A blog on international study, an appeal of the O.J. Simpson trial and an award-winning poet topped the news for Stetson. Notable national and local coverage included CSPAN 3, Slate, Huffington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Daytona Beach News-Journal, Forward Florida, and Hawaii News Now. Top stories for Nov. 22-Dec. 5 include: Top Stories Huffington Post […]
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Ahmad Yakzan is a Hatter with four degrees from Stetson—the only person with two degrees from each campus. His first two degrees—a bachelor’s in political science in 2003, and an M.B.A. in 2005, were both earned when he attended Stetson’s main, historic campus in DeLand. But he also earned his J.D. in 2008 and then […]
Continue ReadingCan First-Year Seminar freshmen teach the university anything about values? You bet they can in Modern Languages and Literatures Professor Robert Sitler’s First Year Seminar titled “Living Our Values.” On the last day of class, Sitler, also the university’s values commitment leader, invited Stetson President Wendy B. Libby, Ph.D., and Dean of Students Rosalie Carpenter […]
Continue ReadingStetson alumna Nina O’Keefe May ’74, can say with confidence that she has achieved many of the goals she had set for herself, working in the entertainment industry. But she is very happy now to share her latest accomplishment with the Stetson University community. Life Fine Tuned, an award winning, family friendly film, was produced by […]
Continue ReadingRecent Stetson graduate Heather Grove ’11, is a great role model for Stetson students, exemplifying that the hard work you put into your four years will determine what you can do with your degree after graduating. Grove studied local food and geography at Stetson University, co-created Hatter Harvest with Kate Matthews and Caity Peterson, and was […]
Continue ReadingThis year’s Creative City Project in downtown Orlando featured the work of two Stetson digital arts students and associate professor Matt Roberts. Stetson junior Joe Palermo and sophomore Jacob Frisenda performed at the 2013 Electronic Mobile Performance, or EMP, using a shopping cart equipped with a battery, a fan and a DIY inflatable, allowing them […]
Continue ReadingStetson University invites the community to join in its annual Yule Log Lighting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, at Hulley Tower between DeLand Hall and Chaudoin Hall, located at 513 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand. The annual ritual, which traditionally opens the holiday season at Stetson University, is sponsored by the campus Student Christian Ministries […]
Continue ReadingSingapore seemed like a slam dunk. Everything pointed to the hypothetical success of another world-class, American theme park at the bottom of the Malay Peninsula in the South China Sea. But the slam dunk turned into a long shot when two Stetson Executive MBA (EMBA) students researching the project went to Singapore to see the […]
Continue ReadingStetson University women’s basketball head coach Lynn Bria proudly announced the signing of three student-athletes to National Letters-of-Intent on Friday. The signees are Keevana Edwards (Atlanta, Ga./Wesleyan School), Lashai Geeter (River Rouge, Mich./Martin Luther King Jr. Senior HS), and Sarah Sagerer (Vocklabruck, Austria/The Rock School). “I am very excited to be adding these extremely talented […]
Continue ReadingThe senior music recitals for two Stetson University voice majors will be held Saturday, Nov. 23, in Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand. The applied teacher for both seniors is voice professor Lloyd Linney, renowned opera singer, who has appeared in concerts and operas in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, as well […]
Continue ReadingFunctionally Literate highlights local and international authors Nov. 22 – Stetson University English professor, poet and author, who holds the Sullivan chair in creative writing and directs the Sullivan creative writing program at Stetson, Terri Witek, Ph.D., will be one of three featured writers/readers at this year’s Functionally Literate: a literary function event, on Friday, Nov. […]
Continue ReadingTop honors from Florida Campus Compact and debate on a defense bill led the news for Stetson this week. Notable national and local news coverage included: Al Jazeera America, Huffington Post, Digital Journal, Hawaii News Now, Cayman News Service, Tampa Bay Times and Herald-Tribune. Top stories for Nov. 15-Nov. 21 include: Visiting Law Professor Rachel […]
Continue ReadingStudy abroad. Perhaps no other experience has the ability to so swiftly and absolutely change students’ lives and prepare them for any opportunity the world might offer. (Stetson students are pictured, right, in Innsbruck, Austria.) It’s widely acknowledged that immersing yourself in another culture and language stretches your view of the world. It provides experience in […]
Continue ReadingScooby Doo meets Agatha Christie in Stetson University’s production of The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 by John Bishop. The comedy, directed by Stetson professor of theatre arts Ken McCoy, Ph.D., will run from Thursday, Nov. 21 to Sunday, Nov. 24. The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 takes place in the library of an old […]
Continue ReadingFour tutors from the Stetson University Writing Center recently presented research at the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing, held in Tampa. At the November conference, seniors Kristen Erichsen and Loren Cooper and sophomore Cameron Black spoke about the concept of productive diversity as it relates to writing centers in their presentation, “Negotiating Cultural […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will again this year partake in International Education Week, holding almost 20 programs on a range of international topics on our campus, Nov. 18-24. A listing of events can be found on the World: International Learning website, many of which are for cultural credit. The topics of the events literally span the globe […]
Continue ReadingStetson University music education major Andrew Hunt will perform his senior recital on Saturday, Nov. 23, at 3 p.m., in Lee Chapel, inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd, on the DeLand campus. Originally from Greensboro, N.C., Hunt is the son of Allen and Beverly Hunt. For his senior recital, Hunt will be performing a […]
Continue ReadingAs part of Stetson University’s celebration of International Education Week, the public is invited to two presentations/discussions by four distinguished international diplomats, on international priorities, trade, business and investment from the perspectives of their representatives in Central Florida, and insights into the role of a Consul in international affairs. These sessions are sponsored by Stetson University’s […]
Continue ReadingStudents at Stetson can receive 2014 scholarship based on 2013 requirements. Changes to Florida’s Bright Futures Medallion scholarship program have prompted officials at Stetson University to step in to try and fill the gap for those who were hardest hit – capable and qualified students from under-represented groups. “We were disappointed when we learned of […]
Continue ReadingGun violence in movies and military sexual-assault laws led the news for Stetson this week. Notable national and local news coverage included: Yahoo! News, Hawaii News Now, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, McClatchy, and Voice of Russia. Top stories for Nov. 8-14 include: Professor and chair of psychology department Christopher J. Ferguson comments on the […]
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