Rina Tovar, Stetson University vice president for Campus Life and Student Success, is the first recipient ever to receive the NASPA-Florida Outstanding Service to Students Award. The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) designed this award as a way to recognize the contributions of professionals who consistently give time and effort counseling, advising and […]
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Stetson University partnered with Feeding Children Everywhere this month to raise money and pack more than 5,000 meals for hungry children in Guatemala City, Guatemala. About 75 students, alumni, faculty and staff and their family members from the business, education and counseling programs at Stetson’s Center at Celebration in Osceola County worked together in groups […]
Continue ReadingAs it gears up for the return of Hatter Football and the introduction of Women’s Lacrosse in 2013, Stetson University will begin construction this week on a $6.7 million athletics complex to include a Field House and four playing fields. Stetson’s Athletics Enhancement Initiative will provide a new and improved game-day field to be shared […]
Continue ReadingDr. Timothy Peter, professor of music at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, will become Stetson University’s new director of choral activities and professor of music, effective August 2012. “Dr. Peter brings dynamic leadership, artistry and magnetism to our vibrant School of Music, whose choral tradition and strengths are highly regarded nationwide,” said Dr. Jean O. West, […]
Continue ReadingDozens of Stetson University students, employees, alumni and top administrators did a double-take this week while watching a 60 Minutes television special about central Florida families who have fallen on hard times and are living in their cars. One of the main subjects of the story – 15-year-old Arielle Metzger – was wearing a green […]
Continue ReadingA new era of student-based charitable giving at Stetson University has begun with an invasion by Phil the Pig – as in “Philanthropy” or “fill” the pig! Hundreds of Phil the Pig piggy banks have been distributed this fall by Stetson and its Student Philanthropy Council to students, faculty, staff, and the Alumni Board. And […]
Continue ReadingFifteen Stetson students received awards at the opening reception for Stetson University’s 22nd Juried Student Art Exhibition on Nov. 11. The award winning works of art (59 pieces) are currently being displayed at the Homer and Dolly Hand Art Center now through Dec. 9. The Hand Art Center is located on the University’s Palm Court/Quad, […]
Continue ReadingCarol Julian, an experienced fundraiser who previously served at Stephens College in Columbia, Mo., has joined the Stetson University administration as associate vice president for University Relations and campaign director. Julian oversees Stetson’s DeLand campus fundraising and alumni relations efforts, including annual giving, gift planning, corporate and foundation relations, stewardship, and records and reporting. She […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s Housing and Residential Life Department has been honored by the Halifax Humane Society inDaytona Beach for its creation of the university’s pet-friendly student residence hall and its contribution to animals. Stetson received the 2011 Wingate Award by the Halifax Humane Society, the area’s largest animal shelter. The award, named for the founders of […]
Continue ReadingThe Stetson University School of Music and the Florida Bandmasters Association (FBA) will present the 22nd annual FBA Hall of Fame Weekend at Stetson on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 12 and 13. Honorees to be inducted this year into the Hall of Fame are Kenneth R. Tolbert, director of the Miami Central Band that was […]
Continue ReadingThe late Lucille Gilstrap West, who earned a Master of Arts degree from Stetson University in 1959, was a calculus teacher with a formula for life that called for careful planning, frugal spending and saving for the people, values and institutions important to her. “She had a vision. She wanted to use her money to […]
Continue ReadingStetson University has received this year’s Engaged Campus Award for colleges and universities in the independent sector, and Stetson junior Chelsea Lincoln has won the Students in Service Award, from Florida Campus Compact. The awards were presented at Florida Campus Compact’s recent 2011 Awards Gala inOrlando. Florida Campus Compact is a coalition of more than […]
Continue ReadingEric Canny, an experienced international educational administrator who has traveled to 45 countries and lived in four different countries, has been named director of international learning at Stetson University. Canny will lead Stetson’s efforts to deepen international and intercultural learning and to integrate those opportunities across academic disciplines and amongst students, faculty and staff. The […]
Continue ReadingStetson University is dedicating the 2011-2012 academic year to one of life’s most precious natural resources: water. The central Florida university has adopted “water sustainability” as its theme this year as part of its broader commitment to environmental responsibility. “Water sustainability is a critical issue in Florida,” said Dr. William J. Ball, visiting associate professor […]
Continue ReadingApproximately 200 of Stetson University’s top students were inducted into Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society, the oldest and largest freshman honor society, at a Re-Chartering and Induction Ceremony at Stetson’s Carlton Union Building this week. Phi Eta Sigma was originally chartered at Stetson in 1978, but the chapter had been inactive since the mid-1990s. […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will welcome 100 applicants for U.S. citizenship on Tuesday, Oct. 18, during a Naturalization Ceremony being hosted on campus in partnership with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. at Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, with a reception following in the Quad. The […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s School of Business Administration has been named one of the nation’s “Best 294 Business Schools” in a new guidebook released Oct. 11 by The Princeton Review. The education services company compiles its guidebook of top business schools annually based on input from more than 19,000 students in Master of Business Administration programs accredited by […]
Continue ReadingThrough a partnership between the Florida Audubon Society and Stetson University, nine students from Stetson’s DeLand and Law campuses have been awarded scholarships to attend the Conservation Leadership Initiative (CLI) as part of Florida Audubon Society’s statewide conference in Lake Mary, Fla., on Oct. 14. The 2011 Audubon Assembly is an annual event that brings […]
Continue ReadingStetson University has launched a new mobile application for cell phones, tablets and other portable devices – giving students, faculty, staff and the general public easy mobile access to DeLand campus events calendars and news, maps, personnel and departments, and duPont-Ball Library resources. The new StetsonU app can be easily downloaded free of charge and […]
Continue ReadingStetson University has earned the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certification for two more buildings, the Mary B. McMahan Hall and the Homer and Dolly Hand Art Center for a total now of four “green buildings” on the historic campus in DeLand. In 2003, Stetson’s Lynn Business Center earned LEED certification and became not […]
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