Carlisle High School retired the softball jersey of Jordan Gronewold, a current Drake student and third base player and pitcher on the University's softball team. She is the second best pitcher in Carlisle softball history with a career record of 140-22.
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Inaugural ‘Devour Des Moines’ triathlon to benefit Drake’s Buy Fresh Buy Local
Thirty teams will vie against one another in relay contests, devouring food and beverages between running, biking and swimming events.
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Southeast Polk Community School District fills positions
Michael Nicodemus received a master's degree in educational leadership and elementary principal licensure from Drake University. Jo Ellen Latham currently serves as an adjunct professor at Drake University, teaching classes for reading endorsement.
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Leaving home for the first time can be doubly hard for twins
Azra and Amra Beganovic, twins who attend Drake University, always assumed they would attend college together. "We were drawn to Drake, so our decision wasn't dictated by a need to be together, but by our mutual desire to go there," Azra said.
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Buy Fresh Buy Local releases 2011 directory at Downtown Farmers’ Market
The Buy Fresh Buy Local directory is a compilation of Iowa farms, grocers, cooperatives and farmers' markets.
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Growers Edge offers sophisticated web-based marketing tools
Drake University graduate Craig Mouchka is president of growers-edge.com, which offers web-based marketing tools to farmers. "There is a lot of information out there, and the purpose of growers-edge.com is to help farmers make sense of it all," said Mouchka. "Farmers need timely and relevant market, weather and profitability information from a source they can trust."
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Van Wyke awarded API fellowship
Assistant professor Jill Van Wyke has been awarded a competitive fellowship to attend a seminar on mobile journalism this summer. Van Wyke was selected as a winner of the James H. Ottaway Sr. fellowship and will attend “Mobile Media: Opportunities on the Move” at the American Press Institute in July. The fellowship covers about $1,800...
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Prediction tools gauge college admissions chances
An increasing number of free Internet services claim to help students predict their chances of getting into their favorite colleges and Universities. Tom Delahunt, vice president of admission and financial aid, says a physical visit to campus and meeting with faculty is the best way to decide where to apply.
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Texting ban, one year later: Behaviors slow to change
Lisa Gardner, assistant professor of statistics at Drake University, says it's hard to measure the impact of strategies that persuade people to stop risky behavior.
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SOE featured in the new SPA newsletter
Sponsored Programs Administration just released a new newsletter which features grant funding across Drake University, including the School of Education.