Raylene Rospond, deputy provost at Drake University, received the Robert G. Gibbs Distinguished Pharmacist Award at the 2013 Iowa Pharmacy Association (IPA) Annual Meeting in Coralville, Iowa. The award recognizes pharmacists for outstanding contributions to the profession of pharmacy and the IPA. The Distinguished Pharmacist Award is the highest recognition provided to a pharmacist by...
Year: 2013
Drake participates in FUTURE in Biomedicine program
Drake University student Amanda Marwitz and Adina Kilpatrick, assistant professor of physics, are engaging in a program that aims to strengthen undergraduate science education in Iowa. FUTURE (Fostering Undergraduate Talent – Uniting Research and Education) in Biomedicine allows select professors and undergraduates in Iowa to use the University of Iowa (UI) laboratories for research. Through...
Q&A with Foreign Service Officer Ryan Hanlon, LW’12
Ryan Hanlon, a 2012 graduate of Drake Law School, is about to embark on another chapter in his life. As a newly commissioned Foreign Service Officer with the United States Department of State, he is currently finishing his initial training at the Department of State and National Foreign Affairs Training Center in Arlington, VA.
Drake sponsors “Giants of Jazz” series
Drake University has partnered with Metro Arts Alliance to sponsor Jazz in July’s “Giants of Jazz” series. Music from a variety of jazz legends will be featured at each of the concerts throughout the month of July. The concert series will take place at various locations around the metro on July 11, 12, 21 and...
$125,000 gift to Drake aimed at spurring independent pharmacies
The Business Record highlights Drake as one of four schools to receive a $125,000 gift from Cardinal Health Inc.
Debra DeLaet named Herb and Karen Baum Chair of Ethics and the Professions
Drake University is pleased to announce Debra DeLaet as the Herb and Karen Baum Chair of Ethics and the Professions. Herb Baum, BN’59, and his wife, Karen, contributed $2 million to establish the Herb and Karen Baum Chair of Ethics and the Professions in 2010. This prestigious faculty position guides students across the University in...
Drake ‘Startup Central’ to foster professional connections at 80/35
What if a major music festival could facilitate the professional connections you need to launch your career or take your business to the next level? Drake University Startup Central, an interactive networking hub at 80/35, aims to leverage the creativity of a central Iowa festival-goers for the benefit of current and aspiring small business leaders....
Drake College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences receives $125,000 gift
Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences has received a $125,000 gift from Cardinal Health, Inc., of Dublin, Ohio, to fund scholarships for pharmacy students interested in working for independent pharmacies. Drake was one of four schools selected to receive the gift. “Drake University’s commitment to community pharmacy and retail independent pharmacists of the...
FRONTLINE: Rape in the Fields
Drake Law School graduates Sonia Parras and Elizabeth Shoemaker are featured on Frontline.
Drake alumni chosen for ‘Lawyers of Color Hot List’
Drake Law School graduates Charles Monterio, Jr., LW’04, and Shannon Redd, LW’10 have been named to the Lawyers of Color Hot List, a group of 100 exceptional early- to mid-career minority attorneys under 40 from the Mid-Atlantic Region who are excelling in the legal profession.