Ann Kovalchick, chief information technology officer for Drake University, was recently selected to serve on the board of directors for the Technology Association of Iowa (TAI). TAI is recognized as the premier professional organization driving the success of the state's technology industry and tech-based economy.
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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.
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Media Responsibility class collaborates via Twitter
For Lori Blachford's course Media Responsibility Over Time (JMC-066), students are required to tweet at least five times a week to share news links.
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Drake law professor to teach diplomats at the United Nations
Peter K. Yu will return to the United Nations in New York City to teach diplomats and U.N. personnel about the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights.
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Wildomar centenarian knows about life
Drake alumna Marguerite Purcell, who graduated in 1929 at 18 with a degree in education, is profiled. By the 1930s, she was a kindergarten pioneer in rural Iowa, where early childhood education was just catching on.
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Branstad’s Supreme Court choices: Edward Mansfield, Thomas Waterman and Bruce Zager
Two of the three newly appointed Iowa Supreme Court Justices have Drake connections. Judge Edward Mansfield is an adjunct professor and Judge Bruce Zager is a graduate of the Drake Law School.
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Clive Elliott prepares for his final curtain call
Clive Elliott, Drake's Daniel B. Goldberg Artist in Residence of Theatre Arts, is profiled in a TV segment in advance of "The Cherry Orchard," his final production before retirement.
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Gov. Branstad names 3 to Iowa Supreme Court
Drake University law professor David Walker is quoted on the choice of the new justices, saying he thinks some members of the Supreme Court probably remain upset about the ouster of their colleagues but would quickly accept the new members. Newly selected justice Ed Mansfield, who is also an adjunct Drake Law professor, said his sense is that everyone is eager to get working.
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Chuck Schumer, Michael Bloomberg Seek To Bolster Gun Checks
Ian Bartrum, professor of constitutional law, is quoted regarding legislation that would require all gun buyers to undergo a background check and increase penalties for states that fail to comply. "I think these efforts are long overdue, but, given the strength of the gun lobby and the Republican House, it will be difficult to get passed," he said.
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Nominate a student speaker for SJMC reception
Every spring, the School of Journalism and Mass Communication hosts a dessert reception to honor recipients of School scholarships and other awards, and to celebrate our graduating seniors. This spring, the reception is scheduled for Sunday, April 3, beginning at 4 p.m. in Levitt Hall of Old Main.