Stetson Cupola 1991-19-2

Alumni News ^of Stetson University Volume XIX No. 1 Foundation gives $4*5 million to Stetson The William M. and Nina B. Hollis Foundation of Lakeland, Florida, has pledged to give Stetson University $4.5 million to establish scholarships to assist students from lower and middle income families, announced Stetson President H. Douglas Lee and Mark C. Hollis, president of the foundation and Stetson alumnus, Class of 1956. The Hollis Scholarship Program will be merit based and will assist academically talented and leadership oriented students. Provisions are made to offer special assistance to students from lower and middle income families who otherwise could not afford to attend Stetson. Awards also will be made specifically to minority students who possess academic ability, personal motivation, and financial need. In addition, the fund will assist successful Stetson students who are experiencing financial difficulty while at the university. One important intent of the Hollis Scholarship Program is to provide an opportunity for students to attend Stetson who might fall outside the boundaries of current federal and state need based financial aid standards. These students might come from middle income fami lies, families with two parent incomes, or from families with more than one child in college. "My mother and father have always believed in the value of a private college educa f?M p£**ifN||^B tion. They wanted to find V £ i some way to make it afford- 1 1 able to Nina B. and William M. Hollis all students," said Hollis, president of Publix Super Markets, Inc. i A number of Hollis Leadership Scholars will be named each year, beginning in the fall of 1991. According to Hollis, $4 million of the pledge will be added to Stetson's scholarship endowment fund. Four hundred thousand dollars will establish a life Challenger Endowment Fund to begin to offset the recent loss of Florida Baptist Convention support, which the university had designated for scholarships. An additional $100,000 is an unrestricted gift (Please see Hollis, page 6) Bishop Tutu to visit Stetson in February Nobel Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu, one of South Africa's most widely recognized anti-apartheid activists, will speak at Stetson's Institute for the Study of Christian Ethics February 11 at 7 p.m. in the Edmunds Activity Center. Ticket information will be announced. Bishop Tutu's address will be the inaugural James A. Stewart Lecture in Christian Ethics. Bishop Tutu is visiting Stetson at the invitation of Dr. Clyde E. Fant, institute director and dean of the chapel. The lecture series is named for Stetson's first dean of the chapel. The Institute, in its second year, brings students face to face with business, political, law, medicine, and ministry professionals to discuss moral and religious conflicts, Dr. Fant said. Stetson is rounding up the Hatters for fiomecomingl991 Alumni Reception in the International planned at noon in the Forest of Arden House. Also on Friday afternoon, Stet- for alumni, faculty, and students. Bring your jeans to homecoming this year. With a "Hatter Round-Up" theme, the atmosphere will be casual and relaxed during Homecoming weekend, March 1-3. "Homecoming 1991 also wilLfeature more student involvement; we have three times the number of students on committees this year," said Gary Meadows, '59, executive director of the alumni association. "One of our long-range plans is to turn it over to students. We'd like the event to be students welcoming back alumni." On Friday, March 1, a 50+ Golden Hatters Reception is planned at the President's Home for alumni of more than 50 years. A new event will be included on Friday's schedule — the International and Minority Student/ son's ROTC will have an open house. Friday night will be busy, with a combined banquet at the DeLand Hilton for all former athletes and members of the classes of the 1930s and '40s, hosted by the "S" Club and the Golden Oldies. The Alumni Association's Stetson student leaders will sponsor the All Alumni Dinner in the Stetson Room. At 8 p.m. three comedians will provide family entertainment in Edmunds Center. The Hilton will be the site of the All Alumni Dance at 10 p.m. Saturday morning there will be special breakfasts for law graduates; ministerial graduates; and graduates in science, math, and computer science. A picnic is Other Saturday events include a President's Reception in the President's Garden, a Golden Oldies gathering in the Chapel, the Alumni Association Meeting, a School of Music "Music Showcase," a 5K Road Race, sorority open houses, and various Decade Parties/ Receptions for all alumni. Saturday evening an Alumni Banquet is planned, with presentation of distinguished alumni and distinguished service awards, followed by a 7:35 p.m. men's basketball game, with Stetson facing the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. On Sunday morning, Stetson's ROTC alumni will gather for a breakfast, followed by a Chapel service and brunch.