Central Florida hosts a unique array of ecosystems, ranging from pinewoods and freshwater marshes to swamps and coastal dunes, which give home to everything from deer and alligators to bass and sea turtles. It is in the midst of such nature and landscapes that Volusia County has fostered lively cultures. This landscape will be the […]
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The opening reception for the fall 2014 art exhibitions, The Waiting Room: Lost and Found, and Oscar Bluemner’s America: New England Images, both running from Sept. 5 through Dec. 5, will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 5 at the Hand Art Center. Open to the public and free of charge, the Homer […]
“I wanted to raise awareness of the darker side of consumer behavior,” said Michelle DeMoss, Ph.D., Dennis C. McNamara Sr. Professor of Marketing, chair of the Marketing Department, and a specialist in marketing ethics, sustainable business practices, and marketing education. As part of her 300-level Consumer Dynamics course, DeMoss accompanied her class of 19 students to […]
Assistant Professor of English Mark Powell has won a Fulbright Scholarship Award, allowing him to teach at Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra in the country of Slovakia beginning in September as part of a sabbatical that will last the spring and fall semesters. Powell has also received fellowships from the National Endowment of the […]
For several years Stetson University has served as a site for Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA). This year marks the first year that the program is being run predominantly by Stetson accounting students, with periodic assistance provided by the United Way. Student volunteers received their IRS certification at a 2-day training session in early February, and […]
You listen to Friends Talking Faith on 90.7 News. Now is your chance to participate in a live version of the show with Rabbi Steven Engel, Rev. Bryan Fulwider and Imam Muhammed Musri–also known as The Three Wise Guys. These three clergy will sit down as friends to discuss with students and audience members What are Millennials Thinking […]
Tickets are still available for members of the public and the Stetson community for Stetson University’s second TEDxStetsonU event, Friday, March 28 from 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Allen Hall, 508 N. Woodland Blvd., on Stetson’s DeLand campus. The theme for the event will be Significance in Action: Creating Learning, Innovation and Happiness. You can purchase […]
Stetson University will conduct a panel discussion on the role of emerging media and its effects on professional sports. “The Role of Emerging Media in Professional Sports,” sponsored by the Sport Business Program and the Roberson Lecture Series, and open to the public, free of charge, will take place at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 27, […]
Stetson University will host an interdisciplinary conference on the state of democracy titled Democracy in America: Participation and Social Justice, Mar. 27-28. The conference will address problems as well as solutions in the contemporary practice of democracy in the United States from a variety of perspectives, with an emphasis on issues of access, forms of […]
Chaplain Michael Fronk has had a long and prosperous history with Stetson University. Not only is he a leader in the DeLand community, but he has been Chaplain at Stetson for 10 years. He graduated from Stetson in 1974 with a degree in religious studies, and he’s the father of two Stetson alumni. “Stetson has […]
A team of family enterprise majors from Stetson University finished fifth out of 20 teams in the undergraduate competition of the Family Enterprise Case Competition (FECC) held in Burlington, Vt. Hosted by the University of Vermont’s School of Business Administration, the FECC is the premier competition in family business and features competitors from rigorous business […]
Kevin Wilson, director of music for ESPN, far left, pictured with Claude Mitchell, right, ESPN’s coordinating director of music, will be speaking at Stetson about the two seemingly disparate worlds of sport and music. ‘The Business of Merging Sport and Music,” will be presented Wed., Jan. 22, at 7 p.m., in the Lynn Business Center’s […]
“It was transformative for all of us,” said Ranjini L. Thaver, Ph.D., professor of economics and a specialist in areas of poverty, microcredit and international trade. As part of the 300-level independent study class, ‘Poverty and Prisoner Rehabilitation,’ Thaver, along with her four students, Daniel Humphrey, Kristen Jones, Emily Lang and Jimmie Lopez, collaborated with Horizon […]
Ahmad Yakzan is a Hatter with four degrees from Stetson—the only person with two degrees from each campus. His first two degrees—a bachelor’s in political science in 2003, and an M.B.A. in 2005, were both earned when he attended Stetson’s main, historic campus in DeLand. But he also earned his J.D. in 2008 and then […]
The Florida Campus Compact (FLCC) presented Stetson University the top 2013 Campus-Community Partnership award for partnership with the Volusia County Public School District, at the FLCC Annual Awards Gala held on Nov. 7, at the Boca Raton campus of Palm Beach State College. Stetson’s director of community engagement Savannah-Jane Griffin, and assistant director Kevin Winchell […]
As part of the Stetson University lecture series on The Sochi Olympics and the current Russian political context, sponsored by Stetson’s Russian Studies Program, there will be two guest lecture events. Both lectures are free and open to the public. “Stetson’s College of Arts and Sciences has generously supported this small series of lectures,” said Michael Denner, […]
As part of the Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows program at Stetson University, American writer, poet, naturalist and activist Janisse Ray will speak at Stetson about the international campaign, Food Day, and will read from her book, Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food. Open to the public, free of charge, Ray’s lecture is at 7 p.m., Thursday, […]
As part of the Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows program at Stetson University, American writer, poet, naturalist and activist Janisse Ray will speak at Stetson about the international campaign, Food Day, and will read from her book, Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food. Open to the public, free of charge, Ray’s lecture is at 7 p.m., […]
In Stetson University’s Psychology Department, a legacy of three generations has been developing since the 1970s, when Dwaine Cochran, Ph.D., taught Richard Medlin in his psychology class. Cochran, proud and pensive, with research interests that include personal space, health attitudes, gerontology, optimism and anthropomorphism, expounds about his colleague: “Medlin was a great student, and one […]