"[People] love to wonder, and that is the seed of science."
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
Explore Your World!
"The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking."
--Albert Einstein
Welcome to the Stetson University Division of Natural Sciences Web site. The sciences are alive at Stetson - and there is a lot of great information on the Stetson site which detail the breadth and depth of our activities. The purpose of this page is to provide you with a "home base" from which you can explore all we have going on and all we offer.
If you can't find something or have a question, please, don't hesitate to ask us.
Our email address, science@stetson.edu, is set up just for you!
Science Exploration Days
http://stetson.edu/administration/admission/science-day.php
Attend classes, meet faculty, take a "behind the scenes" tour of one of Stetson University's science departments, and have lunch with students in your major of interest.
Learn about the programs and experience the personalized attention students receive.
Explore what it's like to be a science major at Stetson University!
We'll be hosting these days during the 2012-13 school year on October 19, February 15, and March 15. Space is limited - and you must register at least 2 days prior to the event.
Register now!
And if you'd have any questions, please contact the Office of Admission at admissions@stetson.edu.
We'd love to meet you!
Listen to one student talk about
science@stetson:
"Hello everyone. It is an honor to be here with you today [at the dedication of the addition to the Sage Hall Science Center]. You'll have to excuse me, having lived nearly four years of my life in this building, I've become a little dependent on my glasses.
And now you know what gives science students such awkward tan lines.
I've been asked to tell you a little bit about what this new science center means from a student perspective. As I reflected, I became rather nostalgic. To say that I have lived in this building for four years, isn't much of an exaggeration I really wish that I could take each of you on a tour to show you what this current building means to me. The tour would probably include the physics student lounge where, in my sophomore year, we consumed enough energy drinks that the caffeine in them would have hospitalized a grown man. We might stop by the general chemistry lab where I was forced to overcome my fear of Bunson burners, the organic chemistry lab where, no matter what you did, you always got a little vial of white crystals or the physical chemistry lab where, we once put so much pressure in a bomb calorimeter that the top almost came flying off which would have blasted a hole through the roof and renovations would have started ahead of schedule. The Hansen computer lab has been the spot of many late night studies. I could show you where Dr. King keeps the dead crayfish after we dissect the spinal cords out. I might take you up to the instrumental lab in which, only half an hour ago, I was working on a machine that costs over $160,000 doing research on the forefront of biochemistry.
This building (Sage Hall) is a precious one. It is where the community of the most dedicated faculty combine their skills and expertise to encourage their students to push the frontiers of science.
I have been blessed immeasurable by their time and owe a debt I will never be able to repay. And now, we are again the blessed ones, indebted to the generosity of the trustees as we dedicated Phase I of the Sage Hall expansion. I cannot wait to come back and hear the stories of new research being conducted, of new classes being taught, of new young minds being fostered in this state-of-the-art facility. This expansion is tangible evidence of the importance of science in the academic curriculum at Stetson. But even more than that, I cannot wait to come back to hear the stories and take the unofficial tours offered by those students and faculty who know this building the best, to know what rooms have inspired them, and to explore what new and glorious pursuits have been made possible by your generosity. Thank you so much. It has been my privilege to study here and you can only imagine the impact your gifts are going to have on the future of Stetson science. Your generosity is like a concave up function from physics that means it's always increasing."
--Christina Shaffer
At the ground-breaking dedication
for the addition to Sage Hall,
October, 2007