Deliberative Opinion Poll: More Affordable Education

On Monday, two-hundred Stetson students were invited to participate in a deliberative opinion poll as an initiative to involve students in the university’s politics. The main focus: how do we make a Stetson education more affordable? The poll was put on by a combination of students and faculty, with the idea sparked by class discussions of “participatory democracy” in a Stetson course titled Community Organizing for Social Change. This particular poll was meant as a “test run” to see if a greater Volusia County Deliberative Opinion Poll would be effective. The whole event lasted for three hours, and provided cultural credit and free food for those who participated. A large amount of students turned out for the event, as well as faculty members, representatives from multiple student organizations, and outside media.

Art Center Opens

The Homer and Dolly Hand Art Center opened and was dedicated on Friday, April 3. The new art building provides a proud new home to the university’s Bluemner Collection as well as additional exhibition space for art students and faculty.

Oscar Bluemner was an American modernist painter whose outstanding art was overlooked during his lifetime. However, his daughter, Vera Bluemner Kouba, recognized her father’s talent and continued to push for his recognition even after his death. Today Bluemner is widely acknowledged as one of the key figures in American art in the first part of the 20th century,

National Student Trial Advocacy Competition

The Stetson Law School has taken home its fourth championship in the American Association for Justice (AAJ) National Student Trial Advocacy Competition. The National Student Trial Advocacy Competition is “one of the two premier trial competitions in the nation,” according to Charles Rose, an Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Excellence in Advocacy.