Stetson University is expanding Boundless Learning Web Development offerings by teaming up with DrupalEasy, a Central Florida-based Drupal web development and training company, to offer the Drupal Career Certificate Program at the Celebration Center. The program is the first and only comprehensive, university-based Drupal professional development program in Florida, perhaps the nation. Drupal is an […]
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Three groups of students were finalists in The Cairns Innovation Challenge which encourages college students to present their most unique entrepreneurial project to judges for consideration. The top prize of $10,000 plus one-year resident enrollment at the UCF Volusia County Business Incubator is awarded to the winner, and the second place winner receives $5,000 plus […]
Continue ReadingStetson University is no stranger to serving as a host institution for March Madness. Five times, Stetson has served as host for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, including the 2014 Second and Third Rounds at the Amway Center. However, in all five instances the tournament games were played in Orlando. Now, for the first time, […]
Continue ReadingStetson University was featured in the news Mar. 6-12 in these articles: Valrie Chambers, Ph.D., associate professor of accounting, is quoted in an MSN.com article offering tips on getting your money back if your tax refund is stolen. Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, associate professor of law, had her article in the Brennan Center for Justice quoted in the March […]
Continue ReadingJunior Cory Reid didn’t need a lot of time to make a mark on the Stetson baseball program. The Port St. Lucie native, and transfer from the State College of Florida in Bradenton, picked up his first Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Week award for his play in five games for the Hatters last […]
Continue ReadingOn Feb. 28, Stetson University College of Law is hosting Raising the Bar: Florida’s Legal Community Service Day, on the Gulfport campus. The initiative collects donations from the local legal community for American Red Cross care packages and holiday cards for active military service members and veterans. WHO: The initiative is part of an annual […]
Continue ReadingDivine Miracle Myles is his given name, and he most certainly earned it. He earned it because he wasn’t supposed to live. His mother’s pregnancy was wrought with complications. Doctors were so certain he was going to be stillborn they almost threw him away after he was delivered. But the Stetson freshman – and a […]
Continue ReadingStetson won the Andrews Kurth National Moot Court Championship and the ABA Law Student National Arbitration Competition this weekend. The invitation-only Andrews Kurth National Moot Court Competition determines the 16 “best of the best” moot court programs in the United States. Stetson’s team of Nick Sellars, Melaina Tryon and Giovanni Giarratana won the final round […]
Continue ReadingStetson University senior guard Jama Sharp (Mooresville, Ind.) has been selected as one of just 30 national candidates for the prestigious 2015 Senior CLASS Award. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character […]
Continue ReadingThe Stetson sand volleyball team is ranked 13th in the nation in the inaugural DiG 2015 Collegiate Sand Volleyball poll, the magazine recently announced. The defending Atlantic Sun Conference champions, the Hatters are the highest ranked conference team in the preseason poll. UNF is ranked just behind Stetson at No. 14. Among teams in the […]
Continue ReadingStetson University College of Law’s 2015 Educating Advocates: Teaching Advocacy Skills conference is scheduled for May 18-21, 2015, at the 1401 61st St. S., Gulfport, Florida, campus. The annual conference draws law professors, lawyers and legal practitioners from across the U.S. to learn the Stetson method of advocacy, developing teaching skills, new techniques and networking […]
Continue ReadingFor the second time this season, Stetson University senior guard Jama Sharp (Mooresville, Ind.) has been named the Atlantic Sun Player of the Week, the league office announced on Monday. Sharp averaged 15.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 6.5 steals, and 3.5 assists per game last week to help lead Stetson to a pair of victories. She […]
Continue ReadingStetson University College of Law has been named a Military Friendly® School by Victory Media for 2015. The Military Friendly® Schools designation, now in its sixth year, is awarded to 16 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools in the country that are doing the most to help military students to succeed in the classroom […]
Continue ReadingStetson University College of Law is again partnering with the Community Law Program and the St. Petersburg Bar Foundation in February to prepare free simple wills and advance health care directives for veterans and their spouses. The Feb. 17, 2015, program is designed to assist veterans or their spouses who have limited assets and low […]
Continue ReadingStetson senior Kentwan Smith has been named the Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Week, the league office announced on Monday. Smith, a forward, was honored for his efforts in Stetson’s 63-59 loss at Florida State on Dec. 22. He scored a season-high 21 points, while adding seven rebounds and four assists. He was 8-of-13 […]
Continue ReadingStetson University College of Law’s Institute for the Advancement of Legal Communication is offering its first annual Legal Writing Academy on Jan. 30, 2015, at the Tampa Law Center, 1700 N. Tampa St. The 2015 Academy will offer presentations and workshops on Persuasive Legal Writing: What Every Lawyer Should Know. The Academy is an advanced […]
Continue ReadingDeborah Goldring’s undergraduate Digital Marketing Strategy class is designed to look at strategic decisions and tactical applications in digital marketing from the perspective of the marketing manager. Students learn to implement key marketing objectives such as brand awareness, customer acquisition and retention. And it’s the first marketing class to require students to be certified in […]
Continue ReadingStetson University College of Law has been ranked seventh in the nation among the 2014 Super Lawyers Top 10 Law Schools for Pro Bono Graduation Requirements. Stetson Law students donated 31,719 pro bono service hours to more than 400 organizations in the 2013-2014 academic year. Stetson is one of the first law schools in the […]
Continue ReadingFirst player in Stetson’s history to earn recognition on the Walter Camp Football Foundation All-America team Stetson University sophomore Donald Payne capped a remarkable 2014 football season by becoming the first player in school history to earn recognition on the Walter Camp Football Foundation All-America team. The Walter Camp All-America team is considered to be […]
Continue ReadingShould labor and employment laws respond to growing economic inequality? Can employment law reform rebuild the middle class in the face of globalization and the effects of the corporate organizational structure? Questioning how labor and employment laws can address growing workplace inequality is the topic of the Stetson Law Review symposium scheduled for March 6, 2015, […]
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