The endowment enables much of the historical material to be catalogued and digitized, dating back to 1800s.
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Stetson University researcher, others claim FCC given one-sided information for TV ratings Whether or not you agree with the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) current ratings for television, the ratings should be based on the results of research rather than opinions, according to a group of more than 60 scholars and researchers. That group sent a […]
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Stetson’s a cappella groups are perfect for those who love to sing without worrying about a grade.
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“Why Not Us? Why Not Now? The Hatters came to play today.” –Pete Dunn, Hatters Head Coach
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Fascinated with all the intricacies and subsets of the business world, the interest level of Charles Reyes ’16 ranged from hard-pressed to passionate about a single aspect, which is why he started as a business administration major. He soon narrowed the focus of his major more to be business finance, while also minoring in entrepreneurship. […]
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As the university moves to rededicate itself to issues of diversity, workshops, open forums and flash panels have been held to facilitate dialogue about race. These events have drawn passionate crowds, largely made of minority students and faculty, resulting in constructive criticism of a national conversation. However, there is large group missing from the metaphorical […]
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“When you empower people they can organize and do incredible things.” –Florida Rep. Kathleen Peters Adolescents are often told two conflicting messages: speak and be silent. We are told we can do anything—that we can “be the change we’d like to see in the world” […]
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When you first meet Dixon Sutherland, Ph.D., you don’t immediately realize the impact he has had on the lives of some of Stetson University’s best scholars and students. Sutherland is a professor of religious studies, and is well known for his work with students in that area, but his other claim to fame is that […]
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On Monday, April 4, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., Stetson University in DeLand will celebrate the “topping out” of the new Marshall & Vera Lea Rinker Welcome Center. Topping out is when the highest beam is placed atop a structure during the construction phase, and it is traditional to celebrate at that time. “A ‘Topping Out’ […]
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Coming up in April, the next issue of Stetson Magazine will look at the path one Stetson graduate took to participating in one of the discoveries of the century. Here’s an excerpt from Janie Graziani’s article, “Listening to the Universe.” Last September, Earth received a billion-year-old message from the universe, and 2006 graduate Sarah Caudill, […]
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Stetson’s Black Student Association (BSA) took a step back in time and transformed the ordinary Stetson Room into a 1960s night club, complete with doo-wop music and black and gold records for the annual BSA Ball last month. Annually, BSA hosts a ball, where students and faculty, both members and non-members, are invited to celebrate a facet […]
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Stetson University College of Law invites future law students to attend an open house, “The Stetson Experience,” on Saturday, Feb. 27 from 10 a.m.- 2p.m. at 1401 61st St. S. in Gulfport. “If you ever wondered what law school is like, visit us for a few hours on a Saturday and don’t miss this open […]
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The first Friday of February is National Wear Red Day, a single day sponsored by the American Heart Association to bring attention to the fact that one out of three deaths among women each year is caused by heart disease and stroke. According to the Heart Association, more than 80 percent of cardiac events can […]
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Vertical columns and horizontal beams form the skeleton of Stetson’s new Welcome Center.
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Stetson University moves forward in creating A Diverse Community of Inclusive Excellence.
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So the saying goes, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Stetson art students created “Disorderly Construct” in the university’s Palm Court. “Convergence” by Alex Schelb and Whitney Wolf is featured above.
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It may seem strange that students in an accounting class would be working with authors, but that is indeed how 21 EMBA students, some of whom are pictured on Stetson Today‘s front page, who participated in Accounting 522 – Accounting and Managerial Decision Making served six authors, four of whom are professors and staff at […]
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In a monumental effort to enlighten some 280 administrators and educators on the effects of poverty on children who are sitting right in their own classrooms, Volusia County School Superintendent James T. Russell said, “We must pray for those who have no one to pray for them,” expounding on Mother Teresa’s poignant words, “We must […]
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When the poetry submission written by a Stetson business student won the Ann Morris Essay and Creative Writing Contest last spring, the winner committed her prize money anonymously to the Writing Center with an ESL (English as a Second Language) designation. Today, the Writing Center’s inaugural donor hopes to blaze a trail and open new […]
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Stetson University’s Friends of Music invite all faculty, students, staff and members of the public, to the 2015-16 Friends of Music Recital, held each year in celebration of the beginning of the new academic year. This year’s concert will be at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Aug. 21, in Lee Chapel, inside Elizabeth Hall, located at 421 […]
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