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Meet the 2016-2017 New Visiting & Tenure-track Faculty at Stetson University

From left to right Row 1: Julia Metzker; Nadine Bascombe; Mary Jo Jackson; Libba Galloway; Lou Sabina; Vernita Glenn-White Row 2: Delphine Prevote Pinet; Joy McGuirl-Hadley; Sandra Sanchez Adorno; Madison Creech; Grace Ramsey; Ana Paula Spalenza Row 3: Song Gao; Antonio Golan; Holley Lynch; Sharmaine Jackson; Stephanie Chung; Shun Kiang Row 4: Molly Brown; Michael Eskenazi; Kelly Hall; Heather Edwards; Danielle Palow Row 5: Nicole Porther; Lonnie Hevia; Karen Coker-Merritt; Randall Croom; Bill Jackson Row 6: Steven Smallpage; Gregory LeFils; Ben Tanner; Tomasz Fediuk; Carol […]

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Intergroup Dialogue Institute

Faculty Excellence / browncenter

Do you struggle to talk with students or co-workers about issues such as #BlackLivesMatter and the Orlando shootings? Are you interested in leading dialogues around race/ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic class and/or sexual identity but don’t know where to start? August 26-28, Stetson University is hosting its first, three-day Intergroup Dialogue Institute. Consultants Dr. Deirdre Johnston and

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RECAP: New Faculty Orientation Day 1

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[Looking for Days 2 & 3? Click Here!] Day one of the 2016 Stetson New Faculty Orientation was jam packed with information. Luckily, most of this information is available to you electronically when you need it. Greetings & Introduction Noel Painter, Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Dr. Painter welcomed the group and encouraged new

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New Faculty Orientation 2016

Faculty Excellence / browncenter

In just two weeks, the newest class of faculty will be arriving on Stetson’s campus and as a community, we look forward to welcoming them. Faculty will attend orientation August 16 –18 where they will learn what to expect during their time at Stetson. During these three days, new faculty have the opportunity to interact with each other, current

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2016 New Adjunct Faculty Welcome Letter

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Dear New Adjunct Faculty, I am honored to be able to welcome you to the Stetson faculty. Stetson’s faculty, a wonderfully talented group of teacher-scholars, form the cornerstone of an inclusive community deeply committed to academic excellence and student learning. On their behalf, I welcome you as a new colleague! I myself just recently joined

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CUR Quarterly, Call for Submissions

Faculty Excellence / browncenter

Call for Submissions, Summer 2017 CUR Quarterly Consider submitting an article or vignette for the Summer 2017 CUR Quarterly on “Undergraduate Research and Higher Education of the Future”; deadline is August 5, 2016. View the full call for papers. Additional highlights from CUR … ISSoTL-CUR Pre-Conference Workshop – October 12 NCUR 2017 – April 6-8 REU Symposium – Nominations Due August 18!

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Why We Stress Research | Stetson Today

Faculty Excellence / browncenter

Noel Painter, Ph.D., interim executive vice president and provost and an associate professor of music, assists student Marcus Jones. In the 1990 landmark report Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate, Ernest Boyer called our attention to the need for institutions of higher education to connect the work of the academy to the social and environmental

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Balancing Research and Teaching | Stetson Today

Faculty Excellence / browncenter

There may not be greasepaint or wild animals, but sometimes university faculty may wonder whether they have mistakenly chosen life under the Big Top: juggling while trying to keep their balance on a high wire. That’s a little bit how it feels to try to meet the twin demands of the study and the classroom,

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Engaging minds while teaching and learning innovation | Stetson Today

Faculty Excellence / browncenter

The Brown Center for Faculty Innovation and Excellence sponsors the annual Colloquium on Teaching & Learning Innovation. See below how Stetson faculty and staff are considering a definition of global learning that advances inclusion and academic excellence. In her welcoming remarks at Stetson’s “Beyond Engagement” Colloquium on Teaching and Learning Innovation, Stetson Executive Vice President and

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Sparking the Conversation | Stetson Today

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More than 250 local government officials, concerned citizens, academicians, journalists, students and environmental advocates packed Allen Hall on Feb. 16, to hear and be part of the significant conversation of protecting the environment by better understanding climate change and rising sea levels. “As far as I know, this is the first public meeting of its

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