Drake University and Hubbell Realty leaders recently announced plans for a $34-million housing and retail development at 30th Street and Carpenter Avenue.
August 31, 2006

Greetings and salutations from the sweat belt (better known as Des Moines, the home of your beloved alma mater, Drake University). Despite the withering summer temperatures squatting over the Midwest this summer, we remained busy Bulldogs on campus and around the nation. Construction is the theme of our summer edition, from a planned student housing [...]
August 31, 2006

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., [...]
August 31, 2006

The two-day conference, titled "Gardens For All: People, Plants and Policy," will examine how public policy can be used to promote opportunities for individuals and communities to garden.
August 31, 2006

Drake recently announced $5.25 million worth of gifts that will sponsor a pair of endowed faculty chairs and provide scholarship opportunities at the Drake Law School.
August 31, 2006

Drake pharmacy students are gaining a state-of-the-art compounding laboratory where they'll learn how to prepare medications that are not commercially available, thanks to a $500,000 gift from Drake alumnus Larry Mayhew and his wife, Sandy.
August 31, 2006

Thousands of Drake alumni, friends and fans are set to storm the Iowa State Fairgrounds on Saturday, Aug. 12, in celebration of Drake Day @ The Iowa State Fair.
August 31, 2006

The Drake University Community School of Music is set to begin its 16-week fall session on Aug. 28. DUCSOM offers individual instruction for children and adults at all levels in piano, strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, harp, organ and music theory.
August 31, 2006

In a crowded elementary classroom, elementary school teachers build palm-sized boats from corkboard, aluminum foil, tongue depressors and rubber bands.
August 31, 2006

Drake's RaySociety plans a plethora of interesting courses and entertaining social events for fall. Upcoming classes range from a course on understanding volcanic eruptions to a discussion of the UFO enigma.
August 31, 2006

A trio of Drake faculty and alumni will present all 37 of William Shakespeare's plays - in less than two hours - in performances on Sept. 8 and 9.
August 31, 2006

Drake will offer its Master of Public Administration program at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, beginning with the 2006 fall semester.
August 31, 2006

Heather King has been named the new director of Drake's Anderson Gallery. King received her bachelor's degree in art history and studio art from the University of Iowa in 2004. She previously worked as project manager at the State Historical Museum and as a museum technician at the University of Iowa Museum of Art.
August 31, 2006

With water up to their knees and sweat rolling down their faces, Drake seniors Elizabeth Hill and Hank Vogel carefully open the water trap to check the endangered ornate box turtle they caught.
August 31, 2006

Drake alumna Phyllis Staplin recently was honored as Iowa Educator of the Year by the Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute. Staplin, an adjunct faculty member at Drake, teaches courses in the School of Education.
August 31, 2006