Monthly Archives: July 2011

Art Show Friday, August 5 featuring works by Drury graduate students

Drury University presents the fourth annual Master of Studio Art and Theory Candidates’ Exhibition showcasing artwork created this summer by current graduate students enrolled in the program. The exhibition is part of the First Friday Art Walk on August 5, and will take place at Drury’s Pool Art Center and the Diversity Center from 6-9 p.m. Continue reading

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Drury professors to produce a PBS history series

The history of America on the eastern seaboard from the time Europeans first settled the continent is well-known. Less known is the history of what is now the United States along the frontier. Dr. Monty Dobson, a visiting assistant professor of history at Drury, is producing a four-part television series that tells the story of the U.S. frontier through archaeology. America from the Ground Up will be available nationwide for Public Broadcasting Stations to air in the spring of 2013. Continue reading

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Drury’s Summer Scholars program begins its fourth year

SPRINGFIELD, Mo., July 19, 2011 —In the summer of 2008, three Drury University professors welcomed a group of 15 African-American high school students to campus for the first session of Summer Scholars. Four years later, Drury University’s Summer Scholars program … Continue reading

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Drury University announces new positions and employees

Drury is proud to welcome several new staff members to campus and congratulates current staff members who have accepted new roles. Continue reading

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Students given rare opportunity to experience zero-gravity

Drury University’s Physics Department has been selected as one of only 14 teams nationwide to participate in NASA’s 2011 Grant Us Space Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program. Continue reading

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