A retired senior vice president with Coastal Corp. has rejoined the Drake University Board of Trustees as a trustee emeritus.

The Drake Board of Trustees recently honored Vicky Payseur, vice president for business and finance, for her stewardship of the University's budget - which ended the 2004-05 fiscal year with a surplus for the first time in more than a decade.

The Drake University Law School National Moot Court Team defeated teams from Duke, Nebraska, Minnesota and Hastings law schools to reach the semi-final round of the National Moot Court Competition earlier this month in New York City.

Drake alumni from all walks of life returned to their alma mater earlier this month to offer courses in leadership for students as part of the annual Donald V. Adams Leadership Institute Student Leadership Conference.

Thirteen students in Angela Battle's upper-level painting courses have touched up some doors in an interesting way. Habitat for Humanity supplied the students with 10 interior doors and the students as individuals and in groups used the doors as canvases to express the themes of home, family or environment.

During Pharmacy Day, the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences also recognized the late Jerry Karbeling, PH'74, who died in 2005. Karbeling owned and operated Big Creek Pharmacy located in Polk City, Iowa.

Drake pharmacy students spent Feb. 7 in a series of lectures, discussions and professional development activities as part of the College of Pharmacy and Health Science's annual Pharmacy Day.

Dave Blank, who has served as director of athletics at Drake University since 2000, has been named director of athletics at Elon University in Elon, N.C. Blank will begin his duties this spring, succeeding Alan White who retires in May after 35 years at E

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Workshop: Know Your Work Style, Part II, 9 a.m. to noon, rooms 310-311, Olmsted Center. Register by calling x3133. Question-and-Answer Session with the O’Neill Brothers, 2 p.m., Sheslow Auditorium, Old Main. Joint Drake Law School-American Judicature Society program: “The Jury and the American Litigation Process,” 3 to 5:15 p.m., room 213, Cartwright Hall. Black History Month: “Matrix of Mediocracy” talk by Rasheed-Ali Cromwell an associate at a large intellectual property law firm in Washington, D.C., and a speaker for The Harbor Institute, 7 p.m., Cowles Library Reading Room. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10 Last day to turn in RSVP...

A trio of contributions to Drake University totaling $2 million will cap off the $15-million revitalization of Drake Stadium.