MACON, Ga. – Stetson’s Alexandria Buelow made it a perfect three-for-three for her career as she earned her third-straight Atlantic Sun Conference Women’s Golfer of the Year Honor. Buelow is the only student-athlete in A-Sun women’s golf history to win three Golfer of the Year awards. Buelow also landed unanimous first team all-conference honors alongside […]
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Suzanne Forbes grew up with pet lobsters, barracudas and angelfish in her back yard of the endless turquoise waters of the Florida Keys. With her friends and siblings, she swam, snorkeled, boated, weathered storms and used bridges for high dives. But the girl from Big Pine Key, population about 2,000 at the time, was more […]
Continue ReadingThe Arbor Day Foundation has named Stetson University a 2011 Tree Campus USA in honor of its commitment to effective community forestry management. This is the first year of recognition for Stetson University. Stetson achieved the designation by meeting the required five core standards for sustainable campus forestry: a tree advisory committee, a campus tree-care […]
Continue ReadingSenior Maksim Levanovich (Minsk, Belarus) was named the third Atlantic Sun Conference Men’s Tennis Player of the Year in Stetson history on Thursday, pacing a quartet of Hatters to receive postseason honors. Levanovich was also named A-Sun Scholar-Athlete of the Year with senior Njal Stene (Oslo, Norway) landing on the All-Atlantic Sun Second Team and All-Conference Academic Team […]
Continue ReadingThree members of the Stetson women’s tennis team were recognized on Thursday for their hard work on the courts as well as in the classroom as Atlantic Sun Conference postseason honors were handed out. Senior Shannon Gunning (Boca Raton, Fla.) and sophomore Diana Bukajeva (Riga, Latvia) were named to the All-Atlantic Sun Second Team while junior Jen Miller (Tampa, Fla.) was […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will cancel classes on Wednesday, April 18, for its all-day Stetson Showcase, featuring 150 student presentations of their undergraduate 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. Stetson Showcase will conclude with the 14th annual Festival […]
Continue ReadingA 2-1 week and a match-clinching win against an A-Sun rival earned Stetson freshmen Maren Rygh (Tonsberg, Norway) and Alexa Stonish (Stony Brook, N.Y.) the Atlantic Sun Conference Sand Volleyball Pair of the Week honors for April 11, the conference office announced Wednesday. This is the second such award for a Hatters duo this year; […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s Roland George Investments Program achieved the near-impossible in the financial world this week – winning major national competitions in both the stock and bond categories. The student-run George Program bond portfolio won first-place in the Fixed-Income Category in the world’s largest student investment competition, the R.I.S.E. Forum at the University of Dayton in […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s Roland George Investments Program achieved the near-impossible in the financial world this week – winning major national competitions in both the stock and bond categories. The student-run George Program bond portfolio won first-place in the Fixed-Income Category in the world’s largest student investment competition, the R.I.S.E. Forum at the University of Dayton in […]
Continue ReadingGulfport, Fla. –U.S. News & World Report has again ranked Stetson University College of Law as the top law school in the nation for trial advocacy and No. 3 for legal writing in its 2013 “Best Graduate Schools” issue. Stetson Law has been ranked the top school in the United States for advocacy 14 times […]
Continue ReadingGULFPORT, Fla.— Stetson University’s Center for Excellence in Higher Education Law and Policy honored NASPA executive director Gwendolyn Dungy with a Facilitator Award and Syracuse University Professor Gary Pavela with a William A. Kaplin Award at this year’s 33rd National Conference on Law & Higher Education in Orlando on Feb. 19. The conference brings national […]
Continue ReadingStetson junior center Adam Pegg has been named to the Atlantic Sun Conference All-Conference second team for the 2011-12 season. Pegg is the first Hatter to be named to the All-Conference team since Garfield Blair was named second team after the 2008-09 season. The Clearwater, Fla., native finished fourth in the league in scoring, averaging […]
Continue ReadingA trio of Stetson women’s basketball players earned All-Atlantic Sun Conference honors on Monday at the conclusion of one of the most successful regular seasons in program history. Junior guard Victoria McGowan (Inkster,Mich.) was named A-Sun Player of the Year, the first Hatter to win that award since 1990, while sophomore forward Sasha Sims (Fayetteville,Ga.) was selected […]
Continue ReadingGULFPORT, Fla.— The NACDL White Collar Criminal Defense College at Stetson has announced the recipients of the inaugural White Collar Criminal Defense Award. Jan Lawrence Handzlik and Janet Levine have both been selected by the NACDL White Collar Criminal Defense College advisory board to receive the award, which honors individuals who have made a profound […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s School of Music and Office of Career Development will present Daytime Emmy Award winner Wesley Whatley in a special lecture Monday, Feb. 6, 3:30-5:30 p.m. The presentation, “If You Can Make It There: The Business of Making It in the Big Apple,” will take place in Presser Hall, Room 132, 419 N. Woodland Blvd., […]
Continue ReadingStetson University School of Business Administration online master’s degree programs have been named among the nation’s “Top Online Graduate Business Programs” in U.S. News & World Report’s Top Online Education Programs 2012 rankings. The Stetson School of Business has two online programs – a Master of Accountancy degree and a joint Master of Business Administration degree program […]
Continue ReadingDr. Eric Kurlander, associate professor and chair of the History Department at Stetson University, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant for research and teaching in Freiburg, Germany, during the spring semester 2012, the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board has announced. From January through April, Kurlander will conduct […]
Continue ReadingThe Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges has reaffirmed the accreditation of Stetson University for another 10 years. The reaccreditation was announced by SACS last week following a two-year, in-depth review of the university and visit by a SACS team in April. “We are very proud of our successful reaccreditation by SACS,” […]
Continue ReadingRina Tovar, Stetson University vice president for Campus Life and Student Success, is the first recipient ever to receive the NASPA-Florida Outstanding Service to Students Award. The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) designed this award as a way to recognize the contributions of professionals who consistently give time and effort counseling, advising and […]
Continue ReadingFifteen Stetson students received awards at the opening reception for Stetson University’s 22nd Juried Student Art Exhibition on Nov. 11. The award winning works of art (59 pieces) are currently being displayed at the Homer and Dolly Hand Art Center now through Dec. 9. The Hand Art Center is located on the University’s Palm Court/Quad, […]
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