THE NEWSLETTER
THE NEWSLETTER is the Faculty/Staff newsletter of Stetson University, DeLand, Florida 32723, and is published on the first and third Friday of each month
during the Academic Year. THE NEWSLETTER is also posted online at http://www.stetson.edu/academicarrairs/newsletter.php.
All items for THE NEWSLETTER should be sent to Judy Ward, Office of Academic Affairs, Unit 8358 [email protected],
by 4 p.m. on the Wednesday preceding publication.
Friday -Wednesday, May 2-7
Wednesday, May 7
Thursday, May 8
Friday, May 9
Saturday, May 10
Monday, May 19
MAY 2, 2008
IMPORTANT EVENTS
FINAL EXAMINATIONS
Residence Halls close 6:00 p.m. (except for those students participating in Commencement)
Final Grades for graduating students due to Registrar via BannerWeb by 9:00 a.m.
Baccalaureate 7:00 p.m.
Commencement - 9:00 a.m.
School of Business Administration Graduate and Undergraduate Students
School of Music Undergraduate Students
Commencement- 2:00p.m.
College of Arts & Science Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Residence Halls close 6:00 p.m.
Grades for All students Due to Registrar via BannerWeb by 9:00 a.m.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
2008 SPRING COMMENCEMENT INFORMATION.
Baccalaureate will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, Mav 9, in Elizabeth Hall Chapel and the selected faculty will form
their line of march at 6:30 in the Elizabeth Hall corridor. University Chaplain Michael Fronk will deliver the sermon
and Hillary Anderson, 2007 Giffin Scholarship Recipient, will sign the anthem. A reception will follow at the
President's House.
The commencement ceremony for the School of Music and the School of Business Administration (both graduate
and undergraduate students) is scheduled for Saturday, May 10, at 9:00 a.m. in the Edmunds Center. The faculty
line of march will form at 8:30 a.m. in Fraternity Row, east of the Edmunds Center (rain plan lower west corridor).
Stetson Trustee Christine Lynn is the commencement speaker and she will receive an honorary degree, Doctor of
Humane Letters. Student speakers are Danielle Tilton, School of Music, and Steven Presley, School of Business
Administration.
The commencement ceremony for the College of Arts & Sciences (both graduate and undergraduate students) is
scheduled for Saturday, Mav 10, at 2:00 p.m. in the Edmunds Center. The faculty line of march will form at 1:30
p.m. in Fraternity Row, east of the Edmunds Center (rain plan lower west corridor). The commencement speaker will
be Wayne Meisel, President of The Corella & Bertram F. Bonner Foundation, who will receive an honorary degree,
Doctor of Humane Letters. Stetson Trustee Dolly Hand will also receive an honorary degree, Doctor of Arts &
Humane Letters. Student speakers are Christina Schafer and William Stoetzer.
Full regalia is required for Baccalaureate and both commencements. The Line of March is posted to
http://www.stetson.edu/administration/ac_affairs/media/lineofmarch.pdf and is also attached elsewhere to this
edition of The Newsletter. The "Hail and Farewell Celebration" will be staged in the Rinker Field House and under
tents on the Rinker parking lot from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., offering students, parents and faculty from the schools
and college a chance to meet, greet and eat between the two ceremonies.
From: Judy Ward, Commencement Coordinator
STETSON
UNIVERSITY
