ITS will be applying upgrades and patches to Banner starting Sunday, December 18 at 5:30 a.m. and lasting until 3 p.m. During this time, Self Service, Admin Pages, Workflow, eTranscripts, TouchNet, and other connected systems will be unavailable. These updates are necessary to keep our University data secure and to install the latest features from our vendor. If you experience issues outside of this window, please call the Support Center at 515-271-3001 or visit https://service.drake.edu to report your issue. Thank you for your patience as we continue to strive to provide superior service.
Campus Cash Planned Outage – Starting December 17 at 12:30 p.m. until December 18 at 8 p.m.
Transact, Drake’s transaction management system, will be down for maintenance on Saturday, Dec. 17, from 12:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 18. During this time, the following services will be unavailable: If you experience issues outside of this window, please call the Support Center at 515-271-3001 or visit https://service.drake.edu to report your issue. Thank you for your patience as we continue to strive to provide superior service.
Law School Spotlights
Drake University Law School Advances to National Moot Court Competition
Not one but two Drake Law National Moot Court teams rose to the top of their recent regional competition to compete against each other in the final round. Both teams demonstrated their hard work and excellence in written and oral advocacy but only one could win and move on to compete in the National competition in New York City early next year. The Drake Law team of Elizabeth Boyer, Ben Wolf, and Catherine Dukelow narrowly beat the second Drake team of Steffi Lee Dwyer, Caleb Piersma, and NaRayah Runyon in the finals to advance to Nationals. Both teams are coached...
Drake University commencement ceremony set for Saturday in the Knapp Center
Drake University will hold its 153rd commencement ceremony Saturday, Dec. 17, at 10 a.m. in the Knapp Center, located at 2525 Forest Avenue in Des Moines. The University will confer more than 300 degrees during the ceremony. Nicole Hunter, who is receiving her master’s degree in culturally responsive leadership and instruction from Drake’s School of Education, will deliver the student remarks. Hunter is one of 45 Des Moines Public Schools teachers receiving a master’s degree Saturday as part of the BLUE (Building Leaders in Urban Education) program. BLUE is a partnership between Drake University and Des Moines Public Schools designed...
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
SJMC Monday Memo – Dec. 12, 2022
It’s finals week. Have a safe, relaxing, and healthy winter break. Water off Tuesday night in SJMC offices Due to demolition of the building to the north, the water in the 25th Street offices, studio, and lab will be off overnight Tuesday, December 13, 10 p.m. – 5 a.m. Wednesday, December 14. If you are in the building at that time, you will not be able to use toilets, sinks, or the drinking fountain. Please plan accordingly. SJMC Office reminder Remember that December 19 – January 22 SJMC faculty and staff will be working remotely when not on holiday break...
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ProcessMaker Outage Resolved
Thank you for your patience. ITS has resolved the ProcessMaker outage. If you continue experiencing issues, please contact the support center at 515-271-3001 or visit service.drake.edu/its to report your issue.
ProcessMaker Outage
At 1:00 p.m., ITS became aware of an issue with ProcessMaker. As a result of this issue, users are unable to manually start new requests. This affects processes like Banner Security, Athletics Financial Aid Agreement, Vendor Information Update, and Community Service Leave Requests. This issue does not affect automatically generated processes like Preferred Name Changes or trigger based notifications. ITS is working with the vendor to fix this issue and will provide updates as they become available. Thank you for your patience.
Law School News
Russell Lovell Elected to the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation
Drake Law School is pleased to announce that Professor Emeritus Russell Lovell II, has been elected a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (ABF). The ABF Fellows is a global honorary society that recognizes attorneys, judges, law faculty and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession and to the welfare of their communities. ABF Fellows hail from nearly 40 countries and hold a wide variety of influential roles. Membership is limited to just one percent of lawyers licensed to practice in each jurisdiction. Members are nominated by their...
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
SJMC Monday Memo – Dec. 5, 2022
Last week of classes. Winter break is in sight! SJMC Office Update SJMC faculty and staff will be working virtually December 19 – January 22 when not on holiday break (Dec. 23 – Jan. 2). Please communicate online and/or set up virtual meetings as needed. Note: This does NOT impact J-term classes. If you are taking a J-term class, your class will meet as scheduled. SJMC offering Smartphone Video Workshop Associate professor Chris Snider will be teaching a Smartphone Video Workshop Dec. 20 at Drake University. This event is part of the Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s new workshop series....
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Goldwater Scholarship Opportunity
Drake University students interested in a career in mathematics, the physical sciences, natural sciences, or engineering are invited to apply for the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program. Established by Congress in 1986, the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation operates an educational scholarship program designed to provide opportunities for outstanding U.S. students with excellent academic records and demonstrated interest in, and potential for, careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, the physical sciences, and engineering. In April 2023, the Foundation will award scholarships to students who will be college juniors or seniors during the...