1886- DeLand College is chartered by the Florida State Legislature as DeLand University. 1889- DeLand University is renamed to John B. Stetson University. 1897- The business school curriculum is established. Stetson University’ s School of Business Administration is the oldest in Florida. Oct. 2, 1900- Stetson University College of Law, Florida’ s first law school, is founded. 1905- Stetson University College of Law becomes the first law school in Florida to admit women. 1936- The School of Music is established as Florida’ s first collegiate school of music. 1962- Stetson University becomes the first private, non-HBCU university in Florida to integrate. Nine African-American teachers attended graduate summer school in 1962. 1987- H. Douglas Lee is named the university’ s eighth president. Highlights of his administration include major facilities expansion, a $ 200 million dollar fund campaign, the opening of the Center at Celebration, the inauguration of the Institute for Christian Ethics and the Howard Thurman Program( established to integrate the works of scholars and community leaders to seek solutions to social, religious and ethnic problems) and the creation of the University Values Council.
H. Douglas Lee
1995- After a long relationship, Stetson University formally ends its affiliation with the Florida Baptist Convention. 2000- Stetson University was the first educational institution to receive a Year 2000 Sustainable Florida Award honoring the university’ s implementation efforts and community involvement with recycling and energy conservation. Jul. 13, 2009- Dr. Wendy B. Libby becomes the ninth president in Stetson University’ s history and the first woman to hold the post. 2015- Stetson’ s Institute for Water and Environmental Resilience is established. The Institute focuses on water and environmental research and public policy. Clay Henderson is named as the first executive director.
Dr. Wendy B. Libby
Harry Russo is Communications Manager at Daytona State College, as well as a freelance writer and editor. He holds a Master’ s in Educational Leadership from the University of Central Florida and resides in Palm Coast, Fla. Contact him at Harry. Russo @ DaytonaState. edu.
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