Grammy-winning blues artist to headline President Maxwell’s 70th Birthday bash
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2014-11-212014-12-15

Grammy-winning blues artist to headline President Maxwell’s 70th Birthday bash

Drake University President David Maxwell will celebrate his 70th birthday by jamming with a Grammy Award-winning blues musician. The free concert headlined by blues legend John Paul Hammond will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, in Sheslow Auditorium. The event is open to the public, and no tickets are required. Maxwell has been rehearsing for a duet with Hammond, whose lengthy list of musical collaborators includes Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Muddy Waters. In addition to celebrating Maxwell’s 70th, the concert is one in a series of events to mark Maxwell’s final year as Drake’s president. Maxwell recently previewed his...

2014-11-212014-11-21
Faculty and Staff Accomplishments

Haedicke publishes article in “Contexts”

Michael Haedicke, associate professor of sociology, had a feature article published in the Summer 2014 issue of Contexts. The article, titled “Small Co-ops in a Whole Foods World,” examines the difficulties natural food co-op stores encounter in an increasingly competitive market. It details the strategies these member-owned, mission-driven businesses have put in place to push for changes in the food system. Contexts is a quarterly publication of the American Sociological Association that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers. Because of the magazine’s broad audience, Haedicke’s article will be read by college students and staff, natural food consumers, and...

2014-11-202019-06-26
AlumnieBlue NewsletterUncategorized

State of the state

Before he sets foot in the marshy wetland, Tom Rosburg, professor of biology, knows what to expect. Beads of sweat drip down his face as he trudges through knee-high wetland muck, 100-degree heat, and oppressive humidity. Then the buzzing begins. Gnats and mosquitos race around his nose and ears, reveling in the sticky air. All the while, Rosburg struggles to extract a 40×40-centimeter sample of land—only the first step in a long summer of work. This seemingly less-than-glamorous toil is actually part of a prestigious honor. The Iowa Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) selected Rosburg and his team of Drake...

2014-11-202019-06-26
AlumnieBlue Newsletter

The Long Way Around

Kavilash Chawla, AS’98, is global practitioner-in-residence for Drake’s College of Business and Public Administration. His career path hasn’t taken him in the direction he’d planned while at Drake, but it’s taken him around the world—and he wouldn’t have it any other way, as he writes in the following essay: “The Long Way Around,” by Kavilash Chawla, written September 2014 Even as a student at Drake, I tended to take the long way around. Instead of studying international business or international relations, I studied economics, history, and political science, essentially getting the same degree but in a more indirect route. My career...

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School of Education

2014-2015 SC STEM Advisory Board Announced

The Drake University School of Education is home to the South Central STEM Hub.  We are please to announce the 2014-2015 South Central Hub Advisory Board Members. They are dedicated to making quality STEM education available to all Iowa students. Service includes both big-picture planning and hands-on assistance.  Karen Pattison is the newly-elected Board President and Dr. Jan McMahill, Dean of the School of Education, serves as the grant’s principal investigator. Here’s a current list of members: Mary Bontrager – Greater Des Moines Partnership (Cumming, IA) John Chai – Des Moines Schools (Norwalk, IA) Joan Corbin – School Board (Pella,...