Maryellen McDonald, the executive director of Disability Rights Florida who has improved the conditions of institutionalized disabled Floridians, was presented with Stetson University College of Law’s prestigious William Reece Smith Jr. Public Service Award during the annual Inns of Court banquet on Jan. 26 in St. Petersburg. Michael Perlin, an internationally recognized expert in mental health […]
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Stetson University’s associate director of Athletics/Senior Woman Administrator Alicia Queally has been selected to participate in the 2016 NCAA Pathway Program. A 1999 graduate of the University of North Carolina, Queally is in her fourth year as a member of the Stetson Athletics staff. She oversees internal operations including game management, budgets and Title IX […]
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Stetson University junior guard Brianti Saunders, from Hilliard, Fla., has been named Atlantic Sun co-Player of the Week, and junior forward Breana Bey, from Jersey City, N.J., has been named the league’s Newcomer of the Week, the conference office announced on Monday, Dec. 21. Saunders set a school single-game record by scoring 40 points in Stetson’s 79-57 […]
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Homecoming is a time when Stetson University honors its own outstanding alumni and faculty. Stetson President Wendy B. Libby and Scott Bruin ’75, president of the Alumni Association, presented the 2015 awards of distinction to five alumni and one professor at the President’s Champagne Breakfast held Saturday morning, Nov. 14, on the Stetson Green. 2015 […]
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Stetson University College of Law students Marissa Cioffi, Ryan Hedstrom, and Greg Pierson won the best brief award and finished second in the Region V round of the New York City Bar’s 66th Annual Moot Court Competition on Nov. 21 in Atlanta, Ga. By placing second, the Stetson team will advance to the National Finals […]
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A trio of Stetson University juniors earned first team Academic All-PFL honors for the 2015 season. The trio – defensive back Donald Payne, linebacker David Lazear and defensive end Davion Belk – are all on the team for a second time. For Payne, the recognition completes a week full of PFL accolades. On Monday he […]
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Stetson University College of Law’s Moot Court teams took home multiple awards this past weekend at national competitions. Stetson students Correy Karbiener and Taylor Ryan won the sixth annual National Veterans Law Moot Court Competition in Washington, D.C. It is the fourth time Stetson has won the competition. Two teams of students from Stetson Law advanced […]
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Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida, has again been designated a Military Friendly School by Victory Media. “At Stetson, we are dedicated to making sure that those who served receive the benefits and respect they deserve,” said Professor Stacey-Rae Simcox, director of the Veterans Advocacy Clinic at Stetson. “We also take pride in […]
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Growing up, Stetson University Trustee J. Hyatt Brown, CPCU, CLU, chairman of the Board of Brown & Brown, Inc., expected to be in the insurance industry like his father, Adrian Brown, who founded Brown & Owen Insurance Agency in 1939. What Hyatt did not expect was to be honored earlier this year with a prestigious […]
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Stetson alumnus Jason Gilliam-Alexander has certainly proven himself to be an MVP both on the basketball court and off. On the court at Stetson, he not only became the team captain, but also Hatter basketball’s star player in the mid-1990s. In his own words, “My time on SU basketball was very rewarding because I was […]
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College of Law student Samantha R. Sobel won first place in the Yanez & Associates Law Scholarship Essay Contest and Scholarship Program for her paper, “Should parents convicted of domestic violence have their parental rights terminated?” The essay focused on domestic violence in America with the goal of increasing awareness of the growing issue. Sobel is a […]
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Hats Top Regional Poll. Stetson’s Lucas Diniz has been named men’s national player of the week by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA), the organization announced on Tuesday, Sept. 1. Diniz is the first NCAA Division I men’s winner of the 2015 season, and is believed to be the first Hatter to win […]
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David Sawyer, a Stetson student studying finance and entrepreneurship, is the CEO and founder of TSOLife, a web application that lets users leave behind their own legacy for future generations. This application would allow anyone to record their story, and history would not be reserved solely for famous figures anymore. Sawyer will be hosting a […]
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Stetson University College of Law has won a Videographer Award of Distinction in the educational institution category for its alumni feature series, “Do theExtraordinary: Stetson Law Women Trailblazers.” Stetson Law Video Production Manager Stan Arthur and Manager of Media Relations Brandi Palmer interviewed Law graduates who founded their own law firms in St. Petersburg, Fla., […]
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Education Associate Professor and Jessie Ball duPont Chair of Social Justice Education, Rajni Shankar-Brown, Ph.D., pictured in the classroom, has been awarded an Education and Culture grant by the U.S. Department of State and the Partners of the Americas. This competitive grant will allow Shankar-Brown to travel to Brasilia, Brasil and Bogota, Colombia to facilitate […]
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With an initial $500,000 gift to Stetson University with the explicit goal of teaching students how to invest money in the markets, Mrs. Roland George would be especially proud of the accomplishments of the students who gain acceptance to this program and the professors who keep a careful watch on what has grown into a […]
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Stetson University College of Law presented its annual awards to graduates and friends of the college in conjunction with the Florida Bar Annual Convention June 24-27 in Boca Raton. Scott Bruin B.A. ’75, pictured center with College of Law Dean Christopher Pietruszkiewicz, and Stetson President Wendy B. Libby, was presented the Distinguished Service Award in recognition […]
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“Significance Within – That is the story we wanted to tell when producing this book that features the accomplishments of a number of Stetson alumni who have used their experiences at Stetson to impact the world,” said Joel Jones, assistant vice president of marketing and creative services at Stetson University. Jones, along with Greg Carroll, vice […]
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Hala ElAarag, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science, was awarded the 2015 Faculty Mentoring Award from the Mathematics and Computer Science Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR). ElAarag is the vice president and president-elect of the Consortium of Computer Sciences in College and worked as a counselor in the Mathematics and Computer Sciences […]
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Former Stetson catcher/outfielder Garrett Russini will not have to travel very far to begin his career as a professional baseball player. Russini, a Sarasota native and product of Braden River High, signed a free agent contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates and begins his career playing for the Gulf Coast League Pirates in Bradenton, Fla. Russini […]
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