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Drury has more than 1,600 students on opening day 2012

Drury University has an opening day enrollment of 1,612 in the traditional Day School. Continue reading

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A Grand Opening celebration for Drury on C-Street

On Thursday, May 10 at 11 a.m., Drury and the Springfield Chamber of Commerce will host a ribbon cutting for Drury on C-Street. That evening, Drury students, faculty, staff, donors and community members will celebrate the Grand Opening of Drury on C-Street from 6:30-9 p.m. Drury on C-Street is located at 233 E. Commercial St. in Springfield. 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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Working weekends to gain invaluable research experience

On a typical Saturday afternoon on the Drury University campus, while students are working, exercising, reading or relaxing; in a second floor lab at the Trustee Science Center, undergraduate students are performing research to earn credit and to help the scientific community. Continue reading

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Drury’s learning and living leadership community

SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Nov. 21, 2011 —Before starting my freshman year at Drury University, I expected what every prospective freshman expects: hard classes, immense amounts of homework, and making new friends. What I didn’t expect was that I would be taking … Continue reading

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Harry Potter’s favorite sport returns to Drury on Saturday

Lord Voldemort may be vanquished and Harry Potter may be middle-aged, but the athletic tradition inspired by Hogwarts lives on at Drury University. Drury’s second annual Quidditch tournament brings the battle for the quaffle and the snitch to Sunderland Field on Saturday, Nov. 19 beginning at 10 a.m. Continue reading

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Drury and Askinosie Chocolate continue partnership through Cocoa Honors

Cocoa Honors, an extension of the Chocolate University program, has come full circle in its mission to assist Askinosie Chocolate in producing a single-origin bar from Africa, while also impacting the lives of the farmers within an African village.
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Drury Architecture students help to revitalize Missouri cities

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). This semester, students are working on projects in Urich, Osceola and Windsor. 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, they call the “visioning toolkit”. Continue reading

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Drury graduate takes first place at New York’s Vimeo Awards

Drury graduate Chris Beckman placed first in the experimental video category at the Vimeo Awards over the weekend. Beckman’s video was chosen out of over 6500 finalists, and it was recognized at the awards show in New York City on Oct. 8 and 9. Continue reading

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Drury professor and student are recognized as top female communicators

The Association for Women in Communications (AWC) recently honored Drury Communication Student Lauren Ormsby and Communication Associate Professor Regina Waters, Ph. D., with two of the organization’s top awards. Continue reading

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