Stetson University and Hatter Productions will host Peter Boie, Magician for the Non-Believers, 9 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 22, in Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall. The event is open to the Stetson University community–students, faculty and staff–free of charge. The event will be an hour-long imaginative magic show that is sure to leave audience members on […]
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George Addison West, 81, of DeLand, Fla., musician and jazz educator, died under hospice care on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, after living courageously with myeolodysplastic syndrome (MDS) for several years. Influencing countless students and colleagues throughout an academic career that spanned over 50 years, he devoted his professional life to advocating for jazz education and […]
Continue ReadingIn addition to the opening of the new Bluemner exhibition: Oscar Bluemner’s Germany: Juxtaposing Jerichow, Stetson University’s Hand Art Center will also feature a videotape collection by artist Bill Viola, also opening Friday, Jan. 25, with a reception from 6-8 p.m. The Viola exhibition will remain open through March 19, 2013. The screening schedule is: […]
Continue ReadingOSCAR BLUEMNER’S GERMANY: JUXTAPOSING JERICHOW Works from Stetson University’s Vera Bluemner Kouba Collection January 25 – April 29, 2013 OPENING RECEPTION 6-8 P.M., FRIDAY, JAN. 25 Since its opening in 2009, an important mission of the Hand Art Center at Stetson University has been the exhibition and interpretation of the artwork of Oscar Bluemner (1867-1938) […]
Continue ReadingStetson alumna Second Lt. Shanti S. Nolan will be conducting the U.S. Air Force Band and Honor Guard in President Obama’s inauguration parade on Jan. 21, 2013 in Washington D.C. Lt. Nolan earned bachelor of music degrees in education and in trumpet performance from Stetson University in 2002. Originally from Vero Beach, Fla., Lt. Nolan […]
Continue ReadingTwo adventurous Stetson University business professors have embarked on a round-the-world voyage aboard a sea-going university campus in the company of extraordinary global leaders. Rebecca and Gary Oliphant are now in the Eastern Pacific spending their sabbaticals as sea-going faculty on the 590-foot MV Explorer. They and their 635 students on board will call at […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will begin a four-day celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life from Sunday through Wednesday, Jan. 20-23. The public is cordially invited to all of the following events at Stetson and throughout DeLand. Sunday, Jan. 20 5:30 p.m. Chapel Service at Stetson University Location: Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, Fla. […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will feature internationally renowned author Geoff Dyer as the James Turner Butler Creative Lecturer for 2013. This special event, scheduled for 8 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 23, in Lee Chapel, inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., on Stetson’s DeLand campus, is open to the public at no charge. Dyer will read from his […]
Continue ReadingLegendary Florida lawyer William Reece Smith Jr., who served for decades as a distinguished professorial lecturer at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Fla., died on Jan. 11. Smith was 87. A visitation funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Hyde Park United Methodist Church, 500 W. Platt St., Tampa, with […]
Continue ReadingBeatings, bombings did not deter Freedom Riders from their Civil Rights quest When Ernest “Rip” Patton Jr. was a 21-year-old Tennessee State University student and the drum major in the marching band in 1961, he made the life-altering decision to become a Freedom Rider. In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Patton will be […]
Continue ReadingBeatings, bombings did not deter Freedom Riders from their Civil Rights quest Ernest “Rip” Patton Jr. was a 21-year-old Tennessee State University student and the drum major in the marching band in 1961 when he made the life-altering decision to become a Freedom Rider. In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Patton will be […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will host a public lecture, “Mama Broke Into Our House: How Real Events Get into Fiction,” by published author Clyde Edgerton on Thursday, Jan. 31, 7 p.m., Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., on Stetson’s DeLand campus. Also an accomplished musician, Edgerton will perform two musical numbers, as well. The […]
Continue ReadingMACON, Ga. – Junior Chris Perez was named Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Week after leading the Stetson men’s basketball team to two league wins, announced by the conference office on Tuesday. It marked the first time that Perez received the honor from the A-Sun, and his second weekly honor overall in his two seasons with […]
Continue ReadingDirector of Grants, Sponsored Research and Strategic Initiatives Carol Gorski Buckels, former owner/manager of a professional grant-writing company in Missouri, has been named Director of Grants, Sponsored Research and Strategic Initiatives at Stetson University. With a B.A. in English from the University of Missouri – Kansas City, and an M.A. in Journalism from the University […]
Continue ReadingThe Sigma Alpha Iota women’s professional music fraternity will present the “Women’s Works” Benefit Concert on Saturday, Jan. 19, 7:30 p.m., in Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., on Stetson University’s DeLand campus. Featuring women performing music by women composers, the concert musicians represent Stetson University, Rollins College, the University of Central […]
Continue ReadingPaul Langston, dean of Stetson University’s School of Music from 1962-85, passed away Thursday, Dec. 20, following an extended illness. Born in 1928, he was 84. Langston was a substantial figure in the development of the School of Music at Stetson. A music educator, organist, administrator and composer, he studied composition with Nadia Boulanger, French […]
Continue ReadingWhether you are celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanzaa, Stetson University wishes you a joyous holiday season. Although Stetson University will officially be closed to regular business from Saturday, Dec. 22, through Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, the following offices will be open for business during the hours specified. Campus Holiday Hours The Admission Office will be […]
Continue ReadingFor most people, the Caribbean is a tropical paradise, a getaway destination where reef fish dart among sunken pirate gold in a boundless turquoise sea. For the people who live and work for equality and human rights in the Caribbean, a different picture emerges: one focused on the struggle for social justice. Unemployment is rampant. […]
Continue ReadingWomen’s basketball After wildly successful seasons in 2010-11 and again in 2011-12, the Stetson women’s basketball team is ready to do it again. The Hatters return their entire starting line-up from last year, as well as virtually the entire bench to give Stetson Head Coach Lynn Bria a roster chock-full of veteran experience. Add to […]
Continue ReadingPssssst! Wanna be a spy? A marketing spy? In one of the top tourist destinations in the world? Superheroes, dinosaurs, wizards, television cartoon characters and rides and shows? All that? Absolutely. And that’s just what a select group of Stetson marketing students signed up for this fall when they mixed a day of fun and […]
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