Since the introduction of Facebook in 2004, social media has grown by extraordinary measures in the past decade, and in like manner, upcoming college graduates have grown dependent on it. As such an integral part of their earlier lives, you might be surprised at just how much social media will affect graduates’ future careers. One […]
Continue ReadingStetson University College of Law student Rebecca Watts won the Law Student Pro Bono Award and students Tamara Major and Kelly Green received honorable mention from Florida’s Sixth Judicial Circuit for their commitment to creating pro bono service opportunities for students at Stetson. Watts was nominated by the Community Law Program for her extraordinary pro […]
Continue ReadingStudent Appreciation Day is an annual event put on by Dining Services to thank all Stetson students for a wonderful year. The invitation read: By the Royal Order of THE QUEEN OF HEARTS, you are cordially invited to the Mad Hatter Tea Party in celebration of our students. It was held at lunchtime in The Commons Monday, […]
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Continue ReadingEnvironmentally aware university praised for commitment, proactive approach Stetson University has been recognized as a “green” university by Princeton Review’s Guide to 353 Green Colleges: 2015 Edition. Just in time for the 45th anniversary of Earth Day on Apr. 22, Princeton Review’s Guide praised Stetson for its commitment to environmental education, environmentally responsible purchasing, efficient […]
Continue ReadingFormer White House Ebola response coordinator Ronald A. Klain will address Stetson University College of Law commencement on May 16 in Gulfport, Florida. Stetson’s commencement takes place at 8:30 a.m. in the courtyard on the law school’s Gulfport campus, 1401 61st St. S. Klain was appointed Ebola response coordinator last year by President Barack Obama. […]
Continue ReadingThis is it! Hatter Productions will be bringing Sage the Gemini and DJ Baauer for Hatter Palooza 2015. Doors opens at 7:00 p.m. in the Edmunds Center, 143 E. Pennsylvania Ave., on the DeLand campus. Sage the Gemini, pictured, is best known for his hit song Gas Pedal and Baauer is the artist behind the Harlem Shake. Due to […]
Continue ReadingCompelling mysteries hook researchers into blazing trails to discovery. In particular, Stetson Assistant Professor of Biology Roslyn Crowder, Ph.D. (pictured first row, center), and her students are on one such trail. They are asking whether plant-based products can kill cancer cells naturally and selectively. Would these substances be viable alternatives to today’s chemotherapy and radiation, […]
Continue ReadingEach April, Stetson University welcomes accepted students and their families to the DeLand campus for a day of fun, fellowship, service and learning at the annual HATTER SATURDAY. The 2015 HATTER SATURDAY is April 18. Approximately 500 new Hatters and their families will gather on Saturday to attend information sessions with Stetson leaders, faculty, staff […]
Continue ReadingAmber Finnicum-Simmons, a junior psychology major at Stetson University in DeLand, Fla., is the recipient of the 2015 Newman Civic Fellows Award. As a Newman Civic Fellow, Amber is one of approximately 200 students who has been recognized as the next generation of public problem solvers and civic leaders. Through service, research and advocacy, Newman […]
Continue ReadingThis year’s initiation ceremony for Phi Beta Kappa is scheduled for Friday, April 17 at 4:30 p.m. in the Gillespie Museum. A reception on the porch will immediately follow. Gillespie Museum is located at the southeast corner of campus, at 234 E. Michigan Ave. The public is invited to attend. This year, 20 Stetson students have been […]
Continue ReadingLearn Local -A Pineland Understory: Women and African Americans in early Orange City This talk, presented by recent Stetson graduate Kimberly Reading, based on her senior thesis research, uncovers the stories of women and African Americans in the settlement of Orange City, Fla. Pulling from the town history beginning in 1875, the stories of pioneering […]
Continue ReadingStetson University presents Clybourne Park April 16-18, at 8 p.m. and April 19 at 3 p.m., in Stetson Theatre Arts’ “Second Stage” located inside the Museum of Art, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., adjacent to the DeLand campus. Inspired by Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, this Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning satire looks at […]
Continue ReadingTake immediate action to conserve and restore the world’s wetlands, the director of Stetson University’s Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy, professor Royal Gardner, urges in a briefing note he recently co-authored with scientists from around the world. The “State of the World’s Wetlands and their Services to People: A compilation of recent analyses” is […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will celebrate undergraduate research at this year’s STETSON SHOWCASE, Tuesday, April 14, from 9 a.m. and continuing all day. This is the 18th annual SHOWCASE at which Stetson undergraduates present the results of their research to the Stetson community. With a day free of classes, students, faculty, staff, and the DeLand community will […]
Continue ReadingStetson 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 […]
Continue ReadingThree 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 ReadingAs part of its Science Saturday series, Stetson University’s Gillespie Museum has partnered with the Stetson Environmental Coalition to host the 2015 Earth Day: Keeping It Green at Stetson, on Saturday, April 18, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Museum and the adjacent Rinker Environmental Learning Center. This annual event showcases the ongoing work […]
Continue ReadingWhen someone says “spring break” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Wild parties? Vacations on a beach somewhere? To nine Hatters this year’s spring break was an alternative to that when they flew down to South America and did service work with children and the elderly in Peru. Eight students and one staff […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will host the eighth annual Bernard Weiner Holocaust Memorial Lecture on Thursday, April 9, 7-8:30 p.m., in Rinker Auditorium, inside the Lynn Business Center, 345 N. Woodland Blvd, on Stetson’s DeLand campus. The public is invited free of charge. This year’s speaker will be Dr. Jan T. Gross (pictured right), Polish-born American historian […]
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