Top News

•  Television station Fox35 reported “Stetson University recognized as one of the nation’s best colleges.” The recognition also was featured on WOGX-TV and in the article, “Princeton Review Names Stetson University One of the Best 384 Colleges for 4th Year in a Row,” on capitalsoup.com.
• Stetson student Samantha Harris, a participant in the National Science Foundation’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program, was featured in a TV report on KVOA-TV in Tucson, Ariz., about autonomous cars. The report included a demonstration of a remotely controlled self-driving vehicle. Harris, who was in charge of coding, said, “It’s cool to see that finally my coding is working and finally I’m making something that can actually contribute to the car.”

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  Stetson’s hosting of a debate between Volusia County Council District 1 candidates was cited in “Our View: Politics unfiltered at N-J debates,” “News-Journal hosts 1st of primary election debates,” Pat Rice: Send me questions for our upcoming debates and other articles on the website of The Daytona Beach News-Journal. A post-debate article, “Opponents challenge Volusia County status quo,” including a video of the entire debate in Lee Chapel, appeared on news-journalonline.com.

• Jason Evans, Ph.D., assistant professor of Environmental Science and Studies, was quoted in the “Water is nonpartisan” section of the article, “Far from the campaign trail, common ground and hope abound in Florida” on pnj.com, the website of the Pensacola News Journal, and numerous other media outlets.

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  Savannah-Jane Griffin, executive director of Community Engagement & Inclusive Excellence, has applied to fill a vacancy on the DeLand City Commission, according to The Daytona Beach News-Journal.

• Chris Ferguson, Ph.D., professor of psychology, was quoted in the article, “Americans Spend Half the Day on Their Devices, According to New Study,” on thriveglobal.com. “One challenge with new technology is that it blurs the separation between us and our work,” Ferguson said.
• K.C. Ma, Ph.D., CFA, director of Roland George Investments Program, was quoted in “Elon Musk isn’t in legal trouble for those tweets — yet” on NBCNews.com. Musk “goes on tweeting on a regular basis, because he’s a master,” Ma said. “He’s the first person who has used tweets to replace the conventional PR department.”
• Law Professor Peter Lake is quoted in the Aug. 3 Chronicle of Higher Education article, “Ohio State Suspended Its Head Football Coach. Does That Show Universities Are Taking a Stronger Stand on Domestic Abuse?” Professor Lake is quoted in the Aug. 7 Inside Higher Ed article, “The Chance to Answer Your Accuser.” On the subject of cross-examination in the latter article, Lake said, “Everyone is playing scratch-and-sniff on just how detailed and particular the regulations will be and how much choice there will be.”
• Cici and Hyatt Brown’s donation of $18 million to Stetson was cited in The Daytona Beach News-Journal.

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  Former Stetson baseball head coach Pete Dunn was featured in “Chipper gets his Hall pass: Pierson native joins baseball’s immortals Sunday” in The Daytona Beach News-Journal.

• Law Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy is quoted in the Aug. 8 Vice article, “Trump Can’t Count on the Supreme Court to Save Him from Mueller.” The Aug. 5 Business Law Prof Blog reports that Law Professor Torres-Spelliscy will be a discussant in “Discussion Group: The Role of Corporate Personhood in Masterpiece Cakeshop” on Aug. 11.

Other News

• Jacksonville Jaguars player Donald Payne was mentioned in Mike Bianchi’s column “Step aside Bucs and Dolphins, Orlando is jumping aboard the Bortles wagon” on orlandosentinel.com and the websites of numerous other newspapers, including The Virginian-Pilot, The Lexington Herald-Leader and The Post Bulletin in Minnesota.
• Stetson’s Hand Art Center was cited in “Save the date: Free museum day is Sept. 22” on orlandosentinel.com and other media.
• Lynn Albinson, director of the High Achieving Talented Students (HATS) program, and HATS founder and current advisor Cindy Lovell, Ph.D., discussed how to keep young people interested in reading novels on the WUCF TV program “Metro Center Outlook,” as mentioned on orlandosentinel.com.
• A presentation by Karen Cole, Ph.D., director of the Gillespie Museum, on how to identify rocks and minerals was cited in “Around Town” on the website of The Daytona Beach News-Journal.
• Stetson’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was cited on tampabay.com.
• Stetson was cited in “OUR VIEW: Give students access to early voting” on the website of The Daytona Beach News-Journal.
• Christopher Ferguson, Ph.D., professor of Psychology, was cited in “How Much is Too Much: Is Your Love of Gaming a Mental Disorder?” on thebetterindia.com.
• A profile of political science major Sarah Hollmann ’18 appeared on publicnow.com.
• “Stetson to Co-sponsor Political Debates” appeared on publicnow.com.
• The article, “Cost of college went up for all students at Stetson University,” appeared in Florida Business Daily.
• Stetson was cited in “On Journey of Hope, cyclists stop in Danville on way to Washington to raise money, awareness” on godanriver.com.

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  Law Professor Rebecca C. Morgan wrote the Aug. 2 Elder Law Prof Blog, “More on Hiring ALJs as result of Executive Order.” Law Professor Rebecca C. Morgan wrote the Aug. 6 Elder Law Prof Blog, “Two Upcoming Elder Abuse Webinars.” Law Professor Rebecca C. Morgan wrote the Aug. 7 Elder Law Prof Blog, “The Role of Palliative Care At End of Life.” Law Professor Rebecca C. Morgan wrote the Aug. 8 Elder Law Prof Blog, “Webinar-Defending an Eviction Case for Older Tenants.” Law Professor Rebecca C. Morgan wrote the Aug. 9 Elder Law Prof Blog, “Saving $ on Medicare Part D.”

• Law Professor Charles Rose is quoted in the Aug. 3 Tampa Bay Times, “In latest stand your ground case, a question: Who started it?”
• The Aug. 7 HeInOnline reports on the book, “Millennial Leadership in Libraries,” written by Law Professor Ashley Krenelka Chase.

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  K.C. Ma, Ph.D., CFA, director of Roland George Investments Program, wrote two articles for Seeking Alpha this week, including “Do Not Sell AMD Because It’s Not Overvalued” on Aug. 6 and “Should Tesla Shareholders Approve the ‘Proposed’ Going Private Deal?” on Aug. 9.

Alumni News

• Pam Stewart, Florida Commissioner of Education, was cited in an article on caymannewsservice.com. Stewart completed post-graduate work at Stetson and received certification in educational leadership.
• Alumnus the Rev. James Golden was cited in “Business People: Promotions and new positions in Sarasota-Manatee, July 30” on heraldtribune.com.
• Alumnus Stacey Morris, director of Energy Research at Alerian, had his article “Bye, Bye, Bye (MLPs) Part 3: What’s an Investor to Do?” published at seekingalpha.com.
• Law alumna Andrea Wheeler is quoted in the Aug. 3 Florida Today, “Business Spotlight: Wheeler Legal works for a partnership with clients.”
• The Aug. 6 Digital Journal reports that law alumna Debra Krause seeks to be re-elected for judge in Seminole County.
• The Aug. 6 satPRnews reports that law alumnus Matthew Dolman received a prestigious award at COLT ceremony.
• The Aug. 8 Orlando Sentinel, “Judicial races: Ex-prosecutor, defense lawyer, juvenile specialist vie for Division 41” reports that law alumna Laura Shaffer is running for circuit judge in Division 41.