[5] to honor John B. Stetson, a hat manufacturer who made generous donations to the university and served alongside Henry A. DeLand as a founding trustee.

[12] It was built in 1897 and dedicated to the memory of John B. Stetson's late son, Ben, who died at age 6.

William Sharp, an art professor, designed all the stained glass windows in the chapel.

[13] There are 18 graduate programs in Business, Law, Education, Counseling, and Master of Fine Arts.

[21] Before the first library was established in 1887, DeLand University had started to accumulate a small collection of books.

At this time, fewer than 1,300 volumes were housed on bookshelves in Deland Hall, sharing space with the science lab.

The library collection began to expand rapidly in November 1887 when the college was selected to become Florida's first federal depository.

The duPont-Ball Library's databases provide access to 50,000 full-text journals, magazines and newspapers.

[32] Stetson University hosts a college-level Model United States Senate program (established in 1970) every year in March.

[33] Stetson is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and the university's 18 intercollegiate men's and women's teams compete on the Division I level in the ASUN Conference, the Pioneer Football League (Football Championship Subdivision - FCS) and MAAC – Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.

Since 1970, the baseball program has earned seven ASUN Conference championships and 16 trips to the NCAA Regionals.

In 2010, university officials gathered information and evaluated the feasibility of starting a Division I-AA (now Football Championship Subdivision) non-scholarship program.

[36][37] In March 2011, SU President Wendy B. Libby announced the return of Hatters Football.

In July 2011, Stetson named Roger A. Hughes[40] as head football coach.

Stetson's sand volleyball team had its inaugural season in 2012,[41] after the sport was officially approved for conference play.