Week Ahead in Hatter Country, March 15-22

Spring 2013 has sprung! Photo by Lauren Robbins
Spring 2013 has sprung! Photo by Lauren Robbins

Post Newtown Public Forum: This is a reminder that Stetson University will host the second of two community forums on Wednesday, March 20, 6-8:30 p.m. in the Stetson Room. At the forums panelists will discuss issues that have arisen in the aftermath of the recent school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. Topics including mental health services, safe schools and communities, and violence in public places will be discussed. Cultural credit will be given to Stetson students. Please watch Stetson Today for more information on this free, public community forum.

Senator Bob Graham’s public address on civic engagement, Friday, March 15 7 p.m., in the Stetson Room. All faculty, students, staff and the public are invited. Graham is the keynote speaker at Stetson’s 42nd U.S. Model Senate, Friday and Saturday, March 15-16.

TEDxStetsonU– Friday, March 15, 2:30-7:30 p.m., Allen Hall Auditorium. The theme is Significance in Action: Inspired Learning. The selected presenters include: Stetson professors Andy Dehnart and Mario Rodriguez; students Luke Ford and Kai Eckenrode; and community members Ben Collins and Steven Carillo.

Annual Career Expo – Wednesday, March 20, 1 p.m., Rinker Field House

Music concerts this week:

  • Friday, March 15, 7:30 p.m. Concert to honor memory of former Music Dean Paul Langston
  • Sunday, March 17, 3 p.m. Early Music Faculty Recital featuring Ann Adams, baroque oboe; Boyd Jones, harpsichord; Christine Kyprianides, viola da gamba; Tammara Phillips, baroque flute; Lee Goodhew Romm, baroque bassoon; and Pro Deo et Veritate, Stetson’s Early Music Singers.

Stetson students bring you up to date on events in each week’s Hatter News Flash. This week’s episode includes an interview with blogger Philip Yang, whose Stetson life for the fresh(set) man blog on Tumblr offers a first-year student’s perspective on campus life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NlZeUFNVHU

Other campus events happening this week: 

Friday, March 15:

Saturday, March 16:

Sunday, March 17:

Monday, March 18:

Tuesday, March 19:

Wednesday, March 20:

Thursday, March 21:

Friday, March 22:

For the Sports schedule, go to GOHATTERS.COM!

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