On March 13-15, Stetson will host the 43rd annual Floyd M. Riddick Model U.S. Senate, which seeks to educate students about the legislative process of the United States Senate. More than 100 students from nine colleges and universities across the nation, including Stetson, will meet at Stetson University’s DeLand campus to discuss and debate the […]
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While most university curriculums require seven years for students to receive their bachelor’s and Juris Doctor degrees to become an attorney, Stetson University’s carefully crafted 3+3 program provides highly motivated and focused students a quicker and more financially advantageous way of obtaining both degrees. Students in the recently revised accelerated program spend three years at […]
Continue ReadingStetson’s University Marketing Office won 11 communications awards from CASE III (Council for Advancement and Support of Education, District III), including three Grand Awards, the district’s highest honor. “These prestigious awards put us among the best university, college and independent school marketing programs in the region,” said Greg Carroll, Stetson’s vice president for university marketing. […]
Continue ReadingVinegar Tom – Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 20-22, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 23, 3 p.m. All performances will be held at Stetson Theatre Arts’ “Second Stage” located inside the Museum of Art, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., adjacent to the DeLand campus. Admission is $12 for adults, and $10 for seniors and area students. Stetson students, faculty and staff are […]
Continue ReadingStetson’s Student Government Association hosted the 2014 conference of the Academy of Florida Independent Colleges and Universities (AFICU), Feb. 7-9. Florida’s oldest private university provided an excellent venue for student leaders across the state to collaborate and improve the state of their universities. “The purpose of this conference is for SGAs from different private and […]
Continue ReadingThe Stetson University School of Music Opera Theatre will present Leonard Bernstein’s Tony Award-Winning opera, Candide, on Friday and Sunday, Feb. 21 and 23. Directed by Russell Franks, with orchestra conducted by Anthony Hose, Candide will be performed in the DeLand High School Auditorium, 800 N. Hill Ave., at 7:30 p.m., Friday evening, and a […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s Lifelong Learning Program is pleased to announce the first Tech E-Fest Expo to be held at the Stetson Center at Celebration campus Thursday, March 6, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Stetson has partnered with the Celebration Town Hall and SmartCity to help draw attention to the many technology topics that face our […]
Continue ReadingSandhill Ecosystem, Physics Extravaganza, Sustainability all at Stetson’s Gillespie Museum – At Stetson University’s Science Saturday, Saturday, Feb. 22, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., the Gillespie Museum will offer two hands-on workshops in one morning: Save a Sandhill Ecosystem and a Physics Extravaganza. On the museum grounds, young scientists will learn about longleaf pine forests […]
Continue ReadingTo mark the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) developed a special project as part of its Bridging Cultures initiative: Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle. Stetson University’s duPont-Ball Library is one of 473 institutions in the United States that was awarded a grant to participate in the […]
Continue ReadingStetson women’s soccer head coach Manoj Khettry and assistant coach Stephanie Demake are proud to introduce 15 newcomers that will join the Hatters program for the 2014 season, as announced Friday morning. Casey Baker (Cumming, Ga.), Sarah Collins (Loxahatchee, Fla.), Brianna Hamson (Tampa, Fla.), Kendall Harmon (Tampa, Fla.), Anna Higdon-pictured-(Catonsville, Md.), Karlie Hightower (Carrollton, Ga.), […]
Continue ReadingA team of family enterprise majors from Stetson University finished fifth out of 20 teams in the undergraduate competition of the Family Enterprise Case Competition (FECC) held in Burlington, Vt. Hosted by the University of Vermont’s School of Business Administration, the FECC is the premier competition in family business and features competitors from rigorous business […]
Continue ReadingMilitary couple from St. Augustine leaves gift to endow academic scholarship – In February, 2013, Kate Pearce, assistant vice president of university relations at Stetson University, received a most welcomed telephone call. Attorney Melvin D. Stack, a partner in the Daytona Beach law firm of Every, Stack and Upchurch, and a 1979 Stetson College of Law […]
Continue ReadingStetson University presents Vinegar Tom, by Obie Award-winning author Caryl Churchill, on Feb. 20 through 23, in Stetson Theatre Arts’ “Second Stage” located inside the Museum of Art, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., adjacent to the DeLand campus. (Pictured: Susan, played by Ellen Smittle, looks on in horror as her excited friend Alice, played by […]
Continue ReadingSochi Olympics Symposium on Thursday; Opening Ceremonies Viewing on Friday – On Thursday, Feb. 6, Stetson’s Russian Studies Program will host a symposium on the Russian context for the 2014 Winter Olympics. The Opening Ceremonies and the Winter sport competitions begin on Feb. 7, and take place in the southwest of Russia, in the resort ski […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) will host inspirational speaker and former WCW and WWE wrestling champion, Marc Mero, on Monday, Feb. 10, from 6-7:30 p.m., in the Stetson Room., second floor of the Carlton Union Building, 131 E. Minnesota Ave., DeLand. The event is open to the public, free of charge, and allows […]
Continue ReadingThe Stetson University School of Music will present an organ recital Tuesday, Feb. 11, to benefit the Volusia County Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota, the international, honorary music fraternity for women. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m., in Lee Chapel, inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand. It will feature Dr. […]
Continue ReadingOn Friday, Feb. 7, the Stetson University School of Music welcomes the public to attend a performance of Contemporary Chamber Music, featuring new pieces written by Stetson faculty composers. The concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Lee Chapel in Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand. The composers include Stetson faculty: Sydney Hodkinson, […]
Continue ReadingStetson University presents the George H. Shriver Lectures featuring guest speaker Dr. William Baker: “Of Gods and Games: Religious Faith and Modern Sports,” on Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 4 and 5. All lectures, free and open to the public, will be held in the Stetson Room, second floor of the Carlton Union Building, 131 E. […]
Continue ReadingTwo exhibits of distinction will open at Stetson’s Hand Art Center, Friday, Jan. 24, with an opening reception from 6-8 p.m. The public is invited to attend, at no charge. Oscar Bluemner: The Language of Trees is a reflection of the artist’s intense identification with nature that assumes a markedly human character. (Pictured: Winter Night, New Jersey, 1930, watercolor and tempera […]
Continue ReadingSpring semester at any university is full of events that are sure to keep everyone busy. And, Stetson is no exception. Check out Stetson University’s Cultural Calendar below for a working, chronological listing of calendar happenings on Stetson’s DeLand campus. Be sure to also stay up-to-date with the university’s online calendar, posted on Stetson Today, […]
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