Drake graduate student Tony Shafer, 30, will receive a master's degree in rehabilitation counseling on Saturday. Shafer suffered a stroke and underwent two brain surgeries in the fall of 2003, during his fifth year in Drake's pharmacy program.
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Head Start Attends Health Care Institute Training
Six Head Start members attended the Johnson & Johnson Health Care Institute in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Norwalk man overcomes odds to earn Master’s
The Indianola Record-Herald published a very inspiring piece on our very own Tony Shafer's journey through the rehabilitation counseling Master's program.
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Romonda Belcher to deliver Law School commencement address
Polk County District Associate Judge Romonda D. Belcher, a 1995 Drake Law School graduate, will deliver the keynote address at the Drake University Law School Commencement Ceremony, which begins at 7 p.m. Friday, May 13, in the Drake Knapp Center, 2525 Forest Ave.
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Pioneering alumna to deliver Law School commencement address Friday
Romonda D. Belcher, a 1995 Drake Law graduate and veteran prosecutor, was appointed Iowa's first female African-American judge last fall.
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Father, daughter share recognition as teachers
Drake University alumnus Bob Danner, a retired music teacher who taught at Muscatine Community School District, will receive an Excellence in Education Award from a Muscatine student named Giles Joslyn, who also plans to attend Drake University.
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After 41 years, Iowan adopted by her mom
Mother and daughter have been working with the Drake Legal Clinic on the adult adoption. Katie Madson, a third-year law student who filed a petition for them, says "It's a fairly routine process."
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Think launch party [photos]
Students, alumni, parents, faculty and friends gathered May 4 at West End Architectural Salvage to celebrate the launch of the 2011 edition of Think magazine.
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Matt Nelson named to ONA11 student newsroom
SJMC student Matt Nelson will be one of 20 journalists in the student newsroom of the Online News Association's national convention in Boston this fall.
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Drake Law grad works for NYC Coalition Against Hunger
Theresa Hassler, a 2010 Drake Law graduate, has recently accepted a position with the New York City Coalition Against Hunger (NYCCAH).