SATURDAY, AUGUST 12
- Drake Day @ The Iowa State Fair, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Iowa State Fairgrounds.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 15
- Drake women’s soccer vs. Grand Valley State, 6 p.m., Cownie Park.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 17
- Drake men’s soccer vs. Notre Dame, 7 p.m., Cownie Park.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18
- Drake women’s soccer vs. Kansas, 6 p.m., Cownie Park.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 19
- Drake men’s soccer vs. Hastings University, 7 p.m., Drake Stadium.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 25
- Drake men’s soccer vs. Missouri-Kansas City, 7 p.m., Drake Stadium.
MONDAY, AUGUST 28
- Classes for fall semester begin.
- Bulldog Golf Classic-Corn Feed, golf begins at 12:15 p.m., Willow Creek Golf Course, West Des Moines. Dinner begins 6 p.m. at the clubhouse, featuring new Drake athletic director Sandy Hatfield Clubb and Drake men’s basketball coach Tom Davis, Drake women’s basketball coach Amy Stephens and Drake football coach Rob Ash. Cost is $80 for golf outing only, $20 for dinner only and $95 for corn feed dinner combo. Call 515-271-1946 or e-mail bulldog.rsvp@drake.edu for more information.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 31
- Drake football vs. Northern Iowa, 7:05 p.m., Drake Stadium.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
- Drake women’s soccer vs. Marquette, 5 p.m., Cownie Park.
- Drake men’s soccer vs. Oakland, 7:30 p.m., Cownie Park.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
- Drake women’s soccer vs. DePaul, 1 p.m., Cownie Park.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
- Labor Day, no classes, all University offices closed.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
- Yoji Matsumura, Anderson Gallery: Harmon Fine Arts Center; Opening Reception, Friday, Sept. 8, 5 to 7 p.m. hosted by Friends of Drake Arts. Exhibit runs through Oct. 13.
- Drake volleyball vs. South Dakota State, 7 p.m., Drake Knapp Center.
- The Reduced Shakespeare Co. presents “The Compleat Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” perrformed by John Burney, Tom Geraty and Joseph Leonardi; 8 p.m., Sheslow Auditorium. Tickets are $20 and proceeds will go to support Friends of Drake Arts. TalkAbout dinner presented by John Burney, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, in Levitt Hall at 6 p.m. Tickets, including the performance and dinner, will be $35. Call 271-3147 for reservations.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
- Drake football vs. Upper Iowa University, 6:05 p.m., Drake Stadium.
- Drake volleyball vs. Valparaiso, 7 p.m., Drake Knapp Center.
- The Reduced Shakespeare Co. presents “The Compleat Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” perrformed by John Burney, Tom Geraty and Joseph Leonardi; 8 p.m., Sheslow Auditorium. Tickets are $20 and proceeds will go to support Friends of Drake Arts. For tickets, call the Drake Fine Arts Box Office at 515-271-3841.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
- Faculty Recital: Angela Grunstad, soprano, with Phillip Braun, piano; 5 p.m., Sheslow Auditorium