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Drake celebrates the tenure and promotion of 17 faculty members

The Drake University Board of Trustees recently approved the following faculty members to receive promotions and/or tenure:

College of Arts and Sciences
•    Megan Brown received tenure and has been promoted to associate professor of English.
•    Curt Cardwell received tenure and has been promoted to associate professor of history.
•    John Gitua received tenure and has been promoted to associate professor of chemistry.
•    Jeff Karnicky received tenure and has been promoted to associate professor of English.
•    Karen Leroux received tenure and has been promoted to associate professor of history.
•    Joan McAlister received tenure and has been promoted to associate professor of rhetoric.
•    Carol Spaulding-Kruse has been promoted to professor of English.
•    Maria Valdovinos Loder received tenure and has been promoted to associate professor of psychology.

School of Journalism and Mass Communication
•    Dorothy Pisarski received tenure and has been promoted to associate professor of advertising.

College of Business and Public Administration
•    Mary Edrington has been promoted to associate professor of marketing.

Cowles Library
•    Bart Schmidt received tenure and has been promoted to associate professor of librarianship.

College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
•    Renae Chesnut has been promoted to professor of pharmacy practice.
•    Sally Haack has been promoted to associate professor of pharmacy practice.
•    Chuck Phillips has been promoted to professor of pharmacy administration.
•    Lori Schirmer has been promoted to associate professor of pharmacy practice.
•    Geoff Wall has been promoted to professor of pharmacy practice.

Law School
•    Ellen Yee has been promoted to professor of law.