1886 - DeLand College is chartered by the Florida State Legislature as DeLand University . 1889 - DeLand University is renamed to John B . Stetson University . 1897 - The business school curriculum is established . Stetson University ’ s School of Business Administration is the oldest in Florida . Oct . 2 , 1900 - Stetson University College of Law , Florida ’ s first law school , is founded . 1905 - Stetson University College of Law becomes the first law school in Florida to admit women . 1936 - The School of Music is established as Florida ’ s first collegiate school of music . 1962 - Stetson University becomes the first private , non-HBCU university in Florida to integrate . Nine African-American teachers attended graduate summer school in 1962 . 1987 - H . Douglas Lee is named the university ’ s eighth president . Highlights of his administration include major facilities expansion , a $ 200 million dollar fund campaign , the opening of the Center at Celebration , the inauguration of the Institute for Christian Ethics and the Howard Thurman Program ( established to integrate the works of scholars and community leaders to seek solutions to social , religious and ethnic problems ) and the creation of the University Values Council .
H . Douglas Lee
1995 - After a long relationship , Stetson University formally ends its affiliation with the Florida Baptist Convention . 2000 - Stetson University was the first educational institution to receive a Year 2000 Sustainable Florida Award honoring the university ’ s implementation efforts and community involvement with recycling and energy conservation . Jul . 13 , 2009 - Dr . Wendy B . Libby becomes the ninth president in Stetson University ’ s history and the first woman to hold the post . 2015 - Stetson ’ s Institute for Water and Environmental Resilience is established . The Institute focuses on water and environmental research and public policy . Clay Henderson is named as the first executive director .
Dr . Wendy B . Libby
Harry Russo is Communications Manager at Daytona State College , as well as a freelance writer and editor . He holds a Master ’ s in Educational Leadership from the University of Central Florida and resides in Palm Coast , Fla . Contact him at Harry . Russo @ DaytonaState . edu .
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