DRURY UNIVERSITY AVA CAMPUS

The Drury University Ava campus serves Ava and the surrounding communities with classes held at the Ava Middle School at 709 N.E. Third Street. The campus opened in 1997 with 7 students. Today, there are over 400 students enrolled, as well as academic advising, financial aid assistance, and career counseling.

The CGCS Ava campus serves students living throughout Douglas, Ozark and Wright counties. The classes are held in the evening at the Ava High School. Drury began offering classes at Ava in 1997, currently there are over 400 students working toward a variety of undergraduate degrees. Students can work on their degree while working fulltime and/or raising a family through a combination of evening and online classes. In 2009, Drury opened a new office in Ava at 1904 S. Jefferson, to better accommodate the growing number of students.

Drury University offers bright, achieving students a commitment to personalized education and diversity With more than 50 majors and academic programs and a beautifully scenic 80 acre campus in Springfield, Missouri, Drury offers a innovative, intense yet very personal approach to learning Drury University is a private liberal arts college in Springfield, Missouri. The university enrolls about 1, 550 undergraduates, over 2, 000 adult part-time undergraduates and around 400 graduate students in six master's programs. In total, its enrollment numbers at about 3, 550 students.

Founded in 1873, the Drury University Springfield campus is a blend of historic and contemporary buildings. All courses for undergraduate and graduate programs are offered at the Springfield campus. 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. 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 (160, 000 m2) 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 is an independent university, church-related, grounded in the liberal arts tradition, and committed to personalized education in a community of scholars who value the arts of teaching and learning.