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What Harry Potter can tell us about ourselves If you’ve ever read the Harry Potter series of books or seen the movies, then you may have wondered about the “sorting hat” — a pointed, weathered wizard’s hat used to place the Hogwarts students into the correct residence. You may even have wondered into which house […]
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The recipients of this year’s Stetson Undergraduate Research Experience (S.U.R.E.) grant program have been announced by Associate Professor of History Kimberly Reiter, Ph.D., head of both Stetson’s S.U.R.E. and Showcase programs and recent winner of the John Hague Award for Distinguished Teaching in the Liberal Arts and Sciences. The selected students of this highly competitive program […]
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George Salis, Stetson class of 2015, has won the 2015 Josephine F. Davidson Award for Integrity in Journalism for his writing and reporting, and will receive $500. Kaley Fulton was named runner-up of the award, presented by Stetson University’s journalism program. Salis is a double major in English and psychology, and has contributed to The Reporter, Stetson’s student-run newspaper. He […]
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As a freshman, I still remember all my fears and doubts as I settled into my first dorm room in Stetson’s Chaudoin Hall. How will this girl from Romania succeed in this challenging environment with support systems and family thousands and thousands of miles away? The answer was what I had been fervently searching for […]
Continue ReadingWhat does a professor with an “office” in a lobby, and a 3-D printer have in common? They are just two of many innovative ideas presented at Stetson University’s first-annual Teaching and Learning Colloquium – a unique, “think outside the box” forum where professors discuss new and more effective ways to engage their students. The April […]
Continue ReadingA total of 720 students will graduate at Stetson University’s 2015 Commencement Ceremonies this weekend, May 8 and 9. On Friday night, May 8, Stetson will confer master’s degrees on 166 graduate students; and at two commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 9, 554 students will receive their undergraduate degrees. All three commencement ceremonies will be […]
Continue ReadingEvery day is Earth Day at Stetson.
Continue ReadingCompelling mysteries hook researchers into blazing trails to discovery. In particular, Stetson Assistant Professor of Biology Roslyn Crowder, Ph.D. (pictured first row, center), and her students are on one such trail. They are asking whether plant-based products can kill cancer cells naturally and selectively. Would these substances be viable alternatives to today’s chemotherapy and radiation, […]
Continue ReadingAmber Finnicum-Simmons, a junior psychology major at Stetson University in DeLand, Fla., is the recipient of the 2015 Newman Civic Fellows Award. As a Newman Civic Fellow, Amber is one of approximately 200 students who has been recognized as the next generation of public problem solvers and civic leaders. Through service, research and advocacy, Newman […]
Continue ReadingThis year’s initiation ceremony for Phi Beta Kappa is scheduled for Friday, April 17 at 4:30 p.m. in the Gillespie Museum. A reception on the porch will immediately follow. Gillespie Museum is located at the southeast corner of campus, at 234 E. Michigan Ave. The public is invited to attend. This year, 20 Stetson students have been […]
Continue ReadingStetson University presents Clybourne Park April 16-18, at 8 p.m. and April 19 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. Inspired by Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, this Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning satire looks at […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will celebrate undergraduate research at this year’s STETSON SHOWCASE, Tuesday, April 14, from 9 a.m. and continuing all day. This is the 18th annual SHOWCASE at which Stetson undergraduates present the results of their research to the Stetson community. With a day free of classes, students, faculty, staff, and the DeLand community will […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will host the eighth annual Bernard Weiner Holocaust Memorial Lecture on Thursday, April 9, 7-8:30 p.m., in Rinker Auditorium, inside the Lynn Business Center, 345 N. Woodland Blvd, on Stetson’s DeLand campus. The public is invited free of charge. This year’s speaker will be Dr. Jan T. Gross (pictured right), Polish-born American historian […]
Continue ReadingIn the Gillespie Museum’s third Science Café at Stetson University this spring semester, Wendy Anderson, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Environmental Science, will consider the impacts of large seabird populations on the terrestrial and aquatic environments where they roost. Her talk, entitled “Too Much of a Good Thing? Impacts of Seabirds on Island Ecosystems and […]
Continue ReadingNear the end of every spring semester, Stetson University dedicates an entire week to the celebration of the outgoing class. Senior week honors the efforts of all 2015 graduates, including May, July, and December graduates. During the week of April 6 – 11, our newest alumni will have the opportunity to participate in a variety […]
Continue ReadingIf you are making plans for this summer, don’t forget about the possibility of taking classes at Stetson this summer. Stetson is offering a large selection of courses, both on-campus and online courses. Undergraduate summer offerings are divided over three sessions: Session 1 (classes May 14-June 11, with final exams on June 12) Session […]
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Continue ReadingEvery day more than 160,000 children in America miss school out of fear of being bullied.
Continue ReadingCentral Florida Legends in the Making: Learn Local Lecture Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist with WESH-TV in Orlando, Bob Kealing, right, will speak at Stetson University on Thursday, March 19, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the duPont-Ball Library, room 25 (lower-level, courtyard entrance). This event, sponsored by Stetson’s College of Arts and Sciences and the […]
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