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• Stetson University was featured in an article on admissions titled, “Stetson University Admissions: Everything You Want and Need to Know,” at The Edvocate on Oct. 17. 

• Associate Professor of Accounting Maria Rickling, PhD, and Associate Professor of Decision and Information Sciences Petros Xanthopoulos, PhD, were quoted in the Citybizlist South Florida story, “Stetson University Launches New Graduate-Level Data Analytics Tracks in Accounting and Business,” on Oct. 19.

• Rajni Shankar-Brown, PhD, associate professor and Jessie Ball duPont Endowed Chair of Social Justice Education, and alumna Autumn Johnson ’20 were quoted in an article from WMAR-TV, an ABC-affiliate in the Baltimore area. The article, titled, “Never give up! Homeless high-schooler to college grad,” was published on Oct. 16.

• Associate Professor of Finance Giovanni Fernandez, PhD, was quoted in the U.S. News & World Report article, “How to Teach Your College-Age Kids About Debt,” on Oct. 16. The article discusses ways to teach young adults how to handle loans and financial debt.

• Associate Professor of Public Health Asal Johnson, PhD, was quoted in the Orlando Sentinel on Oct. 14 in the article, “Biketoberfest rolls on amid COVID-19, but without mud wrestling or big concerts.”

• Senior Bryson Pritchard was featured in the story, “Ormond resident is a finalist in collegiate inventors competition,” in the Ormond Beach Observer on Oct. 17. Pritchard was recently selected as one of 10 finalists in the 2020 Collegiate Inventors Competition for his dyad syringe invention. This news also appeared on Citybizlist and in the Utah Statesman.

• The article, “Sound sculpture hit high note at Stetson’s Hand Art Center,” appeared in the West Volusia Beacon on Oct. 18.

• Law Professor Louis J. Virelli III was interviewed on Spectrum News 13 on Oct. 14 in the segment, “Judiciary hearing for Judge Amy Coney Barrett.” Professor Virelli also was interviewed on Court TV giving expert analysis on the SCOTUS nominee hearing.

• Law Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy was quoted in an Oct. 21 article for Reuters called, “Democrats seize on U.S. Supreme Court election deadlock in Barrett fight.” The article was picked up by several news sites, including Yahoo! Finance and Al Jazeera. 

• Law Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy was quoted in the Oct. 14 segment, “Florida’s Hispanics could decide the election,” on WUSF Radio, WUWF, WMFE and WJCT.

• Carmen Johnson, director of Diversity Initiatives and Recruitment and staff co-chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee at the College of Law, and Dean Michèle Alexandre were quoted in the article, “Stetson Law faculty approves antiracism resolution,” on Oct. 13.

• Stetson Head Basketball Coach Donnie Jones was interviewed on the Sports Spectrum Podcast, “Donnie Jones, Stetson Men’s Basketball Head Coach” Oct. 16.

Other News:

• Law Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy was featured in a documentary, called “Fish in a Barrel,” available on Vimeo and Apple TV.

• Law Professor Andrew Appleby presented “Subnational Digital Services Taxes” during the 15^th Annual Junior Tax Scholars Workshop at The University of Utah  S.J. Quinney College of Law and was mentioned on the TaxProf Blog.  

• Dean Michèle Alexandre was featured on a list of 52 Tampa Bay executives who should be on your virtual meeting calendar from the Tampa Bay Business Journal.  

• Law Professor Rebecca C. Morgan wrote the following blogs for the Elder Law Prof Blog: Oct. 16, “Webinar: Tools for Financial Caregivers;” Oct. 18, “Retiring and Starting a Business for Elders;” Oct. 19, “Can Individuals with Dementia Vote?;” Oct. 20, “The Future of Long Term Care Facilities Globally, Post-COVID;” and Oct. 22, “Retirement Post-COVID. A Conversation with Ken Dychtwald.”

• Law Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy was quoted in an Oct. 16 Palm Beach Post article called, “Post Investigation: These Florida voting machines ripe for Russian hackers, experts say.” The article also appeared in the TCPalm and Daily Republic. 

• Law Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy wrote the Oct. 16 article, “How Trump’s Tax Records Could Point to Campaign Finance Violations” for the Brennan Center for Justice. The piece was also picked up by the Election Law Blog.   

• Law Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy participated in a round table with Congressman Charlie Crist and individuals from the advocacy and academic community to discuss the legacy of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her deep and lasting impact on American life, and what her absence from the Supreme Court may mean for those communities going forward. Zoom recording is available at this link (Access Passcode is Abraxas1!).

• Stetson’s baseball team had six players named to the 2011-20 Atlantic Sun Conference All-Decade Team: Logan Gilbert, Mark Jones, Patrick Mazeika, Robbie Powell, Kurt Schluter and Brooks Wilson, according to the West Volusia Beacon on Oct. 15.

Alumni News:

• Alumna Crissy Stiles was featured in the Daily Commercial, “On the ballot: State House District 31” on Oct. 16. Stiles is running for the State House of Representatives District 31 seat.

• Alumna Elena Philipova was featured in the Best Execution article, “European Women in Finance : Elena Philipova : Setting standards,” on Oct. 15. Philipova is the head of environmental, social and governance at Refinitiv.

• Law alumna and member of the Stetson Law Board of Overseers Anne Weintraub was featured in an Oct. 16 profile on Thrive Global Community.  

• Law alumna Rebecca White is one of five attorneys in consideration to replace retiring Indian River County Judge David Morgan, according to an Oct. 16 article in the TCPalm.  

• Law alumnus Doug Thornley was sworn in as the new Reno city manager, according to the Northern Nevada Business Weekly.