SJMC Monday Memo | Oct. 26, 2015

Last call for tickets to NPR live event Just a few free tickets are remaining for “NPR Presents: Michel Martin” in Sussman Theater on Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m. The event will be live-streamed and recorded for future broadcast, and will include music and a discussion of what issues are important to young voters. Contact Dean Kathleen Richardson (kathleen.richardson@drake.edu) by this Wednesday to secure your spot. Professor Jill Van Wyke’s J73/103 multimedia reporting class has recorded interviews with Drake students that will be included in the program. Drake ad students win local GRIT challenge Zachary Allen and Katherine Rousonelos at the AAF...

Professor Elected to Board of Directors

Bengu Erguner-Tekinalp, Associate Professor of Education, was recently elected to the Iowa Talented and Gifted Association Board of Directors.   The ITAG website identified the Iowa Talented and Gifted Association (ITAG) as “a tax-exempt 501(c)3 organization which was organized more than 40 years ago with a vision that gifted and talented children in the State of Iowa should receive an education commensurate with their abilities and needs.  ITAG is an affiliate of the National Association for Gifted Children.  ITAG promotes advocacy at the national, state and local levels, pre-service and in-service training in gifted education, and parent/community awareness, education and...