The Stetson University football program will host its inaugural Summer Classic Fundraiser Golf Tournament on Monday, July 22, at LPGA International. The event, which will be a four-person scramble, will have a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Each player will receive a gift bag that will include items such […]
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Over the weekend Stetson junior Cameron Griffin joined a long list of Hatters to be selected in the Major League Baseball Draft. The left-hander was picked by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 23rd round (689th overall). Over 90 student-athletes from the Stetson baseball program have gone on to play professionally, with many going on to […]
Continue ReadingA few years ago, the AT&T Foundation gave Stetson University’s Chemistry Department a grant to fund the development of a new online learning resource for introductory chemistry. One of the big successes of that project was the development of an online game called Mahjong Chem. And just last year, the Chemistry Department hosted its 3rd […]
Continue ReadingThe Stetson University women’s rowing program will join the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) as an associate member beginning in the 2013-14 season, the league announced on Wednesday. The Hatters will immediately be eligible to compete for the MAAC title and the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Women’s Rowing Championship. Stetson’s rowing program had […]
Continue ReadingKatie Moore, holding certificate, a junior Stetson student in the College of Arts and Sciences, was accepted to present at this year’s Posters on the Hill conference. The conference, held each April in Washington, D.C., is hosted each year by the national Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) on Capitol Hill. This event helps members of […]
Continue ReadingDeveloping nations that invest in building robust information communications technology (ICT) – such as Internet and broadband – will see an increase in their GDP, and improvement in the national economy and quality of life for its citizens, according to researchers from Stetson University. Stetson MBA student Kate MacFarlane (pictured left) presented a research paper […]
Continue ReadingWhen you first meet Alina Siegrist, you are enchanted by the demure demeanor of this young woman. Had one not read her extensive resume, you would never know all that she has accomplished academically in her life. Born in Sarasota, living in Venice, Fla., and graduating high school in 2009, she had the privilege to […]
Continue Reading“I chose chemistry because biology required dissections—of cockroaches. I was OK with everything else, but I wouldn’t touch a cockroach with a 10-foot pole.” – Ramee Indralingam Growing up in Sri Lanka, Chemistry Professor Ramee Indralingam, Ph.D., was educated in a system created by the British in the era of colonial rule (1815-1948). It was […]
Continue ReadingResearch on the ethics of professors and the Atlantic-Sun Conference baseball tournament topped Stetson’s news coverage this week. Notable national and local placements include the A-Sun.org, Diverse Issues in Higher Education, NewstrackIndia.com, Tampa Bay Times, Louisville Courier-Journal, Daytona Beach News-Journal, Naples Daily News, and Florida Times Union. Coverage for May 24-30, 2013, includes: Top Stories The May 25 Ledger and […]
Continue ReadingTo say Chelsey Geeting is amazing would be an enormous understatement. She has four part-time jobs and a full class schedule at Stetson. She’s preparing to graduate with a bachelor of music, with outside field—education, thanks to scholarships she earned through her talent and desire to work extremely hard. Recently, she auditioned for and accepted […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will again host a variety of athletic summer camps for school-aged youth. Sports for the 2013 summer camps include soccer, basketball, tennis and volleyball. The summer camps are specifically designed to provide an NCAA Division-I experience with the university’s coaches, with instructions for improving the fundamentals of each sport. Camps will be held […]
Continue ReadingWhat if? And then what if? But if… That used to be Jessica Ford. Now she knows that when she has done her best, it’s also best to forget endless second-guessing and move on. That’s one life lesson the political science major of Ft. Myers, Fla., says she learned at Stetson and one she believes […]
Continue ReadingInspirare, Stetson University’s community women’s chorus, part of the Stetson Community School of Music, will perform at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, May 30, in Lee Chapel, inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand. Now in its third year Inspirare, meaning “to breathe and to inspire,” was founded by its director Ann Small, internationally known scholar […]
Continue ReadingMost of us would never give a second thought to the fact that our legs would simply continue to grow as we grew and that we’d always have full use of them throughout our lifetime. Since they worked so well, we’d rarely consider what might happen if we indeed had a problem with one or […]
Continue ReadingThe office of Career Development and Academic Advising is pleased to announce the student recipients of the Internship Travel Fund Scholarship Program. Experiential education, including internships, is an integral part of a Stetson education. Through generous alumni and organizational donations, the Career Development and Academic Advising office is able to offer scholarships, awarded on top […]
Continue ReadingTo hear these words from a senior in college who has endured a mostly tumultuous life to this point, is quite telling. To have gained this level of awareness and consciously decided to live her life by this motto, is quite striking for a young woman her age. Maura Martin, who graduated Stetson University May […]
Continue ReadingThroughout middle and high school, Samantha “Sami” Roughton’s bedroom was painted blue and orange, complete with a University of Florida Gator bedspread. When she was accepted at UF’s undergraduate school, her parents threw her a Gator-Party to celebrate. But when she went to visit their campus shortly before term began, it felt too large and […]
Continue ReadingMixing military discipline with college life isn’t the most common choice of Stetson students, but that’s precisely why a handful of special individuals choose the path. They seek an uncommon collegiate goal that includes a bachelor’s degree and a gleaming gold pair of U.S. Army lieutenant’s bars. Only two of 682 graduates this year chose […]
Continue ReadingThe responsibilities of reality television and a question about whether Wal-Mart of the federal government pay lower wages led Stetson’s news coverage this week. Notable national and local placements include the NBC, CNBC, USA Today, Yahoo! Finance, Mashable.com, MSN.com, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Daytona Beach News-Journal, Tampa Bay Business Journal, and Richmond Times Dispatch. Coverage for May […]
Continue ReadingStetson University has named Rodney “RC” San Jose to the position of executive director of Admission. Rodney comes to Stetson from Bradley University in Peoria, Ill., where he has served as the executive director for Enrollment Management for Admissions Operations for 10 years. In this position, San Jose directed recruitment strategies for 1,100 freshmen and […]
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