Income-tax safety, law competition wins top this week’s news

Insightful comments from Stetson professors are part of several trending news stories this week. Stetson College of Law students dominated in trial competitions this past weekend; an accounting professor offered advice on keeping tax refunds safe from thieves in a national online media outlet; and Stetson’s online accounting degree program is listed #11 out of 30 top universities with Master’s in Accounting Degree Programs. The following top stories were featured in the news this week, Jan. 23-29, 2015:

Top stories in the news

  • National Jurist ran news of Stetson Law dominating trial competitions this past weekend, on Jan. 27.
  • CPA and Associate Professor of Accounting Valrie Chambers provided advice on how to keep tax refunds safe from thieves in the Money section of Time.com.
  • Charles Rose, professor of law, is quoted in the News-Journal article, State Attorney: U.S. Marshals’ shooting of Bunnell man was ‘justified.’
  • Peter Lake, professor of law, is quoted in the Jan. 22 Corporate Counsel article entitled, Tough Times for Lawyers on Campus.
  • Christopher Ferguson, Ph.D., associate chair and professor of psychology, was quoted on his study that video games are good for people, as reported in Standard Times on Jan. 28 and many other media outlets.
  • Stetson University is listed #11 of the top 30 universities listed in Online-Accounting-Degrees.net for the top online Master’s in Accounting Degree Programs for 2015.
  • According to Orlando Sentinel, Stetson University is exhibiting works that take viewers across the Atlantic without leaving Central Florida entitled, Oscar Bluemner’s Europe: Paris to the Mediterranean, on Jan. 27.

Other stories in the news

  • Douglas Phillips, director of bands, will conduct the high school band in this year’s Volusia County All-County Band and Orchestra Music Festival, according to the Daytona Beach News Journal on Jan. 27.
  • Boyd Jones, Ph.D., professor of organ, was part of the article, Organ, Pipe Organ, Classical Music, Art News, on Organ Insights on Jan. 22.
  • J. D. Crossan, New Testament scholar, was announced to speak at Stetson University, as reported in The Daytona Beach News Journal, on Jan. 24.
  • PR Web posted a press release on Stetson educating advocates in May, which ran across the country.
  • News that Stetson Law won national moot court, arbitration competitions ran nationally in dozens of outlets via PRNewswire.

Alumni in the news

  • Stan Gryskiewicz, founder and board chair, Association for Managers of Innovation, was highlighted in the article, Association Innovators: Finale, on Bisnow Jan. 27.
  • James Gaff, a Navy coxswain at D-Day, a recipient of The Spirit of Hope Award medallion, active participant in the Navy League of the United States, and member of The Greatest Generation, passed away, as reported in the article entitled, D-Day hero always found time to honor, assist military, on The Florida Times Union Jacksonville on Jan. 23.
  • Certified Public Accountants Joseph L. D’Ambrosio has been named a shareholder in the Southwest Florida accounting firm Wiltshire, Whitley, Richardson & English P.A., according to Naples Daily News.
  • Ormond Beach Observer reported that Sandra Upchurch is set to join the Seventh Judicial Circuit as one of the seven new judges, on Jan. 24.
  • According to PRWeb, Dawn I. Giebler-Millner, a shareholder in the Orlando office of international law firm Greenberg Traurig, was recently elected to the Board of Directors for Special Olympics Florida, on Jan. 27.
  • The Jan. 25 Wyoming Tribune-Eagle ran news that Mari-Frances Kline and Daniel James Foster, both of Cheyenne, were married Dec. 31 at their home.