2008 Woodie Awards
Two men and a teenager are in custody after being arrested in the University Center parking lot last night on handgun and drug charges, according to a release by the Morris County Prosecutors Office. Fuquan Cromwell and James Grate, both 22, and a 16-year-old male were traveling in a black Honda Civic when the car was stopped on campus at 8:08 p.
When Nam Joong Kim was working as a pastor for teenagers in South Korea, he dreamed of furthering his religious education at the most prestigious theological school a Korean pastor could possibly attend-the one located thousands of miles away at Drew University in Madison, N.
Rumor has been circulating that Drew has a serious retention problem with rates as low as 60 percent. According to Provost Pamela Gunter-Smith, however, that figure is incorrect and the University does not have poor retention. "We've really been focusing on retention for the last couple of years," she said.
Nine Drew students took part in the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Silent March in Montclair last Saturday. Organized by Garden State Equality, a group working to gain fairer laws for LGBT New Jerseyans, the protest was one of many that took place across the country, from San Francisco to Little Rock to Boston, to show support against Proposition 8.
On Tuesday, Drew Students for Life hosted a pro-life speaker President of the Pro-Life Alliance of Gays and Lesbians (PLAGAL) Cecilia Brown to create a better understanding of the pro-life community. Brown's lecture, titled "Lesbian, Liberal, and Pro-Life," covered her abortion, her path to the pro-life movement as a liberal lesbian, and the founding, history and future of PLAGAL.
A student or group of students broke into the University Center and the Pub at 4:49 a.m. on Sunday. According to Chief of Public Safety Tom Evans, no major vandalism was committed, but various snack foods were stolen and the keys to the UC and the Pub were missing.
The Diversity Conference took place at Drew University on Friday to expose students, faculty and other attendees to the various ways that they can implement environmental sustainability and social diversity in their communities. The annual conference focuses on creating programs and tools to help people successfully promote diversity in their communities.
An era is coming to an end at Drew University. Professor of History John Perry Leavell, who has been a member of the Drew faculty for 41 years, is retiring this year. Leavell joined the Drew faculty in 1967 after receiving his doctorate from Tulane University.
Dreaming big is not the only thing that Max Tynan ('09) and Austin Davis ('11) have in common. They both have a passion that they hope will better the Drew University community when it comes to going green and increasing Drew's alternative energy plans. "We would like to utilize the latest solar technologies -Thin-Film - and integrate them into the forum roof and building.