The Drake University School of Education is rolling out a new Master of Science in Leadership Development (MSLD) in the fall 2013. This program, replacing the Adult Learning and Organizational Performance (ALOP) degree, is designed to meet the needs of emerging and aspiring leaders who wish to better understand their own leadership strengths, identify areas...
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Drake receives record breaking Fulbright awards for 2013-2014
The Fulbright Scholarship program is one of the most competitive postgraduate international exchange programs in the nation. Students who receive a Fulbright Scholarship are federally funded to spend one year of postgraduate study teaching or conducting research in a foreign country. The application process is extensive, and only a select few applicants receive grants. Historically,...
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Superintendent made professional connections at Drake
When Tom Ahart, GR’99,’13, returned to Iowa for a teaching position in the western part of the state more than 15 years ago, it didn’t take him long to catch wind of the great educational opportunities at Drake University. Soon after, he enrolled in the Master of Public Administration program where he began building relationships...
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Connecting Around The World
Dean McMahill recently traveled with our Director of International Programs Christa Olson and our Chief Information Officer Ann Kovalchick to the University of Kwazulu Natal in Durban, South Africa. A former student (Vusi) and future student (Innocentia) shared Drake stories and memorabilia. The Drake visitors will be working on many opportunities for faculty, staff and...
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Foxhoven recognized for commitment to Iowa families
Jerry Foxhoven, executive director of the Neal and Bea Smith Legal Clinic and professor of law at Drake University Law School, has been chosen as the recipient of this year’s Margaret Hess Leadership In Family Empowerment (LIFE) Award given by Youth & Shelter Services, Inc.
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B-News Students Score at IBNA Convention
Drake students accepted five first-place awards, including Best Radio Newscast, during the Iowa Broadcast News Association convention in Johnston Saturday. Drake Broadcast News junior and DBS President Erin Hassanzadeh received a $500 scholarship funded by friends and family of Eliot Keller, co-founder of pioneer KRNA-FM, Iowa City, and co-owner/general manager of KZIA/KGYM, Cedar Rapids. Keller...
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Iowa View: Immigration reform is in the interest of young people, and nation
President David Maxwell and Renee Cramer discuss immigration reform.
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Thesis art exhibition “Figmentation” opens May 3 at the Anderson Gallery
The Anderson Gallery at Drake University will host Figmentation, a thesis art exhibition, featuring the work of Drake students Megan Ault, Kate Foster, Andrea Piekarczyk, Garrett Roskam, and Stephanie Werning. The exhibit, which is free and open to the public, will run May 3–17. An opening reception will be held on Friday, May 3 from...
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Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship to feature lecture on U.S. relations with Turkey
The Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship and the Turkish American Society of Iowa will feature “Turkey’s Foreign Policy and Relations with the U.S.,” a lecture by Fatih Yildiz at Drake University. Faith Yildiz, consul general of Turkey in Chicago, will deliver the lecture on Tuesday, April 30 from 3:30–4:30 p.m. in Levitt Hall,...
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Drake Professor Keith Summerville receives research grants
Keith Summerville, associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of environmental science, recently received two research grants—one from Polk County Conservation, and the other from Purdue University and the Hardwood Ecosystems Experience (HEE) Project. Summerville was awarded a grant from Polk County Conservation in the amount of $9,868 to study the...