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Stetson University

Page history last edited by Kevin Winchell 10 years, 3 months ago

CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS:

Stetson University

421 N. Woodland Blvd.

DeLand, Florida 32723 

http://www.stetson.edu/home/

 

CAMPUS AT A GLANCE:

At Stetson, the art of teaching is practiced through programs solidly grounded in a tradition of liberal learning that stimulates critical thinking, imaginative inquiry, creative expression, and lively intellectual debate. The art of learning is enhanced through small interactive classes and close student-faculty alliances.  Collaborative approaches also provide the foundation for rewarding careers and advanced study in selective graduate and professional programs. We embrace diverse methodologies that foster effective communication, information and technological literacy, and aesthetic appreciation. 

 

KEY FACTS:

Location: 30 minutes from Daytona Beach and Orlando

Enrollment: 2500

Other interesting tidbits: Yes, we are named after "The Stetson Hat Guy" - John B. Stetson. You can go here for more information on our history. 

 

BONNER PROGRAM AT A GLANCE:

Name of Campus-Wide Center: Center for Community Engagement

Relevant website: http://www.stetson.edu/other/community-engagement/ 

 

Type of Program: Bonner Leaders & Bonner Scholars

Year Began: 2005

Stetson Bonner Wiki: http://www.stetsonbonner.pbworks.com

 

Number of Bonner Scholars/Leaders: 30 scholars/30 leaders (will grow to 30/40 by Fall 2014)

Active in Bonner AmeriCorps Ed Award: Yes

Active in Other AmeriCorps Ed Award: Yes

Active in Learn & Serve CBR: Yes

Active in FIPSE Civic Ed Certficate/Minor: Yes - Certificate of Community Engagement

 

KEY CONTACTS:

President: Wendy B. Libby, PH.D. 

Assistant Provost for Student Success: Dr. Lua Hancock

Director of Community Engagement: Savannah-Jane Griffin

Assistant Director of Community Engagement: Kevin Winchell

AmeriCorps VISTA Bonner Program Coordinator: Michael Zirkel

AmeriCorps VISTA Members: Heather Hamilton

Bonner Senior Interns: Deryck Greene and Julie Martin  

Bonner Congress Representatives: Honor Baslim and Kou Sua

Hal S. Marchman Chair of Civic and Social Responsibility: Dr. Gregory Sapp

Director of the Center for Community-Based Research : Dr. William Ball

 

MORE ABOUT US (our partners, trips, structure, best or unique practices)

  • Key Partnerships:
  • Cornerstone Activities:
    • First-Year Service Trip to New Orleans to work with Common Ground Relief and to Sea Island, SC to work with Habitat for Humanity
    • Sophomore Exchange with the Bonners of Morehouse College and Oxford at Emory
  • International Education:
  • Student Leadership:
    • Eight-member "Bonner Lead Team" facilitates weekly training and enrichment exercises, mentors a family of 6-8 other Bonners, and pair up to advise each class' cornerstone activity planning and student development
    • Two Senior Interns serve as mentor and support for Bonner Lead Team members
  • Academic/Curricular Integration:
    • First-Year Bonner Course, a first-year seminar titled "Self and World: Community Engagement Theory", examines the formation of the self and the relationship between the self and the community (required for all incoming Bonner students, and taught by our endowed Chair for Civic and Social Responsibility)
    • All Bonners are required to enroll in and complete the Certificate of Community Engagement 
    • Expansion of student and faculty involvement in CBR through our Center for Community-Based Research, featuring student research projects on youth development resources and agricultural pesticide usage in Pierson, FL, as well as an inventory and survey of the needs of homeless people in DeLand, FL  

 

 

 

 

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