WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
• Drake women’s soccer vs. Nebraska, 7 p.m., Drake Stadium.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
• Law School Symposium: “Risk and Responsibility in the 21st Century,” 7:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m., Neal and Bea Smith Law Center.
• World War I Graphic Posters, Anderson Gallery, Harmon Fine Arts Center, opening reception, 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibition will continue through Oct. 12. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.
• Drake women’s volleyball vs. Iowa, 7 p.m., Drake Knapp Center.
• Friends of Drake Arts presents “A Night of Stars” featuring fine arts faculty, 7:30 p.m., Jordan Stage, Sheslow Auditorium. Reception follows in Levitt Hall.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
• Drake football vs. Waldorf, 6 p.m., Drake Stadium.
• Drake women’s volleyball vs. Louisiana State University, 10 a.m. and vs. Iowa State, 7:30 p.m., Drake Knapp Center.
• Guest recital by internationally renowned pianist Jack Winerock, 8 p.m., Jordan Stage, Sheslow Auditorium.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
• Center for Global Citizenship lecture series: “See Ourselves, As Others See Us,” by Andrew Nagorski and Christoph von Marschall, 12:30 p.m., Bulldog Theater, Olmsted Center.
• School of Management and Communication Executive in Residence Lecture by Lawrence Fish, 7 p.m., Sheslow Auditorium, Old Main.
• Drake women’s volleyball vs. Creighton, 7 p.m., Drake Knapp Center.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
• “Let’s DU Lunch” featuring Men’s Basketball Coach Keno Davis, 11:30 a.m., Polk County Convention Complex.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
• Guest recital by Indian flutist Shashank, 8 p.m., Jordan Stage, Sheslow Auditorium.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
• Drake Law School alumni and friends are invited to gather for an exciting evening with Latin jazz genius Nachito Herrera at the Dakota Jazz Club, 1010 Nicollet, Minneapolis.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
• Drake women’s soccer vs. Florida, 1 p.m., Drake Stadium.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
• Center for Global Citizenship lecture series: “The Making of U.S. Foreign and National Security Policy: Integrating the Instruments of Power and Influence” by Robert Hunter, 12:30 p.m. in Bulldog Theater, Olmsted Center.
• Annual Luther W. Stalnaker Lecture: “Combinatorial Matrix Theory: Origins and Applications,” by Luz DeAlba, Drake professor of mathematics and computer science, 7 p.m., Old Main.
• The Writers and Critics Series: “Liberal Whites and the Politics of Black Civil Rights Photography” by Martin Berger, associate professor of art history and visual culture, University of California, Santa Cruz, 8 p.m., Reading Room in Cowles Library.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
• Public lecture and panel discussion presented by The Woodrow Wilson International Center: “Civility, Society and Politics: Is There a Problem?” 3:30 p.m., Sheslow Auditorium.
• The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Awards Dinner honoring Madelyn M. Levitt, Downtown Marriott.
• University of the Philippines Madrigal Singers, 8 p.m., Jordan Stage, Sheslow Auditorium.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
• The Drake University Law School’s Agricultural Law Center conference on “Rural Lands Rural Livelihoods: Using Land and Natural Resources to Revitalize Rural Iowa,” begins in Olmsted Center.
• “Rural Land Rural Livelihoods All Iowa Art Show” grand opening and reception, 5:30 to 7 p.m., in the Neal and Bea Smith Law Center.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
• Drake/UNI Pre-game Picnic at the North Plaza of Drake Stadium, 4 p.m., $12 per person (Game tickets are $15 each; must have a game ticket to attend picnic). To RSVP call the Drake Athletic Ticket Office at 515-271-3647 for tickets to both events.
• Drake football vs. Northern Iowa, 6 p.m., Drake Stadium.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
• Center for Global Citizenship lecture series: “The Costs of War” by Wendy Sherman , 12:30 p.m., Bulldog Theater, Olmsted Center.
• Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture by Nicholas D. Kristof, 7:30 p.m., Drake Knapp Center.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
• Drake’s African American Alumni Reunion, Sept. 28-30.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2
• Center for Global Citizenship lecture series: “Defense, Intelligence and Terrorism” by Lawrence J. Korb and Greg Thielmann, 12:30 p.m., Bulldog Theater in Olmsted Center.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3
• Let’s DU Lunch with Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Nancy Sebring, 11:30 a.m., Polk County Convention Complex, 501 Grand Ave.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6
• Homecoming Tailgate, 11 a.m., North Plaza of Drake Stadium, $15 per person (Game tickets are $10 each; must have a game ticket to attend picnic). To RSVP call the Drake Athletic Ticket Office at 515-271-3647 for tickets to both events.
• Drake football vs. Butler, 1 p.m., Drake Stadium.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9
• Center for Global Citizenship lecture series: “Considering the Endgame in Iraq” by Thomas Lairson, 12:30, Bulldog Theater in Olmsted Center.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13
• Drake vs. San Diego Tailgate, 4 p.m. (game starts at 6 p.m.), Faculty/Staff Dining Room, Hahn University Center, Marian Way, San Diego, Calif. Cost: $20 per adult, $15 per youth 12 and under (includes picnic, gift and raffle ticket for prize drawing); Game tickets are $5 each and a limited number will be available at the picnic. To RSVP call 800-44-DRAKE, ext. 3147, for questions call Emily Weaver, assistant director of alumni and parent programs at 800-44-DRAKE, ext. 3155.