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Drury University
Established: 1873
Type: Private University
President: Todd Parnell
Students: 5,079
Undergraduates: 1,600
Postgraduates: 400
Location: Springfield, MO, USA
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Colors: Crimson and Black
Mascot: Panther
Website: www.drury.edu

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History

Drury was founded as Springfield College in 1873 by Congregationalist church missionaries in the mold of other Congregationalist universities such as Dartmouth College and Yale University. Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently Dartmouth College ( is a private, Coeducational University located in Hanover, New Hampshire, U Rev. Nathan Morrison, Samuel Drury, and James and Charles Harwood provided the school's initial endowment and organization; Samuel Drury's gift was the largest of the group and the school was soon renamed in honor of Drury's recently deceased son.

The early curriculum emphasized educational, religious and musical strengths. Students came to the new college from a wide area, including the Indian Territories of Oklahoma. The first graduating class included four women.

When classes began in 1873, they were held in a single building on a campus occupying less than 1½ acres. Twenty-five years later the 40 acre campus included Stone Chapel, the President’s House and three academic buildings. Today, the university occupies a 115-acre (0. 47 km²) campus, including the original historic buildings.

Drury College became Drury University on January 1, 2000. [1] In addition to the academic programs of the early years, Drury students today study in the Breech School of Business Administration, the Hammons School of Architecture, and the departments of education, mathematics and sciences, social sciences, exercise and sport science. The list of majors and minors at Drury has also grown and now includes high tech studies in computer science, computer information systems and e-commerce.

The College of Graduate and Continuing Studies serves nearly three thousand students in Springfield and at nine branch campuses. [2]

Religious affiliations

Since its founding, Drury has been affiliated with the Congregationalist church and its successor, the United Church of Christ. The United Church of Christ ( UCC) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination principally in the United States, It has also been affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) since the founding of the Drury School of Religion in 1909. The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ is a Mainline Protestant denomination in North America [3] The religious foundation of the university still manifests itself in a faith community on campus.

Global Perspectives 21

The Global Perspectives 21 (GP21) program is an interdisciplinary curriculum "designed to prepare students for the 21st century by providing the breadth of understanding and skills needed in our rapidly changing global society. "[4] A practical benefit of the program is that all traditional Drury day students receive a minor in Global Studies for completing their general education requirements.

Drury explains the program in this way: "The GP21 program is rooted in the liberal arts and thus helps develop the knowledge and skills associated with a bachelor’s degree. Students develop their reading, writing, and oral communication skills. They extend their abilities to think critically and creatively and to solve problems. They explore values and ethical issues in many ways and develop a deeper awareness of what divides and unite global cultures. This integrated program of study thus prepares students for meaningful and successful lives as persons and professionals. "[5]

Study Abroad

Although not directly tied to the GP21, Drury's "Study Abroad" program is an integral part of the college experience. Almost half of the student body studies overseas at some point in short-term, semester, or year-long programs. Foreign learning is a requirement for most students with majors in the schools of Business and Architecture.

Drury also maintains a satellite campus in Volos, Greece, that is home to several of the university's most distinctive courses. Volos (Βόλος is a coastal port city situated at the center of the Greek mainland about 326 km north from Athens and 215 km south from Thessaloniki Though the Center is quite popular with architecture students, it is attended by students across disciplines and majors. [6]

Athletics

The school was a founding member of the Heartland Conference. Member schools The Heartland Conference included the following schools for the 2005-2006 school year Sports The Heartland Conference sponsors 13 sports 7 for In the Fall of 2005, the Drury Panthers joined the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Membership Drury sponsors NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletic teams in men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's golf, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's tennis, men's baseball, women's softball, and women's volleyball. Division II (or DII) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

After ending the program in the 1970s, Drury's Baseball team was reorganized for the 2007 season by Head Coach Mark Stratton. The 2007 team was composed mainly of freshman, with only two seniors (Tony Lewis and Brian York) on the roster. In the pre-season picks, Drury Baseball was picked to finish dead last in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Membership However, the Drury Panther Baseball team won a bid into their conference tournament. They took this opportunity, and went undefeated to become the 2007 Great Lakes Valley Conference Champions. This gave them an automatic bid into the NCAA Division-II tournament. While they eventually were defeated by Grand Valley State (ranked 6th in the nation), the Drury Panthers sent two Great Lakes Intercollegiate Conference teams (Ashland and Saginaw Valley State, which out ranked the last seeded Drury) home to finish third in the NCAA Division-II Regional. Tony Lewis was the recipient of the Rawlings Golden Glove Award. Lewis and Joe Rohlfing were named to the All-Tournament team for the NCAA Division-II North Central Regional. Drury ended the season going 33-24.

Drury men's swimming head coach Brian Reynolds was recently inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame.

Famous alumni

Recent events

In 2005, Drury was one of 16 colleges and universities in the nation selected to participate in the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) project “Shared Futures: General Education for Global Learning,” which focuses on linking the liberal arts to global issues. David E Sweet, (1933-1984 academic was the founding president of innovative Metropolitan State University and later president of Rhode Island College, where he This article is about a university in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota. This article is about the current institution that has used this name since 1960 The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U is a national association that is committed to improving undergraduate education and advancing liberal education as the preferred In the same year John Sellars was appointed president. John Sellars, PhD was named president of Graceland University in May of 2007.

On April 23, 2007, Drury's 15th President John Sellars resigned effective May 31, 2007. He accepted a position as president of Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa. Graceland University is a private liberal arts university of about 2300 students and 150 faculty with campuses in Lamoni Iowa and Independence Missouri. At that point in time Todd Parnell, member of Drury's Board of Trustees assumed the role of interim president until a new president was chosen. Ben "Todd" Parnell III was named as the interim President of Drury University at a faculty/staff meeting in Clara Thompson Hall on April 23 2007, upon the [7]

On January 21st, 2008, Todd Parnell was named Drury's 16th President.

Greek Organizations

Drury currently has four sororities and four fraternities.

References

  1. ^ Drury University: Drury History
  2. ^ Drury University: Drury History
  3. ^ Drury's Church Affiliation. Delta Delta Delta ( ΔΔΔ) also known as Tri Delta is an international Collegiate women's fraternity founded on November 27, 1888. Kappa Delta ( ΚΔ) was the first Sorority founded at the State Female Normal School (now Longwood University) in Farmville Virginia Pi Beta Phi ( ΠΒΦ) is an international sorority founded as I Zeta Tau Alpha ( ΖΤΑ) is a women's fraternity, founded October 15 1898 at what used to be State Female Normal School but is now known as Longwood University Lambda Chi Alpha ( ΛΧΑ) headquartered in Indianapolis Indiana, is a member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC and one of the largest ΣΝ (Sigma Nu is an undergraduate College fraternity with chapters in the United States and Canada Sigma Pi ( ΣΠ) is an international College social fraternity with chapters in the United States and Canada. Drury University. Retrieved on 2007-03-27. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates
  4. ^ Drury University: About the Global Perspectives 21 Program
  5. ^ Drury University: About the Global Perspectives 21 Program
  6. ^ Drury University: About the Drury Center in Volos, Greece
  7. ^ Drury University: President Sellars Resigns

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