Initiative B, Objective 5: Advance Inquiry, Scholarship and Creative Activity
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Updated Friday, March 16, 2018
Stetson Theater Arts Stages 1975 Comedy
Stetson's Second Stage Theater kicked off the 2017-18 season with a staging of the British play, ‘Bedroom Farce,” after losing rehearsal time to Hurricane Irma.
Ideology and the Arts
Stetson University history Professor Mayhill Fowler, PhD, discusses the intersection of art and politics during the Russian Revolution and its impact on entertainment in the Soviet Union.
Exploring Prospects for Democracy in Cuba
Making sense of the Trump administration's change of policies surrounding Cuba was one of the goals of the annual Cuba Forum hosted by Stetson University. This year's event was organized by political science Professor William Nylen, PhD, and built around the prospect for democracy coming to Cuba in light of the change in the U.S. position.
Stetson Guitar Students Place in Top Five of Florida Guitar Festival
Two Stetson University first-year guitar students Liam Bombka and Arelys Carmargo-Delgado participated in the annual Florida Guitar Festival and both placed in the top five in the under-19 division.
Stetson's Theater Arts Program “Sticking It To the Man”
Two visiting artists, Stetson alumnus Paris Benjamin and Michael Taylor Gray are acting as guest directors for Stetson University's Second Stage Theatre its series of one-act plays under the theme of “Sticking It To the Man.”
Finding His Passion on the Water
Thomas Oltorik is finishing up his MBA degree soon at Stetson University where the graduate student was a member of the school's competitive bass fishing team.
Earlier this year, he was named one of 30 All-America college fishermen, along with his younger brother and teammate, James, after attending Daytona State College. While there, they led that school's competitive bass fishing team vs. other teams from Florida to Wisconsin.
'Discover Campeche'
Janereth Vargas Cervera a visiting exchange student from her home city of Campeche, Mexico, will perform Campeche, traditional folkloric dances with Spanish and Caribbean roots depicting elements of everyday life for the locals, as well as the upper class.
A Better Nectar
A Better Nectar is a multimedia, interdisciplinary installation with pieces at both Stetson's Hand Art Center and Gillespie Museum, and is the work of California artist Jessica Rath. A Better Nectar is the latest evolution in an ongoing ten-year collaborative project with fellow California composer Robert Hoehn.
The Hand Art Center's exhibitions include the one-hundred-fiftieth-anniversary show for the Oscar Bluemner collection was just one of the many programs the center has initiated, and the duPont-Ball Library announced the addition of a large collection from John B. Stetson IV and his wife.
May 2017 Provost Status Report
Faculty Innovation
The Brown Center for Faculty Innovation and Excellence has facilitated an undergraduate research and creative inquiry workshop for the College of Arts and Sciences to support planning to advance undergraduate research opportunities.
May 2017 Academic Affairs Status Report
Saving Florida's Aquatic Gems
Robert Sitler, PhD, professor of world languages and Cultures Director of Latin American and Latino Studies Program unveiled a project that's been in the works for two years. He and his wife June set out to highlight "Florida Aquatic Gems" within 30 miles of Stetson's DeLand campus, documenting the beauty above and below the water's surface. Sitler hopes the photos and videos on his Florida Aquatic Gems website will encourage others to preserve the area's imperiled water resources.
Final Act
Curator Roberta Smith Favis steps down following the 24th exhibit she has organized for Stetson
A 'Grueling' 8-Day Exam
Hari Pulapaka, PhD, associate professor of mathematics at Stetson University and 10 other accomplished chefs will take a "grueling" eight-day test of their culinary skills this fall in hopes of reaching the highest level of certification for chefs in the U.S. The exam comes as Pulapaka and a group of professors are trying to start a food studies program at Stetson, which, if approved, could begin in the fall of 2018.
Theater in the Soviet State
Stetson professor Mayhill Fowler's first book examines the arts and the state in the early Soviet Union
Stetson Professor: Don't link Societal Violence to Video Games
Christopher Ferguson, PhD, professor of psychology at Stetson University has extensively studied violent video games and aggressive behaviors and found there is no evidence to support a correlation. As students across the country get ready to put down their textbooks and pick up video game controllers, some parents may worry because they have heard media reports that violent video games cause real-world aggression. Ferguson, a clinical psychologist and author of "Moral Combat: Why the War on Violent Video Games is Wrong," has conducted extensive research on the issue over the past decade and found no evidence to support a correlation.
Stetson University's Hand Art Center Selected to Participate in Preservation Program
Stetson University's Homer and Dolly Hand Art Center is one of 75 institutions chosen to participate in the inaugural year of the Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) program.
Brown Innovation Fellows
Advancing inquiry: Thirteen Fellows were announced for 2017's cohort class. Stetson's Brown Innovation Fellows are a group of teacher-learners immersed in a yearlong journey of reflective dialogue and meaningful discussions about teaching and learning.
Ocean of Discovery
Stetson student John Pitts '17 (environmental science and studies) quite possibly became part of a historic discovery — evidence of rebirth at the site of a giant reef that had been devastated by unusually warm water. Pitts was part of a 2016 voyage to the Phoenix Islands Protected Area that provided rebirth confirmation in the form of bright greens and purples, deemed sure signs of vitality. The voyage included 22 other undergraduates from diverse U.S. colleges and universities, along with faculty from the Sea Education Association, scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and New England Aquarium research divers. The discovery was reported in the science pages of The New York Times (Aug. 15, 2016).
Are the Big Questions Still Relevant
Stetson Today and Stetson University Magazine wonder: Are the Big Questions still relevant today? Is there no place left to use our reason to ponder the meaning of love and desire; living a virtuous life; creating an ideal government; understanding truth, goodness, beauty and the nature of evil; questioning the existence of God, the soul, reality, justice, wisdom that keeps us from tyranny, anger, hatred and prejudice? Has the academy become so career-first-and-thinking-later that it can't take time to corrupt its youth, as Socrates was charged, with questions such as these? There is no direct answer but Stetson professors try to answer it none the less.
Stetson Athletics Teams Recognized by NCAA for Academic Progress Rate
Each year, the NCAA honors selected Division I sports teams by publicly recognizing their latest multiyear Academic Progress Rate. This announcement is intended to highlight teams that demonstrate a commitment to academic progress and retention of student-athletes by achieving the top APRs within their respective sports. Stetson University Athletics is proud to have had seven of its teams on the list for public recognition in recent years including men's and women's cross country and women's volleyball, men's golf, women's rowing, women's soccer and women's tennis.
Natural (Born Cancer) Killers
Under the direction of Stetson Assistant Professor of Biology Roslyn Crowder, PhD students are asking whether plant-based products can kill cancer cells naturally and selectively. Crowder has five students in the lab working on different plant-based compounds that might fight cancer. Currently in the Crowder laboratory at Stetson, three students work on lung cancer research, while three others research leukemia.
Newman Civic Fellows Award 2015: Amber Finnicum-Simmons
Amber Finnicum-Simmons, a junior psychology major at Stetson University, is the recipient of the 2015 Newman Civic Fellows Award. Amber is one of approximately 200 students who have been recognized.