for and graduate from college. The second […]
Continue ReadingWhite House event includes education and business leaders throughout the country Stetson University President Wendy B. Libby, Ph.D., will be participating in President Barack Obama’s second College Opportunity Day of Action on Thurs., Dec. 4, in Washington along with the president, First Lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne […]
Continue ReadingStetson 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 […]
Continue ReadingWhen 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 […]
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