News articles about the FBI using a death-row inmate to search for remains, the government shutdown, consequences of human rights violations in video games and an environmentally friendly battery all included a Stetson connection. Notable national and local news coverage included: U.S. News & World Report, NBC, FOX, Time, Orlando Sentinel, Washington Post, The Nation, […]
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Peter Edelman, director of the Center on Poverty, Inequality and Public Policy as well as a law professor at Georgetown University, will be the inaugural speaker for Stetson University’s new Social Justice Lecture Series, on Wednesday, Oct. 16. His lecture, “So Rich, So Poor: Why It’s So Hard to End Poverty in America,” will take […]
Continue ReadingThe Office of Career Development and Academic Advising’s (CDAA) new engaged programming initiative kicked off recently with an employer panel discussion in John Tichenor’s BADM 100 class. Professionals from business and industry discussed career goals and gave advice to students about how to choose a major and potential career path. Professionals in attendance included Steve […]
Continue ReadingSeven Stetson University softball student-athletes have been named 2012-13 All-America Scholar-Athletes by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association, it was announced earlier this week. The Hatter honorees were Mallory Brooks (Tampa, Fla.), Jordan Cleghorn, pictured, (Ball Ground, Ga.), Jessica Griffin (Port Saint John, Fla.), Brittany Hawn (Kaneohe, Hawaii), Chrissy Morello (Ormond Beach, Fla.), Chelsea Whalley (Calgary, […]
Continue ReadingWhat Peter Edelman saw was unimaginable to him: thousands of malnourished little children; bloated bellies and oozing sores that would not heal; migrant farmers living in abandoned buses. The very basic human needs severely ignored. Thousands of lives so displaced, so hurt and extremely underserved. The shocker? This was not in some war-torn nation across […]
Continue ReadingIn an effort to change the cultural dialogue about violence in media causing aggression in teenagers, an international group of 228 media scholars, psychologists and criminologists recently sent this open letter to the American Psychological Association (APA) asking it to reconsider its position on the effects of violence in the media. Dear APA Science Directorate: […]
Continue ReadingStetson University joins a growing list of U.S. colleges and universities to enact a policy to prohibit smoking and tobacco-related products beginning Aug. 1, 2014. The policy will affect Stetson’s residential campuses in DeLand and at the College of Law in Gulfport. The policy prohibits all forms of tobacco use including e-cigarettes and a variety […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s Opera Theatre will perform Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria by Claudio Monteverdi, on Friday, Oct. 18, at 7:30 p.m., in Lee Chapel, inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., on Stetson’s DeLand campus. (Caroline Brazelton is pictured in Stetson University’s Opera Theatre’s recent production of Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas.) Based on Homer’s […]
Continue ReadingOctober marks the launch of a new phase of university-wide strategic planning, as open discussions, focus groups and an online survey will involve the entire community in crafting a vision for Stetson’s future. The process will culminate in a new 2014-19 Strategic Map that is vetted by all constituencies and reviewed and approved by the […]
Continue ReadingStetson made news this week for access to and affordability of higher education, video game violence, Common Core state standards, and bar exam pass rates. Notable national and local placements include Forbes, Huffington Post, Daytona Beach News-Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Yahoo! News, The Ledger and SCOTUSblog. Top stories for Sept. 27-Oct. 3 include: Top Stories […]
Continue ReadingIn Stetson University’s Psychology Department, a legacy of three generations has been developing since the 1970s, when Dwaine Cochran, Ph.D., taught Richard Medlin in his psychology class. Cochran, proud and pensive, with research interests that include personal space, health attitudes, gerontology, optimism and anthropomorphism, expounds about his colleague: “Medlin was a great student, and one […]
Continue ReadingBeyond Access and Affordability: An Education of High Value You can also read this blog written by President Libby on Huffington Post, posted 10/2/13. With such weighty words as access and affordability lingering in the air after President Obama’s bus tour last month, it’s easy to get caught up in the higher education mantra and […]
Continue Reading“Distracted Driving” is receiving a lot of attention these days, particularly the alarming statistics of death and injury caused by drivers who are talking or texting on cell phones. Forty states have already banned cell phone use while driving and, starting today, Oct. 1, Florida will do the same. According to National Highway Traffic Safety […]
Continue ReadingBlackfish, the award-winning documentary that tells the story of Tilikum, a performing killer whale that killed several people while in captivity, will be screened tonight, Monday, Sept. 30, 7 p.m. at the Athens Theater in a special engagement, free of charge, for the Stetson University community. John Jett, Ph.D., visiting biology professor at Stetson, who […]
Continue ReadingThe exhibition Oscar Bluemner: Color Sketches, featuring works from Stetson University’s Vera Bluemner Kouba Collection, now on display at Stetson’s Hand Art Center, will be the subject of a lecture at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 2, by exhibition curator Dr. Roberta Smith Favis. (Pictured, from the current exhibit: “Oscar Bluemner, Untitled, Feb. 15, 1911, colored pencil […]
Continue ReadingWith the recent promotion of Rosalie Carpenter to dean of students, Chris Kandus-Fisher has stepped away from his dual responsibilities which covered both student affairs and dean of students to focus on providing senior leadership as the vice president of student affairs. “As vice president of student affairs, Chris will provide oversight to many areas of the […]
Continue ReadingStetson made news this week for topics as varied as violence and video games, college enrollment, self-publishing, and Obamacare. Notable national and local news coverage included: CNN, Huffington Post, CHED Morning News, Christian Science Monitor, Orlando Sentinel, Daytona Beach News-Journal, West Volusia Beacon, and Yahoo! News. Top stories for Sept. 20-26 include: Christopher J. Ferguson, […]
Continue ReadingThe Stetson University School of Music offers a delectable variety of live musical performances in the next week that you will not want to miss. The following concerts begin at 7:30 p.m., and will be held in Lee Chapel, inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., with the exception of one; the Jazz concert will […]
Continue ReadingStetson University, along with 11 participating museums and galleries located in West Volusia County, will be holding the annual Smithsonian Museum Day event on Saturday, Sept. 28. This event gives the opportunity to promote cultural education in an interactive way that is more accessible than ever. Each of these participating museums will be open, free […]
Continue ReadingCelebration resident Barbara Kroon realized a long-standing dream last year when her first novel, The Sleepover Clause, and then her second romance novel, And He Cooks Too, were published. She plans to share what she learned from her experience with other locals on Wednesday, Oct. 2, when she presents a program on self-promotion to the […]
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