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Stetson University

Stetson University
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Former names
DeLand Academy, DeLand University, John B. Stetson University
Motto Pro Deo et Veritate
Motto in English
For God and Truth
Type Private
Established 1883
Endowment $207.8 million
Chairman Luis "Lu" Prats
President Wendy B. Libby
Provost Noel Painter (interim)
Students 4,330
Location DeLand and Gulfport, Florida, United States
29°02′06″N 81°18′10″W / 29.034972°N 81.302640°W / 29.034972; -81.302640Coordinates: 29°02′06″N 81°18′10″W / 29.034972°N 81.302640°W / 29.034972; -81.302640
Campus Suburban, 175 acres (668,000 m²)
Colors Green and White
         
Athletics Stetson Hatters
Sports NCAA Division I; Atlantic Sun Conference and Pioneer Football League
Nickname Hatters
Mascot "John B."
Affiliations Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Website www.stetson.edu
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Intercollegiate athletics
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Men’s Teams
Baseball
Basketball
Rowing|Crew
Cross Country
Golf
Soccer
Tennis
Football
Women’s Teams
Basketball
Rowing|Crew
Cross Country
Golf
Lacrosse
Sand Volleyball
Soccer
Softball
Tennis
Volleyball

Stetson University is a private, nonprofit university with four colleges and schools located across the I-4 corridor in Central Florida, United States, with the primary undergraduate campus located in DeLand. In the 2017 U.S. News and World Report's guide to America's Best Colleges, Stetson ranks as the 5th best regional university in the South, 5th best for veterans among regional universities in the South and 6th best value school among regional universities in the South. The Stetson University College of Law, located in Gulfport, Florida, was ranked 1st nationally in trial advocacy by U.S. News & World Report in 2017.

Other recognitions include being ranked No. 7 nationally in Washington Monthly magazine’s "2015 College Guide” to master's universities, a ranking based on a combination of social mobility, research and service; and being named a military-friendly school.

Stetson University was founded in 1883 by Henry Addison DeLand, a New York philanthropist, as DeLand Academy. In 1887, the Florida Legislature enacted the Charter of DeLand University as an independent institution of higher learning.

DeLand University's name was changed in 1889 to honor hat manufacturer John B. Stetson, a benefactor of the university, who served with town founder, Henry A. DeLand, and others as a founding trustee of the university. Stetson also provided substantial assistance to the university after DeLand, on account of financial reverses, was no longer able to do so.

Stetson University was affiliated with the Florida Baptist Convention from its founding in 1885 until 1907, when the Convention was defeated in its effort to force Stetson to amend its charter. From 1907 to 1919, the Florida Baptist Convention operated Columbia College in Lake City, Florida, but it failed for lack of adequate financial support. According to Gilbert Lycan, a Stetson history professor who wrote the university's official centennial history in 1983, the relationship between Stetson University and the Florida Baptist Convention was reestablished in 1919, and continued until 1995, when it was officially terminated.


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