Grants, Sponsored Research and Strategic Initiatives NEWS
Elizabeth A. “Lizzy” Smith, Grants Program Director of the Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, visited the Stetson campus on the afternoon of February 11, 2013. During her visit, Lizzy engaged with Foundation student scholarship recipients Kimberly Charles (Business Administration), Lauren Tarulli (Integrative Health Science), and Michelle Vergara (Behavioral Economics). Each student discussed her educational background and reasons why she selected Stetson. They explained the importance of the one-on-one mentoring by faculty as an important reason for selecting Stetson. Lizzy also met with staff members Carol Buckels, Pam Clayton, Paul Gleason, Sidney Johnston, and Janet Lyons. During a campus tour, Kimberly pointed out her classrooms and the Roland George Trading Room in the Lynn Business Center, and Lauren discussed her research projects in Sage Hall, Stetson’s science building. Lizzy expressed appreciation for the opportunity to meet with the students and commented several times on the beautiful campus. Since 1974, over 550 female Christian scholars at Stetson University have benefited from the charitable giving of the Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation.
In November 2012, Dick Batchelor, principal of the Dick Batchelor Management Group and a former member of the Florida House of Representatives, visited the Stetson University campus with Clay Worden, Scott Wilson, and Stetson alumna Kerry Hannaford of McGladrey, LLP in Orlando, FL. The visit included tours with Dr. K.C. Ma and Finance students of the Roland George Trading Room in the Lynn Business Center, and with Stetson Trustee Betty Johnson and Library Dean Susan Ryan inside the Politicos Room of the duPont Ball Library. During a luncheon, faculty from the Department of Political Science, Stetson’s CFO F. Robert Huth, and students in the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Business Administration enjoyed discussing a range of issues with Batchelor, Worden, Wilson, and Hannaford. The Office of Grants, Sponsored Research, and Strategic Initiatives coordinated and hosted the visit.
Bank of America Charitable Foundation is a long-time supporter of Stetson University. In November 2012, the Foundation awarded Stetson a grant of $7,500 to support internships for first-generation college students. To celebrate the award, Bank of America Vice Presidents Sheila Torres and Gail Kurth met with and delivered the check to Stetson President Wendy B. Libby. Stetson's Office of Grants, Sponsored Research and Strategic Initiatives collaborated with Bank of America's Senior Vice President Christine Ruiz in Tampa and President Samuel A. Willett in Daytona Beach and Stetson's Office of Career Development to prepare the successful grant.
