Drew University

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Drew University
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motto δωρεαν ελαβετε δωρεαν δοτε ( Freely you have received, freely give too ; Matthew 10.8 )
founding 1867
place Madison , New Jersey
country United States
president Vivian Bull
Students 2,369 (2013)
Employee 599 (2013)
Annual budget $ 195 million (2012)
Website www.drew.edu

The Drew University is a private university in Madison in the US state of New Jersey . In 2013 almost 2,400 students were enrolled. With annual tuition fees of $ 54,000, it is the most expensive university in the state.

history

In 1832, William Gibbons, owner of a steamboat operation, acquired an area of ​​around 460,000 square feet in Madison and named it The Forest . In 1867, the banker Daniel Drew bought this land for $ 140,000 and donated it to the Methodist Church to establish a Methodist Theological College. The Gibbons Mansion , previously built by Gibbons, was named after Drew's wife Roxanna Mead Mead Hall . During a Methodist centenary, Drew persuaded various members of the Church to help build and develop the college. He was able to win the theologian John McClintock as the first president of the university. Since the first students were accepted in the same year, the theological college was the third oldest Methodist college within the Evangelical Methodist Church . As a result, the well-known theologian James Strong became a professor at the college.

The Mead Hall

Graduates have been able to do a doctorate at the university since 1912. With the establishment of the "College of Missions" in 1920, courses and seminars for women were offered for the first time. In 1928 the university accepted a $ 1.5 million donation from brothers Arthur and Leonard Baldwin to help establish a humanities faculty. After its establishment, it was named "Brothers College" in honor of the brothers. Shortly thereafter, the college took on the current name "Drew University". From 1942 onwards, the Brothers College also accepted women in its courses, as the number of male students threatened to decimate considerably as a result of the Second World War . In 1955 the graduate school was founded.

In 1984, Professors Philip Jensen and Richard Detweiler initiated the "Computer Initiative", through which every student received their own computer and the necessary software. Drew University was the first humanities university to offer this. In 1990, former Governor Thomas Kean became the university's tenth president. After a donation of 5 million euros from the banker Finn MW Caspersen , the previous graduate school was renamed "Caspersen School of Graduate Studies" in 1999. During his 15-year tenure, Kean raised the profile of the university. He tripled the funding and established new faculties of African Studies , Asian Studies , Russian Studies and Middle Eastern Studies .

In 2015, retired biochemist William C. Campbell , a Rice Fellow at Drew University, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine .

President

courses

Within the College of Liberal Arts , Drew University offers 30 courses, outside of which there are another 20. Various programs are offered to support students:

  • Research Institute for Scientists Emeriti : Under the supervision of retired scientists, selected students are employed in research.
  • New York Semester on Contemporary Art : Students meet weekly to discuss contemporary topics and visit art museums in New York two days a week .
  • Drew Summer Science Institute : A summer project in which about 15 students work together on research projects with scientific mentors.
  • Semester on Wall Street : Twice a week, 20 students take courses at New York's St. John's University , with guest lectures by employees of banks and financial services companies on Wall Street .
  • Semester on The United Nations : 20 students attend lectures twice a week at the New York Church Center and receive guest lectures from employees at the neighboring UN headquarters .
  • London Semester : Students explore political and social change in the UK .

In addition, nine degrees are offered:

  • Master of Arts in Teaching
  • Master of Fine Arts in Poetry
  • Master of Letters
  • Doctor of Letters
  • Certificate in Medical Humanities
  • Masters of Medical Humanities
  • Doctor of Medical Humanities
  • Master of Arts
  • Doctor of Philosophy

In addition, six theological degrees are offered:

  • Master of Arts
  • Master of Arts in Ministry
  • Master of Divinity
  • Master of Sacred Theology
  • Doctor of Ministry
  • Doctor of Philosophy

See also

Web links

Commons : Drew University  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William C. Campbell on the pages of the Nobel Foundation
Universities in New Jersey
State universities

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey  • New Jersey Institute of Technology  • Rowan University  • The College of New Jersey  • Kean  • Montclair State  • New Jersey City  • Ramapo  • Richard Stockton  • Thomas Edison State  • William Paterson

Private universities

Bloomfield  • Caldwell  • Centenary  • College of Saint Elizabeth  • Drew  • Fairleigh Dickinson  • Felician  • Georgian Court  • Monmouth  • Princeton  • Rider  • Saint Peter’s  • Seton Hall  • Stevens Institute of Technology