To vote, visit the Hatter Harvest page. Participants are allowed one vote per day through Mon., Apr. 18, when the voting period closes. Hatter Harvest, a student-led volunteer organization at Stetson University, needs your help. The Seeds of Change Grant Program is hosting an online contest that awards over $300,000 in grants to schools and […]
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Everyone’s invited to Stetson SHOWCASE all day Tues., Apr. 12.
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Top Stories: • Law Professor Peter Lake is quoted in the April 7 Chronicle of Higher Education article, “Tenure Rights and the Rise of Title IX: a Looming Culture Clash.” On April 4, The Harvard Crimson quoted Professor Lake in an article titled “Title IX Interpretations Could Threaten Academic Freedom, Report Says.” • The Daytona Beach News-Journal […]
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“Global learning is the key to inclusive excellence.” –Hilary Landorf, Ph.D.
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Competitive awards recognize design, writing excellence Stetson University Marketing won five first-place awards and one second-place award at this year’s CASE Circle of Excellence Awards. This program recognizes outstanding work in advancement services, alumni relations, communications, fundraising and marketing as judged by peer professionals at schools, colleges and universities as well as by professionals from […]
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The tree perched atop the final beam will become part of the Rinker Welcome Center landscaping.
Continue ReadingTop Stories: • Jason Evans, Ph.D., assistant professor of environmental science and studies, was quoted in the article, “UGA research will help policymakers plan for sea level rise,” published on Environmental Research Web on Mar. 24. • In addition, Evans was quoted in another article, “Climate Disruption in Overdrive: Submerged Cities and Melting that ‘Feeds […]
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Everyone’s invited!
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The Stetson Room buzzed with the chatter of more than 150 students, alumni and supporters of the university as they gathered recently for the 11th Annual Benefactor Luncheon. Each spring semester, the Office of Donor Relations (previously the Office of Stewardship) invites scholarship donors to campus to connect with their scholarship recipients, many for the […]
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As the university moves to rededicate itself to issues of diversity, workshops, open forums and flash panels have been held to facilitate dialogue about race. These events have drawn passionate crowds, largely made of minority students and faculty, resulting in constructive criticism of a national conversation. However, there is large group missing from the metaphorical […]
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The Caribbean countries have always represented a culturally and ethnically diverse region of the world, where more and more influences have merged with the Caribbean culture. The celebration of Carnival has always offered one way for the Caribbean people to relax, be happy, share ideas, dance and appreciate all of the beauty represented by the […]
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“When you empower people they can organize and do incredible things.” –Florida Rep. Kathleen Peters Adolescents are often told two conflicting messages: speak and be silent. We are told we can do anything—that we can “be the change we’d like to see in the world” […]
Continue ReadingTop Stories: • On Mar. 18, Christopher Ferguson, Ph.D., associate professor and co-chair of psychology, published an article on Huffington Post titled “Mass Media and Body Dissatisfaction: Root Cause or Just a Reminder?” • On Mar. 23, Accounting Today and Beacon Online News, reported that Stetson students continue to prepare income tax returns for local […]
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Jim Wallis, bestselling author, public theologian, national preacher, social activist and international commentator on ethics and public life, will be speaking at Stetson University on Fri., Apr. 8, at 10:30 a.m., in the Stetson Room, second floor of the Carlton Union Building, 131 E. Minnesota Ave., on Stetson’s DeLand Campus. His lecture is titled, “The […]
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Check out the website (stetson.edu/commencement) for the latest information on Stetson’s Commencement 2016.
Continue ReadingTop Stories: John Jett, Ph.D., research professor of environmental science, was quoted in an article in National Geographic, Mar. 10, “Tilikum, Sea World’s Killer Orca, is dying.” Jett, a former whale trainer at Sea World, was prominently featured in Blackfish, the documentary about keeping orcas in captivity. On Mar. 14, Jason Evans, Ph.D., assistant professor […]
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Three public lectures on African-American religion. Stetson University presents the George H. Shriver Lectures: Religion in American History, Mar. 29-30, featuring guest speaker Eddie Glaude, Jr., Ph.D., Princeton University’s chair of the Department for African American Studies and the William S. Tod Professor of Religion and African American Studies. Glaude’s topic will be “The Study […]
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$1 million and nearly 1,000 returns filed for members of the local community
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When you first meet Dixon Sutherland, Ph.D., you don’t immediately realize the impact he has had on the lives of some of Stetson University’s best scholars and students. Sutherland is a professor of religious studies, and is well known for his work with students in that area, but his other claim to fame is that […]
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On Monday, April 4, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., Stetson University in DeLand will celebrate the “topping out” of the new Marshall & Vera Lea Rinker Welcome Center. Topping out is when the highest beam is placed atop a structure during the construction phase, and it is traditional to celebrate at that time. “A ‘Topping Out’ […]
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