Stetson Magazine

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A LU M N I — H AT T E R PA R E N T S P OT L I G H T

All in the Stetson family: J.P. Nesheiwat; Hayat Nesheiwat; Mitchell G. Reddish, professor and chair of the Department of Religious Studies; Janette Nesheiwat ’98; Woody O’Cain; Julia Nesheiwat ’97; Michael Waltz; Asia Small ’21; Rina Arroyo; and Joe Cooper ’79 MBA ’82, chair of the Stetson University Board of Trustees.

NURTURING GREATNESS With a steely will to match her commitment to culture and spirituality, Hayat Nesheiwat has led her Hatter family to excellence.

BY WOODY O’CAIN, ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT OF ALUMNI AND PARENT ENGAGEMENT

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ayat Nesheiwat is the mother of five remarkable and highly successful children, all of whom attended and/or graduated from Stetson: Julia Nesheiwat ’97, Janette Nesheiwat ’98, Daniel Nesheiwat ’99, Jaclyn Nesheiwat Stapp ’02, and Dina Nesheiwat ’03. Julia serves as the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, the nation’s leading diplomat for hostage cases worldwide. Janette is an emergency-room physician and medical correspondent for Fox News. Danny and Dina are successful attorneys in Nashville, Tennessee, and New York City, respectively. Jaclyn is a former

Miss New York USA and Mrs. Florida America, as well as a philanthropist and author. In honor of their mother, the Nesheiwat children recently established The Hayat Nesheiwat Endowed Scholarship, a fund that provides assistance for students who have demonstrated financial need, with preference given to first-generation immigrants (students whose parent or parents immigrated to the United States). Hayat Nesheiwat returned to Stetson’s DeLand campus in August for the university’s Convocation ceremony, where daughter Julia gave the keynote address.


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