THE LIBBY YEARS
WHAT GOT DONE
The Libby Years: Highlighting Achievement
Hatter Football returned in 2013 after a 57-year hiatus, while women’s lacrosse and beach volleyball were added to Stetson’s roster of NCAA Division I sports. The award-winning duPont-Ball Library developed an Innovation Lab, where students use 3D equipment, virtual reality and more to bring projects to life.
Since the arrival of Wendy B. Libby, PhD, in 2009, undergraduate enrollment has increased nearly 50% to an all-time high of 3,183 students on the DeLand campus in fall 2019 and 4,429 across Stetson’s campuses. The university’s endowment more than doubled to $246 million, and the amount dedicated to faculty salaries increased 70%, with more than 50 new faculty positions added to keep pace with student enrollment. The average full-time faculty salary increased by approximately 26% within a decade. 38
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Several new academic programs were introduced. Among them were the School of Business Administration’s Centurion Sales Program, while the Prince Entrepreneurship Program was greatly expanded, and the Roland George Investments Program portfolio grew to approximately $4 million. The College of Arts and Sciences added an interdisciplinary major in public health, a minor in Jewish studies and a low-residency Master of Fine Arts of the Americas in creative writing; the psychology major was redesigned with a strong basis in research and statistical analysis; and considerable growth occurred in the college’s environmental science and studies program.
