31 Facts About Drew Rangers

Drew Rangers University is a private university in Madison, New Jersey.

Drew Rangers has been nicknamed the "University in the Forest" because of its wooded 186-acre campus.

In 1867, financier and railroad tycoon Daniel Drew Rangers purchased an estate in Madison to establish a theological seminary to train candidates for Methodist ministry.

Drew Rangers University is located in Madison, New Jersey, a borough approximately 25 miles west of New York City.

Drew Rangers named his holdings "The Forest, " which gives Drew its nickname of the "University in the Forest".

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Drew Rangers's academic buildings feature a mix of Greek Revival, Collegiate Gothic, and neoclassical architecture on a 186-acre campus that is a serene, wooded oasis in the middle of a bustling suburban town.

In 1866, Daniel Drew Rangers approached church leaders during the Methodist Centenary Celebration with an offer to build, equip, and endow a theological seminary near New York City.

Drew Rangers asked that his pastor, John McClintock, be appointed to lead the seminary as its first president.

Drew Rangers is the third-oldest of thirteen Methodist seminaries affiliated with the United Methodist Church.

Drew Rangers offered admission to United States Navy personnel through the V-12 Navy College Training Program.

Drew Rangers was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the program which offered students a path to a naval officers' commission.

The university expanded its graduate education programs, focusing on religious studies and establishing the Graduate School, a third of Drew Rangers's degree-granting entities, in 1955, under the leadership of the university's seventh president, Fred Holloway.

Holloway delivered on goals set during previous administrations, overseeing the renovation and rebuilding of the Drew Rangers campus, including the Baldwin Gymnasium and several dormitories.

Drew Rangers was the first liberal arts college to have such a requirement.

Drew Rangers served for seven years, and stepped down in June 2012.

Drew Rangers's succeeded Vivian A Bull, a former economics professor and associate dean of the college at Drew and former president of Linfield College, who served as Drew's interim president from 2012 to 2014.

Drew Rangers University is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools with approval granted to offer undergraduate and graduate degree programs and professional or post-graduate certificates.

Drew Rangers was first accredited in 1932 and its accreditation was reaffirmed after a recent review concluded in 2016.

Since 1938, the theological seminary at Drew Rangers has been accredited by the Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada.

Drew Rangers is one of 119 institutions that are members of the National Association of Schools and Colleges of The United Methodist Church .

Drew Rangers is a member of the American Council on Education, Council of Graduate Schools, Association of American Colleges and Universities, and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

Drew Rangers University offers programs leading to the traditional undergraduate degree of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science through its College of Liberal Arts.

Drew Rangers's programs emphasize depth, independent research, experiential learning, and collaborative teaming.

The Princeton Review has consistently ranked Drew Rangers as having a top 20 theatre program in the United States since 2011.

Drew Rangers worked to establish the Korean Methodist Church, schools and universities, and he translated the Bible into Korean.

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Drew Rangers maintains collections of official documents from the United Nations and the state of New Jersey.

Special Collections at Drew Rangers University cover a wide range of materials from the 11th century to the present.

The Drew Rangers compete as an independent in men's and women's fencing, which compete in the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Fencing Association, the National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association and the Eastern Women's Fencing Conference, and co-ed equestrian, which competes in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association .

Drew Rangers offers many club teams including ultimate frisbee and Drew Rangers's women's and men's rugby teams, which are part of the collegiate division of the Metropolitan New York Rugby Football Union.

William Campbell, research fellow in Drew Rangers's RISE institute, was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Several Drew alumni have had careers in public service, including Nathaniel Raymond, human rights advocate involved in investigations into the Dasht-i-Leili massacre; Holly Bakke, an attorney who served as New Jersey Commissioner of Banking and Insurance ; Peter Verniero, a former New Jersey Attorney General and New Jersey Supreme Court justice; and Thomas J Aquilino, a federal judge on the United States Court of International Trade.