It 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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Stetson University has reduced its carbon footprint by 21 percent since 2009 – thanks to strategic efforts to conserve energy, make the campus more pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly, use more eco-friendly products for landscaping and utilize cleaner transportation. A new study by Stetson students and Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Science J. Anthony Abbott shows […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will host a multi-media reading/performance on Thursday, March 15, featuring Stetson Poet Terri Witek and visual artist and former Stetson professor Cyriaco Lopes, who now teaches at the City University of New York’s John Jay College. The event will begin at 7 p.m. in the Rinker Auditorium inside the Lynn Business Center, 345 […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will host more than 200 students and faculty members from 23 colleges and universities for the second annual Florida Undergraduate Research Conference on Friday evening, March 16, and all day Saturday, March 17. The conference is designed to celebrate excellence in student research and creativity and to foster an appreciation for undergraduate academic achievements […]
Continue ReadingDr. Timothy Peter, professor of music at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, will become Stetson University’s new director of choral activities and professor of music, effective August 2012. “Dr. Peter brings dynamic leadership, artistry and magnetism to our vibrant School of Music, whose choral tradition and strengths are highly regarded nationwide,” said Dr. Jean O. West, […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s spring 2012 HatterPalooza music festival will feature Jack’s Mannequin and other bands in a live concert, 3-10 p.m. on Saturday, March 17, in downtown DeLand. HatterPalooza, which is open to the public, is hosted by Stetson’s Hatter Productions and the MainStreet DeLand Association. The HatterPalooza main stage will be outside on West Indiana […]
Continue ReadingThe Stetson University School of Music will present Echoing Air by the Early Music Ensemble on Tuesday, March 13. The performance, part of Stetson’s Artists & Lecturers Series, will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, located at 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand. Echoing Air is a dynamic ensemble specializing in […]
Continue ReadingThe Latin American Studies Mentored Field Experience began in 1995 when Stetson University alumnus and trustee Mark Hollis was looking to fund innovative undergraduate learning experiences with what he called a “Renaissance fund.” Professors John Schorr (Sociology), William Nylen (Political Science), and Brian Kermath (Geography) designed their Hollis Renaissance proposal to mirror a true international […]
Continue ReadingStetson University has reduced its carbon footprint by 21 percent since 2009 – thanks to strategic efforts to conserve energy, make the campus more pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly, use more eco-friendly products for landscaping and utilize cleaner transportation. A new study by Stetson students and Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Science J. Anthony Abbott shows […]
Continue ReadingU.S. Court of International Trade Senior Judge Judith M. Barzilay presented the last Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture of the semester at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport on Feb. 21. Judge Barzilay spoke to students, faculty and staff at Stetson about the role of the court in environmental protection. She discussed her […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s School of Music presents a weekend of piano performances by faculty and scholars, Friday, Feb. 24 through Sunday, Feb. 26, with a special guest performance by recording artist Mirian Conti on Friday, Feb. 24. All concert performances are open to the public and will be in Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, located at […]
Continue ReadingVeritate Winds, the Stetson University faculty trio, will perform in a Chamber Recital, Friday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. in Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, located at 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand. Veritate Winds have received critical acclaim here and abroad. The trio is composed of Stetson School of Music faculty members: Dr. Ann Adams, oboe; Dr. Lynn […]
Continue ReadingStetson Law students learned more about the impacts of hydrofracking during a Feb. 16 presentation about “Natural Gas Development and Hydrofracking: Environmental Risks and Legal Responses.” The fracking or hydraulic fracturing process involves pumping millions of gallons of water, sand, and toxic chemicals hundreds of feet underground to break up rock and release tiny pockets […]
Continue ReadingStetson University offers a full array of cultural opportunities open to the public, including concerts and operas by the School of Music, art exhibitions in the Homer and Dolly Hand Art Center, collections and exhibitions at the Gillespie Museum, theatre productions at Stover Theatre and public lectures. Free parking is available with easy access to […]
Continue ReadingStetson University presents the George H. Shriver Lectures: ‘Religion in American History – The Urban Origins of American Judaism’ with lecturer Deborah Dash Moore, the Frederick G.L. Huetwell Professor of History at the University of Michigan and Director of the Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, on Tuesday, Feb. 28 and Wednesday, Feb. […]
Continue ReadingOn Thursday afternoon in Gulfport, Gary Lytton, the director of the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Naples, Fla., talked with Stetson Law students in the Great Hall about the struggle to protect the coastal environment and one of the few remaining undisturbed mangrove estuaries. Lytton discussed the tug-of-war between coastal development and environmental […]
Continue ReadingStetson University continues its 106th season with the classic Greek comedy Lysistrata, written by Aristophanes, Feb. 23 through 26, at Stover Theatre, located at 535 N. Florida Ave., on the DeLand campus. This bawdy comedy takes audiences on a hilarious journey as they watch a group of strong-willed wives stand up against their husbands in a creative […]
Continue ReadingIn a guest recital sponsored by Stetson University’s School of Music and the Artists and Lecturers program, the internationally known Jupiter String Quartet will perform Thursday, Feb. 23, at 7:30 p.m. in Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., on Stetson’s DeLand campus. The program will feature works by Ravel, Bartok and Mendelssohn. […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) will host V-Day benefit performances, “A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant and a Prayer,” helping in the fight to end violence against women, Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 16, 17 and 18. The performances are open to the public and will take place at 8 p.m. […]
Continue ReadingNoted author of Russian literature, Donna Orwin, will speak on “The Awful Poetry of War” at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 21, as part of the Stetson University Russian Studies Spring Lecture series. The program, which is open to the public, free of charge, will be held in room 122, Lynn Business Center, located at 345 […]
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