The news of Stetson University College of Law’s dominating wins in national competitions in advocacy ran across the country in many national media outlets. Law Professor Peter Lake was interviewed by a national media outlet on possible hard liquor bans on college campuses. Psychology Professor Chris Ferguson was interviewed in national media outlets on issues of controlling bullying and others. Stetson’s top news stories for the week of Jan. 30 – Feb. 5, 2015, follows:

Top Stories in the news

• Time published the article, Parents, Calm down about Infant Screen Time, written by Christopher Ferguson, Ph.D., associate chair and professor of psychology, on Feb. 3.

• Peter Lake, professor of law, spoke with Insurance Journal for the Jan. 29 article, Dartmouth College Considering Campus Ban on Serving Hard Liquor.

• The Jan. 27 National Jurist ran news of Stetson dominating trial competitions. News of Stetson’s advocacy teams dominating the Jan. 24 competitions has run nationally in the U.S., with additional placements in India, Canada and Australia. The story ran in approximately 124 outlets with some of the top news sites being: National Jurist, Boston Globe, Atlanta Business Chronicle, Austin Business Journal, Baltimore Business Journal, Birmingham Business Journal, Bizjournals, Boston Business Journal, Business First of Buffalo, Business First of Columbus, Business First of Louisville,Business Journal of Greater Milwaukee, Business Journal of Phoenix, Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area, Business Review (Albany), Charlotte Business Journal, Chicago Business News,Cincinnati Business Courier, Dallas Business Journal, Dayton Business Journal, Denver Business Journal, Houston Busines Journal, Jacksonville Business Journal, Kansas City Business Journal, Los Angeles Business from bizjournals, Memphis Business Journal.

• Dr. Chris Ferguson was featured in WalletHub’s recent study examining 2015′s Best & Worst States at Controlling Bullying.

Other Stories in the news

• Stetson University was named in the article, Accounting Degree Review Releases Its 2015 Affordability Rankings for Online Master’s Degrees in Accounting, on WorldnetDaily Jan. 28, along with other media outlets.

• Stetson University was mentioned in the article, Baptist Student Union and the Vietnam War, on Patheos Jan. 28.

• Great Falls Tribune featured an article on Stetson student Melaina Tryon and the Moot Court Team’s success in the Andrews Kurth national moot court championship on Feb. 2.

• Stetson College of Law presented Bob Dillinger with this year’s prestigious William Reece Smith Jr. Public Service Award, according to Targeted News Service.

• Bloomberg BNA published the Jan. 29 article, Way Down Upon the Bifani River1: Setting Aside Fraudulent Transfer Into Florida Homesteads, co-authored by Alan S. Gassman, Esq., and law students Travis Arango and Dena Daniels.

• iNews reported that Stetson College of Law is sponsoring the Cayman Islands Fall Intersession Programme from Dec. 26, 2015 – Jan. 6, 2016.

• Pensacola News Journal reported in their article, On the Move: Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, that Stetson College of Law sponsored the fourth annual UWF Argo Invitational in mid-January.

Alumni in the News

• The Jan. 28 Naples News reported that William F. McDonough will be co-hosting an event about Open Source Code.

• According to the Feb. 3 Business Wire, Jeffrey Bauer has joined Dorsey & Whitney.

• Jacob deGrom was mentioned in the article on MSN entitled, Kluber calls trip to New York for Cy Young ‘a little surreal.”

• Shirrel Rhodes and his achievements were recognized in the article, 3 who achieved after leaving, on Wilkes Journal-Patriot Feb. 2.

• Holly Quinland was quoted in the article, Sources: 3 DeLand police officers skipped patrol, on News13 Feb. 2.