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Employers Back on Campus in a Big Way

This academic year has brought a new and invigorated focus on employer interaction on campus — with students benefitting from internship and career opportunities.  One tangible result: The graduating class of 2022 has achieved a success rate (percent of students employed or seeking additional education) of 91%.  For example, what began in May 2022 as […]

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Hatters Helping Hatters on Giving Tuesday

Thanks to the generosity of hundreds of Hatters, the office of Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving more than tripled the number of donors from 2021’s Giving Tuesday — raising more than $54,000 in one day for Stetson University and its students. This includes meeting the entire $25,000 match from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund. Matching […]

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Did You Live in Chaudoin? 

Built in 1892, Chaudoin Hall still cuts a striking figure across from the Carlton Union Building. With a north wing added in 1894 and the south wing in 1935, Chaudoin was designed in Colonial Revival style with multiple dormers, gambrel roof and ornate windows.  It has served as home to thousands of Stetson women over […]

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The Power of One

The benefit of a mentor? Simply, it’s that one person who changes the course of our life. All it takes is one act of kindness, one encounter, one hour of your time, one conversation with a student, and they are changed forever. How precious is this gift?  You be the judge.  Charles Gillespie, PhD, has […]

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Message from a Donor: Ed White ’06

Why do alumni give?  Here is one story as Stetson opens its doors to Ukrainian students and faculty displaced by Russia’s war against Ukraine. In the past, Stetson launched a campaign that utilized the phrase “Dare to live a life of service.” It took some time, but for me, it genuinely resonated. It is easy to […]

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Seven New Hollis Impact Grants Announced

Stetson’s Nina B. Hollis Institute for Educational Reform supports educational innovation for the advancement of all learners, from birth through grade 12 and nontraditional students by offering grants up to $10,000 per year for up to three years. The institute recently announced its grant recipients for the 2022-2023 academic year. In revealing the projects for fiscal year […]

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