Drew University

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• Started as a Methodist seminary in 1867, Drew is today an independent university of distinction with an abiding belief in the liberal arts and the use of technology in support of teaching and learning. The university gains its strength from an endowment of more than $200 million, among the top in the nation on a per student basis, and annually draws more National Merit Scholars than many of the other top liberal arts colleges in the nation.
• With a total enrollment of 2,600 men and women, the university has a reputation for excellence and innovation. Its undergraduate college is recognized as one of the top liberal arts colleges in the nation, and ranks in the top third of the nation's top liberal arts colleges. Drew is led by Robert Weisbuch, former president of the Woodrow Wilson National Foundation, who became Drew's eleventh president in July 2005.
• Drew's College of Liberal Arts offers undergraduate students majors in 27 subjects, with interdisciplinary minors in 18 areas and student-designed minors which focus on a particular topic, problem, or theme and which are approved by a faculty sponsor. The College also offers several preparatory programs, including pre-law, pre-business, pre-medicine and as well as medical and engineering/applied science dual degree programs. There are also numerous opportunities for off-campus study, including s including semester-long New York City and Washingtn, D.C. programs and month-long, academically intensive Drew International Seminars.
• Drew's campus is primarily residential and most of its more than 1,600 undergraduates and the majority of its Caspersen and Theological school students live on campus. The Drew campus itself is home to the highly acclaimed Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, which is in residence year-round, offering students access to one of the nation's leading classic theatre companies.
• Profile last updated: 01/14/2009.

In the News:

• Art exhibit at Drew Library evokes first emotions after 9/11 attacks (Florham Park Eagle)
  posted on July 12, 2011 at 08:20:30 pm
  MADISON ‑ Drew University is marking the beginning of the 10th anniversary year of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with an exhibit of powerful commemorative drawings by New York-based artist
• Drew University students curate Shahn sculpture exhibit to open Friday, Feb. 4 (Florham Park Eagle)
  posted on July 12, 2011 at 08:18:48 pm
  MADISON ‑ “Selected Heads,” an exhibit of sculpture by Jonathan Shahn, will open Friday, Feb. 4, and continue through Tuesday, March 15, at the Korn Gallery in the Dorothy Young Center for the Arts
• Drew’s undergraduate courses open to community members (Independent Press)
  posted on July 8, 2011 at 07:30:01 pm
  MADISON — Community members seeking educational enrichment are invited to sit in as guests in undergraduate courses through the Community Education Audit (CEA) program at Drew University. The program offers area residents the opportunity to enroll in semester long courses...
• Universities in N.J. are some of the costliest in the nation (The Star-Ledger)
  posted on July 1, 2011 at 12:46:39 am
  Alexandra Pais/New Jersey Local News ServiceMead Hall at Drew University is shown in a September 2009 file photo. For years, New Jersey college students have complained that they were paying some of the highest tuition rates in the country. Now,...
• Shakespeare Theatre presents ‘Timon of Athens’ on Madison main stage (Independent Press)
  posted on June 26, 2011 at 01:15:12 pm
  The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey will present William Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens, July 6 to 24 at the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theater on the campus of Drew University, 36 Madison Ave. Single tickets for Timon of Athens are now...

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