Category: Arts and Sciences

Week Ahead for Hatters – April 19-26

Academic year 2012-13 is almost over. Classes end on May 1. Finals are scheduled May 3 and 4. Commencement Celebration 2013 is Saturday, May 11. But there is still plenty to do in Hatter Country! Here’s a sampling of what next week holds for Stetson’s DeLand campus:  Hatter Productions presents HatterPalooza HatterPalooza is Stetson’s biggest […]

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Dancing at Lughnasa runs April 18-21

Stetson University finishes up its 107th season with Brian Friel’s Tony Award winning play, Dancing at Lughnasa. Dancing at Lughnasa is directed by Dr. Ken McCoy, professor of theatre arts at Stetson University, and will run from Thursday, April 18 through Sunday, April 21. Dancing at Lughnasa focuses on five unmarried sisters living together in the Irish countryside in […]

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StetsonU showcases undergraduate research

Every year since 1999, the Stetson University Showcase has highlighted undergraduate research and creative projects representing the academic disciplines across the DeLand campus. Showcase 2013 will be held as an all-day campus-wide event from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, April 16. Classes will be cancelled Tuesday, enabling students and faculty to attend the symposium […]

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Stetson Jazz to feature music of Duke Ellington

The Stetson University Jazz Ensemble presents “The Music of Duke Ellington” at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 24, in the Stetson Room, second floor of the Carlton Union Building, located at 131 E. Minnesota Ave., on the DeLand campus. Directed by Don Waldrop, the Stetson Jazz Ensemble is an 18-piece Big Band. In this concert, they […]

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Hatter Saturday kicks off Week Ahead

Stetson University will welcome more than 1,200 special guests, including approximately 500 accepted high school seniors and transfer students and their families on Hatter Saturday, April 13. (Kevin Winchell, far right, helps with Hatter Saturday 2012.) In addition to registering for their Stetson email account, getting their photo IDs, and meeting with their faculty advisers, […]

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Dr. Terri Witek wins Florida Book Award

Dr. Terri Witek, English professor and director of the Sullivan Creative Writing Program at Stetson University, pictured far right, won the silver award in the Poetry category in the 2012 Florida Book Awards for her book Exit Island (Orchises Press, 2012). Witek was honored along with her husband, Dr. Rusty Witek (left) by Florida’s First […]

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Stetson’s Inspirare choir seeks women singers

The women who make up Stetson’s Inspirare inter-generational choral group come from within Stetson and from the outside community, sharing one thing in common; they love to sing. All local women singers are invited to join an all-women choral group, Inspirare, at Stetson University. Inspirare means to breathe and to inspire. This group was organized […]

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Sean O’Malley to perform Senior Vocal Recital April 13

Sean O’Malley, baritone, at Stetson University’s School of Music, will be performing his senior recital at 7:45 p.m., Saturday, April 13 in Lee Chapel, located inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, Fla. O’Malley, who will receive his bachelor of music degree in Vocal Performance at Stetson’s commencement ceremony, May 11, 2013, is the […]

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Earth Week at StetsonU: Documentary About Energy

As part of Earth Week on Stetson University’s DeLand campus, the university community will join 250 other universities across the country to screen a new documentary about our energy future. Switch will be shown at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 17, in the Rinker Auditorium, inside Lynn Business Center, 345 N. Woodland Blvd. The Stetson campus […]

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Busy times in the week ahead

With the 2012-13 academic year winding down, the last day of classes is May 1. Commencement Day, May 11, is just over one month away, and Stetson’s DeLand campus is buzzing with end of year activities that will complete this academic year in fine style. (Molly Melin and her muse, Helios, pictured at right, study […]

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StetsonU Keeps it Green for Earth Day 2013

Stetson University’s Gillespie Museum will Keep it Green in this year’s Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 20, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The public is invited, free of charge to join in the Earth-friendly activities and environmental education for all ages planned for the day. As its final Science Saturday program for this academic […]

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Stetson Concert Choir to perform April 26

The final performance of the Stetson University Concert Choir for this academic year will be on Friday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., on the DeLand campus. (Tim Peter, in picture at right, conducts the Stetson Concert Choir as Tammy Miller accompanies on piano.) As a […]

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Rickman celebrates 30 years at Stetson

Hailed by the New York Times, Daytona Beach News-Journal and newspapers around the globe for his brilliance on the piano, Dr. Michael Rickman, Steinway Artist and Professor of Piano, will celebrate 30 years teaching at Stetson University with a much anticipated recital on Sunday, April 7, at 3 p.m. Upon entering his studio in Presser […]

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The Week Ahead, March 29-April 5

Happy Spring! The beginning of April at Stetson University traditionally means the time when Stetson students, especially seniors, are working hard to complete final projects as deadlines approach. The 2013 Showcase of research and creative arts, scheduled this year for April 16, will feature the greatest number of projects since the program debuted in 1999. […]

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Stetson hosts symposium on Putin’s Russia

The internet age presents serious challenges to authoritarian governments by democratizing political discourse. Citizens now have the means to speak directly to each other without the filter of the official media. To explore the impact of the new media on Russian public life, the Russian Studies Program at Stetson University will host a symposium, #Politics: […]

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Congratulations to Stetson’s faculty!

Stetson University extends congratulations to 16 members of Stetson University’s faculty who have recently earned tenure and/or promotion. The new status for these 16 faculty members will be effective August 2013, with the start of the 2013-14 academic year. “Stetson teacher-scholars facilitate transformational learning in our students,” said Provost Elizabeth Paul, who made the announcement Wednesday, […]

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Stetson seeks nominations for awards

Four annual awards and honors will be presented at the end of the year and who receives them may depend on you. It’s time to nominate your favorite teacher or colleague, fellow students or even yourself  for one of the distinguished honors listed below. For more information on these and other awards, stay current with […]

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Strebel wins Outstanding Book Award

Carine Strebel was awarded the 2013 Outstanding Book Award from The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). Strebel, a visiting assistant professor and coordinator for English as a second language in the Stetson University Department of Teacher Education, shares this award with editors Joyce Nutta and Kouider Mokhtari for their book, Preparing Every […]

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GO HATTER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL!

Week Ahead in Hatter Country, March 22 – 29 WE BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN – Stetson Campus Life and Athletics will host a Watch Party in the Hat Rack at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23, to watch the Hatter Women’s Basketball team take on UCLA in the NCAA Championship game. Everyone is welcome. Hope to see […]

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Virtual Lab debuts online

Tired of walking to the computer labs? Stetson University’s IT department is now offering Virtual Lab – VLab — to students, faculty, and staff. With VLab you no longer have to make the commute to computer labs to be able to access software such as Word or SPSS. VLab allows students, faculty, and staff to […]

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