Stetson completed its first series sweep of the season on Sunday with an 7-6 victory over Northern Kentucky, but getting the sweep was anything but easy. The Hatters (26-26, 15-9) got a sacrifice fly off the bat of Garrett Russini in the seventh inning and then held their collective breaths in the ninth as freshman […]
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Stetson 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 ReadingThe Stetson baseball team took another big step forward this weekend by taking two of three games from North Florida. The Ospreys came into the weekend leading the Atlantic Sun Conference. Check out this story and all Hatter sports on gohatters.com. The Hatters clinched the series victory with a dramatic 7-6 victory in Sunday’s opening game […]
Continue ReadingEach year at the annual Silver Circle Recognition Dinner, Stetson University celebrates the dedicated service of staff and faculty. Twenty-five years of service at Stetson entitle Hatter employees to the honorary, official membership into the Silver Circle. Each member receives an engraved silver clock. At this year’s celebration, Dr. T. Wayne Bailey, political science professor […]
Continue ReadingStetson University Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law Bruce Jacob ’59 received the Delano S. Stewart Diversity Award on April 29 in Tampa, Fla. Stetson Law graduate George Hunter ’99 presented Jacob the award during the George Edgecomb Bar Association 30th Annual Scholarship Banquet. While serving as Stetson’s dean, Jacob greatly increased the number of […]
Continue ReadingKaren Kaivola, associate provost for Faculty Development and professor of English, will be leaving Stetson at the end of May to join Augsburg College in Minneapolis as provost and chief academic affairs officer. Kaivola joined Stetson in 1991 as an assistant professor of English, earning tenure in 1997. She was promoted to full professor in […]
Continue ReadingAmong first-time takers of the Florida bar exam in February, 93.9 percent of Stetson University College of Law graduates passed. Stetson Law placed second among Florida law schools on the exam, according to the Supreme Court of Florida’s recently released exam scores and statistics.Only Florida State University had a higher first-time bar passage rate with […]
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 […]
Continue ReadingHailed by the New York Times, Daytona Beach News-Journal and newspapers around the globe for his brilliance on the piano, Dr. Michael Rickman, Steinway Artist and Professor of Piano, will celebrate 30 years teaching at Stetson University with a much anticipated recital on Sunday, April 7, at 3 p.m. Upon entering his studio in Presser […]
Continue ReadingStetson University College of Law students won the National Professional Responsibility Moot Court Competition in Indianapolis, Ind. Stetson students also won all six of the possible awards, sweeping the competition. Two teams of Stetson students beat teams from around the country to compete against each other in the final round, presented at the Indiana Supreme […]
Continue ReadingStetson sand volleyball juniors Katie DiGirolamo (Brandenton, Fla.) and Jordann Dierickx (Jacksonville, Fla.) have been named the Atlantic Sun Conference Pair of the Week, the league announced on Wednesday. DiGirolamo and Dierickx went a perfect 4-0 on the week and also helped lead Stetson to a 4-0 mark as the Hatters registered the first two […]
Continue ReadingStetson University extends congratulations to 16 members of Stetson University’s faculty who have recently earned tenure and/or promotion. The new status for these 16 faculty members will be effective August 2013, with the start of the 2013-14 academic year. “Stetson teacher-scholars facilitate transformational learning in our students,” said Provost Elizabeth Paul, who made the announcement Wednesday, […]
Continue ReadingFour annual awards and honors will be presented at the end of the year and who receives them may depend on you. It’s time to nominate your favorite teacher or colleague, fellow students or even yourself for one of the distinguished honors listed below. For more information on these and other awards, stay current with […]
Continue ReadingAs a young lawyer in his 20s working for the Florida attorney general in Tallahassee 50 years ago, a Stetson University College of Law graduate named Bruce Jacob was assigned to represent the respondent in a Supreme Court case that made history. The Court’s landmark decision on March 18, 1963, regarding the right to a […]
Continue ReadingWhen the Stetson women’s basketball team watched the NCAA selection show two years ago, the Hatters were part of the first game unveiled by ESPN. This time, however, the players and over 100 fans in attendance at Bill and Frank’s Brickhouse Grill waited through 16 teams, then 32, and then 48 without ever seeing “Stetson” […]
Continue ReadingStetson University College of Law’s Black Law Students Association was honored with the National Most Improved Chapter Award during the 45th annual National Black Law Students Convention in Atlanta, Ga., March 6-10. Out of more than 200 chapters in BLSA, Stetson’s BLSA was the only chapter to receive the coveted award. Stetson BLSA member Andrenette […]
Continue ReadingGoHatters.com Stetson University junior center fielder Chrissy Morello (Ormond Beach, Fla.) has been named the Atlantic Sun Conference Softball Player of the Week, the league announced on Monday. It is Stetson’s first conference Player of the Week selection in four years. Morello batted .583 (8-for-15) last week to help lead the Hatters to a 5-0 […]
Continue ReadingGoHatters.com – MACON, Ga. – As Stetson finished its pregame warm-ups Saturday and headed to bench for player introductions, the pep band, cheerleaders, and Hatter fans all started chanting, “I believe that we will win!” The players must have believed it, too. Stetson pulled off a victory for the ages, rallying from a 15-point, second-half deficit […]
Continue ReadingThree Stetson men’s basketball student-athletes received postseason accolades from the Atlantic Sun Conference on Tuesday afternoon. SeniorAdam Pegg, junior Chris Perez, and junior Hunter Miller were honored by the league following their 2012-13 regular season performances. Pegg was named First Team All-Atlantic Sun, was named to the Academic All-Conference Team, and was honored as the A-Sun Scholar-Athlete […]
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