Building on her scholarship on artwork about the American Civil War, Maura Lyons, professor of art and design at Drake University, is spending her summer at the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) at Newfields, researching a painting in the collection called Our Flag. Her plan is to combine an art historical analysis of the painting with a scientific analysis to be conducted by the conservation lab at the IMA. Lyons is at the museum—along with her husband, Windsor Professor of Chemistry Mark Vitha, who is working in the conservation lab on a number of projects—at the invitation of Greg Smith, the...
2018-07-112018-07-11
ITS News & AnnouncementsFaculty WordPress Network Outage Resolved
Thank you for your patience. ITS has now resolved the Faculty WordPress network outage. WordPress users should once again be able to log into the back end of their websites to make changes. 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.
2018-07-112018-07-11
ITS News & AnnouncementsRemote Access VPN Outage Resolved
Thank you for your patience. ITS has now resolved the VPN outage. 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. If you’d like to receive these notifications via text message, opt in by texting DrakeITS2018 to phone number 226787.
2018-07-112018-07-11
ITS News & AnnouncementsFaculty WordPress Network Outage
At 9 a.m., ITS was made aware of a faculty WordPress network outage. wp.drake.edu websites are visible, but no one is able to log into the back end of the system to make changes. ITS is diligently working towards a resolution. We will provide updates and will let you know when this outage has been resolved. Thank you for your patience.
2018-07-112018-07-11
ITS News & AnnouncementsRemote Access VPN Outage
At 9:45 a.m, ITS was made aware of a remote access VPN outage. This is preventing faculty and staff from establishing a remote access VPN connection to the campus network. ITS is diligently working towards a resolution. We will provide updates and let you know when this outage has been resolved. Thank you for your patience. If you would like to receive these notifications via text message, opt in by texting DrakeITS2018 to phone number 226787.
2018-07-102018-07-10
ITS News & AnnouncementsOffice 365 Authentication Issue Resolved
ITS has now resolved the issues with authenticating to Office 365. If you continue to have issues logging into myDrake or Outlook web access, please contact the Support Center at 515-271-3001 or visit service.drake.edu/its to report your issue.
2018-07-102018-07-10
ITS News & AnnouncementsUncategorizedOffice 365 Authentication Issue
At 4:45 p.m., ITS was made aware of a possible issue affecting authentication to Office 365. Affected systems include myDrake and Outlook Web Access. ITS is diligently working towards a resolution. We will provide updates and will let you know when this outage has been resolved. Thank you for your patience.
2018-07-102018-07-06
ITS News & AnnouncementsDUGuest Network Maintenance on Thursday, July 12 from 10 a.m. to Noon
On Thursday, July 12, ITS will be performing system maintenance that will affect registrations for the DUGuest wireless network from 10 a.m. to noon. During this maintenance period no one will be able to register a device on the guest wireless network. Any devices that have already registered on the guest wireless network before 10 a.m. should not see any disruption in service. This maintenance will also not affect access to any of the other campus wireless networks. We appreciate your patience while we perform this necessary work. If you continue to have any issues after the planned maintenance window,...
2018-07-092018-07-06
SJMC FeatureUncategorizedDrake student PR campaign wins national award
Work produced by the Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication public relations seniors in spring 2017 recently won a 2018 Clarion Award in the national Association for Women in Communications contest. According to the AWC website, “The Clarions — named for the medieval trumpet known for its clarity — symbolize excellence in clear, concise communications. Clarion recipients represent media companies large and small, leading corporations, small businesses, and nonprofit associations and institutions.” The 2017 PR senior capstone client was Des Moines’ Young Women’s Resource Center. The Vector Strategies team that produced the award-winning campaign was 2017 SJMC graduates Ashley Hawkins,...
2018-07-092018-07-08
School of Journalism and Mass CommunicationSJMC Monday Memo | July 9, 2018
SJMC public relations campaign wins national award Work produced by the Drake SJMC public relations seniors in spring 2017 recently won a 2018 Clarion Award in the advertising or public relations campaign category of the national Association for Women in Communications contest. According to the AWC website, “The Clarions — named for the medieval trumpet known for its clarity — symbolize excellence in clear, concise communications. Clarion recipients represent media companies large and small, leading corporations, small businesses, and nonprofit associations and institutions.” The 2017 PR senior capstone client was Des Moines’ Young Women’s Resource Center. The Vector Strategies team included...