Moving Commencement 2016 outside allows more people to attend.
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If adaptability in today’s world is the name of the game, then Robert Kegan, Ph.D., holds the tools to the rules. “Dr. Kegan’s expertise is with adult learners,” explained Resche Hines, Ph.D., assistant vice president of Institutional Research and Effectiveness at Stetson University. “He has helped hundreds of institutions deal with change. And his personality […]
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CNN Producer Alexis Weed gives Stetson media students a glimpse into the fast-paced world of journalism. There is a special glamour to broadcast news. The poise of the anchors, the polish of the script and the unceasing drama. Whether or not we like what we hear from our televisions, united we watch—transfixed by the magic […]
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Oscar Bluemner (1867-1938) is regarded as one of America’s most influential modernist painters, and Stetson University is proud to house a large collection of more than 1,000 pieces of his works that were donated by his daughter, Vera Bluemner Kouba. For the uninitiated, Bluemner was a German-born painter who immigrated to the United States at the […]
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The Lyonia Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS) is offering a seed-collecting and seed-sowing workshop on Tuesday, Jan. 19, at 7 p.m., in the Rinker Environmental Learning Center (RELC), Stetson University. Local organic gardener Pauline Coppello, of Pauline’s Lucky Market Garden, along with Nicki Cheslow, student coordinator of Stetson’s Seed Library, will lead […]
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Aspiring and established writers alike will have an amazing opportunity to hone their craft and travel the globe with a brand new residency program being launched at Stetson University in January 2016. “We are bringing in amazing instructors and visiting writers for our first master of fine arts residency in January,” explained Mark Powell, associate […]
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Professor of Art Dan Gunderson, will celebrate 40 years at Stetson University with his upcoming art exhibition in Stetson’s Hand Art Center, Jan. 22 through Feb. 26. The Hand Art Center is located at 139 E. Michigan Ave. on Stetson’s DeLand campus. The exhibit is open to the public, free of charge. “Everyone, no matter […]
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2015 is in the books. For Stetson University it was one for the books. With great pride, let us reflect on our accomplishments. 2016 – bring it on!
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Stetson’s chapter of Phi Mu Alpha (PMA), a national music fraternity, reached a high note that echoed across the community by developing, designing and marketing the Chili for Charity cook-off. The event raised nearly $2,200, a portion of which went to Sinfonia Educational Foundation, whose mission is to, “advance music in America by supporting scholarship, […]
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“The more differences that exist among us, the more chances we have to query our own assumptions,” said Terri Witek, Ph.D., professor of English and award-winning poet, about her poetry workshop. It is not unusual to find extensive diversity in her classroom because she provides a safe place for people with different majors, ethnicities, genders, […]
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It may seem strange that students in an accounting class would be working with authors, but that is indeed how 21 EMBA students, some of whom are pictured on Stetson Today‘s front page, who participated in Accounting 522 – Accounting and Managerial Decision Making served six authors, four of whom are professors and staff at […]
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Stetson University has always promoted new research and development within the learning community, including providing the means for Hatters to achieve these goals. For the second year, the duPont-Ball Library is offering the opportunity to the campus community to use the Google Glass wearable technology for research projects. One Glass will go to the student […]
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The events that sparked the protests at the University of Missouri (MU) ignited a flash panel discussion at Stetson University’s DeLand campus that was simultaneously streamed to the Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Fla., on Tuesday, Nov. 17. Opening remarks by Stetson President Wendy B. Libby, Ph.D., focused toward the goals of creating conversations […]
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In a monumental effort to enlighten some 280 administrators and educators on the effects of poverty on children who are sitting right in their own classrooms, Volusia County School Superintendent James T. Russell said, “We must pray for those who have no one to pray for them,” expounding on Mother Teresa’s poignant words, “We must […]
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Stetson University presents An Evening of Improv, Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 19-21, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 22, at 3 p.m., in Stetson Theatre Arts’ “Second Stage” located inside the Museum of Art, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., adjacent to the DeLand campus. The art of improvisational performing, ‘improv,’ is very short-lived, existing in a universe of fresh and […]
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Restoration and Research in the Gillespie Museum’s Sandhill Ecosystem. Stetson University’s Gillespie Museum’s Science Café will focus on science in the sandhill, 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 19. It will include a presentation on the Volusia Sandhill Ecosystem. A one-acre, dry, sandy slope of the DeLand Ridge, located behind the Rinker Environmental Learning Center and part […]
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Stetson University presents Reflections on Vietnam: An Oral History Performance, Saturday, Nov. 14, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 15, at 3 p.m., in Stetson Theatre Arts’ “Second Stage” located inside the Museum of Art, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., adjacent to the DeLand campus. Complementing the Vietnam Memorial Remembrance Site that will be dedicated on Saturday, Nov. […]
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The Stetson University Gillespie Museum’s November Science Saturday will focus on Florida Fossils. On Saturday, Nov. 14, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., young scientists are invited to join fossil collector and educator John Catiller in a morning of digging and exploring this state’s geologic past. “Florida is a fossil-hunter’s paradise,” explains Catiller. Fossils present […]
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In its meeting Oct. 14-16 on the DeLand campus led by Chair Luis Prats, the Stetson University Board of Trustees reviewed key issues affecting the university highlighted by a positive update on the Beyond Success — Significance comprehensive campaign, a recap of the successful year in Admissions in DeLand and Gulfport, and the introduction of […]
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A Pulitzer prize-winning critic, a magazine writer and a music and TV critic will talk about their work, careers, and their love of popular culture during a panel event, Monday, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m., in the Stetson Room, second floor of the Carlton Union Building, 131 E. Minnesota Ave., DeLand. From The Real Housewives, to […]
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