As a freshman, I still remember all my fears and doubts as I settled into my first dorm room in Stetson’s Chaudoin Hall. How will this girl from Romania succeed in this challenging environment with support systems and family thousands and thousands of miles away? The answer was what I had been fervently searching for […]
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What does a professor with an “office” in a lobby, and a 3-D printer have in common? They are just two of many innovative ideas presented at Stetson University’s first-annual Teaching and Learning Colloquium – a unique, “think outside the box” forum where professors discuss new and more effective ways to engage their students. The April […]
Continue ReadingStetson University was in the news the week of April 24-30, 2015, in the following media outlets: The April 23 TIME magazine article, “Why Nursing Homes Need to Have Sex Policies,” quotes Law Professor Roberta Flowers. Law Professor Charles Rose is quoted in the April 24 Tampa Tribune article, “Petraeus gets 2 years’ probation Disgraced […]
Continue ReadingA total of 720 students will graduate at Stetson University’s 2015 Commencement Ceremonies this weekend, May 8 and 9. On Friday night, May 8, Stetson will confer master’s degrees on 166 graduate students; and at two commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 9, 554 students will receive their undergraduate degrees. All three commencement ceremonies will be […]
Continue ReadingSince the introduction of Facebook in 2004, social media has grown by extraordinary measures in the past decade, and in like manner, upcoming college graduates have grown dependent on it. As such an integral part of their earlier lives, you might be surprised at just how much social media will affect graduates’ future careers. One […]
Continue ReadingStudent Appreciation Day is an annual event put on by Dining Services to thank all Stetson students for a wonderful year. The invitation read: By the Royal Order of THE QUEEN OF HEARTS, you are cordially invited to the Mad Hatter Tea Party in celebration of our students. It was held at lunchtime in The Commons Monday, […]
Continue ReadingTop Stories in the news this week include: • Stetson University has been ranked among the country’s 353 “green” colleges and universities by The Princeton Review’s Guide to 353 Green Colleges: 2015 Edition. • The front-page feature on Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law Bruce Jacob in the Tampa Bay Times ran nationally via the Associated […]
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Continue ReadingEnvironmentally aware university praised for commitment, proactive approach Stetson University has been recognized as a “green” university by Princeton Review’s Guide to 353 Green Colleges: 2015 Edition. Just in time for the 45th anniversary of Earth Day on Apr. 22, Princeton Review’s Guide praised Stetson for its commitment to environmental education, environmentally responsible purchasing, efficient […]
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Continue Reading• Fortune 500 quoted Valrie Chambers, Ph.D., associate professor of accounting, in the April 13 article entitled, Is the death tax killing American family farms. • Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law Bruce Jacob spoke with the Tampa Bay Times for the April 13 front page article, “Stetson law prof took Gideon case to Supreme […]
Continue ReadingThis is it! Hatter Productions will be bringing Sage the Gemini and DJ Baauer for Hatter Palooza 2015. Doors opens at 7:00 p.m. in the Edmunds Center, 143 E. Pennsylvania Ave., on the DeLand campus. Sage the Gemini, pictured, is best known for his hit song Gas Pedal and Baauer is the artist behind the Harlem Shake. Due to […]
Continue ReadingEach April, Stetson University welcomes accepted students and their families to the DeLand campus for a day of fun, fellowship, service and learning at the annual HATTER SATURDAY. The 2015 HATTER SATURDAY is April 18. Approximately 500 new Hatters and their families will gather on Saturday to attend information sessions with Stetson leaders, faculty, staff […]
Continue ReadingAmber Finnicum-Simmons, a junior psychology major at Stetson University in DeLand, Fla., is the recipient of the 2015 Newman Civic Fellows Award. As a Newman Civic Fellow, Amber is one of approximately 200 students who has been recognized as the next generation of public problem solvers and civic leaders. Through service, research and advocacy, Newman […]
Continue ReadingLearn Local -A Pineland Understory: Women and African Americans in early Orange City This talk, presented by recent Stetson graduate Kimberly Reading, based on her senior thesis research, uncovers the stories of women and African Americans in the settlement of Orange City, Fla. Pulling from the town history beginning in 1875, the stories of pioneering […]
Continue ReadingStetson University presents Clybourne Park April 16-18, at 8 p.m. and April 19 at 3 p.m., in Stetson Theatre Arts’ “Second Stage” located inside the Museum of Art, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., adjacent to the DeLand campus. Inspired by Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, this Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning satire looks at […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will celebrate undergraduate research at this year’s STETSON SHOWCASE, Tuesday, April 14, from 9 a.m. and continuing all day. This is the 18th annual SHOWCASE at which Stetson undergraduates present the results of their research to the Stetson community. With a day free of classes, students, faculty, staff, and the DeLand community will […]
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Continue ReadingTwo student groups from Stetson University took first and second place in the 2015 Cairns Foundation Innovation Challenge, as reported in the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Apr. 5, and on KFVE on Apr. 8. •CBS News, SanDiegoJack.com, WHDH in Boston, New Jersey Herald, and countless other print and broadcast news media outlets featured Christopher Ferguson, associate professor and chair of […]
Continue ReadingStetson University is expanding Boundless Learning Web Development offerings by teaming up with DrupalEasy, a Central Florida-based Drupal web development and training company, to offer the Drupal Career Certificate Program at the Celebration Center. The program is the first and only comprehensive, university-based Drupal professional development program in Florida, perhaps the nation. Drupal is an […]
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