Stetson University is dedicating the 2011-2012 academic year to one of life’s most precious natural resources: water. The central Florida university has adopted “water sustainability” as its theme this year as part of its broader commitment to environmental responsibility. “Water sustainability is a critical issue in Florida,” said Dr. William J. Ball, visiting associate professor […]
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Approximately 200 of Stetson University’s top students were inducted into Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society, the oldest and largest freshman honor society, at a Re-Chartering and Induction Ceremony at Stetson’s Carlton Union Building this week. Phi Eta Sigma was originally chartered at Stetson in 1978, but the chapter had been inactive since the mid-1990s. […]
Continue ReadingStetson University has earned the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certification for two more buildings, the Mary B. McMahan Hall and the Homer and Dolly Hand Art Center for a total now of four “green buildings” on the historic campus in DeLand. In 2003, Stetson’s Lynn Business Center earned LEED certification and became not […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Volusia County Schools administrator Dr. Chris Colwell is joining the faculty at Stetson University – becoming the first “third generation” professor in Stetson’s history. Colwell will be an associate professor of teacher education, as well as director of undergraduate education and chair of the Undergraduate Teaching Council. His grandfather, Ernest Cadman (Pomp) Colwell, was a professor […]
Continue ReadingThree Stetson University faculty members – Dr. Jamil Khader, English; Dr. Lloyd Linney, voice; and Dr. Carolyn Young Nicholson, marketing – have been promoted to the rank of professor, effective in August. Dr. Jamil Khader, College of Arts & Sciences: A Palestinian from Israel, Khader completed his Ph.D. in English Literature at Pennsylvania State University, […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s Stover Theatre announces four productions for the 2011-12 academic year – the theatre’s 106th season. Almost Maine, by John Cariani, will run Sept. 22-25, 2011, at Stover Theatre, 535 N. Florida Ave., on the Stetson campus. Performances will be at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 22-24, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25. […]
Continue ReadingStetson University has been awarded a $10,000 grant through the Volusia County Tree Replacement Fund to restore part of the Volusia Sandhill Ecosystem and create a teaching landscape for students and the public in the area around the Rinker Environmental Learning Center and Gillespie Museum on Stetson’s DeLand campus. The project starts this month with […]
Continue ReadingThe National Science Foundation has awarded Stetson University a $200,000 grant to develop a new chemistry and biochemistry curriculum centered around hands-on labs and research using a state-of-the-art 400 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer. Through the NSF’s Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science (TUES), Technology, Engineering and Mathematics program, Stetson will develop new ways to […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s Dr. Michael Denner, a scholar of War and Peace author Leo Tolstoy and associate professor of Russian Studies, is retracing the author’s long walk in 1886 from his house in Moscow to his ancestral estate, Yasnaya Polyana, outside of Tula. Denner and fellow Tolstoy scholar Dr. Thomas Newlin, a professor at Oberlin College […]
Continue ReadingStetson University Associate Professor of Chemistry Dr. Harry Price is the recipient of Stetson University’s 2011 John Hague Teaching Award for outstanding teaching in the liberal arts and sciences. The Hague Award, named for the late Professor Emeritus of American Studies and former Honors Program Director John Hague, is presented annually to a faculty member […]
Continue ReadingStetson University Associate Professor of English Dr. Jamil Khader received this year’s Hand Community Impact Award. Professor of American Studies and History Dr. Paul Croce and Associate Professor of Geography Dr. J. Anthony Abbott received Hand Awards for Research, Creative and Professional Activity. Stetson College of Law alumna Dolly Hand and her husband, Homer, established […]
Continue ReadingDr. Camille Tessitore King, associate professor of psychology at Stetson University, has been named winner of Stetson’s 2011 McEniry Award for Excellence in Teaching. The award, the most prestigious given to a DeLand faculty member, was presented at Spring Commencement. McEniry Award winners are selected by faculty and students and must be both outstanding scholars […]
Continue ReadingFour Stetson University biology majors are attending and presenting their research at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists in Huntsville, Ala., this week (April 14-16). The students worked on specific projects with professors in preparation for the conference. The Association of Southeastern Biologists promotes all areas of biology, from the cell to […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will cancel classes on Tuesday, April 19, for its all-day Stetson Showcase – Undergraduate Research and Creative Arts Symposium, showcasing student research and creative projects from across the DeLand campus’s academic disciplines. All student presentations and the keynote lecture are free and open to the public. Tickets are required for the School of […]
Continue ReadingStetson University in Central Florida is now accepting applications for its new Stetson University Summer Pre-Law Institute, a rigorous, six-week course in which undergraduate college students will be chosen to prepare for law school and a career in the legal field. Students enrolled in the unique program will spend four weeks on Stetson’s DeLand, Fla., […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will host the 40th annual Floyd M. Riddick Model United States Senate on March 17-19, 2011. The public is invited to a free lecture by noted congressional scholar Walter Oleszek, on Friday, March 18, at 7 p.m. in the Stetson Room, second floor of the Carlton Union Building, 131 E. Minnesota Ave. The title […]
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