15 Facts About Stetson University

Stetson University is a private university with four colleges and schools located across the I–4 corridor in Central Florida with the primary undergraduate campus in DeLand.

Stetson University was founded in 1883 and was first known as DeLand Academy, after the principal founder of the town, Henry Addison DeLand.

John B Stetson was a benefactor to the university and served alongside Henry A DeLand as a founding trustee.

Until 1995, Stetson University had an affiliation with the Florida Baptist Convention and was considered a “Baptist school.

Stetson University is located roughly halfway between Orlando and Daytona Beach, Florida in a town called DeLand, Florida.

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Recent Enhancements In 2018, Stetson University announced a $18 million donation to construct a new science building on the DeLand campus and enhance science programs.

Stetson University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

Stetson University Archives include memorabilia, photographs, yearbooks, newsletters and other documents related to the university's history.

Stetson University is the home of the Community Education Project, a higher education in prison program that operates at Tomoka Correctional Institution in Daytona Beach, FL.

Stetson University offers special programs for students up through ninth grade.

Stetson University has hosted a number of notable lecturers, some through the Stetson University Institute for Christian Ethics.

Greek Community at Stetson University is about twenty-nine percent of the student body being a member of a fraternity or sorority.

Stetson University is home to chapters from Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, a music fraternity for men, and Sigma Alpha Iota, a music fraternity for women.

Several movies have been filmed on the Stetson University campus, including Ghost Story starring John Houseman and Fred Astaire; The Waterboy starring Adam Sandler; and Walt Before Mickey, starring Thomas Ian Nicholas, Jon Heder and Armando Gutierrez.

Stetson University is consistently named by the Corporation for National and Community Service to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll With Distinction for exemplary service initiatives; in 2014, Stetson University was one of only two universities in the country to earn the "With Distinction" recognition in every category of community engagement.