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• Stetson was featured on Forbes’ annual list of the top colleges in the country for 2016 and Forbes’ annual ranking of financial aid services, July 6.
• K. C. Ma, Ph.D., professor of finance and Roland George chair of applied investments, was quoted in the article “The Perfect 10 Shares,” posted by Yahoo! Finance and five other satellite websites in Singapore, Australia and more, July 1.
• Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, professor of law, is quoted in the July 1 article, “Getting Illegal Foreign Money Into US Campaigns? It’s Easy, Experts Say,” for Bill Moyers. Torres-Spelliscy also wrote an opinion editorial for the June 30 Huffington Post, “The Supreme Court Throws Kryptonite At Democracy’s Supermen,” which was cited in the July 1 Friday Roundup SCOTUSblog.
• Chris Ferguson, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of psychology, was quoted in the article “Media not the scapegoat when it comes to teen sex” posted on Science Newsline, EurekAlert and 44 other media outlets on June 30 and July 6.

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• Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, professor of law, wrote the June 30 opinion article, “Cutting corners in a federal campaign is criminal,” for the Hill.
• Miles Zaremski, adjunct professor of law, wrote a column for the Miami section of the Huffington Post on challenges to the new amendments to Florida’s abortion law and the decision on the Texas law before the Supreme Court. The article was also picked up by Women’s Health Policy Report.
• Roberta Flowers, professor of law, spoke with the July 6 Riverfront Times in St. Louis about how the courts handle elder offenders in homicides. Professor Roberta Flowers is quoted in the July 2 Florida Times-Union Jacksonville, “Power of attorney: Advocate facing prison for helping a prisoner.”
• Ellen Podgor, professor of law, is quoted in the July 5 Politico article, “Comey takes heat for ‘unprecedented’ rebuke.”
• Louis Virelli’s, professor of law, new book, Disqualifying the High Court, is mentioned in the June 29 Faculty Lounge.
• Stetson will offer a new Adult Degree Completion Program to help people complete their bachelor’s degree. The article, “Stetson to roll out flexible degree program for working students” was posted by The Daytona Beach News-Journal, July 3.
• Paul Croce, Ph.D., professor of history and director of American studies, wrote the article “Trump: In the Tall Shadow of Andrew Jackson” for the Huffington Post, July 1.
• Stetson’s “American Painting & Florida School of Art” exhibit in the Hand Art Center was listed by Orlando Sentinel as a place to visit in their article “Freebie Friday,” July 1.
• An anonymous senior at Stetson shared relationship advice in the article “7 Things You Should Never Have to Settle For” posted by Her Campus, July 7.

Alumni News

• News of Stetson University graduates selected for this year’s Florida Trend Legal Elite ran in more than 200 news outlets including Business News Articles.
• According to the June 30 Tampa Bay Newswire, Michele Leo Hintson was appointed to the Florida Bar Professional Ethics Committee.
• According to a July 5 email, John F. Schutz of Schutz & White, LLP has been selected as a member of the National Association of Distinguished Counsel, and was named one of the Nation’s Top Attorneys consisting of less than 1 percent of the United States’ practicing attorneys.
• The July Florida Bar News profiles Katherine Hurst Miller, new president of the Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division.
• The July 6 Bradenton Herald reports that adjunct and former bar preparation services director Michael Pierce has joined New College as general counsel.
• The July 6 Daytona Beach News-Journal mentions A. “Kathleen” McNeilly in an article about her run for a seat in the Volusia County judicial election.