Drake University's Buy Fresh Buy Local booth will be in full operation at this Saturday's Downtown Farmers' Market in Des Moines. Market patrons may pick up their free directory of farms and businesses selling local foods, sign a pledge to support local farmers and food businesses, and purchase T-shirts and hats sporting the BFBL logo.
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Role of Media in Campaign Coverage Examined by Panel, Community
Members of the public gave up-and-coming political reporters their two cents’ worth Monday at "Politics and the Press: A Community Conversation." Iowa Public Television recorded the discussion at its Johnston studio and will air an hour-long program about it at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 28.
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Drake Offers Class on Broadway Musicals for Young Singers
Spotlight Express, a summer class at Drake University, offers students in grades four through eight the opportunity to explore music from Broadway shows. Classes will meet at 4 p.m. Wednesdays beginning June 20 in the Harmon Fine Arts Center, 25th Street and Carpenter Avenue.
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Drake student, brother launch nationwide films festival
Drake junior Steven Amos and his brother, Brian, a student at Cornell University, have launched a nationwide student films festival that will roll from coast to coast this summer.
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COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION NEWS
Drake University has awarded its highest teaching award to Stuart Klugman, BN'70, the Principal Financial Group distinguished professor of actuarial science.
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Drake alum wins international pharmacy award
Todd A. Lee, a 1997 graduate of Drake's College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, has been named the 2007 recipient of the Bernie J. O'Brien New Investigator Award from the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR).
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LAW SCHOOL NEWS
A dozen Drake law students recently trekked around southern Iowa via tour bus with former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, Drake visiting distinguished professor of law, and Neil Hamilton, the Dwight D. Opperman distinguished professor of law. The trip was part of a May interim course at Drake University Law School called Rural Lands Rural Livelihoods.
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Bosnian refugee plans to attend one of the nation’s top graduate programs
Not only is Amir Busnov the first member of his family to graduate from college, he's also the first Drake graduate to be admitted to both the prestigious Fletcher School at Tufts University and Johns Hopkins University for graduate studies in international relations.
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Pharmacy College seeks sponsors for white coat ceremony
Drake's College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences recently introduced what it is hoped will become a tradition with pharmacy alumni and students entering their first year of the professional program after completing two years of pre-pharmacy studies. Selected alumni and graduating pharmacy students have been invited to sponsor a white coat for an incoming P1 student.