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10/26/2026

Stetson University VALUES DAY ALUMNI & FRIENDS BOOK CLUB!

We are inviting you to take part in an alumni and friends book club to coincide with Stetson’s Values Day. Best of all, you need not live in DeLand to take part!

The book club meeting will take part on Zoom after Values Day on Tuesday, November 17that 7:30 pm. Register here: https://stetson-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/28KZlA8QRPy9ipoAGCWVCw #/registration

This year’s Values Day speaker is Dr. Barry Black, the 62nd Chaplain of the U.S. Senate. His book, From the Hood to the Hill: A Story of Overcoming, is the subject of the book club. Purchase your copy to take part in conversations online about the book or enter a drawing to be one of 20 people to receive the book for free. To enter, fill this form: https://stetson.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_71IBoJJSdNEoExE

Dr. Black’s keynote address will also be streamed on Thursday, November 12. More information will be available soon.

Students will be able to take part in this programming through the READ program on campus.

Stetson University Alumni Association

10/05/2026

Happy American Archives Month, Hatters!

Check out these newly designed digital exhibits from Stetson University duPont-Ball Library Archives and Special Collections- the Stetson 150 Project, the Malcolm Bradley and Gary Monroe Spring Hill Collection, the Bert Fish Collection.

Now in addition to our digital archives - accessible by visiting https://archives.stetson.edu/ - these fascinating exhibits on the Omeka platform offer a clean appearance and several user-friendly functions!

Stetson 150: https://stetson150.omeka.net/

Malcolm Bradley & Gary Monroe Spring Hill Collection: https://springhill.omeka.net/

Bert Fish Collection: https://bertfish.omeka.net/

Max Cleland Collection: https://maxclelandcollection.omeka.net/

Also, students please join us this Wednesday, October 7th from 4-5 pm for Archives 101- a chance to learn what sort of work Archivists do, what collections we have at Stetson, and how to apply archival principles to your own collections. Cultural credit available!

09/30/2026

Hatters, mark your calendars for two special events simultaneously happening at the Stetson University dupont-Ball Library during Homecoming Weekend!

Beneath the Curtain: Stover Theatre in the Archives
Visit the ground floor of the duPont-Ball Library to view objects and materials related to Stover Theatre held by our university Archives.

Tell Your Stetson Story
Every Hatter has a story. Join us in recording your Stetson memories and experiences, creating a lasting archive of alumni voices that will inspire future generations. Come by duPont-Ball Library to talk 1:1 with a student during the posted hours or catch up with our roving team of interviewers at Homecoming events!

Stop by the library anytime on Friday, October 16th from 1-4 pm and Saturday, October 17th from 10 am - 1 pm for both of these events!

06/18/2026

We had such a wonderful time hosting the Neflin Official Special Collections Interest Group at the duPont-Ball Library Archives and Special Collections at Stetson University last Friday! Archivists and librarians from throughout the northeast Florida region came together to learn about Stetson's long history and our collections, view our archival spaces (and the Innovation Lab), and see some of the special treasures in our care!

05/14/2026

Congratulations to Stetson University History major and duPont-Ball Library Archives intern Benjamin Miyazato for winning the 2026 Society of Florida Archivists Adam Hunt Memorial Internship Stipend Award, as well as the Judith Beale Scholarship which allowed him to attend this year's SFA Annual Conference in St. Petersburg. Benjamin has already performed stellar work as an intern in the Archives over the 2025-2026 academic year, and with this stipend will be able to continue his important project documenting veteran's history at Stetson this summer. Way to go, Benjamin!

05/05/2026

Happy birthday to American innovator, philanthropist, and Stetson University benefactor John B. Stetson, born on this day in 1830! From the duPont-Ball Library Archives and Special Collections, here are two birthday gifts we know he received: a desk set made of silver, ivory, mother-of-pearl, and gold presented by his wife Elizabeth and their children on his 62nd birthday in 1892, and a red, white, and blue silk quilt made by employees of the John B. Stetson Company in Philadelphia and presented to him on his 50th birthday in 1880.

To view more items in the Stetson Hat Collection, visit: https://archives.stetson.edu/digital/collection/stetson_hats
To view more items in the Stetson Family Collection, visit:
https://archives.stetson.edu/digital/collection/JohnB_StetJr

04/30/2026

Congratulations to our 2025 duPont-Ball Library Research Prize Winners!

The duPont-Ball Library is proud to recognize two outstanding first-year researchers from the Fall 2025 semester.

Kayla Lewis is the recipient of the Evans C. Johnson Research Prize for her paper "How do the themes in Mexican ex-votos reflect the moral values in Mexican society?" written for Dr. Natalia da Silva's Folk Art in the Americas FSEM. Kayla's paper traces the evolution of Mexican votive art across three centuries, using Jonathan Haidt's Moral Foundations Theory as a lens to analyze how shifting cultural, political, and religious forces — from colonial-era Catholicism to post-revolutionary Mexican identity — are reflected in the themes and visual elements of ex-votos. The judges were impressed by the sophistication of her interdisciplinary approach and her skillful synthesis of art history, psychology, and cultural studies sources.

Brooke Billings is the recipient of the R. Neil Scott Research Prize for her paper "AI's Rapid Growth and Even Faster Consumption of Electricity," written for Dr. Kevin Riggs's Energy and the Environment FSEM. Brooke's paper examines the staggering and often underappreciated environmental costs of artificial intelligence — from the energy demands of data centers and GPU systems to the disproportionate climate impacts on communities in the Global South. The judges commended her timely topic, her confident command of technical and scientific literature, and her balanced consideration of both the benefits and harms of AI's rapid expansion.

Both students were recognized at an award ceremony held at the duPont-Ball Library in April 2026. The library congratulates Kayla and Brooke on their exceptional scholarship and thanks all students who submitted papers this year.

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