Each year, Stetson University takes a day away from classes to celebrate our commitments to personal and social responsibility as exercised through the values of personal growth, intellectual development, and global citizenship. This year’s Values Day planning committee has used the theme, “Building Community; Reflecting on our Values” to build an extensive program of activities […]
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[This story was reprinted in its entirety from Stetson Today] September 8, 2018 Eric Weiner traveled to Iceland – one of the happiest places on Earth – for his best-selling book, “The Geography of Bliss,” and learned something he likes to share with college students. Weiner talks to students around the country and is “always amazed”
On Friday, February 23rd, the Values Day Planning Committee held an open forum to gather input from the Stetson community for Values Day 2018. Students, staff, administrators, alumni and community members came together to provide their ideas. The forum was highly interactive and adopted strategies from design thinking to engage those in attendance in generating
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On Tuesday, September 26, 2017, Stetson University will celebrate its annual tradition of taking a day from classes to explore the core values of personal growth, intellectual development and global citizenship. The 2017 Values Day speaker is Irshad Manji. She is the Founder and Director of the Moral Courage Project, which equips students to make values-based
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The Values Day Planning Committee invites you to develop a workshop for Values Day on September 26th, 2017. Workshop Submission Deadline: Monday, Aug 28, 2017 Download a PDF copy of the submission form Submit Proposal Online Workshops can address a variety of topics and should be connected to one of Stetson’s core values: Intellectual Development, Global
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Values Day: September 20, 2016 Values Day, celebrated in September, is an annual tradition established by Stetson University’s eighth president, H. Douglas Lee. It is a day dedicated to Stetson University’s core values of personal growth, intellectual development and global citizenship. This year, the Values Day Planning Committee has selected Chimanda Ngozi Adichie’s powerful and award-winning book Americanah (2013)
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