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Rygh, Stonish are A-Sun Sand Pair of the Week

A 2-1 week and a match-clinching win against an A-Sun rival earned Stetson freshmen Maren Rygh (Tonsberg, Norway) and Alexa Stonish (Stony Brook, N.Y.) the Atlantic Sun Conference Sand Volleyball Pair of the Week honors for April 11, the conference office announced Wednesday. This is the second such award for a Hatters duo this year; […]

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Empowering Student Success

Stetson student Amber Houston (pictured here) was startled by an email she received from a professor the week before FOCUS (Friends On Campus Uniting Students) orientation in August: Her second-ever college class would be a bicycle trip. “I got the email, and I was like, we’re doing what?” Houston said. The bike ride was designed […]

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Celebrate the earth and the trees

Members of the Stetson University community will share their Hatter “Green” with the surrounding community during two weeks of celebration and learning for Earth Week and Arbor Day. Activities kick off this weekend with the fourth annual Green Symposium on Friday, April 13, followed by participation in the city of DeLand’s Green Affair Event 2012 […]

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The week ahead at Stetson

Happy Easter! We hope you enjoy your long weekend. When you return to campus, there will be many thought-provoking programs over the next week—including a panel discussion on the Trayvon Martin case and an interactive diversity exercise, ‘Strange Like Me.’ Here are some highlights. Have a great holiday weekend! Global, ethical issues:  Be informed about […]

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StetsonU presents Strange Like Me

Stetson University’s Multicultural Student Council will present “Strange Like Me,” an interactive program on racism, sexism and homophobia especially for college students, on Thursday, April 12, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the Rinker Field House of the Hollis Center, 602 N. Bert Fish Drive, DeLand. The event is free and open to the public. […]

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StetsonU wins big in both stocks and bonds

Stetson University’s Roland George Investments Program achieved the near-impossible in the financial world this week – winning major national competitions in both the stock and bond categories. The student-run George Program bond portfolio won first-place in the Fixed-Income Category in the world’s largest student investment competition, the R.I.S.E. Forum at the University of Dayton in […]

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Fresh perspective, from Cuba

Students returning from international field studies invariably find they have acquired an invisible keepsake of great power – perspective. Fresh perspective is something mentioned by nearly every student describing their Business School class trip to Communist Cuba in early March where they gained new and broader understanding of life on the island nation. Those insights […]

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A Showcase of Scholarship

If you have graduated or attended Stetson University since 1998, you may remember participating in the annual Stetson research day. No matter what it was called then, the Stetson Showcase (its new name as of 2011) has given undergraduate students from all programs an opportunity to present research, original works of art, theater, digital arts […]

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Students model the U.S. Senate

Business suits, briefcases, bills and legislative rules were the order of the day as 100 students from Stetson University and eight other colleges and universities from across the country convened at Stetson as the Floyd M. Riddick United States Model Senate from March 15-17. The 41st annual Model Senate sessions were filled with students voting […]

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Past meets future at Athletics ceremony

A dozen Stetson University football players from the 1940s and ’50s and a young recruit for next year’s return of Hatter Football were special guests at the ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Athletics Complex being built on the northeast side of campus. Under beautiful blue skies with the backdrop of a partly-constructed Athletics Field House […]

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IMPACT Conference March 29-April 1

Stetson University will host the 28th annual IMPACT Conference, a national conference focusing on service, civic engagement and advocacy, Thursday, March 29, through Sunday, April 1. About 600 college students, faculty and staff members from all over theUnited States are planning to attend, including 150 Stetson students. Registration is still open; information: http://www.impactconference.org. The cost […]

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National recognition for community service

Stetson University has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for the sixth consecutive year for its commitment to bettering the world through community service and service learning. Stetson is one of 642 colleges and universities nationwide to receive the honor given by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). […]

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Green Symposium registration now open

Note: This release is from Volusia County Government The fourth annual Green Symposium, The Green Edge: Innovation and Sustainability, is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, April 13, at Stetson University’s Lynn Business Center. The symposium is hosted by the Volusia County Office of Sustainability and Energy Management, Lake County, Stetson University and […]

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NSF grants strengthen foundation

Over the past few years, Stetson faculty members, including Dr. John T. York, Dr. Michael King and Dr. Tandy Grubbs, have been hard at work writing and securing much-needed grants through the National Science Foundation (NSF) to benefit the science departments. Most recently, the NSF has awarded the university a $200,000 grant to purchase a […]

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Evening of hilarious French one-act operas

The Stetson University Opera Theatre, Russell Franks, director, and Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Hose, conductor, will present two French operas on Friday, March 23, and Sunday, March 25, at the DeLand High School Theatre Center, located at the corner of Hill and Plymouth avenues, DeLand. Angélique by Jacques Ibert, and Les Mamelles de Tirésias by Francis […]

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StetsonU in the News

Stetson University has had a number of interesting stories in the news this month, including faculty interviews in the New York Times, Zee News in India, Tampa Bay Times and Lakeland Ledger. The Huffington Post featured Stetson students/alumni for making a difference in the world. And Lake Mary Life magazine featured the Metzger teens, with a beautiful […]

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YouTube executive to give talk March 22

Lucas Watson, vice president of global sales and industry marketing for Google’s Video business, which includes YouTube and Google TV Ads, will discuss the future of YouTube in business and sports business at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 22. The presentation will be held in the Rinker Auditorium inside the Lynn Business Center, 345 N. Woodland […]

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The Hatter green week ahead

Top o’ the morning to you! It’s our St. Patrick’s Day/Weekend edition of Stetson Today! And what’s more fitting than to celebrate Stetson “green” with the HatterPalooza music festival on St. Patty’s Day? And “the rest of the week” offers plenty to do on and near campus, too. So plug in, expand your thinking, expose […]

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Athletics Groundbreaking set for March 23

Stetson University will celebrate the return of Hatter Football, introduction of Women’s Lacrosse, Stetson’s outstanding Men’s and Women’s Soccer programs and the new on-campus facilities being constructed at an Athletics Expansion Groundbreaking Celebration at 5:30 p.m. Friday, March 23. The celebration will be held at the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center, 402 E. University Ave., DeLand. […]

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Zoologist Peter May shares passion

It was a cool spring morning in northern Virginia and 9-year-old Peter was absorbing the early sun as he meandered down the country road near his home in historic Manassas. He peeled and poked his stick into the new spring ground, curious to what the cold winter had left behind. Raised in a military family, […]

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