{"id":2399,"date":"2026-07-08T07:09:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T07:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/?p=2399"},"modified":"2026-07-08T07:09:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T07:09:33","slug":"showcase-2020-the-vision-endures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/2026\/07\/08\/showcase-2020-the-vision-endures\/","title":{"rendered":"Showcase 2020: The Vision Endures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Office of Faculty Engagement recognizes the 2020 Stetson Showcase, held under extraordinary circumstances during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Originally planned as a campus-wide celebration of undergraduate research, scholarship, innovation, and creativity, Showcase 2020 was set to feature nearly 250 student presentations representing every school and college at Stetson University. Although the in-person event could not take place, the commitment of Stetson&#8217;s students and faculty ensured that undergraduate research and creative work continued to be celebrated through virtual presentations and online exhibitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2020 theme, <strong>&#8220;Vision,&#8221;<\/strong> reflected Stetson&#8217;s commitment to engaged learning, creativity, interdisciplinary exploration, and undergraduate research. Artwork created by students <strong>Reeva Licht<\/strong> and <strong>Cameron Gerstenslager<\/strong> was selected to represent the theme, capturing the optimism and breadth of opportunities available through a Stetson education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the challenges of the year, Showcase 2020 demonstrated the resilience of the Stetson community and reinforced the university&#8217;s dedication to undergraduate scholarship. The experiences of 2020 also informed future planning, leading to the development of strategies for supporting virtual research presentations when needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Office of Faculty Engagement thanks the Undergraduate Research Committee, faculty mentors, staff, student interns, and all participating students whose efforts ensured that the spirit of Showcase endured during an unprecedented year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of Faculty Engagement recognizes the 2020 Stetson Showcase, held under extraordinary circumstances during the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally planned as a campus-wide celebration of undergraduate research, scholarship, innovation, and creativity, Showcase 2020 was set to feature nearly 250 student presentations representing every school and college at Stetson University. Although the in-person event could not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards","category-stetson-showcase-activity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2400,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399\/revisions\/2400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}