We’ve come a long way, and now we’ve reached the final poll in the Other Best Downtown bracket, sponsored by the Orlando Sentinel. Thanks to all the votes from Stetson Hatters and many other fans of DeLand, the final contest is now between DeLand and Mount Dora. Two formidable opponents, but there will only be one […]
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The Pioneer Football League announced its annual All-Conference first and second teams on Tuesday. A total of 62 student-athletes from across the PFL were selected to the 21st annual team. The players were selected by vote of the league’s 12 head coaches, who were not allowed to vote for their own players. Stetson was represented […]
Continue ReadingStetson University College of Law’s team won the National Veterans Moot Court Competition in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 17. The team also won the best petitioner’s brief award. The winning team of Jeremy Bailie and Kevin Crews, pictured left to right, was coached by Associate Dean Michael Allen and alumnus Jason Stearns. Stetson students also […]
Continue ReadingThe Florida Campus Compact (FLCC) presented Stetson University the top 2013 Campus-Community Partnership award for partnership with the Volusia County Public School District, at the FLCC Annual Awards Gala held on Nov. 7, at the Boca Raton campus of Palm Beach State College. Stetson’s director of community engagement Savannah-Jane Griffin, and assistant director Kevin Winchell […]
Continue ReadingThe Stetson University College of Law team of Tai Lowry, Khalil Madani, Daniel Miles and Lisa Ungerbuehler won the Florida Justice Association Mock Trial competition on Nov. 10 at the George E. Edgecomb Courthouse in Tampa. (Pictured L-R): Lisa Ungerbuehler, Tai Lowry, Khalil Madani II, Shaun Cummings, Ashley Goodman, Catherine Sams, Daniel Miles, and Chad Florin. […]
Continue ReadingThree new initiatives have been developed within the School of Business Administration (SOBA) to increase student awareness of the importance of ethics in their personal and professional lives. Under the leadership of Jim Beasley, Ph.D., professor of business administration, and John Tichenor, Ph.D., associate professor of decision sciences, SOBA is extending its emphasis upon the […]
Continue ReadingDr. T. Wayne Bailey: A Florida Original Political science professor T. Wayne Bailey, Ph.D., has been inspiring students at Stetson for 50 years and we plan to celebrate his service during Homecoming 2013! Bailey started teaching at Stetson in 1963 and since that time has taught nearly every political science course ever offered at Stetson. […]
Continue ReadingSeven Stetson University softball student-athletes have been named 2012-13 All-America Scholar-Athletes by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association, it was announced earlier this week. The Hatter honorees were Mallory Brooks (Tampa, Fla.), Jordan Cleghorn, pictured, (Ball Ground, Ga.), Jessica Griffin (Port Saint John, Fla.), Brittany Hawn (Kaneohe, Hawaii), Chrissy Morello (Ormond Beach, Fla.), Chelsea Whalley (Calgary, […]
Continue ReadingKou Sua, a junior at Stetson University, has been selected to receive a $2,400 UPS Scholarship provided through the Florida Independent College Fund. Sua is from Cape Coral, Fla., and a 2011 graduate of Cape Coral High School. She is majoring in Spanish with a minor in philosophy, is a member of Stetson’s Bonner program […]
Continue ReadingSoBA helps county program develop entrepreneurs who take ideas to market. An innovative effort to awaken entrepreneurial spirit, boost job skills, and improve local economies, has begun in Volusia and Flagler counties with the help of faculty, alumni and a student of the Stetson University School of Business Administration. “Startup Quest is one of the […]
Continue ReadingStetson University College of Law students Kayla Cash, Paul Crochet and Tyler Egbert won the 2013 E. Earle Zehmer National Workers’ Compensation Moot Court Competition on Aug. 19 in Orlando. Stetson’s moot court team, coached by Associate Dean and Professor of Law Michael Allen and alumnus Jason Stearns, argued in the final round of the […]
Continue ReadingIt’s been quite a summer for several members of the Stetson women’s golf team. Rising senior Jenna Hoecker (Rochester, N.Y.) is the latest to take home some hardware as she won the New York State Women’s Amateur Championship on Thursday, July 10 at the Country Club of Ithaca. (Photo, courtesy of Andrew Hickey, NYS Golf […]
Continue ReadingThe Florida Career Professionals Association (FCPA) honored two members of Stetson University during its annual conference in June in Orlando. Robin Kazmarek, associate director of Career Development, was presented the 2013 Brownlee Leadership Award for her contribution and support of the Association, and Mark Marcus was honored with the Student of the Year Award for […]
Continue ReadingStetson University College of Law Dean Christopher Pietruszkiewicz and Stetson Lawyers Association president Jenay Iurato JD/MBA ’00 presented five annual awards to alumni and friends on June 27 in Boca Raton, in conjunction with the Florida Bar’s annual meeting. (Pictured center, Joseph J. Reiter JD ’68 is presented the Ben C. Willard Award for humanitarian achievements, […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s student-athletes proved during the past year that they are excellent students in addition to being outstanding athletes, and their efforts in the classroom were rewarded by the Atlantic Sun Conference on Monday when the Hatters claimed their first All-Academic Trophy. A total of 168 Stetson student-athletes, 73 percent, were recognized by the A-Sun […]
Continue ReadingRosalie Carpenter, assistant dean of students at Stetson University, was awarded the Robert D. Bradshaw Small Colleges Student Advocate Award from the National Association of Student Affairs Administrators (NASPA) at its 2013 Region III Awards. The award honors the significant role played by those who champion student issues in a small college setting and beyond. “It […]
Continue ReadingThe office of Career Development and Academic Advising is pleased to announce the student recipients of the Internship Travel Fund Scholarship Program. Experiential education, including internships, is an integral part of a Stetson education. Through generous alumni and organizational donations, the Career Development and Academic Advising office is able to offer scholarships, awarded on top […]
Continue ReadingStetson softball junior pitcher Meredith Owen (Jackson, Miss.) earned three postseason awards Tuesday and was one of five Hatters recognized by the Atlantic Sun Conference for their achievements during the 2013 season. Owen, one of nine players in the country to have recorded 20 wins and 10 home runs this season, was named Second Team […]
Continue ReadingEvery year since 1999, the Stetson University Showcase has highlighted undergraduate research and creative projects representing the academic disciplines across the DeLand campus. Showcase 2013 will be held as an all-day campus-wide event from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, April 16. Classes will be cancelled Tuesday, enabling students and faculty to attend the symposium […]
Continue ReadingDr. Terri Witek, English professor and director of the Sullivan Creative Writing Program at Stetson University, pictured far right, won the silver award in the Poetry category in the 2012 Florida Book Awards for her book Exit Island (Orchises Press, 2012). Witek was honored along with her husband, Dr. Rusty Witek (left) by Florida’s First […]
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