This is the third of four stories in a series entitled Values Quest, featured in the Summer 2014 Stetson Magazine. A Cold, Clinical Place Stanley Fish, a Milton scholar, former dean of the University of Illinois-Chicago College of Arts and Sciences, former head of the Duke English Department and a New York Times columnist, wants a cold, […]
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(This is the second in a series about Stetson University’s Values Quest, from the Stetson Magazine, Summer issue 2014. The first article in this series was published Tuesday, June 17.) The Origin Story The university’s website asserts: “Stetson University’s mission is to provide an education in a creative community where learning and values meet.” Stetson’s values […]
During its 128th Commencement, held May 9 and 10, 2014, Stetson University graduated 662 students; 171 graduate students and 491 undergraduates. At the Celebration of Commencement and three commencement ceremonies, Stetson University presented several awards honoring outstanding students and exemplary faculty. William Hugh McEniry Award for Excellence in Teaching is considered Stetson’s most prestigious award for […]
A White House task force report on protecting students, and the Florida legislature’s approval of funding for Sage Hall led the news for Stetson last week. Top national and regional placements include The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Chronicle of Higher Education, Harvard Crimson, Time.com, Huffington Post, About.com, Fox Sports and Daytona Beach News-Journal. Top stories […]
On Thursday, April 24, Stetson University Center for Community Engagement was awarded as the 2013 Outstanding Overall Civic/Community Volunteer Group at the United Way of Volusia and Flagler counties 27th Annual Outstanding Volunteers of the Year Awards. Stetson University was also honored with the Gold Level Presidential Volunteer Service Award that recognizes the valuable contributions […]
Stetson University will host an interdisciplinary conference on the state of democracy titled Democracy in America: Participation and Social Justice, Mar. 27-28. The conference will address problems as well as solutions in the contemporary practice of democracy in the United States from a variety of perspectives, with an emphasis on issues of access, forms of […]
Spring 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, […]
To 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 […]
As 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. […]
Since Homecoming Week, Nov. 3-10, Stetson University Hatters have touched countless lives in the local communities surrounding the university’s DeLand campus. As part of this year’s Homecoming activities, and in preparation for the season of giving, student organizations conducted several competitive campaigns to donate non-perishable items that would be donated to local families and non-profit […]
What Peter Edelman saw was unimaginable to him: thousands of malnourished little children; bloated bellies and oozing sores that would not heal; migrant farmers living in abandoned buses. The very basic human needs severely ignored. Thousands of lives so displaced, so hurt and extremely underserved. The shocker? This was not in some war-torn nation across […]
From September to November, Stetson University will host a series of six lectures and presentations that explore racial, sexual, gender, and religious identity and the issues surrounding them. Stetson University’s Fall 2013 Intercultural Program Series, sponsored by Stetson’s Cross-Cultural Center and the Multicultural Student Council, is free and open to the public. For more information on the […]
In addition to the second home football game this Saturday, Sept. 21, at 7 p.m., against Birmingham-Southern, there are many cultural offerings happening in the next few weeks at Stetson’s DeLand campus. Check out the full School of Music concert schedule at www2.stetson.edu/music. This weekend’s theatre production of The Day They Stole All the Colors […]
On Wednesday, September 18, Stetson University will welcome the distinguished president of New Orleans’ Dillard University, Dr. Walter Kimbrough (pictured), to the DeLand campus as keynote speaker for the university’s annual Values Day. For this event, which represents a collective exploration of Stetson’s value commitments and reflection upon how well we live them, classes will […]
The Stetson University Cultural Calendar for August through October 2013, listed below, includes School of Music concerts, Stetson’s Second Stage Theatre productions and public lectures scheduled on the university’s DeLand campus. The university’s inaugural Social Justice Lecture, the first in a new series, is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 16 and will feature Peter Edelman, director […]
A controversial verdict in the Zimmerman trial has kept COL professors busy commenting on national and international media stories about the trial. Another controversy – this time surrounding the reality television show “Big Brother” — also has garnered quotes from Stetson faculty. Notable national, international and regional mentions include The Wall Street Journal, The New […]
Jamil Khader’s year-long Fulbright fellowship will take him to a volatile part of the world to seek extraordinary writers and help increase understanding of Palestinian culture and social justice. An uncommon, and uncommonly personal, quest into the rocky hills north of the Dead Sea is being prepared by a Stetson English professor who plans to […]
Community leaders, professors, and students identifying social and environmental problems in central Florida have the opportunity to team up with Stetson University’s Community Based Research (CBR) programs to conduct valuable research that can assist in developing social and environmental solutions. Sociology professor John Schorr, Ph.D., teaches a CBR course which gives students the opportunity to […]
Stetson University will confer bachelor’s and master’s degrees to 682 graduates on Saturday, May 11, during two commencement ceremonies at the Edmunds Center, 143 E. Pennsylvania Ave., DeLand. Stetson will also present several awards during the commencements to outstanding students and exemplary faculty. Wendy B. Libby, president of Stetson, will give the “charge” at both […]
Stetson University will confer bachelor’s and master’s degrees to 682 graduates on Saturday, May 11, during two commencement ceremonies at the Edmunds Center, 143 E. Pennsylvania Ave., DeLand. Stetson will also present several awards during the commencements to outstanding students and exemplary faculty. Wendy B. Libby, president of Stetson, will give the “charge” at both […]