Drury has had nine student-athletes represent their countries in the Olympic games in swimming & diving, with the last being Karol Ostrowski (Poland, 2020-21)
2022-2023: Drury had nine NCAA sports represented in national championship events: women’s tennis, men’s tennis, women’s golf, triathlon, women’s cross country, wrestling, men’s swimming & diving, women’s swimming & diving, and women’s basketball
2022-2023: Drury Athletics had 69 student-athletes earn all-conference honors in the GLVC.
2022-2023: Drury won two GLVC Championships: men’s swimming & diving, and women’s basketball.
2022-2023: The women’s basketball team went 31-2 and finished with the number eight national ranking in NCAA-II.
2022-2023: The men’s swim team finished as the NCAA-II Runner-Up, while the women’s squad finished 3rd in the nation.
2022-2023: The women’s tennis team won the GLVC West Division, won the NCAA-II Sub-Regional championship and advanced to the Round of 16 in the national championship tournament
Program Highlights
Drury’s Master of Architecture program is accredited by NAAB and required a five-year course of study plus a study abroad experience and an internship experience. It is one of the only liberal-arts-based architecture programs in the country.
The Olin Library houses one of the finest rare book collections in the region, which includes volumes printed as early as 1472.
Drury’s communication, arts administration, and education departments offer a “4+1” program that allows students to earn their bachelor’s degrees and master’s degrees in a total of five years.
The Springfield-Drury Civic Orchestra is a national award winning, 100 piece ensemble that combines students with faculty, professional musicians and members drawn from across the region.
History students have been awarded the prestigious Teach for America fellowship as well as scholarships for law school and graduate studies in history, divinity studies, medieval studies, Central European studies and political science.
In 2021, Drury’s College of Continuing Professional Studies was awarded a renewal of a five-year, $2.3 million CAMP grant, which will expand the support for children of migrant workers attending the Drury Monett campus.
Computer science majors regularly produce award-winning research, some for national agencies such as NASA.
The Research Experience for Undergraduates (RENS) provides summer funding for students in biomedical research under the direction of a member of the natural sciences faculty.
Drury has a medical scholars’ programs with five medical schools in Missouri. These programs allow students who meet program criteria to apply to medical school at the end of their sophomore year.
Recent signature Washington, DC internships include the State Department, congressional committees, the EPA, the Justice Department, strategic communication firms, the Bulgarian Embassy to the US, and Amnesty International.
The Drury Singers tour internationally every other year. Recent tours include Turkey, Greece, Germany, Denmark and Sweden.
Drury’s elementary education program is nationally recognized by the Association of Childhood Education International as an exemplary program.
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