Drake alumnus Michael Strong joined Teach for America Corps after graduating from Drake University in 2009 with a degree in biology. Although Teach for America is a two-year program, Strong is considering an admittance deferral to stay in the classroom a third year. He is currently applying to medical school.
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Year: 2011
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Drake Symphony Orchestra to perform spring concert
Maestro Joseph Giunta, music director of the Des Moines Symphony, will serve as guest conductor of the ensemble.
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Beautiful bulldogs drooling over chance to capture 2011 crown
Beautiful Bulldog Contest Drawing and 32nd Annual Beautiful Bulldog Contest information and registration changes
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“Daring to Be” photography exhibit and book reading focus on women in the Yucatan
Photography exhibit and book reading in Cowles Library will focus on women confronting gender inequalities in the Yucatan.
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Happy Birthday Marguerite!
Marguerite Purcell, Drake alumni and lifelong educator, celebrates her 100th birthday
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Drake English prof discusses new book on young immigrants’ journeys to Iowa
Carol Spaulding-Kruse and co-author Kay Smith were featured on Iowa Public Radio today.
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Art conservator to demonstrate X-ray gadget
A preview of the March 3 guest lecture by Erich Uffelman, who teaches chemistry at Virginia's Washington and Lee University. Uffelman to discuss the new gadgets conservators use to study centuries-old paintings. He'll bring one of the portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzers he uses to detect hidden layers in works by the Dutch Masters, his specialty.
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Watch DrakeLINE from Feb. 25
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 Jess Hoeffert.
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SJMC capstone update: Think magazine [video]
Riane Menardi, editor of the senior capstone magazine Think, gives us an update on how the magazine is progressing so far this semester.
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Local woman will seek answers to her life on trip to Vietnam
Drake pharmacy alumna Tobi Snyder, who now works as a geriatric pharmacist in Colorado, was profiled prior to a trip she is taking to reconnect with family from Vietnam. She was adopted there 40 years ago.