WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6 Drake men's basketball Tip Off Luncheon, 11:30 a.m., Christopher's Restaurant, $11. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7 Play: "Sunday on the Rocks" by Theresa Rebeck, student-directed by Avian Jangula, 8 p.m., Studio 55, Harmon Fine Arts Center. Admission is free, but reservations are required due to limited seating. Call the Fine Arts Box Office at [...]
December 31, 2006

Season's greetings from Drake! Chances are good your head is swimming with visions of festive red and green, but we hope you'll take a break from the holiday crunch to work a little blue into your day -- Drake blue, that is. Because this holiday season, we count devoted alumni like you among our most [...]
December 31, 2006

The distinguished Hubbell name invokes all the hallmarks of a generous family deeply committed to the growth of the community. James W. Hubbell III, chairman of Hubbell Realty Co., continues his family's legacy as the newly elected chair of the Drake University Board of Trustees.
December 31, 2006

Psychology professor Scott Wood, who taught and conducted research at Drake for 36 years, died of cancer Nov. 23 at Kavanagh House. He was 65. "It is difficult to imagine this department operating without Scott Wood," said Steven Faux, chair of the Psychology Department. "We have suffered a great loss."
December 31, 2006

Lawrence K. Fish, JO'66, attributes his alma mater with instilling in him a strong sense of conviction that helped launch his enormously successful career in business. Fish is chairman and CEO of Citizens Financial Group, the nation's eighth largest commercial bank-holding company.
December 31, 2006

Drake has further cemented its budding partnership with the Southwest University of Political Science and Law in Chongqing, China, with a new agreement that will make it possible for Southwest University students to earn a Master of Financial Management or a Master of Accounting from Drake's College of Business and Public Administration.
December 31, 2006

This January, Drake's Cowles Library will present a comprehensive exhibition of renowned editorial cartoonist and conservationist J.N. "Ding" Darling's drawings. Darling chronicled society's beat with some 15,000 cartoons that he produced between 1912 and 1962.
December 31, 2006

John P. Smith, AS'92, GR'00, has been named the vice president of alumni and development at Drake University. Smith began his Drake career in the admissions office in 1992 and climbed the ranks to the positions of associate director of alumni programs, gift planning officer and major gift officer.
December 31, 2006

Drake University recently was included in Barron's college guide, "Best Buys in College Education." Colleges are selected to appear in the book based on various criteria, including tuition rates and survey responses by the dean of students and by students.
December 31, 2006

Earlier this semester, 10 Drake students from the department of art and design participated in a weeklong workshop, "Organic Bending," instructed by internationally acclaimed artist Shih-Chieh "CJ" Huang. The intensive, hands-on workshop took place Oct. 27 through Nov. 2 in Drake's Studio Arts Hall.
December 31, 2006

Iowa leaders in business, government and health care shared their views on Iowa's future during the Innovation and Leadership Conference at Drake on Friday, Nov. 17. Some 50 area professionals and academics participated as panel members and moderators, and 170 community members attended as participants.
December 31, 2006

Drake's College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences recently announced the launch of a new degree program that will allow students to earn a Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences. Starting next fall, incoming students can opt to enroll in the new four-year degree program.
December 31, 2006

The Drake University Law School National Moot Court team finished first in a field of 14 teams at the regional rounds of the National Moot Court Competition held Nov. 16-18 in Vermillion, S.D. Drake and the second-place team from the University of South Dakota will advance as one of 28 teams to compete at the national finals in New York City from Jan. 29 through Feb. 1, 2007.
December 31, 2006

Val Campero, a single mother of three boys under the age of 8, has always wanted to be a teacher. She's making steady progress toward realizing her dream, thanks to the Teacher Quality Project developed by Drake, the Des Moines Public Schools and Des Moines Area Community College.
December 31, 2006

When Todd Evans, professor of electronic media, developed the syllabus for his Podcasting and Blogging course that premiered this fall, he didn't predict the virtual explosion of online video media -- like Google's $1.65 billion acquisition of YouTube, for starters -- that has since transpired.
December 31, 2006