After 23 years of directing theatre productions at Drake, Clive Elliott will direct his final show, which runs through Sunday, March 6.
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Engaged Citizen Experience Conference to focus on war and international conflict
The conference features five refugees who will share their personal experiences with violence and conflict in their home countries, as well as breakout sessions focusing on "The World and War: Conflict and Its Consequences."
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Grad students to host book fair to benefit children visiting the Polk County Jail
Drake University graduate students studying Adult Learning and Organizational Performance will be involved in a book fair fundraising event Saturday, March 5, at Barnes & Noble in West Des Moines.
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Watch DrakeLINE from March 3
DrakeLINE is the capstone newscast produced by Electronic Media majors, in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, at Drake University. This week's anchor is Paige Hulsey.
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Drake’s Turner Jazz Center Orchestra to perform premiere concert
The new ensemble featuring Drake alumni and faculty, as well as professional musicians, will perform "Many Mondays in New York: The Music of the Village Vanguard and Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestras."
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CPHS students featured in Southridge Health and Wellness Show gallery
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Students gave health screenings to the community at Southridge Mall.
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Drake fixture Pulliam earns Valley award
Dolph Pulliam said, after receiving the Spirit of the Valley award from the Missouri Valley Conference Thursday, that he never regretted turning down professional sports offers to work at Drake. "I became involved in the community, and I get so much joy out of speaking to young people, from being an ambassador for Drake. I have been so blessed to be a part of the University."
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Lesson learned: Spouses teaching spouses often flunks the test
Catherine Wilson Gillespie, a professor in the Drake University School of Education, is quoted on a host of reasons why trying to teach a spouse may be problematic. "Mainly, the thing that is likely to go wrong is that the teacher/student relationship is not the power relationship of choice for most married couples," she said.
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Ag groups launch website on land leases and soil conservation
Two agriculture organizations at Drake University and Iowa State University have put together a website designed to give landowners a source of information on how to use leases to encourage soil conservation. Ed Cox of the Drake Agricultural Law Center says more than half of the farmland in Iowa is now rented and 55-percent of the land is owned by people over the age of 65. Neil Hamilton, the director of the Drake Ag Law Center says that's why the created "SALT" or the Sustainable Agricultural Land St
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Drake Environmental Moot Court Team reaches quarterfinals in national competition
A team of three Drake University law students recently advanced to the quarterfinal round of the National Environmental Moot Court Tournament, which drew 72 teams from law schools across the country to Pace University Law School in White Plains, N.Y.