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Drury’s Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposium to honor top female entrepreneurs

Drury University’s Edward Jones Center for Entrepreneurship is looking to recognize the top female entrepreneurs in the region. The winners of these inaugural awards will be honored at the annual Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposium (WES) to be held at Drury’s Trustee Science Center on Saturday, Feb. 2. This is the first year the WES event has given awards to top female entrepreneurs. Continue reading

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Drury students’ posters are designed to decrease underage drinking

Drury University students took first and second place in the Community Partnership of the Ozarks Underage Drinking Task Force (UDTF) Higher Education Committee Annual Poster Contest. Drury sophomore design arts major Carlie Townsend’s poster was selected as the top overall entry. Nathan Harrison, a Drury fifth year senior majoring in architecture, was second. Both of the winning posters were designed in Dudley Murphy’s visual communications course. Continue reading

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Drury communication students to present research at regional conference

Nine Drury communication majors have been selected to present their research at the 2012 Central States Communication Association (CSCA) President’s Undergraduate Honors Research Conference. The conference will be held in Cleveland, Ohio on March 30-31. Continue reading

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Drury professor’s Civil War book earns prestigious award

Dr. Randall Fuller, Professor of English and the Director of the Honors Program, received the Christian Gauss Award for his book, From Battlefield’s Rising: How the Civil War Transformed American Literature. This award is given to books that show exceptional literary scholarship and criticism. Fuller was presented with the award Friday, Dec. 2 at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. Continue reading

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Springfield Business Journal honors Drury University

Springfield Business Journal magazine honored Drury University as a Choice Employer. Drury finished third in the category of employers with more than 301 employees. Continue reading

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Drury senior to present at Missouri Sociological Association conference

SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Oct. 7, 2011 — Drury senior, Emily Brown, is the winner of the 2011 Alvin Gouldner Undergraduate Student Paper Competition.  As the winner of the award, Brown will present a paper at the annual conference of the Missouri … Continue reading

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Drury SIFE team receives leadership award worth $5,000

Drury University’s Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team received the Jenzabar Foundation Student Leadership Award, including a $5,000 grant, on Wednesday, June 1 in Nashville, Tenn. Several member of the Drury SIFE team were present to receive the award at the Jenzabar Student Leadership Awards Ceremony held in conjunction with Jenzabar’s annual meeting. Continue reading

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Drury University receives annual award from the NAACP

The Springfield Chapter of the NAACP awarded Drury University with the Drum Major Award at the organization’s annual banquet on Saturday, May 14. Continue reading

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Drury student recognized as Missouri Student Employee of the Year

Drury senior Lucas Schubert is Drury’s and Missouri’s 2011 Student Employee of the Year. Continue reading

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Drury alumnus inducted into Springfield Public Schools Hall of Fame

Drury graduate Rabbi Walter Jacob has been inducted into the Springfield Public Schools Hall of Fame. Rabbi Walter Jacob ‘50 was one of the three inductees recognized in Springfield, Mo., Oct. 28, during an awards luncheon. A retired rabbi, Jacob … Continue reading

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