Stetson University Faculty, Administrators in the News

Stetson University faculty members and administrators from the DeLand campus who are mentioned in the media are listed below. The most current list is below. Archives of previous months' lists may be viewed by clicking on the name of the desired month below.

April 2008

• Doug Lee, President, and David Rigsby, Streets and Grounds, were quoted in a Total Landscape Care magazine (April 2008) story about Stetson’s native plant initiative and new Vera Lea Rinker Native Plant Garden.
• Leena Taneja, Religious Studies, was quoted in a Philadelphia Inquirer (April 30) story about the importance of Tibet to Tibetan immigrants in the United States.
• Richard Wood, Economics, was quoted in a Daytona Beach News-Journal (April 30) story about an annexation controversy in Palm Coast.
• Larry Belcher, Finance and the Roland George Investments Program, was quoted in Academic Impressions (April 28) and the Hartford (Conn.) Courant (April 27) stories about student-run investment funds.
• Greg McCann, Business, was quoted in a Daytona Beach News-Journal (April 27) story about the work styles of local businessmen.
• Pete Dunn, Baseball, was quoted and pictured in a Daytona Beach News-Journal (April 24) story about the baseball team’s year and prospects.
• Jefferson Rogers, Howard Thurman Program, was pictured in a Daytona Times (April 24) story about his being honored by a local sculptor.
• Mary Pollock, English, was quoted in a Daytona Beach News-Journal (April 22) story about a lecture at Stetson by Santa Fe Community College Teaching Zoo’s assistant curator.
• T. Wayne Bailey, Political Science, was quoted in a Daytona Beach News-Journal (April 21) story about the difficulties six new charter amendments that STAND (Striving Towards a New Daytona) is proposing would cause for local governments.
• James Mallett, Finance and Roland George Investments Program, was quoted in Chicago Tribune and WGNO-TV (New Orleans) stories (April 20) about investment strategies for today’s stock market.
• Doug Lee, President, was featured in an Orlando Sentinel story (April 20) about the West Volusia Historical Society’s Cracker Dinner and his award as Historic Preservationist of the Year for 2008 – the first time the award has been given.
• Bill Nylen, Political Science, was quoted and pictured with Gary Bolding, Art, Rob Brame, Information Technology, and John Tichenor, Registrar, in a DeLand-Deltona Beacon (April 17-20) column about a performance their band was to give in DeLand.
• Derek Waugh, Men’s Basketball, was pictured and Jeff Altier, Athletics, was quoted in a Daytona Beach News-Journal (April 18) story about Waugh’s signing of a new contract with Stetson.
• Julie Schmitt, Communication Studies and Theatre Arts, was quoted in a Daytona Beach News-Journal (April 18) story about “Art,” a play she directed at Stover Theatre.
• T. Wayne Bailey, Political Science, was quoted in a DeLand-Deltona Beacon (April 14-16) story about the potential loss of the political influence of the Daytona Beach News-Journal after its sale.
• Jean West, Dean of Music, was featured in Hartford.com (Hartford, Conn.) and  Newsday.com (Long Island, N.Y.) stories (April 14 & 11), as well in the Orlando Sentinel (April 10) and the Daytona Beach News-Journal (April 7), where President Doug Lee was also quoted, in connection with her appointment as Dean of the School of Music.
• David Rigsby, Streets and Grounds, was quoted, and Margaret Lee, First Lady, was pictured and quoted in a Daytona Beach News-Journal (April 13) story about Stetson’s new native plant garden’s being featured in the Garden Club of DeLand’s Home and Garden Tour.
• Leonard Nance, Dean of First Year Studies, was quoted in a DeLand-Deltona Beacon (April 10-13) story about a World Cube Association Rubik’s Cube competition two students have organized at Stetson.
• Stephen Robinson, Guitar, was featured in a Daytona Beach News-Journal (April 11) story about the Guitar Ensemble spring recital.
• Gerri Bauer, Public Relations and Communications, was quoted and President Doug Lee was mentioned in a Daytona Beach News-Journal (April 10) story about Stetson’s green commitment.
• Stephen Robinson, Guitar, was featured in a Mountain Times (Boone, N.C.) story (April 10) story about the Appalachian State University GuitarFest, in which he will be featured.
• T. Wayne Bailey, Political Science, was quoted on Central Florida News 13 (April 7) about the likelihood that the Daytona Beach News-Journal will be sold in the wake of their unsuccessful lawsuit against Cox Enterprises against over the value of the newspaper.
• Bob Boozer, Management, was quoted in a Daytona Beach News-Journal (April 6) story about dealing with office romances.
• Michael Rickman, Piano; Stephen Robinson, Guitar; Anthony Hose, Orchestra; and Manuel de Murga, Composition, were featured in a DeLand-Deltona Beacon (April 3-6) column about a Stetson University Chamber Orchestra concert in which they participated.
• Don Musser, Religious Studies, was featured in a DeLand-Deltona Beacon (April 3-6) story about a talk he gave at a Unitarian-Universalist Church.
• Leena Taneja, Religious Studies, published a guest column (and was pictured) in the Daytona Beach News-Journal (April 5) about a Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life report showing a trend among Americans to change their childhood religious tradition for another one.
• Carolyn Nicholson, Marketing, was quoted and Randall Hansen, Marketing, was mentioned in a Daytona Beach News-Journal (April 3) story about the recent revival of the student chapter of the American Marketing Association.
• T. Wayne Bailey, Political Science, was quoted in a Daytona Beach News-Journal (April 3) story about the importance of student government at Stetson, recognizing its 100^th anniversary, which was celebrated during Homecoming.
• John Schorr, Sociology, was interviewed on Orlando Public Radio WMFE-FM 90.7 (April 2) about the differences in immigrants’ experiences, depending of where they come from.
• Jennifer Shaver, Alumni Relations, was quoted and Michael Rickman, Piano; Stephen Robinson, Guitar; Anthony Hose, Orchestra; and Michael Fronk, Chaplain, were mentioned  in a DeLand-Deltona Beacon (March 31-April 2) story about Stetson Homecoming.
• Roberta Favis, Art History, was pictured in a DeLand-Deltona Beacon (March 31-April 2) story about Stetson’s winning the Volusia County ECHO grant to help build the new Homer and Dolly Hand Art Center.
• Robert Sitler, Latin American Studies, was quoted and pictured and Rina Tovar, Associate Dean of Students, was quoted in a Daytona Beach News-Journal (April 1) story about Tovar’s nomination of Sitler for a national service learning award.

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