Stetson University extends congratulations to 16 members of Stetson University’s faculty who have recently earned tenure and/or promotion. The new status for these 16 faculty members will be effective August 2013, with the start of the 2013-14 academic year. “Stetson teacher-scholars facilitate transformational learning in our students,” said Provost Elizabeth Paul, who made the announcement Wednesday, […]
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Four annual awards and honors will be presented at the end of the year and who receives them may depend on you. It’s time to nominate your favorite teacher or colleague, fellow students or even yourself for one of the distinguished honors listed below. For more information on these and other awards, stay current with […]
Continue ReadingCarine Strebel was awarded the 2013 Outstanding Book Award from The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). Strebel, a visiting assistant professor and coordinator for English as a second language in the Stetson University Department of Teacher Education, shares this award with editors Joyce Nutta and Kouider Mokhtari for their book, Preparing Every […]
Continue ReadingAs a young lawyer in his 20s working for the Florida attorney general in Tallahassee 50 years ago, a Stetson University College of Law graduate named Bruce Jacob was assigned to represent the respondent in a Supreme Court case that made history. The Court’s landmark decision on March 18, 1963, regarding the right to a […]
Continue ReadingWeek Ahead in Hatter Country, March 22 – 29 WE BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN – Stetson Campus Life and Athletics will host a Watch Party in the Hat Rack at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23, to watch the Hatter Women’s Basketball team take on UCLA in the NCAA Championship game. Everyone is welcome. Hope to see […]
Continue ReadingSophomore shortstop Demi Meza (Oxnard, Calif.) tied a Stetson school-record by hitting three home runs Wednesday afternoon, but the Hatters fell 6-4 to visiting Marshall in a non-conference contest at Patricia Wilson Field. Meza hit solo home runs in the third, fourth, and seventh innings to join Melissa Wiggins as the only Hatters to hit […]
Continue ReadingTired of walking to the computer labs? Stetson University’s IT department is now offering Virtual Lab – VLab — to students, faculty, and staff. With VLab you no longer have to make the commute to computer labs to be able to access software such as Word or SPSS. VLab allows students, faculty, and staff to […]
Continue ReadingThe Stetson University campus and DeLand community are invited to attend Thursday’s send-off party for the Stetson women’s basketball team as it departs for Columbus, Ohio and the 2013 NCAA Championship. The celebration will take place in the heart of campus, outside of the Carlton Union Building at 11:30 am TODAY. The Hatters will then […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will be holding its end of the year Digital Arts Senior Project Exhibition in the Hand Art Center from March 25 to April 5. The public is invited to the opening reception on Monday, March 25, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Hand Art Center, located at 139 E. Michigan Ave., on […]
Continue Reading“Why Angry Birds Don’t Make for Angry Children: How Psychological Science Got Video Game Effects Wrong” is the topic for the Stetson University Distinguished Psychology Alumni Lecture on Thursday, March 21, by Dr. Chris Ferguson, leading expert and prolific writer on the relationship between violent video games and violent behavior. The lecture, which is free […]
Continue ReadingWhen the Stetson women’s basketball team watched the NCAA selection show two years ago, the Hatters were part of the first game unveiled by ESPN. This time, however, the players and over 100 fans in attendance at Bill and Frank’s Brickhouse Grill waited through 16 teams, then 32, and then 48 without ever seeing “Stetson” […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s Finance Department in the School of Business Administration will be hosting a Roberson Executive Lecturer, Gary Starkweather, who will be giving his presentation “Imagination versus Knowledge” on March 21, at 4 p.m. in the Rinker Auditorium, LBC 108. Starkweather may be best known for inventing the laser printer while he worked for Xerox. He […]
Continue ReadingJennifer Schmitt, tutor at the Stetson Writing Center, won the prestigious 2013 Undergraduate Tutor Award, and Loren Cooper, lead tutor, claimed the $500 Tom Waldrep Scholarship at the Southeastern Writing Center Association (SWCA) conference in Ft. Lauderdale. “I felt a tangible pride and responsibility as a novice ambassador for Stetson,” said Cooper. “As undergraduate peer-tutors, […]
Continue ReadingPost Newtown Public Forum: This is a reminder that Stetson University will host the second of two community forums on Wednesday, March 20, 6-8:30 p.m. in the Stetson Room. At the forums panelists will discuss issues that have arisen in the aftermath of the recent school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. Topics […]
Continue ReadingIf you are graduating in May, or if you are a friend or relative of a graduating senior, you need to visit the Stetson Commencement Celebration website! As seniors busily wrap up projects and senior research, Stetson has created this easily accessible website for all the information you need regarding the commencement ceremony and other […]
Continue ReadingStetson University College of Law students won the American Association for Justice Regional Mock Trial Championship on March 10 in Miami, Fla. Sixteen teams competed in Miami. Stetson students Erica Emas, William Gower III, Andona Zacks-Jordan and Charles Strauss won the regional and a chance to compete against 13 teams from around the country in […]
Continue ReadingGoHatters.com Stetson University junior center fielder Chrissy Morello (Ormond Beach, Fla.) has been named the Atlantic Sun Conference Softball Player of the Week, the league announced on Monday. It is Stetson’s first conference Player of the Week selection in four years. Morello batted .583 (8-for-15) last week to help lead the Hatters to a 5-0 […]
Continue ReadingSpeakers have been chosen for Stetson’s TEDx event and they include Stetson faculty and students as well as members of the community. The topics being discussed range from human qualities to the importance of media. Each Tedx talk will be approximately 6-18 minutes in length. In addition to the live speakers, 2-3 TED talks will […]
Continue ReadingMonday night, March 11, is the first of two post-Newtown forums that Stetson is hosting, both open to the public, 6-8:30 p.m., in the Stetson Room, CUB. Tonight’s forum will focus on Safety at Schools and Campuses. Panelists will include: Candace Lankford, Vice Chairman, Volusia County School Board; Robert Matusick, Director of Public Safety, Stetson […]
Continue ReadingGoHatters.com – MACON, Ga. – As Stetson finished its pregame warm-ups Saturday and headed to bench for player introductions, the pep band, cheerleaders, and Hatter fans all started chanting, “I believe that we will win!” The players must have believed it, too. Stetson pulled off a victory for the ages, rallying from a 15-point, second-half deficit […]
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