THE NEWSLETTER
THE NEWSLETTER is the Faculty/Staff newsletter of Stetson University, DeLand, Florida 32720, and is published each Friday. All items
for THE NEWSLETTER should be sent to Maggie Dobson, Office of the Provost, Box 8358, not later than 4 p.m. on Wednesday of each week.
JANUARY 9, 1995
(late edition)
IMPORTANT EVENTS
Monday, January 9
Friday, January 13
Last Day to Add Course for Credit
Last Day to Drop without Financial
Penalty
Last Day to Drop Course without
Academic Penalty
ANNOUNCEMENTS
CHAPEL/ENCOUNTER SERIES. There will be no Chapel/Encounter Services during the month of January. Services
will resume February 1, 1995, at 10:00 a.m. The speaker for this date will be quest lecturer Thorwald Lorenzen
from the Baptist Theological Seminary in Ruschlikon, Switzerland. He will present the first of a three-day series
of lectures entitled "The Living Resurrection." From: Clyde Fant, Dean of the Chapel
On Monday, January 16, the Russian Studies Center is hosting a symposium, "Prospects for Democratic Change
in Russia," in the Stetson Room of the Carlton Union Building. Topics and times of the two sessions are as
follows:
* FIRST SESSION-4:00 p.m., Stetson Room, Carlton Union Building with Alexander Obolonsky.
"The Political Development of Russia and the West." Dr. Obolonsky is a senior fellow at Moscow's
Institute of State and Law, a division of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
* SECOND SESSION-7:30 p.m., Stetson Room, Carlton Union Building with Peter Reddaway.
"Is Russian Democracy Doomed?" Peter Reddaway is Professor of Political Science at George
Washington University and known to many through articles on Russian politics in The New York Review
of Books.
From: Eugene Huskey, Chair, Russian Studies
COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC. Applications are available for the Community School's Spring program, with
registration set for Wednesday and Thursday, January 11 and 12, from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. in 354 Presser Hall. The
fourteen-week term will now offer "Stetson Band" directed by Deborah Juusela, Adjunct Professor of Music. The
program is open to students, ages 9 and up, and is designed to provide a comprehensive environment for the
development of beginner and advanced band players. Also new to the curriculum are "Stetson Flute Choirs,"
taught by Susan Adragna. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music in New York, Adragna will offer the
classes for both beginner and intermediate flute players. New to the Community School faculty is Clay Krasner,
who will teach electric guitar and base. Krasner tours with the gospel pop group, The Rick Adams Band, whose
recent compact disc release is "Broadway Praise 3". Krasner has performed throughout the Southeast, and at Walt
Disney's Pleasure Island and Epcot with Carol Lawrence, Maureen McGovern, Rosemary Clooney and Bill Conti.
The Community School also offers private instruction on piano, voice, classical guitar, recorder, band and orchestral
instruments, as well as Orff-Schulwerk for young children, Children's Choirs, Stetson String Program, Dance and
the Young Patrons of Music Program. Classes begin the week of January 30, with tuition ranging from $9 to $210
for the spring semester (Stetson faculty/staff and students receive a 10% discount). Early registration is
encouraged, with information and application available from Patrece Robinson, ext. 8062.
