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STETSON UNIVERSITY
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SPRING 2010


Now through March 14 - Art Exhibition
Exhibition of works by Art graduates Sean Erwin '04, Laura Oxendine '06, Justin Rancourt '06, Beverly Langran '07 and Derick Ostrenko '08. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Opening reception 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, Jan. 15. Closed Feb. 27 through March 8 for Spring Break. Stetson University, Sampson Hall, Duncan Gallery of Art, 132 E. Minnesota Ave. Free. Information: Art Department, 386-822-7266.

Now through March 14 - Art Exhibition
Selections from the Permanent Collection. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Closed Feb. 27 through March 8 for Spring Break. Stetson University, Hand Art Center, 139 E. Michigan Ave. between Sampson Hall and duPont-Ball Library on the Quad. Free. Information: Art Department, 386-822-7266.

Now through April 16 - Exhibition
"The Bugliness of Florida," exhibition of insect photographs by Stetson University Biology Professor Peter May, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, Stetson University, Gillespie Museum, 234 E. Michigan Ave. Free. Information: Gillespie Museum, 386-822-7330.

Now through April 28 - Art Exhibition
"Oscar Bluemner: Art and Identity between the World Wars," paintings from the Vera Bluemner Kouba Collection, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Opening reception 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 15. Closed all national holidays and holiday weekends. Stetson University, Hand Art Center, 139 E. Michigan Ave. between Sampson Hall and duPont-Ball Library on the Quad. Free. Information: Art Department, 386-822-7266.


MARCH

March 12 - Lecture
Keynote address at the 39th Floyd M. Riddick Model U.S. Senate, David S. Broder, Washington Post columnist, "The Congressional Nightmare of 2010," 7 p.m., Stetson University, Carlton Union Building, Stetson Room, 131 E. Minnesota Ave. Free. Information: Office of Public Relations and Communications, 386-822-8920.

March 12 - Recital
Piano Scholars, Barry Snyder, piano, 7:30 p.m., Stetson University, Elizabeth Hall, Lee Chapel, 421 N. Woodland Blvd. $8 general public, $5 senior citizens and area students. Information: School of Music, 386-822-8950, or Concert Line, 386-822-8947.

March 13 - Recital
Piano Scholars' Recital, 7:30 p.m., Stetson University, Elizabeth Hall, Lee Chapel, 421 N. Woodland Blvd. $8 general public, $5 senior citizens and area students. Information: School of Music, 386-822-8950, or Concert Line, 386-822-8947.

March 14 - Guest Recital
Piano Scholars' Festival Duo Pianists, Stella Zedro and Mary Hick Viger, 3 p.m., Stetson University, Elizabeth Hall, Lee Chapel, 421 N. Woodland Blvd. $8 general public, $5 senior citizens and area students. Information: School of Music, 386-822-8950, or Concert Line, 386-822-8947.

March 15 - Lecture
Artists and Lecturers Series, Dr. Betsy Lucal, "The Future of Sex-Segregated Athletic Competitions: The Transgender and Intersex Challenge," 7:30 p.m., Stetson University, Lynn Business Center, Room 108 Rinker Auditorium, 345 N. Woodland Blvd. Co-sponsored by the Women and Gender Studies Program and the Gender Equity Council. Free. Information: 386-822-8920.

March 17 - Lecture
Oscar Bluemner and American Modernism, Series II, lecture series, Susanne Eules, coordinator of the Hand Art Center and Stetson adjunct professor of German Language and Literature, "Oscar Bluemner. Mensch. z.Z. Deutschland: The Artist's Visit to Germany," 7 p.m., Stetson University, Room 25 of the Instructional Media Center of the duPont-Ball Library (reached from the courtyard on the north side of the library), 134 E. Minnesota Ave. Free. Information: Art Department, 386-822-7266.

March 19 through 21 - Homecoming 2010 and Inauguration of President Wendy B. Libby

March 19 - Book-Signing
Alumni and Faculty Author Book-Signing, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Stetson University, duPont-Ball Library, 134 E. Minnesota Ave. Books will be available for sale. Free. Information: duPont-Ball Library, 386-822-7175.

March 19 - Homecoming Baseball
Men's Hatter Baseball vs. Florida Gulf Coast University, 6:30 p.m. Melching Field at Conrad Park, 555 S. Woodland Blvd. Tickets: $7 for general admission; $8 for chairback seating. Information: www.gohatters.com.

March 19 - Concert
School of Music Inauguration Concert, featuring the Stetson University Symphony Orchestra and Stetson University Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Hose, conductor, 8 p.m., Stetson University, Elizabeth Hall, Lee Chapel, 421 N. Woodland Blvd. Free. Information: School of Music, 386-822-8950.

March 20 - 5K
Run Around Stetson 5K, walk/run to raise money for Stetson alumni programs, 8 a.m.; register at 7:30 a.m., Stetson University, Edmunds Center, 143 E. Pennsylvania Ave. $10 to participate. Information: Alumni Relations: 386-822-7480.

March 20 - Inauguration
Formal installation of Stetson University's ninth president, Dr. Wendy B. Libby, 11 a.m., Stetson University, Edmunds Center, 143 E. Pennsylvania Ave.; preceded by procession of Stetson faculty members, administrators and trustees, and delegates, 10:40 a.m., from Stetson's main gates north on Woodland Boulevard to Pennsylvania Avenue. The section of Woodland Boulevard (U.S. 17-92) that runs through Stetson's campus will be closed to automobile traffic briefly. Free. Information: Office of Public Relations and Communications, 386-822-8920.

March 20 - Homecoming Baseball
Men's Hatter Baseball vs. Florida Gulf Coast University, 1 p.m., Melching Field at Conrad Park, 555 S. Woodland Blvd. Tickets: $7 for general admission; $8 for chairback seating, www.gohatters.com.

March 20 - Concert
School of Music Showcase Concert featuring performances by student chamber ensembles, 2 to 3:30 p.m., Stetson University, Elizabeth Hall, Lee Chapel, 421 N. Woodland Blvd. Free. Information: School of Music, 386-822-8950.

March 20 - Family Day
Family Day and Homecoming Open House, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Gillespie Museum, 234 E. Michigan Ave.; 2 to 4 p.m., "Reptile Round-up," showcase of faculty and undergraduate research, with Stetson University Biology Professors Terry Farrell and Paul Andreadis, Stetson University, Rinker Environmental Learning Center, 231 E. Michigan Ave. Free. Information: Gillespie Museum, 386-822-7330, gillespiemuseum@stetson.edu.

March 20 - Homecoming Baseball
Men's Hatter Baseball vs. Florida Gulf Coast University, 4:30 p.m. Saturday, March 20, Melching Field at Conrad Park, 555 S. Woodland Blvd. Tickets: $7 for general admission; $8 for chairback seating, www.gohatters.com.

March 20 - Block Party
Mainstreet Block Party: An Inauguration Celebration featuring live music by Motion City Soundtrack and Frontiers: The Journey Tribute Band, a Classic Car Show, children's area, crowning of the Homecoming King and Queen, and trophy presentations to the winners of the Legacy Cup and Football Challenge, 7:30-11 p.m., West Indiana Avenue in downtown DeLand. Free. Information: Alumni Relations: 386-822-7480.

March 21 - Chapel
Interdenominational chapel service led by Stetson Chaplain Michael Fronk, featuring a moment of "Golden Silence" to honor recently deceased alumni, students, faculty and staff, 9 a.m., Stetson University, Elizabeth Hall, Lee Chapel, 421 N. Woodland Blvd. Free. Information: Chaplain's Office, 386-822-7523.

March 21 - Lecture
Lawson Lecture Series, Ignat Solzhenitsyn, Russian musician and director, "One Life to Live: Choice and Free Will in One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich," 2 p.m., Stetson University, Elizabeth Hall, Lee Chapel, 421 N. Woodland Blvd. Free. Information: Department of Philosophy, 386-822-7584.

March 21 - Performance
Performance/talk by Ignat Solzhenitsyn, Russian musician and director, on the subject of a Schubert sonata, 4:30 p.m., Stetson University, Mary B. McMahan Hall, Feasel Rehearsal Hall, 417 N. Woodland Blvd. Free. Information: Department of Philosophy, 386-822-7584.

March 22 - Lecture
Renee Powell, one of only three African-Americans on Ladies' Professional Golf Association tour, "The Clearview Legacy: Breaking Down Racial Barriers Through Golf," 3-4:30 p.m., Stetson University, Lynn Business Center, Room 108 Rinker Auditorium, 345 N. Woodland Blvd. Sponsored by the Department of Sport Management. Free. Information: 386-822-8121.

March 23 - Concert
Phi Mu Alpha, 7:30 p.m., Stetson University, Elizabeth Hall, Lee Chapel, 421 N. Woodland Blvd. $8 general public, $5 senior citizens and area students. Information: School of Music, 386-822-8950, or Concert Line, 386-822-8947.

March 25 - Film Screening
Screening of the film "Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown," followed by discussion led by Joshua Rust, Stetson University Philosophy Department, 7:30 p.m., Stetson University, Elizabeth Hall, John E. Johns Room 315, 421 N. Woodland Blvd. Free. Information: Philosophy Department, 386-822-7581.

March 26 through April 28 - Art Exhibition
Senior Thesis Exhibitions, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Stetson University, Sampson Hall, Duncan Gallery of Art, 132 E. Minnesota Ave. and Hand Art Center, 139 E. Michigan Ave. between Sampson Hall and duPont-Ball Library on the Quad. Free. Information: Art Department, 386-822-7266.

March 30 - Concert
Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Hose, conductor, 7:30 p.m., Stetson University, Elizabeth Hall, Lee Chapel, 421 N. Woodland Blvd. $8 general public, $5 senior citizens and area students. Information: School of Music, 386-822-8950, or Concert Line, 386-822-8947.

March 31 - Film
Hindsight Spring Film Series, The CIA in Film, "Spy Game," followed by discussion led by Kimberly Reiter, Stetson University History Department, 7 p.m., Stetson University, Room 25 of the Instructional Media Center of the duPont-Ball Library (reached from the courtyard on the north side of the library), 134 E. Minnesota Ave. Free. Information: History Department, 386-822-7535.


APRIL

April 1 - Lecture
Bob Barr, 2008 Presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party and former Georgia Congressman, "Civil Liberties," 7 p.m., Stetson University, Carlton Union Building, Stetson Room, 131 E. Minnesota Ave. Information: College Libertarians, liberty@stetson.edu.

April 5 - Lecture
Values Council Lecture Series, Byron Hurt, nationally known for redifining male roles in relation to women and is the creator of two films, "Beyond Beats and Rhymes," 7 p.m., Stetson University, Carlton Union Building, Stetson Room, 131 E. Minnesota Avenue. Information: Ramee Indralingam, (386) 822-8186.

April 6 - Recital
Guitar Ensembles, 7:30 p.m., Stetson University, Elizabeth Hall, Lee Chapel, 421 N. Woodland Blvd. $8 general public, $5 senior citizens and area students. Information: School of Music, 386-822-8950, or Concert Line, 386-822-8947.

April 8 - Film Screening
Screening of the film "A History of Violence," followed by discussion led by Joshua Rust, Stetson University Philosophy Department, 7:30 p.m., Stetson University, Elizabeth Hall, John E. Johns Room 315, 421 N. Woodland Blvd. Free. Information: Philosophy Department, 386-822-7581.

April 9 - Concert
University Symphonic Orchestra, Anthony Hose, conductor, 7:30 p.m., Stetson University, Elizabeth Hall, Lee Chapel, 421 N. Woodland Blvd. $8 general public, $5 senior citizens and area students. Information: School of Music, 386-822-8950, or Concert Line, 386-822-8947.

April 10 - Concert
Stetson Women, 7:30 p.m., Stetson University, Elizabeth Hall, Lee Chapel, 421 N. Woodland Blvd. $8 general public, $5 senior citizens and area students. Information: School of Music, 386-822-8950, or Concert Line, 386-822-8947.

April 13 - Concert
Jazz Combos, George West, director, 7:30 p.m., Stetson University, Elizabeth Hall, Lee Chapel, 421 N. Woodland Blvd. $8 general public, $5 senior citizens and area students. Information: School of Music, 386-822-8950, or Concert Line, 386-822-8947.

Apr. 14 - Lecture
Oscar Bluemner and American Modernism, Series II, lecture series, Dr. Jeffrey Hayes, professor of Art History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, author of Oscar Bluemner, the fundamental monograph on the artist, and curator of many exhibitions of Bluemner's work, "Oscar Bluemner's Self-Portrait: The Artist as Insider and Outsider", 7 p.m., Stetson University, Room 25 of the Instructional Media Center of the duPont-Ball Library (reached from the courtyard on the north side of the library), 134 E. Minnesota Ave. Free. Information: Art Department, 386-822-7266.

April 15 through 18 - Theater
"The Heidi Chronicles," a comedy about one woman's romantic adventure by Wendy Wasserstein, 8 p.m. April 15, 16 and 17; 3 p.m. April 18, Stetson University, Stover Theatre, 535 N. Florida Ave. Admission: $8 general public; $6 senior citizens and area students. Discounts available for seniors, groups and students of other schools and universities. Free for Stetson students, faculty, staff and their dependents with valid Stetson University identification. Information: Box Office hours 3 to 5 p.m. weekdays, starting Monday the week of each production, 386-822-8700.

April 16 - Concert
Student Composers' Concert, 7:30 p.m., Stetson University, Elizabeth Hall, Lee Chapel, 421 N. Woodland Blvd. $8 general public, $5 senior citizens and area students. Information: School of Music, 386-822-8950, or Concert Line, 386-822-8947.

April 17 - Family Day
Campus- and community-wide celebration of Earth Day 40, with food, music, outdoor activities, crafts and the third annual Tour DeLand for cyclists, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Stetson University, Gillespie Museum, 234 E. Michigan Avenue, and Rinker Environmental Learning Center, 231 E. Michigan Avenue. Free. Information: Gillespie Museum, 386-822-7330, gillespiemuseum@stetson.edu.

April 17 - Concert
University Symphonic Band, Bobby Adams, conductor, 7:30 p.m., Stetson University, Elizabeth Hall, Lee Chapel, 421 N. Woodland Blvd. $8 general public, $5 senior citizens and area students. Information: School of Music, 386-822-8950, or Concert Line, 386-822-8947.

April 18 - Concert
Percussion Ensembles, Kevin Garry, director, 1 p.m., Stetson University, Elizabeth Hall, Lee Chapel, 421 N. Woodland Blvd. $8 general public, $5 senior citizens and area students. Information: School of Music, 386-822-8950, or Concert Line, 386-822-8947.

April 18 - Concert
Brass Ensembles, Kevin Garry, director, 3 p.m., Stetson University, Elizabeth Hall, Lee Chapel, 421 N. Woodland Blvd. $8 general public, $5 senior citizens and area students. Information: School of Music, 386-822-8950, or Concert Line, 386-822-8947.

April 20 - Lecture
Weiner Lecture, Christopher Browning, Holocaust historian, "Remembering Survival: The Starachowice Factory Slave Labor Camps," 7 p.m., Lynn Business Center, Rinker Auditorium, 345 N. Woodland Blvd. Free. Information: Office of the Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences, 386-822-7515.

April 20 - Concert
Choral Union, Peter Durow, conductor, 7:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, 725 N. Woodland Blvd., $8 general public, $5 senior citizens and area students. Information: School of Music, 386-822-8950, or Concert Line, 386-822-8947.

April 21 - Film
Hindsight Spring Film Series, The CIA in Film, "Syriana," followed by discussion led by Kimberly Reiter, Stetson University History Department, 7 p.m., Stetson University, Room 25 of the Instructional Media Center of the duPont-Ball Library (reached from the courtyard on the north side of the library), 134 E. Minnesota Ave. Free. Information: History Department, 386-822-7535.

April 21 - Concert
Jazz Ensemble, George West, conductor, 7:30 p.m., Athens Theater, 124 N. Florida Avenue, $8 general public, $5 senior citizens and area students. Information: School of Music, 386-822-8950, or Concert Line, 386-822-8947.

April 21 - Lecture
Betty Batson Bell Brain and Learning Lecture Series, Dr. Patricia Greenfield, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology at UCLA, "Multitasking in a Media-Rich World: Costs and Benefits," 7:30 p.m., Stetson University, Carlton Union Building, Stetson Room, 131 E. Minnesota Ave. Free. Information: Psychology Department, 386-822-7285.

April 22 - Recital
Community School of the Arts, Guitar Recital, 7 p.m., Stetson University, Elizabeth Hall, Lee Chapel, 421 N. Woodland Blvd. $8 general public, $5 senior citizens and area students. Information: School of Music, 386-822-8950, or Concert Line, 386-822-8947.

April 22 - Film Screening
Screening of the film "Hiroshim Mon Amour," followed by discussion led by Joshua Rust, Stetson University Philosophy Department, 7:30 p.m., Stetson University, Elizabeth Hall, John E. Johns Room 315, 421 N. Woodland Blvd. Free. Information: Philosophy Department, 386-822-7581.

April 22 - Lecture
Professor Neil Maher, associate professor, Federated History Department of Rutgers University-Newark and the New Jersey Institute of Technology, "Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center: An Environmental History of the Space Race," 7:30 p.m., Lynn Business Center, Rinker Auditorium, 345 N. Woodland Blvd. Free. Information: Gillespie Museum, 386-822-7330, gillespiemuseum@stetson.edu.

April 23 - Concert
Concert Choir, Andrew Larson, conductor, 7:30 p.m., Stetson University, Elizabeth Hall, Lee Chapel, 421 N. Woodland Blvd. $8 general public, $5 senior citizens and area students. Information: School of Music, 386-822-8950, or Concert Line, 386-822-8947.

April 30 - Lecture
Betty Batson Bell Brain and Learning Lecture Series, Camille Tessitore King, Psychology Department, Stetson University, "Exercise on the Brain: Get fit...Improve memory?," noon, Stetson University, Room 25 of the Instructional Media Center, reached from the courtyard on the north side of the duPont-Ball Library, 134 E. Minnesota Ave. Free. Information: Psychology Department, 386-822-7285.


MAY

May 1 - Concert
Community School of Arts, Youth String Program Concert, Routa Kroumovitch-Gomez, conductor
3:00 P.M. Lee Chapel, Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd. $8 general public, $5 senior citizens and area students. Information: School of Music, 386-822-8950, or Concert Line, 386-822-8947.

May 5 - Concert
Concert by the Western Michigan Women's Chorus, Cantus Femina, Dee Gauthier, conductor, 7:30 p.m., Stetson University, Elizabeth Hall, Lee Chapel, 421 N. Woodland Blvd. $8 general public, $5 senior citizens and area students. Information: School of Music, 386-822-8950, or Concert Line, 386-822-8947.

May 16 - Concert
Community School of the Arts, Children's Choir Concert, Claudia Gatewood and Ann Small, conductors 3:00 P.M. Lee Chapel, Elizabeth Hall. $8 general public, $5 senior citizens and area students. Information: School of Music, 386-822-8950, or Concert Line, 386-822-8947.

 

SEPTEMBER

Sept. 29 - Lecture
Johnny Cupcakes Lecture Series, entrepreneur Johnny Earle (aka Johnny Cupcakes), speaking on how he turned a joke into a multi-million dollar business using non-traditional methods, 7 p.m., Stetson University, Elizabeth Hall, Lee Chapel, 421 N. Woodland Blvd. Free. Information: Career Services 386-822-7315.
 

 

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