Stetson University’s business fraternity, Alpha Kappa Psi, is hosting Emmy Award-winning director Fabio Jafet to speak about his career and experience in the media industry on Thursday, Sept. 13. The event will be at 7:30 p.m. at the Rinker Auditorium located in the Lynn Business Center, 345 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, and is sponsored by […]
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Stetson’s Campus Life and Student Success division is offering the GPS: Guide for Proactive Success workshops once again this semester to aid students in staying on track with their academic and personal lives at the university. All the workshops take place at 5:15 p.m. each Tuesday in Sage Hall, room 257. The first one is […]
Continue ReadingAfter a comprehensive, university-wide review, Stetson University’s updated core values were announced this week in a Values Research Project report. The Values Conversations that spanned 2011-2012 were co-facilitated by Associate Professor of History and American Studies Emily Mieras and Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Chris Kandus. Mieras and Kandus submitted the […]
Continue ReadingStetson University Executive MBA students floated between two continents as they sailed down the Bosphorus Strait between the European and Asian side of Istanbul. Astonishing views of architectural jewels like the Dolmabahce Palace, the Ortakoy Mosque and Bosphorus Bridge were glowing in the distance. Twenty-five students embarked on a trip of a lifetime this summer […]
Continue ReadingDr. Thomas V. Schwarz is the new dean of Stetson University’s School of Business Administration, joining the university from California State University Fullerton, where he was the Rick Muth Family Endowed Chair in Family Business. The new dean has extensive experience in both higher education and business and is recognized nationally and internationally as a […]
Continue ReadingTeamwork. It’s part of every student’s experience in virtually every Stetson University School of Business Administration class. That is the main reason MBA students functioned like a well-oiled machine when Peggy Stahl’s Management Strategy class turned its attention to helping an established local business, Fogleman Studio of DeLand. “At this point in our academic careers, […]
Continue ReadingChristopher M. Pietruszkiewicz is the new dean of Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport/Tampa, Fla. Dean Pietruszkiewicz joins Stetson from the LSU Law Center at Louisiana State University, where he served as vice chancellor for business and financial affairs and as the J.Y. Sanders Professor of Law. Royal C. Gardner, who served as Stetson […]
Continue ReadingIn a session coordinated by Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations Janet Lyons and then-senior Maria Wrabel ’12, alumna Gail Eggeman ’73 shared her diverse expertise in varied areas of her business and societal undertakings with a gathering of interested students, alumni, faculty and staff at her alma mater in April. Eggeman is founder and manager of […]
Continue ReadingEach year at the annual Silver Circle Recognition Dinner, Stetson University celebrates the dedicated service of staff and faculty. Twenty-five years of service at Stetson entitle Hatter employees to the honorary, official membership into the Silver Circle. Each member receives an engraved silver clock. At this year’s celebration, held this year for the first time […]
Continue ReadingStorytelling is a key element in a string of successful conferences on both coasts of the United States produced in partnership by Stetson University’s Family Enterprise Center and Family Business Magazine. To be sure, there are other vital elements of the Transitions conferences – the most recent of which was in Orlando in April – […]
Continue ReadingLast fall, I attended a lecture by Bruce Dunn of Dunn Enterprises, who is the associate director for ESPN College Football Saturday Primetime. The audience consisted of a large group of music students, which may seem strange considering his area of expertise, but that is the beauty of a liberal arts education. Mr. Dunn delivered […]
Continue ReadingTwo military landmarks dominate Stetson University business students’ descriptions of their journey halfway around the planet to absorb insights into Asian economies, as well as historical and cultural perspectives. Graduate students visited one Communist country, China, and from South Korea, peered into North Korea, another Communist country. While in China in early March, they climbed […]
Continue ReadingThe top leadership honor for graduating seniors, the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award, is presented each year to the man and woman in the graduating class whose personal example and influence throughout the campus best exemplify the noblest human qualities and the finest values that Stetson nurtures. The award is presented each year at the Honors Convocation, […]
Continue ReadingStetson University awarded degrees to 785 students during Spring Commencement ceremonies May 12 – celebrating years of hard work and sending the graduates into the working world or on to graduate school. President Wendy B. Libby gave the “charge” – a tradition where the president places a duty and responsibility upon the graduates. Libby explained […]
Continue ReadingIt’s finally here! Commencement 2012 is upon us, and 785 graduating Hatters will receive their degrees during two separate ceremonies Saturday, May 12. The ceremony for students earning degrees through the School of Business Administration and School of Music will be at 9 a.m., and the ceremony for students in the College of Arts & […]
Continue ReadingSuzanne Forbes grew up with pet lobsters, barracudas and angelfish in her back yard of the endless turquoise waters of the Florida Keys. With her friends and siblings, she swam, snorkeled, boated, weathered storms and used bridges for high dives. But the girl from Big Pine Key, population about 2,000 at the time, was more […]
Continue ReadingIt’s hard to believe this semester is coming to an end! This week’s Stetson Showcase shined brightly on many outstanding undergraduate student research projects across the university. As graduating seniors are finalizing plans for Commencement on May 12, all students are completing semester assignments and beginning to study for finals. The following events represent some […]
Continue ReadingThe Family Enterprise Center of Stetson University’s School of Business Administration and Family Business Magazine are partnering to offer Transitions East 2012, a conference focusing on the challenges and opportunities of taking family-owned business enterprises from one generation to the next. The conference, April 25-27 in Orlando, Fla., is sold out, with 160 family business […]
Continue ReadingStetson University has received $5.5 million in estate gifts to fund scholarships for students majoring in business or preparing for careers in health care. The major gifts come from the estates of C. Emory and Jeanne Smith, longtime friends of the university who lived in Orlando. Although the Smiths did not attend Stetson, their niece, […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s Roland George Investments Program achieved the near-impossible in the financial world this week – winning major national competitions in both the stock and bond categories. The student-run George Program bond portfolio won first-place in the Fixed-Income Category in the world’s largest student investment competition, the R.I.S.E. Forum at the University of Dayton in […]
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