Monthly Archives: January 2012

Celebrate Valentine’s Day early with Drury on C-Street’s Sweetheart Art Gallery

The Drury on C-Street Art Gallery will host an opening for their latest exhibit: Sweetheart Art on Friday, Feb. 3 at 6 p.m. The gallery, which is located at 233 E. Commercial St., will be on display Feb. 3-25. Gallery hours are Wed.-Sat., noon-5 p.m. Continue reading

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Drury to offer minor in Animal Studies

Students interested in examining the ways in which humans and animals interact will have the opportunity to earn a minor in Animal Studies from Drury University. The minor was approved by Drury’s faculty in the fall of 2011. The six required courses for the minor will all be available in the 2012-2013 Drury Catalog, but several students have already expressed a desire to pursue the minor. Continue reading

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Drury’s Department of Languages Receives a $20,000 Grant

Drury University’s Department of Languages has received a $20,000 grant from the C.W. Titus Foundation to fund ten scholarships for foreign language study abroad. Continue reading

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A lifetime of local architectural design will be featured in Drury’s art gallery

Drury University, in partnership with the Springfield Foundation for Architecture, will present an exhibition featuring the work of local architect Richard P. Stahl (1914-2003). The exhibition, titled Springfield Mid-Century Modern: The Architecture of Richard P. Stahl, will run from Feb. 3-27 in the Pool Art Center at Drury University. Continue reading

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Registration is open for Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposium

Registration is now open for Drury’s Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposium, (WES) on Feb. 4. To register, go to www.drury.edu/ejc/wes, e-mail: ejc@drury.edu, or call (417) 873-6357. Continue reading

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Drury to host Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration

Drury University will host the NAACP’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at 10 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 16 in Clara Thompson Hall. The event is free and open to the public. Continue reading

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Keynote speakers for 2012 Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposium announced

Drury’s annual Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposium, (WES) sponsored by The Edward Jones Center for Entrepreneurship, will feature two keynote speakers. Adrienne Kallweit and Shannon Wilburn are two women who started their own companies. The fourth annual Women’s Entrepreneurship Conference (WES) is on Saturday, Feb. 4. Continue reading

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Drury professor and students study coping strategies following Joplin tornado

The May 22 tornado that hit Joplin, Mo. killed 161 people, but it impacted thousands more physically and mentally. How the surviving victims dealt with the physical, mental and emotional stress in the aftermath of the tornado is the goal of the research conducted by Drury psychology professor Jennifer Silva Brown called the Joplin Impact Project. Continue reading

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Drury to host Extreme Makeover watch party Friday, Jan. 13

Drury University will host an Extreme Makeover: Home Edition watch party for students, faculty, staff, invited guests and sponsors on Friday, Jan. 13 in the Lay Hall auditorium beginning at 5:30 p.m. Continue reading

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Drury students study coping skills following Joplin tornado

Long before Extreme Makeover descended on Joplin, a group of seven Drury undergraduates and one psychology professor were in the community working on the emotional and mental impact of the tornado. Continue reading

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