At Drury, we are passionate about student success and steadfast in the belief that a Drury education should always be accessible to deserving students. Through the Student Success Fund (ADEF), we can provide scholarships and financial aid, helping reduce the stress of funding a college education. The fund will also help reinforce Drury’s academic offerings by expanding educational opportunities and supporting our faculty.
Support for the endowment takes these efforts one step further, helping attract exceptional educators who enrich the learning experience, providing students with diverse expertise and mentorship in a dynamic environment.
Did you know 99% of Drury University freshmen receive financial aid?
Experiential Learning Grants are provided to support for-credit internships, research, or other hands-on learning experiences as part of Your Drury Fusion.
The Robert and Mary Cox Compass Center offers academic advising, career planning, accessibility and disability support, and academic workshops all under one roof.
Drury pioneered a groundbreaking academic experience that is defining and universal for every Drury student – Drury Fusion. This academic program positions and codifies Drury’s storied academic experience in a crowded market and is responsive to students’ needs and demands in this contemporary era.
Drury will continue to heed that call as a standout institution. We can do that by investing in our students, programs, and the places that are at the heart of the Drury experience. The historic halls of our 90-acre campus are an architectural expression of the wholistic educational experience at Drury and they must be maintained to further carry out our mission.
These gifts are a flexible and powerful form of support because they allow the university to use them as it sees fit, where current (and often time-sensitive) needs are greatest.
James and Patricia Spangler ’61/’61 recently donated $1 million for renovations that will have a significant impact on recruitment, retention, and our connection to the Springfield community.
Drury has continually evolved and innovated to ensure students are prepared to meet the challenges of their times. Our mission has remained constant. We are passionate about student success. Our educational program is not ordinary, it is extraordinary. Through our distinctive, demanding, but supportive academic program, we educate our students to be the leaders of tomorrow.
More than ever, we need future leaders who have learned to wrestle with big ideas, find common ground, build consensus, and lead with empathy. We educate our students to have this kind of depth. Drury is about community, connection, and engagement. That is why Drury is uniquely positioned for this moment and to make a lasting impact.
Why do you give to Drury?
“The key to ensuring positive outcomes in our world is leadership. Drury’s unique approach to education rooted in the liberal arts doesn’t just teach content, but also how to apply critical thinking, ethical decision making, and respectful dialogue at every level of leadership.
— Kent Sunderland, The Sunderland Foundation, chairman
The Joseph H. George Distinguished Lecture Series was established by the generosity of Walt and Susan George ’79/’80 to provide thoughtful discussion about the principles of servant leadership and raising up servant leaders.
The new PA program is a key aspect of Drury’s intent to bolster its long tradition of serving the Ozarks and Midwest by educating future leaders in the healthcare field.