WITH YOUR HELP
Dear valued alumni, family and friends, Drexel’s College of Arts and Sciences is committed to being a leader in liberal arts education. Thanks to our renowned faculty who are committed to research and innovation, and who are dedicated educators working alongside our students, the college proudly graduated 444 students in the class of 2024. These Forever Dragons will help shape industry and society in STEM, humanities and social sciences.
As we continue to grow our programs to best suit the needs of today’s students, community and our world, we recognize that our efforts would not be possible without your ongoing support. Thank you for your gift during last academic year! We are grateful to you and wanted to share how your generosity has recently impacted our college community.
David S. Brown, PhD Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Drexel University
Thanks to your support last academic year, Arts and Sciences students have presented at academic conferences around the world, attended study abroad programs that address global issues and participated in paid coop work opportunities that were previously uncompensated. Our departments have also benefited from your suppot, and over 250 students have been impacted by your generosity.
An extra thank you to those who gave during last year’s fall Build Relationships in Diverse Group Experiences (BRIDGE) appeal. The college is also proud to be partnering with other BRIDGE programs across the university to enhance our students’
This fund helps students access rewarding extracurricular activities without being deterred by the cost. Financial assistance is available to qualified Ats and Sciences students who wish to pursue an academic or civic opportunity outside of the classroom including, but not limited to presentations at academic conferences; chances for study abroad; conducting research outside of Drexel; and civic engagement aligned with their major.
Being able to travel and meet people from all over, while also getting to present my own research at a round table as an undergraduate student, is something I am so grateful for and will never forget.
This unique opportunity for Arts and Sciences undergraduates matches students with mentors from across the college to engage them in interdisciplinary research. The program launched in 2023 and is supported by the Dean’s Excellence Fund. So far, two cohorts have been successfully matched, giving undergraduates access to valuable research experience.
This has been a great opportunity to get experience in research, where it might be more difficult to do so for a co-op position. It has given me the chance to explore how I feel about research and will help me decide if I want to pursue it in the future. “
—Student Participant
Working with undergrads has been invaluable to my project. Ideas or information I would have taken for granted needs to be explained to them—and that’s a very good thing! Doing so has provided a footpath for how to go about organizing my research and how to make the project accessible. Without this, my project would have lacked the relevance that is so crucial.
—Harriet Millan Professor of English
