Category: Campus & Community

Stetson Commemorates Veterans Day 2012

Although the official observance of Veterans Day will take place Sunday, Nov. 11, there are a number of events taking place honoring Veterans, Friday through Sunday. Stetson will kick off the Veterans Day observance Friday, Nov. 9, by handing out ribbons supporting Veterans throughout the day in front of the CUB and providing free lunch […]

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Kristallnacht Commemoration Friday

Commemoration of Kristallnacht, “Night of Broken Glass” the catalyst of the greatest tragedy that became known as the Holocaust, will be held at Stetson University on Friday, Nov. 9, from 2:15 – 3:30 p.m. in the Stetson Room, second floor of the Carlton Union Building, 131 E. Minnesota Ave., DeLand.  The public is invited to […]

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Faculty Spotlight: Maria Rickling, Accounting

For Maria Rickling, Assistant Professor of Accounting, teaching at Stetson provides the opportunity to combine two passions–a love of learning and an enthusiasm for accounting. Maria has always felt most at home in academic environments, and she enjoys the opportunity a faculty position offers to be a “perpetual student.”  Learning gives her joy. What’s more, […]

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Music School reaches out to community

The Stetson University Community School of Music’s premier group, the Young Singers, is an auditioned treble choir made up of talented young people from grades two through 10. This group studies and rehearses each year from September through May, and performs each year in December and May. Next year, as reward for their hard efforts, […]

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Money: Roland George Trading Room

Money. The bright high-tech glass room screams money. Visual icons of high finance dominate the north hall of the Lynn Business Center’s third floor. Tan hardwood floors. Glass wall. Colorful 60” flat screen displays that stream real-time Wall Street and financial networks. A wide ticker of prices scrolls a wall, corner to corner. Key a […]

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Monday flash forum on severe storms

Stetson University will present a flash forum on Sandy in the City: Living with Severe Storms, Monday night, Nov. 5, 6 p.m., Rinker Environmental Learning Center, 231 E. Michigan Ave., DeLand. Stetson Professors Tony Abbott, Barbara Bischof, Jim Buthman, John Jett and Clay Henderson will speak and answer questions on the anatomy of storms, environmental […]

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Stetson launches Zipcar car-sharing program

Stetson University launched a new partnership with Zipcar, Inc., the world’s leading car-sharing network, on Friday, Nov. 2, officially starting a Zipcar car-sharing program on campus. The convenient transportation option is now available at an affordable rate 24 hours a day, seven days a week for students, faculty, and staff ages 18 and older, as […]

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Election Results Watch Party Tuesday night

For those of you who have voted early or plan to go on Election Day and want to see the results of your efforts, the Center for Community Engagement, in conjunction with the “Stetson Votes” initiative, will be showing election results Tuesday, Nov. 6, live in the Stetson Room, second floor of the Carlton Union […]

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Welcome home, Hatter Alumni!

This weekend is Stetson University’s HOMECOMING 2012 – the first fall Homecoming in 50 years, when Hatter Football was part of life at Stetson. Homecoming events include the 22nd Annual Wes Berner Golf Tournament, the Food and Wine Festival, Opera, Football, a Comedy Show, Theatre, Baseball, Softball, a Food Truck Bazaar and Pre-Game Party, Class […]

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Opera Scenes at Athens, Friday and Saturday

Join Opera Theatre Stetson University for two gala evenings of opera scenes celebrating the many scenes of love, the most powerful of emotions. Experience the drowning passion of Anthony and Cleopatra: the irresistible pull of the forbidden in Puccini’s Edgar: and  the despair of unrequited love in Lucia Di Lammermoor. Sigh at the sweet beauty […]

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Music icon teaches Stetson master class

Arturo Sandoval came to Stetson Friday, Oct. 26, and taught a music improvisational master class in the Feasel Rehearsal Hall inside McMahan Hall, to a group of more than 120 music majors, non-majors, music faculty, non-music faculty and staff from across all university disciplines. Sandoval is one of the most famous trumpet players of our […]

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Stetson Science Saturday at Gillespie Museum

Open your mind and get your hands dirty! On Saturday, Nov. 3, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., the Gillespie Museum at Stetson University will host its final Science Saturday of the fall semester. Everyone is invited to tour the Museum, which turns 54 years old this month, and next door, in the Rinker Environmental […]

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Hatter Homecoming 2012 Nov. 2-4

Stetson University will celebrate its first fall Homecoming in 50 years, Nov. 2-4, in anticipation of the return of football to Stetson. Greenfeather, a long-time community engagement tradition at Stetson, in which many student organizations on campus participate in events to raise funds for local non-profit organizations, is in progress this week as well. To […]

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Zipcar comes to Stetson Friday

  Zipcar is coming to Stetson beginning Friday, Nov. 2, providing an inexpensive way to ‘share’ a car without having to worry about gas or insurance. Founded in 1999, Zipcar is the world’s largest membership-based, car-sharing company, providing cars on-demand. Car sharing is a pay-per-use system, which has the effect of significantly altering driving behavior. […]

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Greenfeather, Homecoming fill the coming days

Stetson’s annual participation in Greenfeather begins this week. Many student organizations on campus will be participating in events throughout the week that promote and raise funds for local non-profit organizations. Then on top of that, Homecoming 2012 begins next Friday, Nov. 2! Enjoy yourselves while helping others in full Hatter spirit! Here are some of […]

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Tickets still available for Christmas Candlelight

Tickets are still available for Stetson University’s popular holiday tradition of Christmas Candlelight Concerts, scheduled this year for Thursday, Nov. 29, Friday, Nov. 30, and Saturday, Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 2 at 4 p.m. All performances take place in Lee Chapel, Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd. in DeLand. The concerts […]

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Senator to visit campus Oct. 24

On Wednesday, Oct. 24, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) will be visiting Stetson University’s DeLand campus to discuss the importance of civic engagement in our society. “We’re excited for the opportunity to host Senator Nelson on our campus,” said Kevin Winchell, assistant director of Community Engagement. “Senator Nelson’s long and distinguished record of public service […]

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Civil War history relived in class outdoors

Civil War re-enactors set up an encampment on Oct. 2and 3 in the Quad, between Sampson Hall and the Hand Art Center, and in full uniform taught a history lesson as part of Dr. Paul Croce’s The American Civil War class. Across two tables were assorted artifacts – swords, silverware, barrels, pots, chairs, flasks, glasses, […]

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Beach clean-up part of Business course

It may not look like studying, but these four students walking up the beach are looking for trash as part of a Consumer Marketing class. They are Claudia Radke, Brittany McDaniel, Aaron Paul and Business alumnus Dana Sotero. It was early. The clean, flat expanse of beautiful sand stretched for miles in front of the […]

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Hold on to your hats for the Week Ahead!

Hold on to your hats, Hatters, because the next two weeks are jam-packed with fun and exciting events! This week starts off with the last round of Presidential Debates. Thanks to the Center of Community Engagement and Stetson Votes, we will be able to watch President Obama and Governor Romney in their last debate before […]

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