Category: Campus & Community

New Senior Leadership in Stetson Fundraising

Under the leadership of Jeffrey Ulmer, left, Stetson University’s Vice President for Development and Alumni Engagement, the university’s main fundraising and alumni division has a new administrative structure in place under a new senior leadership team. Amy Gipson, former Director of Strategic Communications and Assistant to the President, is now Assistant Vice President for Development […]

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Learning to Embrace Diversity

We are not compelled to become blind to diversity, but to celebrate the richness it offers. by Ronald Williamson If people just get to know one another, they’ll understand one another better, work out differences and everything will be fine. Sounds logical, right? But it’s pure Pollyanna reasoning, scholars say. The off-base thought does, however, […]

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Law victories, comments on bullying, top this week’s news

The news of Stetson University College of Law’s dominating wins in national competitions in advocacy ran across the country in many national media outlets. Law Professor Peter Lake was interviewed by a national media outlet on possible hard liquor bans on college campuses. Psychology Professor Chris Ferguson was interviewed in national media outlets on issues […]

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Celebrating the Hollis Family Student Success Center

Stetson’s Student Success Program which began in 2010, has taken Stetson’s dedication to student success to the next level. Under the leadership of Dr. Lua Hancock since its inception, the Student Success Program is one of Stetson’s greatest success stories. At the fall meeting of the university’s Board of Trustees, the community celebrated the generosity […]

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Lifelong Learning launches at Celebration Feb. 10

“The Lifelong Learning program gives me an opportunity to study areas of interest that I would not have normally had the chance to study in the past”, said Iris Cannata a Stetson Lifelong member since 2012. January 21 marked the sixth annual Lifelong Learning Open House event held in Celebration, with record attendance, as seen […]

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What’s Next: The End of Men

by Bill Noblitt Flabbergasted, I almost drop my pen and paper when Stetson University’s Faculty Learning Community Day speaker, James H. Johnson Jr., Ph.D., talks about the end of men. What? I’m sitting right here. Can’t he see me? Have I become invisible? Well, men are not so much invisible as missing in action. Johnson, […]

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New Meditation Series Launches at Stetson

“I am really glad I participated! Thanks for holding this course!” This was just one of the many enthusiastic comments shared by participants about their recent experience with a new meditation course, launched at Stetson last semester. In October 2014, 10 Stetson students and staff members (pictured left) participated in the Meditation Starter Kit—a four-week […]

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Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar to speak at Stetson University

Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar David Schmidtz, Ph.D., pictured right, Kendrick Professor at the University of Arizona in philosophy and economics, will give a series of talks during his visit to Stetson University Jan. 29-30. A specialist in ethics, environmental philosophy, rational choice and political philosophy, Schmidtz holds a courtesy appointment in the McGuire Center […]

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Stetson soprano performs senior recital Sunday

Soprano Emily Miller, Stetson University music major, will perform her senior recital on Sunday, Jan. 25, at 4 p.m., in Lee Chapel, inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., on Stetson’s DeLand campus. The public is invited at no charge. This recital is given in partial fulfillment of the degree Bachelor of Music Performance. Miller, […]

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Campus MovieFest returns to Stetson Feb. 7

Hatter Productions, Stetson’s premier campus programming board, is bringing Campus MovieFest (CMF) back to Stetson as part of its 14th annual world tour. Campus MovieFest is the World’s Largest Student Film Festival International student movie-making festival. The top short movies will be shown at a red carpet finale 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 7, in the […]

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Stetson University names new Dean of Students

Lynn Schoenberg, former executive director of Holistic Wellness at Stetson University, has been named Stetson’s Dean of Students, effective Jan. 1, 2015, it was announced by Christopher Kandus-Fisher, Ed.D., vice president of student affairs. A member of the Stetson community for eight years, Schoenberg’s initial focus was on health education, alcohol prevention and late night […]

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Mass Exodus: A Crisis in Teaching

by Michael Candelaria The numbers on the chalkboard aren’t difficult to calculate. National studies reveal that 40-50 percent of new teachers in kindergarten through 12th grade classrooms leave the profession within the first five years of teaching, and about 13 percent of the nation’s 3.4 million K-12 teachers shift schools or leave the profession each […]

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Stetson included in U.S. News Best Online Graduate Business Programs 2015

Stetson University’s Master of Accountancy (M.Acc.) program is earning recognition again in U.S. News & World Report’s 2015 Best Online Graduate Business Programs (excluding MBA) where it tied for 42 in the nation. Stetson tied for 93 in Online MBA and Graduate Business Programs specifically for the joint Master of Pharmacy/Master of Business Administration program (Pharma/M.B.A.). […]

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