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Year: 2007
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Country music star to perform at Drake Homecoming
Country music star Keith Anderson will perform Drake University's 2007 Homecoming concert at 8 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 3, at the Drake Knapp Center, 2525 Forest Ave.
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Drake offers International Film Series for fall semester
Drake University's International Film Series will begin Sunday, Oct. 7, with a screening of "The Cup" (Phörpa), a Hindi/Tibetan film with English subtitles, at 2 p.m. in Bulldog Theater in Olmsted Center.
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Drake lecture to address the costs of war
Wendy R. Sherman, a recognized expert on national security issues, will discuss "The Costs of War" in a free public lecture at Drake University on Tuesday, Sept. 25.
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Superintendent of Des Moines Schools to speak at Drake lunch
Nancy Sebring, superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools, will speak at Drake University’s “Let’s DU Lunch” series on Wednesday, Oct. 3, at the Polk County Convention Complex.
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Drake students gain Career and Professional Development Center
Drake University business students have gained a new resource to help them secure internships and professional positions -- the Career and Professional Development Center in Aliber Hall made possible by a partnership with Wells Fargo Bank.
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Drake’s enrollment climbs 4.7 percent; entering class largest since 1981
Drake University enrolled 924 first-year students this fall, which makes the entering class the largest since 1981 when there were 967 freshmen.
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Karnicky to present at Humanities Center Coloquium
The fall season of the Humanities Center Colloquium series will start with a presentation by Jeff Karnicky, visiting professor of English, on "Thinking with Blue Jays," from 3:30-5 p.m., on Friday, Sept. 28. The colloquium series, which is free and open to the Drake community, will be held in the Medbury Honors Lounge, Medbury Hall.
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Pienta to discuss chemistry problem solving for students with technology
Norbert Pienta, associate professor of chemistry and director of the Center for Teaching at the University of Iowa, will continue the fall series of Drake's Science Colloquium Series with a lecture titled "Using Technology to Study Student Problem Solving in Chemistry."
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Using Land and Natural Resources to Revitalize Rural Iowa
Drake University Law School will sponsor "Rural Lands Rural Livelihoods: Using Land and Natural Resources to Revitalize Rural Iowa," a conference and art show beginning Thursday, Sept. 20.