According to Microsoft the issues that were preventing users from accessing systems including Teams have been resolved. They announced, “We’ve successfully resolved the issue that was causing residual impact for SharePoint Online and we’ve confirmed that all Microsoft 365 services have returned to a healthy state.” If you continue to experience issues, please contact the support center at 515-271-3001 or visit service.drake.edu/its.
Update on Microsoft Service Issues
Microsoft has determined the cause of the issues accessing their services and is working towards resolution. Access to Microsoft services including Teams and Outlook is recovering for many users. We will let you know when Microsoft announces that this issue has been fully resolved. Thank you for your continued patience.
Microsoft Service Issues
ITS has just learned that Microsoft is investigating an issue which is causing some users to be unable to access Microsoft 365 services and features. Some campus users have reported that they are having sporadic access issues to Microsoft Teams or other Microsoft systems. As more information becomes available from Microsoft we will provide additional updates.
Jones and Tharp selected as Granberg Award Recipients
Caroline Jones and Isabelle Tharp, third-year student pharmacists in the Drake University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences (CPHS), were selected by a panel of pharmacy alumni as the 2021-2022 recipients of the C. Boyd Granberg Student Excellence Scholarship Award. In honor of the award’s namesake, this honor recognizes rising fourth-year student pharmacists who have demonstrated leadership in advancing the profession and have had significant involvement in professional organizations. Caroline Jones, originally from Urbandale, Iowa, has held multiple leadership positions in CPHS. She currently serves as president of Student Colleges of Clinical Pharmacy (SCCP). In this role, she works with...
Automated ITS survey requests sent in error
ITS was just made aware that due to vendor maintenance in our IT Service Portal that some students, faculty, and staff received survey requests for old requests made to ITS staff. These surveys were sent out automatically by our ticketing system and can be safely ignored. We have fixed the setting that was responsible for this error and anticipate that only surveys for newly completed requests will be sent out in the future. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Drake University Theatre presents spring musical ‘Into the Woods’
Drake University Theatre will present its upcoming musical Into the Woods April 1–3 at 7:30 p.m. and April 4 at 2 p.m. Performances will be streamed live, in real-time, to an in-person audience in the William S.E. Coleman Studio Theatre. Performances are limited to only Drake fine arts students. Fine arts students can reserve a ticket at drake.edu/fineartsboxoffice. Erin Horst, assistant professor of theatre, chose to direct Into the Woods because of its songwriting and fun fantasy characters that all have an important message to tell. “I’ve always loved this show because of its incredibly intricate and brilliant musical score,”...
SJMC Monday Memo | March 29, 2021
International students hosting market this week The international students association is sponsoring an international market with food on Helmick Commons on Saturday, April 3 at 6 p.m.: https://www.facebook.com/events/903294073740070 Record your stories for All In Be on the lookout for Drake’s All-In event, happening April 8-9: https://all-in.drake.edu/. During this 24-hour campaign for Drake we will have two alumni challenge matches for SJMC. Suzanne BeDell, JO’ 81, will be matching all gifts to our Meredith Hall renovation up to $5,000. And Lynn and Phyllis Matson, JO ’69, LA ’69, will be matching all gifts to our SJMC annual fund up to $2,500. The theme this year is...
Banner Admin Pages Outage Resolved
At 9 a.m., ITS was made aware of a sporadic Banner Administrative Pages outage. There was a small configuration error that was fixed within 15 minutes of the first report. If you continue to experience issues, please contact the support center at 515-271-3001 or visit service.drake.edu/its to report your issue.
A Collaboration Among Drake University, Three Other Midwest Institutions, Receives a Total of $10 Million in Grant Funding From Lilly Endowment, Inc.
A collaboration among Drake University, Valparaiso University, the University of Evansville (UE) and North Central College has received a total of $10 million in grant funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. through the competitive Phase 3 of its initiative, Charting the Future of Indiana’s Colleges and Universities. The grant will support the establishment of a shared, cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) system with a single set of standardized business practices. Valparaiso and UE are two of 16 colleges and universities that will be supported by funding in the final phase of Charting the Future, an initiative designed to help colleges and...
Meet Drake Law First-Year Student Elsie Villega
Elsie Villega is a first-year student from Brooklyn, New York. She attended The City College of New York as an undergraduate, majoring in English and Economics. Prior to coming to law school, Elsie was an educator and a stenographer/court reporter. Elsie is one of a small group of students who are completing their first year at Drake Law completely online. Because of the pandemic, this year law students could elect to take all of their classes remotely. We recently checked in with Elsie to learn more about her background and how she is making the most out of her distance...