Help us get back to “normal” — report your vaccination All members of the Drake community are encouraged to help alleviate the threat of the pandemic by getting vaccinated. And, once you are fully vaccinated, please report that to the University. Required campus safety protocols in the fall — including mask wearing and social distancing — will be determined by how many people on campus are vaccinated. The sooner everyone gets vaccinated, the sooner we can loosen restrictions. Take photos of your vaccination card and email to contacttracing@drake.edu. Alumni news Ellie Detweiler, JO’19, discusses how she obtained her dream job doing public relations...
Drake University and Institute of World Politics form partnership for international affairs education
Drake University signed a new memorandum of understanding with The Institute of World Politics (IWP), an independent graduate school for students pursuing careers in statecraft, national security, intelligence, and global affairs. IWP has campuses in Washington, D.C. and Reston, Virginia. As part of this new partnership, Drake University students are now eligible for early admission to IWP’s master’s programs if they apply on or after April 30 of their third year of college. Drake University alumni who attend IWP’s in-person master’s programs will also receive a guaranteed partial scholarship each semester. There will also be a tuition reduction for Drake alumni who...
Drake Law Review Receives Top 30 Ranking
Drake Law Review is ranked 28 in the country in the most recent Washington & Lee (W&L) Law Journal Rankings. The ranking reflects the number of court decisions that have cited the Law Review during the five-year period from 2016-2020. Maintained by the W&L Law Library, the rankings are a world-recognized resource for identifying and comparing law journals by subject, country of publication, or rank across several categories relevant to scholars and publishers. The ranking for case citations includes more than 660 student-edited journals. Drake Law Review’s exemplary articles, notes, and lectures are academically and practically relevant to professors, judges,...
Maki appointed to the Iowa Board of Pharmacy
Governor Kim Reynolds has appointed Erik Maki, associate professor and clinical sciences department chair in the Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS), to a three-year term on the Iowa Board of Pharmacy, effective May 1, 2021. An Iowa native, Maki received his PharmD in 2003 from the University of Iowa and completed an ASHP accredited specialty residency in pharmacotherapy at Texas Tech University. Maki joined the faculty of CPHS in 2005 and has served on numerous committees at the College and University level, most recently including the College Administrative Committee, Admissions Committee, and DELTA Rx Faculty Board, and has been elected to the University Faculty Senate for three terms. He was named the Faculty Preceptor of the Year in 2017, and in 2021, received the college’s Richard Morrow Transformational Leadership Award and the University’s Madelyn...
Drake Law School Welcomes Two New Faculty Members
Drake Law School is pleased to announce the arrival of two new faculty members. Nickole Miller and Jeremy Kidd joined the full-time faculty on July 1. Assistant Professor of Law Nickole Miller is the new director of Drake’s Middleton Center for Children’s Rights. Professor of Law Jeremy Kidd joins the faculty to teach contracts and business law courses. “Our new faculty are accomplished educators and scholars, and bring a wealth of professional experience to Drake Law,” said Jerry L. Anderson, dean of the law school. “They will nicely complement our outstanding faculty with new ideas and energy.” Nickole Miller comes...
Faculty and Staff Accomplishments
Professor Bill Boal appears on “Iowa Press”
Bill Boal, Professor of Economics in the College of Business and Public Administration, appeared on the Iowa PBS television program “Iowa Press,” moderated by David Yepsen on Friday, July 2. In this week’s program, Boal and Iowa State University Professor Peter Orazem answered questions from journalists Linh Ta and O. Kay Henderson about the current state of Iowa’s economy. [Season 48 episode 4845. Topic: Iowa’s Economy. Broadcast on Iowa PBS July 2, 2021, 7:30–8 p.m. Posted at https://www.iowapbs.org/iowapress/story/38725/iowas-economy .]
SJMC Monday Memo | July 5, 2021
Sign up for the SJMC’s “big/little” mentorship program The SJMC is once again creating a mentorship program to welcome our incoming first-year students. We’re also expanding this program to include sophomores this year, recognizing that many of them may have never stepped foot on campus due to Covid. SJMC juniors and seniors: Would you be interested in serving as a mentor or “Big” for these students? You would be paired with at least one other current SJMC junior/senior student and several new students to help build connections in the weeks prior to moving to campus. It’s our hope that you’ll commit to: Sending a...
Drake Law second-year student Shane Salwasser earns prestigious Equal Justice Works 2021 Rural Summer Legal Corps Fellowship
Shane Salwasser, 2L, was recently named an Equal Justice Works 2021 Rural Summer Legal Corps Student Fellow. The Rural Summer Legal Corps, a partnership between Equal Justice Works and the Legal Services Corporation, is a summer internship designed to help address the access-to-justice crisis for people living in rural areas. Shane was one of 35 students selected from over 460 applicants. For the duration of the internship, he will work with Iowa Legal Aid to provide direct civil legal assistance to rural clients and engage in community outreach and education. Shane took the time to answer a few questions about...
Drake’s RaySociety to be renamed Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Drake University
Drake University’s lifelong learning organization known as the RaySociety received a $100,000 grant from The Bernard Osher Foundation to strengthen and expand its programming. As a result, the RaySociety will be renamed the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Drake University. The name change signifies its inclusion as one of 125 lifelong learning institutes on university and college campuses across the country supported by the Osher Foundation. “The RaySociety has been a recognized leader in the field of lifelong learning for nearly two decades,” said Tracy Beck, manager of OLLI at Drake University. “This grant along with our new national...
Celebrating Dr. C. Boyd Granberg’s 100-Year Legacy
Words cannot begin to describe the impact that C. Boyd Granberg, former CPHS faculty member and dean had on so many students, colleagues, and peers, but the Drake University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences (CPHS) tried to do just that in a virtual 100th birthday celebration on April 24, 2021. Granberg turned 100 years old on May 6th, 2021. “We knew that we could talk to Dr. Granberg when we needed help or had a problem, and he would set us off in the right direction. He went out of his way outside of the classroom, and that’s the kind of individual he was, and I think that’s why we have all loved him for what he has meant to...