Corporate and Foundation Relations NEWS
Our guest, Gail Eggeman‘73, who runs the St. Petersburg Saturday Morning Market http://www.saturdaymorningmarket.com/ and has also been a director of the Florida Association of Community Farmer’s Markets, shared her experiences and tips with Stetson students, faculty, and staff on Tuesday, April 10th. Ms. Eggeman started a Slow Food chapter in St. Petersburg, and has been to the international event (Terra Madre) led by the Slow Food founder Carlos Petrini. She is a former municipal CPA and grant-writer, and understands the financing of small charitable groups.
Corporate and Foundation Relations' student assistant, Daniel Hoover presented his paper on The Cognitive Neuroscience of Religion and the Role of the Temporal Lobes in Religiosity, at the thirteenth annual 2012 Stetson Undergraduate Research and Creative Arts Symposium (SURCAS) Showcase, on April 18, 2012. A long-time supporter of Stetson University, the Carl S. Swisher Foundation provided generous charitable gifts for Showcase in 2011 and 2012.
President Wendy Libby enjoyed lunch with L. Evans (right) and Linda (not pictured) Hubbard of A. Friend's Foundation Trust of Orlando in September 2011. Established in 1959, the Trust is a long-time generous supporter of Stetson's Annual Fund for scholarships, which provides assistance to financially needy students pursuing a degree in higher education.