Monthly Archives: February 2013

First person: a whirlwind week in New York City for a Drury senior

As a girl from the Midwest, the lights, sounds and people of New York were only images I’d seen on television, but, in my senior year of college at Drury, I earned an opportunity to visit the “city that never sleeps.” The American Advertising Federation (AAF) selected me as one of the Most Promising Minority Students (MPMS) and, in the first week of February, I got a taste of a modern day “Mad Men” life, if only for a week. Continue reading

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Photojournalist discusses technology’s impact on news and storytelling at Drury’s Pool Art Center Gallery

Drury’s Pool Art Center Gallery will host long-time Springfield News-Leader photojournalist Bob Linder on Friday, March 1 at 6:30 p.m. Linder will discuss his firsthand accounts of how technology has changed newsgathering and storytelling. The Pool Art Center Gallery is located at 940 North Clay St. This event is free and open to the public. Continue reading

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Award-winning filmmaker will speak at Drury on Thursday, Feb. 28

SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Feb. 25, 2013 — Award-winning filmmaker Ondi Timonerwill speak at Drury University on Thursday, Feb. 28 in Clara Thompson Hall at 11 a.m. Timoner is director of We Live In Public, a documentary about Internet entrepreneur Josh Harris. … Continue reading

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Brian Stelter convocation event postponed until Friday morning

The Theme Year event featuring New York Times’ reporter Brian Stelter scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 21, at 11 a.m., at Drury University has been postponed due to weather. Continue reading

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Kappa Delta Sorority to Host Second Annual “Shamrock the Roads” 5K

Kappa Delta Sorority at Drury University will host the Second Annual Shamrock the Roads, a charity 5k walk/run, on Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 8 a.m. The event will begin on Drury Lane by the Findlay Student Center on Drury Universityʼs campus. Continue reading

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Drury students provide rain boots to children in Roatan

A study abroad trip to Honduras over Winter Break may conjure up thoughts of sightseeing, writing in journals and laying on the beach, but that wasn’t the case for Dr. Teresa Carroll’s Field Studies in Marine Biology class. Continue reading

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New York Times journalist will speak at Drury on February 21

Nationally-renowned New York Times journalist Brian Stelter will speak at Drury University on Thursday, Feb. 21, at 11 a.m. in Clara Thompson Hall as part of Drury’s Theme Year Series, Voices Unbound: New Media and the Future of Democracy. Stelter will share his experiences working across multiple media formats, in both traditional and new media. This event is free and open to the public. Continue reading

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Sheryl Crow will play at Drury on April 3 to benefit Drew Lewis

Nine-time Grammy Award-winning performer Sheryl Crow will be returning to the O’Reilly Family Event Center on Wednesday, April 3 to play a special concert for Springfieldian Drew Lewis as a fundraising benefit for Lewis and his continuing fight against colorectal cancer. Continue reading

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Drury recognizes Entrepreneurship Week with kickoff of Idea Competition

On Thursday, Feb. 14, some of Drury’s most entrepreneurial minds will begin a quest to create Drury’s best business model and win a $1,000 cash prize. The Startup Drury Idea Competition will culminate with final presentations on Thursday, April 4. The event is on the eve of National Entrepreneurship Week, which runs Feb. 16-23. Continue reading

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Tax professor offers tips for tax season

After Congress’s long-fought battle over taxes, the tax change that the average taxpayer will see on his or her 2012 tax return is minimal. Just as important as tax law changes are filing deadlines and procedures. Continue reading

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