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2023
- Drexel University and Peirce College to Collaborate on Academic Programs That Support Career Transition for Adults
  
  May 31, 2023
  Drexel University and Peirce College are working together to expand access for adult learners interested in advancing their education and preparing a more diverse talent pipeline for employers in the region.
  
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- Drexel and Salus Universities Formalize Merger Agreement
  
  May 25, 2023
  
  The respective Boards of Trustees of Drexel and Salus have approved a path toward a merger of our two universities. We anticipate formalizing this merger agreement with Salus the week of June 12.
- How Drexel's New Academic Resource Center (ARC) Will Be a Hub for Student Success
  
  May 22, 2023
  The goal is to create a concierge approach to academic tutoring, coaching and advising that empowers students and reduces barriers for finding support.
  
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- Drexel and Salus Universities Are Exploring an ‘Affiliation’ — What Could Be the Latest Pairing of Local Schools
  
  April 17, 2023
  
  President John Fry was quoted in April 17 Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Business Journal stories and an April 18 Philly Voice story...
2022
- Drexel Strategic Plan Updates From Spring 2022
  
  July 14, 2022
  A year after the official start of implementation, the Strategic Plan CORE team held community updates, roundtables and other meetings during the spring months to inform the Drexel University faculty and professional staff about what’s been worked on to prepare Drexel for the next decade.
  
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- Drexel Strategic Plan Updates From Spring 2022
  
  July 14, 2022
  
  More than a year after the start of its implementation, Drexel University’s strategic plan, Drexel 2030 — Designing the Future, has fully formed its six imperative teams and 12 initiative teams, represented by more than 300 faculty and professional staff, and is beginning the work to solidify and strengthen the University and all of its units, practices, programs and people for the next 10 years.
- Drexel Concludes Record-breaking $800 Million Fundraising Campaign
  
  June 30, 2022
  By engaging with over 42,000 alumni, Drexel surpassed several Campaign goals to set the course for its future success and strategic initiatives.
  
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- Discussion Links Drexel’s Anti-Racism Efforts and Its New Strategic Plan
  
  February 23, 2022
  In a recorded discussion, University leaders shared how the commitments from the Anti-Racism Task Force are being integrated into Drexel’s ongoing strategic planning process.
  
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2021
- Anti-Racism Task Force Final Report
  
  September 23, 2021
  The Anti-Racism Task Force’s Final Report, released as a PDF on September 13, is now live on its own webpage at drexel.edu/anti-racism. Toward an Anti-Racist Drexel: The Anti-Racism Task Force’s Final Report and the University’s Commitments to Change is meant to be a living document where we will track our progress toward the goals laid out in the report.
  
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- Town Hall Recap: Implementing Drexel’s 2020–2030 Strategic Plan
  
  June 23, 2021
  On June 21, University leaders provided an update on the current status of how faculty and professional staff are taking steps to execute the strategic plan — and how they can still get involved.
  
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- Update on the Current and Future ‘State of the Campus’
  
  May 17, 2021
  University leaders discussed today’s admissions and student life news as well as upcoming priorities of the new strategic plan.
  
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- A Deep Dive into Drexel’s 2030 Strategic Plan
  
  January 12, 2021
  Members of the strategic plan Executive Planning Committee explain how “Drexel 2030: Designing the Future” will help the University reach its full potential as an academic model uniquely suited to the work of the future.
  
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2020
- Fall Update Provides Details About Drexel’s 2020–2030 Strategic Plan
  
  November 02, 2020
  At an Oct. 30 question-and-answer event, University leaders described the strategic plan as a “living list” that is being driven by Drexel stakeholders, and discussed issues such as pricing, efficiencies, revenue and marketing.
  
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- A Virtual Update on Drexel’s 2020–2030 Strategic Plan
  
  July 29, 2020
  On July 28, several members of the Executive Planning Committee provided insight into how they are working to prepare for Drexel’s future in the midst of this year’s unique challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic and systemic racial injustice.
  
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- Work Continues on Drexel’s Strategic Plan, with Input from Community Survey
  
  May 06, 2020
  Results from a February survey shows widespread agreement that Drexel’s ties to the city, co-op and employers belong at the heart of Drexel’s 2020-2030 Strategic Plan, now set for release later this year.
  
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- Where Do We Want Drexel To Be in 10 Years?
  
  January 22, 2020
  Starting this month, the committee working on Drexel’s new 10-Year Strategic Plan will begin meeting with colleges and schools to seek input on how Drexel should navigate the upcoming crucial decade.
  
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2015
- President Fry’s Contract Extended 5 Years
  
  October 21, 2015
  The new contract provides stability to Drexel that will allow its long-term goals to continue on and continue to strengthen the University.
  
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- Final 2015 Strategic Plan Town Hall With President Fry Held in Center City
  
  May 06, 2015
  Drexel’s Center City Campus was the site of the final scheduled town hall for 2015 as President Fry discussed the next phase of the University’s strategic plan designed to be carried out over the next four years.
  
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- College of Medicine the Focus of President Fry’s 3rd Town Hall
  
  April 24, 2015
  At the Queen Lane Campus, President John A. Fry continued his series of town halls on the strategic plan, speaking about the future of Drexel, including Queen Lane specifically.
  
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- President Fry Holds 2nd Town Hall on ‘Viable and Transformative’ Strategic Plan
  
  April 17, 2015
  In the second of four scheduled town halls on Drexel’s strategic plan refresh, Fry touched on the goals of the plan, which included promoting social justice and upping the ante on research.
  
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- Fry Hosting Second Town Hall on Strategic Plan’s New Phase
  
  April 09, 2015
  President John A. Fry is hosting a second town hall, this one in the morning, to again go through the goals of the strategic plan’s next phase and take questions.
  
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- Fry Discusses Drexel’s Future in Year’s First Town Hall
  
  April 02, 2015
  President John Fry discussed increasing engagement with Philadelphia, expanding the University’s global reach and implementing a new recruitment philosophy in the first town hall to discuss a refresh of Drexel’s strategic plan.
  
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- President Fry Hosts First Strategic Plan Town Hall: A Quick Recap
  
  April 01, 2015
  President John Fry held his first town hall of the year Wednesday afternoon to brief faculty and professional staff on the next phase of Drexel University’s strategic plan.
  
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- President Fry Rolling Out Refreshed Strategic Plan in Town Halls
  
  March 25, 2015
  Three years after Drexel’s strategic plan first took shape, President John Fry will host town halls across the University to discuss the plan’s next phase.
  
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2014
- Balancing the Budget
  
  February 24, 2014
  Ever had an idea for how to make things run more smoothly and efficiently at Drexel? Well, now's the time to share it.
  
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2013
- Opening AJ Drexel Institute for Energy and the Environment
  
  December 16, 2013
  Drexel University is opening a new research institute that will strive to answer some of the most challenging questions about energy and environmental sustainability facing the nation today.
  
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- Jim Tucker Q-and-A
  
  December 11, 2013
  New building projects are seemingly sprouting left and right on Drexel's campus. But how are all these projects being funded? Senior Vice President Jim Tucker spoke with DrexelNow about the issue.
  
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- Faculty Town Hall
  
  December 04, 2013
  Dollars and cents were a frequent topic of conversation at President John Fry’s town-hall meeting for faculty at the University City Campus this week, and Drexel’s financial numbers paint an optimistic picture, Fry said.
  
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- Queen Lane Town Hall
  
  November 20, 2013
  With the removal of the operational "firewall" separating Drexel's College of Medicine from the rest of the University looming next year, President Fry addressed the effort to create "One University" at a town hall meeting for Queen Lane Campus employees Monday.
  
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- CityAge
  
  November 18, 2013
  What will Philadelphia look like in 30 years, and what role will Drexel play in its transformation? President John Fry and Mayor Michael Nutter addressed these questions at last week's CityAge gathering at Drexel.
  
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- Drexel Student Learning Priorities
  
  October 30, 2013
  The word "Communication" on an elevator door at the Hagerty Library is no empty buzzword: It's one of 12 goals, the Drexel Student Learning Priorities, that should be at the center of every Drexel student's experience, according to the University's strategic plan.
  
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- Strategic Plan Town Halls
  
  October 28, 2013
  President Fry will once again welcome faculty and professional staff to a series of strategic plan town halls billed as “A Conversation on Progress at Drexel.” The events begin next week.
  
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- Brazilian Teachers Program
  
  February 18, 2013
  Drexel is wrapping up a unique new exchange program that brought a group of high-school English teachers from Brazil to the United States for six weeks of intensive English language training and professional development.
  
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