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Being Newsworthy

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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Selections from Stetson’s Bluemner Collection to be featured at Vero Beach Museum of Art

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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’69-70 Basketball Team to be Honored Saturday

Members of Stetson’s 1969-70 men’s basketball team will be honored at halftime of Saturday’s game against NJIT. Tip-off for the game is 3:30 p.m. at Edmunds Center. Saturday is one day shy of the 46th anniversary of arguably the greatest win in program history. The Hatters defeated 18th-ranked Louisville, 87-80, on Jan. 17, 1970, in […]

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Student volunteers help rebuild Freedom Playground

Multiple student groups from Stetson University spent several weeks last semester volunteering to help rebuild Freedom Playground, a favorite play area for local children of all ages. After 20 years of wear and tear and the extremes of Florida weather, the playground had fallen into decline and had to be demolished. But, just as it had […]

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Winter Workshop: Seeds for Spring

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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Ragtime Pianist Bob Milne to perform at Stetson

Considered by many to be the best Ragtime/Boogie-Woogie pianist in the world, Bob Milne will be performing at Stetson University’s Lee Chapel, 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 19. Lee Chapel is located inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., on Stetson’s DeLand campus. The performance is open to the public, free of charge. Although Milne comes […]

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Stetson’s new Writers’ Program travels Paradise

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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WMFE 90.7 FM to air Christmas Candlelight Concert

The Stetson University Christmas Candlelight concert will air on 90.7 FM WMFE public radio, on Friday, Dec. 25, and Saturday, Dec. 26. This concert features Stetson University’s Concert Choir and Stetson Men, Timothy Peter, conductor, and the Stetson University Women’s Chorale, Andrew Larson, conductor, including student instrumentalists from the Chamber Orchestra and Symphonic Band. Peter […]

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Surviving and Thriving with Jud and Barb Stryker

  Judson Stryker, D.B.A., professor of accounting at Stetson University for over 40 years, and his wife Barbara, have shared not only more than 54 years of marriage and a beautiful family, but they both have been stricken with the same rare physical condition within months of each other. Under the care of top quality […]

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Chong Selected to Lead Marketing and Communications at Stetson University

Stetson University has selected Bruce Chong as its new vice president for marketing and communications, effective Nov. 4. He will lead the university’s marketing, communications and public relations efforts. Chong takes the position previously held by Gregory Carroll who retired last month after six years at Stetson. Chong comes to Stetson from South University where […]

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