Top Stories­

• C. Ma, Ph.D., Director of the Roland George Investments Institute (RGIP), was featured offering his opinions on joining investment clubs to U.S. News & World Report, Yahoo Finance, and My Informs on Oct. 8.
• Additionally, on Oct. 13, Professor Ma was quoted in the Go Banking Rates article “5 Stocks to Buy Before Christmas.”
• On Oct. 12, Law Professor Stacey-Rae Simcox was interviewed by Newschannel 8about a veteran who lost his benefits when he was declared dead. The story also ran in WJHL.
• Law Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law Bruce Jacob is quoted in the Oct. 10 Tampa Bay Timesarticle, “Scott and Jill Kelley’s legal case persists long after the General David Petraeus scandal.”
• On Oct. 11, The Tampa Bay Times mentioned Law Professor Lance Long and quoted Law student SeanCarlo Lopez in an article about the Food Law Society organic garden on the Gulfport campus titled “Growing Healthy Habits.”
• Law Professor Peter Lake is quoted in the Oct. 9 Chronicle of Higher Education article, “As Federal Investigations of Sexual Assault Get Tougher, Some Ask if That’s Progress.” On Oct.  8, States News Service quoted Professor Lake in an article titled “As Federal Investigations of Sex Assault Get Tougher, Some Ask if that’s Progress.”
• Scott Jones, Ph.D., assistant professor of Marketing and Department Chair, explains some of the benefits to the completion of the Daytona Rising project, as reported in The Daytona Beach News-Journal on Oct. 9.
• On Oct. 14, Florida Today featured the Space Coast Symphony Jazz Orchestra directed by Patrick Hennessey, Ph.D., professor of Music and Jazz Ensemble director at Stetson.

 Other Stories

• Director of Public Safety and Emergency Management Coordinator Robert Matusick gives his opinion on recent shootings at college campuses across the country, and shares his plans on improving campus safety to The Daytona Beach News-Journal on Oct. 11.
• Paul Croce, Ph.D., professor of History and director of American Studies, guest posted in S-USIH on Oct. 14 “Development Biography; or The Top Reasons to Consider Early Life When Evaluating Thinkers and Their Thoughts.”
• Valrie Chambers, Ph.D., associate professor of Accounting, was quoted on Oct. 13 in WiseBread, REFinBlog article titled “5 Signs You Probably Need an Accountant.”
• The National Jurist and other national outlets ran the news that Stetson Law is a top law school for placing graduates in small law firms.
• On Oct. 12, Bar & Bench reported that the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala, will host the Surana & Surana India National Rounds of Stetson International Environmental Law Moot Court Competition from Nov. 27-29.
• According to the Oct. 12 Tampa Bay Newswire, V. James “Jim” Dickson, an adjunct law professor at Stetson, has been elected president of the Community Law Program, Inc.
• University of South Florida president Judy Genshaft mentioned the USF medical school partnership with Stetson Law’s Veterans Advocacy Clinic in her address which ran in the U.S. Official News.
• Daytona Times features the upcoming presentation at Stetson’s Gillespie Museum, “Our Amazing Arachnids—Florida’s Spiders and Their Kin” on Oct. 8.

 Alumni in the News:

• According to Tampa Hispanic Heritage, Inc., Law alumnus Daniel Alvarez has been named Hispanic Man of the Year 2015.
• According to the Oct. 7 Stuart News, Law graduates Jeffrey Hendriks and Michael McNicholas are vying for a vacancy on the St. Lucie County court bench.