STETSON UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE’s current winter issue investigates what the experts say about the Millennial generation and how, specifically, Stetson students reflect those descriptions. “In some ways,” said Bill Noblitt, editor of the magazine, “Stetson students are much like any other Millennials. They are tech savvy and want to please their parents. But in other ways, […]
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Sandhill Ecosystem, Physics Extravaganza, Sustainability all at Stetson’s Gillespie Museum – At Stetson University’s Science Saturday, Saturday, Feb. 22, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., the Gillespie Museum will offer two hands-on workshops in one morning: Save a Sandhill Ecosystem and a Physics Extravaganza. On the museum grounds, young scientists will learn about longleaf pine forests […]
Continue ReadingTo mark the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) developed a special project as part of its Bridging Cultures initiative: Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle. Stetson University’s duPont-Ball Library is one of 473 institutions in the United States that was awarded a grant to participate in the […]
Continue ReadingMilitary couple from St. Augustine leaves gift to endow academic scholarship – In February, 2013, Kate Pearce, assistant vice president of university relations at Stetson University, received a most welcomed telephone call. Attorney Melvin D. Stack, a partner in the Daytona Beach law firm of Every, Stack and Upchurch, and a 1979 Stetson College of Law […]
Continue ReadingStetson University presents Vinegar Tom, by Obie Award-winning author Caryl Churchill, on Feb. 20 through 23, in Stetson Theatre Arts’ “Second Stage” located inside the Museum of Art, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., adjacent to the DeLand campus. (Pictured: Susan, played by Ellen Smittle, looks on in horror as her excited friend Alice, played by […]
Continue ReadingIt’s time for the First Pitch Competition, and this is not about baseball! This contest, which is based on the idea commonly known as an “elevator pitch,” requires students to outline an idea for a new product, service, project or solution, and then “pitch” that idea to a group of judges in 90 seconds or […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s Social Justice Lecture Series will present guest speaker Dr. Susan Rankin, founding member of the Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals, 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 12, in the Stetson Room, second floor of the Carlton Union Building, 131 E. Minnesota Ave., DeLand. The public is invited, free of charge. With a career […]
Continue ReadingSpring semester at any university is full of events that are sure to keep everyone busy. And, Stetson is no exception. Check out Stetson University’s Cultural Calendar below for a working, chronological listing of calendar happenings on Stetson’s DeLand campus. Be sure to also stay up-to-date with the university’s online calendar, posted on Stetson Today, […]
Continue ReadingTo commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 20, Stetson University, in collaboration with the MLK Planning Committee, will host a series of events and programs open to the public, themed around the topics of civil rights and global citizenship throughout the week of Jan. 20-24, 2014. Stetson will join other Americans […]
Continue ReadingAs Stetson University welcomes 2014, we cannot help but to be inspired by recalling the important and even historic events and milestones achieved this past year on the part of students, faculty, staff and alumni. We’ve chosen some benchmark stories and welcome stories that you might have —just leave them in the comment section below. […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will be closed for Winter Break from Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013, through Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014, to reopen on Thursday, Jan. 2. Some offices such as Admissions, Development, Facilities and Public Safety will support their respective operations throughout the break. Dining Services will be closed throughout the holiday. The Coffee Shop will […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will host a second TEDx event on Friday, March 28, 2014. The theme for Stetson’s TEDx event will be Significance in Action: Creating Learning, Innovation and Happiness. The application process for potential presenters is now open to the public (https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TEDxStetsonU2014). All proposals for presentations are due by Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. The speakers selected […]
Continue ReadingDeLand, home of Stetson University, has been voted as the Best Downtown in Central Florida. Touted as one of the state’s small town treasures, DeLand is the county seat of Volusia County, and a “college town” with Stetson’s campus classified as a National Historic District. “DeLand ran away with the title,” reported Beth Kassab in […]
Continue ReadingCan First-Year Seminar freshmen teach the university anything about values? You bet they can in Modern Languages and Literatures Professor Robert Sitler’s First Year Seminar titled “Living Our Values.” On the last day of class, Sitler, also the university’s values commitment leader, invited Stetson President Wendy B. Libby, Ph.D., and Dean of Students Rosalie Carpenter […]
Continue ReadingRecent Stetson graduate Heather Grove ’11, is a great role model for Stetson students, exemplifying that the hard work you put into your four years will determine what you can do with your degree after graduating. Grove studied local food and geography at Stetson University, co-created Hatter Harvest with Kate Matthews and Caity Peterson, and was […]
Continue ReadingStudy abroad. Perhaps no other experience has the ability to so swiftly and absolutely change students’ lives and prepare them for any opportunity the world might offer. (Stetson students are pictured, right, in Innsbruck, Austria.) It’s widely acknowledged that immersing yourself in another culture and language stretches your view of the world. It provides experience in […]
Continue ReadingFour tutors from the Stetson University Writing Center recently presented research at the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing, held in Tampa. At the November conference, seniors Kristen Erichsen and Loren Cooper and sophomore Cameron Black spoke about the concept of productive diversity as it relates to writing centers in their presentation, “Negotiating Cultural […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will again this year partake in International Education Week, holding almost 20 programs on a range of international topics on our campus, Nov. 18-24. A listing of events can be found on the World: International Learning website, many of which are for cultural credit. The topics of the events literally span the globe […]
Continue ReadingThe staff of Stetson’s WORLD: International Learning department have not only been busy supporting students, faculty and activities on campus, but all members of the staff have recently been recognized for their strengths within the field of international learning at the local, regional, national and international level. “Getting the Stetson name better-known in international education […]
Continue ReadingThe Office of Career Development and Academic Advising (CDAA) is excited to present the inaugural Senior Career Conference scheduled for Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, from 1-5 p.m. Research shows that most job searches and graduate school application processes take six months or more to complete, but students can potentially reduce that time-frame by engaging early […]
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