Monthly Archives: December 2011

Dawn Hiles named Drury’s Distinguished Staff Member for 2011

Vice President of Enrollment Management Dawn Hiles was named Drury University’s Distinguished Staff Member for 2011. Hiles was surprised with the award today, Dec. 19 at Drury’s annual all-school holiday luncheon. Continue reading

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Drury confers degree to 393 graduates at Winter Commencement

Drury University conferred degrees to 393 students during Winter Commencement today, Saturday, Dec. 17 in the O’Reilly Family Event Center. 345 students received undergraduate degrees and 48 earned master’s degrees. Continue reading

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Drury Professor Receives Grant for Music Therapy in Barry and Lawrence Counties

For the eighth consecutive year, Dr. Michael Cassity, Drury University Professor and Director of Graduate Music Therapy Studies, has received a grant from the Lawrence and Barry County Tax Boards for the Developmentally Disabled to provide music therapy to disabled residents in those areas. Continue reading

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Drury Professor gives self-help a real, relevant makeover with The Unwritten Rules of Success

The rules to achieving success go far beyond the borders of academic discipline and often operate as an unwritten base for any effort one undertakes. We search for these rules throughout our lives, often getting our best training from parents, and then from the hard knocks of the real world. Continue reading

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Drury’s winter commencement is Saturday, Dec. 17 at 10 a.m.

Drury University will confer degrees to 410 students during Winter Commencement at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17 in the O’Reilly Family Event Center. 364 students will receive undergraduate degrees and 46 will be given master’s degrees. Continue reading

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Drury students help Missouri cities envision their futures

Drury University architecture students are continuing their work to improve urban and rural development throughout Missouri as a part of Drury University’s Center for Community Studies (CCS). Students meet with their communities several times during the semester and collaborate with the citizens to envision a future, which the students present in a book that they call the “visioning toolkit.” Continue reading

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Drury University breaks ground on new student housing

Drury University broke ground on a new, 72-bed, apartment-style housing complex today at the corner of North Summit Avenue and East Calhoun Street. The University Suites housing complex is scheduled to be completed by August 2012 in time for the start of the fall semester. Continue reading

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Drury will break ground on new student housing on Friday, Dec. 9 at 10 a.m.

Drury will break ground on the University Suites student housing project at 9 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 9 at the corner of North Summit Avenue and East Webster Street. Continue reading

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Drury’s first Masters of Music Therapy student to graduate on Dec. 17

Carrie Jenkins, Music Therapist-Board Certified, will receive Drury University’s first Master of Music Therapy degree at winter commencement on Dec. 17, 2011. Continue reading

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Drury senior earns an internship at the Kennedy Center

Drury senior Jonathan Thomas will spend the spring as an intern at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. Thomas will intern for the DeVos Institute of Arts Management at the Kennedy Center. Thomas is one of 24 interns who were selected for the program. Continue reading

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