Commons
A Newsletter for Parents of Stetson Students
1992
Voh
III No. 3
Ric Whitted of DeLand (right) talks about Youth Motivators with (left to right) physics professor Bruce Dubendorff and Hollis Leadership Program Director Robert Leahy before the
trustees' dinner honoring student organizations.
IStetson honors student volunteers
\ ^tetson campus organizations and the
individual student leaders who serve the
campus and the larger university community were formally recognized twice in May
during the first annual Campus Life
Awards Ceremony May 1 and by the Board
of Trustees May 14-
"Campus life and the wider community
benefit from all the energy students put
into activities outside the classroom,"
explained Nancy Jones, assistant dean of
campus life, as she presented certificates of
recognition for outstanding service to representatives of five organizations:
- BACCHUS (Boost Alcohol
Consciousness Concerning Health of
University Students), Teri Anderson,
president, for Safe Holidays and Safe
Spring Break programs;
- Into the Streets, Hilary Latcheran,
president, for coordination of a wide range
of student volunteer projects;
- Multicultural Student Council, John
Murphy, chairman, for special Hispanic,
Native American and Asian American
programming;
- Students Together Against Sexual
Assault (STASA), Andrew Daire, president, for programs on issues of relationships, sexual assault and date rape, and sexuality awareness; and
* Youth Advocating Planetary
Improvement (YAPI), Courtney Brown,
president, for organizing Stetson's recycling
program and beach and street cleanup
programs.
Stetson trustees paid tribute to 13 student service groups, ranging from Amnesty
International to Stetson Athletes in
Action. Receiving special recognition were
Youth Motivators, winners of several
national awards; YAPI; and Habitat for
Humanity.
Jones noted that Stetson has 80 recognized student organizations, and most of
them have community service projects.
"It's important to have variety so each
student can find a slot that fits, whether
his or her interest is academic, religious, or
community service," she said.
Graduate assistant Joe Hess of
Rockledge, coordinator for a student-
administration project which resulted in
the development of The Pit outdoor recreation and performance area on campus,
received a Stetson hat from Dean of
Campus Life James Beasley during the
Campus Life Awards Ceremony.
Also recognized were J. Ollie Edmunds
Student Service Award winners: Jane
Fleming, a freshman education major from
Plantation; seniors Elizabeth Kinane,
Maitland, psychology, and Melissa Mead,
Mendham, NJ, sociology; and Angela
Paumier, a junior management major from
Clearwater. The awards, funded with
money raised by students during the
annual Hatter Holiday activities, are
presented for service to the Stetson
community.
Survey shows you
like Stetson,
trust your student
Results of Stetson's first survey of current
parents are still preliminary, but three things
are clear: 1) parents are interested in the
university (60 percent responded to the
questionnaire); 2) they are generally
pleased; and 3) they are ready for Stetson to
offer students more opportunities to take
responsibility.
Many of the questions were open-ended
to invite frank comments, and Institutional
Research Director John Schorr is still tabulating these responses, but among the general findings:
-95% of parents responding said Stetson
has met expectations for their student's academic development.
- 91% would encourage their student to
attend Stetson if he or she were graduating
from high school today.
- 84% said their student will return to
Stetson this fall (another 14% said their student is graduating).
- Responding freshmen parents see
Stetson as friendly (84%), challenging
(79%), personal (67%), intellectual (65%),
and prestigious (64%).
- Nearly two thirds of all parents
responding say Stetson is "worth the
expense" even though they think the university is "expensive."
- 90% say their student is responsible
enough to make on-campus residence decisions, and 70% said their son or daughter's
preference in housing options is the most
important factor in making a choice,
although 51% believe Stetson should act in
loco parentis.
Fall 1992 Semester
Classes Begin
Sept 2, end Dec. 4
Residence Halls Open:
For new students
Aug. 28
For returning students
Aug. 30
New Student Orientatior
Aug. 28-Sept. 1
Registration
Aug. 3 I-Sept. 1
Convocation
Sept. 2
Greenfeather Week
Oct. 19-23
Parents Weekend '92
Oct. 23-25
Stewart Lecture (Jimmy Carter) Oct. 26
Thanksgiving Holiday
Nov. 26-27
Final Exams
Dec.7-11
Fall Commencement
Dec. 13
Christmas Break
Dec. 12-Jan.3
