We’ve come a long way, and now we’ve reached the final poll in the Other Best Downtown bracket, sponsored by the Orlando Sentinel. Thanks to all the votes from Stetson Hatters and many other fans of DeLand, the final contest is now between DeLand and Mount Dora. Two formidable opponents, but there will only be one […]
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Three Stetson students have been awarded scholarships from the Volusia County chapter of the Florida Institute of CPAs (FICPA). The students and the scholarships they earned include: Viktoria Kantor Kazsamer – George E. Shierling Scholarship Alyssa Thompson Lindsley – Robert Russell Harris Endowment Scholarship Hidi A. Taylor – FICPA Educational Foundation Scholarship “The accounting faculty […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s Education Department prepares aspiring teachers by providing teaching internships in classrooms across Central Florida. While seniors are completing their internships, they are preparing for the future in their chosen fields. (Alex Sanchez ’12, pictured, education graduate, currently teaches full-time at Woodward Elementary School in DeLand.) Throughout this fall semester, educator seniors have been […]
Continue ReadingBusiness Community in Orlando and Volusia County Rallies Around the Hatters. Corporate sponsorship of Stetson University Athletics Programs is on the rise. Alongside the return of football to the Stetson community for the first time in 50 years, and competitive athletics teams across 18 sports that reflect the academic excellence of the university, the launch […]
Continue Reading“It was transformative for all of us,” said Ranjini L. Thaver, Ph.D., professor of economics and a specialist in areas of poverty, microcredit and international trade. As part of the 300-level independent study class, ‘Poverty and Prisoner Rehabilitation,’ Thaver, along with her four students, Daniel Humphrey, Kristen Jones, Emily Lang and Jimmie Lopez, collaborated with Horizon […]
Continue ReadingNew courses launching in Spring 2014 will enhance existing curriculum. Stetson’s International Business department has received approval for major curricular revisions that have been under design and review for more than a year. New classes have been added that will help prepare students for real-world expectations of potential employers. “We are really excited about the […]
Continue ReadingThe Pioneer Football League announced its annual All-Conference first and second teams on Tuesday. A total of 62 student-athletes from across the PFL were selected to the 21st annual team. The players were selected by vote of the league’s 12 head coaches, who were not allowed to vote for their own players. Stetson was represented […]
Continue ReadingA 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 […]
Continue ReadingAhmad 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 […]
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