Stetson University Associate Professor of English Dr. Jamil Khader received this year’s Hand Community Impact Award. Professor of American Studies and History Dr. Paul Croce and Associate Professor of Geography Dr. J. Anthony Abbott received Hand Awards for Research, Creative and Professional Activity. Stetson College of Law alumna Dolly Hand and her husband, Homer, established […]
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Dr. Camille Tessitore King, associate professor of psychology at Stetson University, has been named winner of Stetson’s 2011 McEniry Award for Excellence in Teaching. The award, the most prestigious given to a DeLand faculty member, was presented at Spring Commencement. McEniry Award winners are selected by faculty and students and must be both outstanding scholars […]
Continue ReadingJoel Bauman, a seasoned admission and financial aid leader with experience at universities in New York, Utah, Florida and internationally, has been selected as Stetson University’s new vice president for Enrollment Management. He will join Stetson August 2011, succeeding Deborah J. Thompson, who has accepted a position in South Carolina. Bauman brings more than 20 […]
Continue ReadingStetson University awarded degrees to 570 students during Spring Commencement ceremonies May 7 – celebrating years of hard work and sending the graduates into the working world or on to graduate school. Of the Class of 2011 at the DeLand campus, 411 undergraduates received bachelor’s degrees and 159 students received graduate degrees. President Wendy B. […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will award degrees to 570 students during two Spring Commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 7. The ceremony for students earning degrees through the College of Arts & Sciences will be at 9:30 a.m., and the ceremony for students in the School of Business Administration and School of Music will be at 1:30 p.m., both […]
Continue ReadingFor six years, Stetson University has partnered with the philanthropic Corella & Bertram F. Bonner Foundation on a unique program that provides scholarships to Stetson students who commit to extensive community-engaged learning (community service) and leadership training while they’re in college. Now, the Bonner Scholars and Bonner Leaders programs will be part of Stetson University […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will cancel classes on Tuesday, April 19, for its all-day Stetson Showcase – Undergraduate Research and Creative Arts Symposium, showcasing student research and creative projects from across the DeLand campus’s academic disciplines. All student presentations and the keynote lecture are free and open to the public. Tickets are required for the School of […]
Continue ReadingStetson University in Central Florida is now accepting applications for its new Stetson University Summer Pre-Law Institute, a rigorous, six-week course in which undergraduate college students will be chosen to prepare for law school and a career in the legal field. Students enrolled in the unique program will spend four weeks on Stetson’s DeLand, Fla., […]
Continue ReadingF. Robert Huth Jr., an experienced business and finance administrator who currently serves as executive vice president at Middlebury College in Vermont, has been named vice president for business and chief financial officer at Stetson University. He will join Stetson in July, succeeding George H. Herbst, who is retiring. Huth has more than 30 years […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will be host to the 27th annual IMPACT Conference, a national conference focusing on service, social justice and advocacy, Thursday, March 31, through Sunday, April 3. About 600 college students and staff members from all over the United States are planning to attend, including 150 Stetson students. Registration is still open; information: http://www.impactconference.org/register-now/. […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s Homecoming 2011 will be celebrated this weekend, March 25-27, with many events – including the annual Mainstreet Block Party, concerts, lectures, sporting events and a special event at the Gillespie Museum – open to the public. Stetson will also have a public reception at Stetson Hall, the residence hall slated to be torn […]
Continue ReadingStetson University senior Heather Grove won the 2010 Excellence in Service Award from Florida Campus Compact for being one of Florida’s most dedicated student service scholars who is making a positive impact through contribution of service. Grove was selected from nominees from all of the private colleges and universities in Florida. The award ceremony took […]
Continue ReadingStetson University freshman Ryan Rinaldo, a Bonner Scholar, is taking a lead role in organizing the second West Volusia Community Expo, to be held Thursday, March 24, at Deltona High School. The high school campus at 100 Wolf Pack Run in Deltona will come alive from 4:30–7:30 p.m. for the Expo, which was created last […]
Continue ReadingThe 2012 U.S. News & World Report has again ranked Stetson University College of Law the top law school in the nation for trial advocacy and number three for legal writing. Since the U.S. News rankings began in 1995, Stetson Law has ranked first in advocacy 14 times. Stetson has also consistently ranked among the […]
Continue ReadingGet ready for the return of Hatter Football! Stetson University is starting the process to join the prestigious Pioneer Football League with the first game in fall 2013. Long ago considered a pigskin powerhouse in Florida, Stetson has not had a football team since the 1956 season. The football announcement website is at www2.stetson.edu/football. Watch […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will host the 40th annual Floyd M. Riddick Model United States Senate on March 17-19, 2011. The public is invited to a free lecture by noted congressional scholar Walter Oleszek, on Friday, March 18, at 7 p.m. in the Stetson Room, second floor of the Carlton Union Building, 131 E. Minnesota Ave. The title […]
Continue ReadingAfter detailed assessment of the condition of the facility and lengthy deliberations over several years, Stetson University’s Board of Trustees approved the recommendation of the Trustees Facilities Management Committee to remove Stetson Hall. Built in 1886 and expanded at the end of World War II, Stetson Hall sits in the core of campus and has […]
Continue ReadingJohn Sherwood, a senior at Stetson University majoring in computer science, placed in the Top 10 out of 3,500 students from more than 400 schools across the United States and Canada for Part 3 of the 2010 IBM Master the Mainframe Contest. This was the sixth annual run for the contest designed to equip students […]
Continue ReadingSince 1992, Stetson University Political Science Professor Dr. Anne Hallum’s non-profit, the Alliance for International Reforestation (AIR), has helped more than 2,000 rural Guatemalan families protect their homes and villages from deadly mudslides by planting trees on mountainsides. In addition, she also researched many local Guatemalan tree varieties and learned which ones could be strategically replanted […]
Continue ReadingStetson University Political Science Professor Dr. T. Wayne Bailey was honored at the Volusia County State of the Union program Jan. 31 for his longtime contributions to Volusia County government and work in local, state and national politics. Bailey was vice chair of the citizen’s group that created the County Charter, which is the foundation […]
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