Let’s put it this way. Unless Florida takes significant steps to conserve, reuse and look for alternative supplies, the state’s fresh water supplies will not meet the needs of its ever-growing population. That’s according to almost 60 participants at a recent St. Johns River Basin Supply Workshop held on the Stetson campus. These Central Florida […]
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While most students are looking forward to spring break as a chance to kick back, relax and work on a tan, the 52-voice Stetson University Concert Choir is New York bound! Regarded as one of the finest undergraduate university choirs in the country, the highly selective 52-voice Stetson University Concert Choir, under the direction of Timothy Peter, director […]
Continue ReadingA panel discussion of the Gideon v Wainwright case and a water conservation workshop at Stetson led the news this week. Notable media placements include WMNF, Florida Times-Union, Tampa Bay Times, Sarasota Herald Tribune, SFGate and Reason.com. Top stories for Feb. 14-20, 2014, include: Law Dean and Professor of Law Christopher Pietruszkiewicz and Dean Emeritus […]
Continue ReadingVinegar Tom – Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 20-22, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 23, 3 p.m. All performances will be held at Stetson Theatre Arts’ “Second Stage” located inside the Museum of Art, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., adjacent to the DeLand campus. Admission is $12 for adults, and $10 for seniors and area students. Stetson students, faculty and staff are […]
Continue ReadingDr. Roberta Smith Favis, curator for Stetson University’s Vera Bluemner Kouba Collection, will present her Curator’s Talk on the current Bluemner exhibit on Wednesday, Feb. 19, in Room 25 in the Instructional Media Center, in the duPont-Ball Library, 134 E. Minnesota Ave. Bluemner’s The Language of Trees is currently on display in Stetson’s Hand Art […]
Continue ReadingStetson’s Student Government Association hosted the 2014 conference of the Academy of Florida Independent Colleges and Universities (AFICU), Feb. 7-9. Florida’s oldest private university provided an excellent venue for student leaders across the state to collaborate and improve the state of their universities. “The purpose of this conference is for SGAs from different private and […]
Continue ReadingThe activities and festivities scheduled in the Palm Court on Wednesday, Feb. 19, will help make Stetson’s recognition of the national Through With Chew campaign the teachable moment that is intended. Chewing tobacco is not a safe alternative to cigarettes. It’s deadly. Smokeless tobacco is a major problem. Learn more about why, find out how to detect its […]
Continue ReadingOn Wednesday, Feb. 5, the Muslim Student Association held their first Stetson’s Hijab Day. This event invited both Muslim and non-Muslim to try on the traditional headscarf millions of Muslim women wear around the world. (Pictured, right, Salma Belakbir, standing, is helping Charlotte Grace with her Hijab.) The Hijab is, of course, a very controversial […]
Continue Reading“On behalf of Facilities Management, I am happy to make the following report to the Stetson University community on the many improvements made to our campus over the holiday break,” said Al Allen, associate vice president for facilities management. “During the time when the university was closed in December, and into the new semester, we […]
Continue ReadingVoting on whether to unionize at a Volkswagon assembly plant and a meeting of government officials regarding water supply in Florida led the news for Stetson this week. Significant national and local coverage included CNBC, Newsweek, Toronto Telegraph, National Post, Reason.com, WOFL, College Baseball Daily, and Daytona Beach News-Journal. Top stories for Feb. 7-13 include: […]
Continue ReadingThe Stetson University School of Music Opera Theatre will present Leonard Bernstein’s Tony Award-Winning opera, Candide, on Friday and Sunday, Feb. 21 and 23. Directed by Russell Franks, with orchestra conducted by Anthony Hose, Candide will be performed in the DeLand High School Auditorium, 800 N. Hill Ave., at 7:30 p.m., Friday evening, and a […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s Lifelong Learning Program is pleased to announce the first Tech E-Fest Expo to be held at the Stetson Center at Celebration campus Thursday, March 6, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Stetson has partnered with the Celebration Town Hall and SmartCity to help draw attention to the many technology topics that face our […]
Continue ReadingSTETSON UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE’s current winter issue investigates what the experts say about the Millennial generation and how, specifically, Stetson students reflect those descriptions. “In some ways,” said Bill Noblitt, editor of the magazine, “Stetson students are much like any other Millennials. They are tech savvy and want to please their parents. But in other ways, […]
Continue ReadingSandhill Ecosystem, Physics Extravaganza, Sustainability all at Stetson’s Gillespie Museum – At Stetson University’s Science Saturday, Saturday, Feb. 22, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., the Gillespie Museum will offer two hands-on workshops in one morning: Save a Sandhill Ecosystem and a Physics Extravaganza. On the museum grounds, young scientists will learn about longleaf pine forests […]
Continue ReadingTo mark the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) developed a special project as part of its Bridging Cultures initiative: Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle. Stetson University’s duPont-Ball Library is one of 473 institutions in the United States that was awarded a grant to participate in the […]
Continue ReadingMilitary couple from St. Augustine leaves gift to endow academic scholarship – In February, 2013, Kate Pearce, assistant vice president of university relations at Stetson University, received a most welcomed telephone call. Attorney Melvin D. Stack, a partner in the Daytona Beach law firm of Every, Stack and Upchurch, and a 1979 Stetson College of Law […]
Continue ReadingAn editorial on the war on poverty and an article on campaign contributions led the news for Stetson this week. Notable national and regional placements include Slate, Boston Globe, Orlando Sentinel, Center for Public Integrity, WOFL, WKMG, Fox 13, Financial News & Daily Record and Ecology Law Quarterly. Top stories for the week of Jan. […]
Continue ReadingStetson University presents Vinegar Tom, by Obie Award-winning author Caryl Churchill, on Feb. 20 through 23, in Stetson Theatre Arts’ “Second Stage” located inside the Museum of Art, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., adjacent to the DeLand campus. (Pictured: Susan, played by Ellen Smittle, looks on in horror as her excited friend Alice, played by […]
Continue ReadingIt’s time for the First Pitch Competition, and this is not about baseball! This contest, which is based on the idea commonly known as an “elevator pitch,” requires students to outline an idea for a new product, service, project or solution, and then “pitch” that idea to a group of judges in 90 seconds or […]
Continue ReadingSochi Olympics Symposium on Thursday; Opening Ceremonies Viewing on Friday – On Thursday, Feb. 6, Stetson’s Russian Studies Program will host a symposium on the Russian context for the 2014 Winter Olympics. The Opening Ceremonies and the Winter sport competitions begin on Feb. 7, and take place in the southwest of Russia, in the resort ski […]
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