Top Stories: • Stetson will be building the Sandra Stetson Aquatic Center at Lake Beresford to research and develop innovative technical, social and political solutions to protect freshwater resources and related environmental concerns, as reported in Bloomberg Business, The Street and over 100 more news media outlets on Aug. 19. • On Aug. 13, The […]
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Scullers call it flat water. They prize it for its calm fluidity, and Lake Beresford in DeLand has it for miles. The flat water here rarely ripples unless a rock or oar glides across its surface. University, prep school and international teams travel here to practice and prepare for competition on its deep-green, glassy […]
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With an historic record-setting undergraduate enrollment at more than 1,000 first-time college students, and almost 100 transfer students, Stetson University begins the 2015-16 academic year welcoming a total of 21 tenure-track and visiting full-time professors, in all four colleges and schools, the duPont-Ball Library and the University Writing Center. College of Arts and Sciences: “We […]
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Stetson University’s Opening Faculty and Staff Meeting will be Wed., Aug. 19, 9:00-10:30 a.m., at the Edmunds Center with President Wendy B. Libby and Executive Vice President and Provost Beth Paul presiding. Trustee Steve Alexander ’85, will welcome everyone. President Libby will give an update of the university’s 2014-19 Strategic Map. “I look forward to […]
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To provide counselors with further education in highly specialized fields, Stetson University has graduated its first group of students on Aug. 15, with a Certificate in Play Therapy. Admitting only 12 select students, the program is currently taught in three successive courses in both the spring and summer semesters. Additional certificate programs in Trauma Therapy […]
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The Stetson University School of Music has been awarded the 2015 Best of DeLand Award in the Performing Arts category by the DeLand Award Program. This annual awards program determines the winners of each category based on each business’ ability to enhance the DeLand area and make it a great place to live, work and […]
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Welcome, Class of 2019! And, welcome back, returning Hatters, for the 2015-16 academic year at Stetson University! This year’s undergraduate enrollment numbers are record-setting at more than 1,000 first-time college students. With transfer students numbering almost 100, Stetson is on track to open the new academic year with the largest entering group of students in […]
Continue ReadingTop Stories: • On Aug. 10, CRI Radio China reported that Professor of Excellence in Trial Advocacy and Director of the Center for Excellence in Advocacy Charles H. Rose was featured in a segment by the Beijing Hour regarding the anniversary of Ferguson shooting. • Stetson students are going to be sharing an assisted living […]
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Oscar Bluemner and the Orient: Works from Stetson University’s Vera Bluemner Kouba Collection Opening Reception: Friday, Aug. 28, 6-8 p.m., Hand Art Center Aug. 14 – Dec. 4, 2015, Hand Art Center, Stetson University The exhibition Oscar Bluemner and the Orient: Works from the Vera Bluemner Kouba Collection features a selection of artworks by American […]
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Tools to Learn in College to Prepare You for Your Career – (the second of two stories in this series for students) Jobs on Campus/Student Employment or Outside Internships with Corporate Employer while working toward your degree: There are many jobs on campus and in local companies to help you with your expenses and to […]
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Stetson University has selected noted environmentalist and policy expert Clay Henderson as the first executive director of its newly established Institute for Water and Environmental Resilience. The institute, a first of its kind at Stetson, will focus on water and environmental research in order to offer policy options to protect them and other natural resources […]
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What you wished you had known in college, but didn’t – (1st of two parts) Dear Students: To get the most out of your financial investment at Stetson, with the goal of either obtaining the job of your dreams or attending graduate school for an advanced degree, it is never too late to start paving the […]
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Whether you’re looking to change careers, your business’ game plan, your résumé, or if you’re a lifelong learner, Stetson University’s Boundless Learning Department can provide innovative solutions to meet evolving learning needs in a non-traditional way. Boundless Learning seeks to enhance the university mission of educating diverse individuals who dare to be significant by providing educational […]
Continue ReadingTop Stories: •Stetson has taken steps to improve showcasing student art in the Hand Art Center by making a switch to use Videotel’s VP71 industrial digital signage media player which is more viewer-friendly, as covered by Townhall Finance on Aug. 4, The San Diego Union-Tribune, American Public Media, and 60 other news media outlets. •Law […]
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Learn How 511 Can Help You Navigate Back-To-School Traffic. As millions of students and educators across Florida prepare for the new school year, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) reminds parents, students and employees to stay safe and avoid traffic by using its free 511 Traveler Information System. FDOT’s 511 system provides real-time traffic information […]
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As children, we ask, “Why?” All too often, we learn to accept “because it just is.”
Continue ReadingTop Stories: • Associate Professor and Chair of Psychology Christopher Ferguson, Ph.D., provided commentary on whether or not media coverage on shootings provokes more shootings in the future, in an article in Yahoo! Health on July 27. • Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law Bruce Jacob spoke with the Ledger for the July 28 story, “Leak: PCSO […]
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Forty years after the end of the Vietnam war for Americans, Stetson University will dedicate a campus space honoring alumni and students who served there or during that era (1964-1975). On Homecoming Saturday, Nov. 14, at 11 a.m., the Stetson University Vietnam Remembrance Site will be dedicated near Griffith Hall. Since being announced last August, […]
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Beautiful coherence can be created from something so complex, so chaotic.
Continue ReadingTop Stories Paul Boudreaux, professor of law, wrote an op-ed on eminent domain published in the Orlando Sentinel’s Front Burner on July 17. Roberta Flowers, professor of law, is quoted in the July 22 Tampa Bay Times article, “Jury selection in latest Dontae Morris case a slow, delicate task.” Charles Rose, director of Stetson Law’s […]
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