Professionals seeking leadership tips and strategies can learn the skills they need to effectively influence others through a new workshop offered by the Drake University College of Business and Public Administration (CBPA) on Friday, May 10. Timothy Johnson, Extreme Leadership Institute Certified Facilitator, will lead the one-day program. Johnson, an adjunct instructor in management and...
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Comparison Project to feature lecture on ‘Buddhism and the Ethics of Memory’
The Comparison Project brings Gereon Kopf, professor of Asian and comparative religion at Luther College, to Drake University for a special lecture on ways in which individuals and nations commemorate significant events. Gereon Kopf’s lecture, “Buddhism and the Ethics of Memory,” will occur on Wednesday, April 17 at 7 p.m. in Olin Hall, Room 101,...
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2013-04-082013-04-08by Jeremy SieversIn College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesOfficial News Releases
Pharmacy honorary and leadership societies receive national awards
Rho Chi, Drake’s honorary academic society, and Phi Lambda Sigma leadership society received national awards during the society’s national meetings, conducted during the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Annual Meeting and Exhibition, held in Los Angeles, March 1-4. Rho Chi was awarded the 2013 Chapter Achievement Award and tied for the 2013 Most Improved Chapter. The...
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Drake partners with Science Center of Iowa for screening of “The City Dark”
As part of the Drake University Engaged Citizen Experience Film Series, a screening of the critically acclaimed documentary The City Dark will be held on Thursday, April 11 at the Science Center of Iowa, 401 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway. This event, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 6:30...
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New Education Leadership Professor Earns Honor
Trent Grundmeyer, who will join the School of Education in the fall 2013 as an Assistant Professor, was named the 2013 Iowa Secondary Principal of the Year by School Administrators of Iowa. Full the full story, follow this link.
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Teaching and Learning in Belize
School of Education faculty Sally Beisser, Ph.D. and Shelley Fairbairn, Ph.D., co-led a group of 9 to volunteer at the Holy Cross Anglican School in San Mateo, Belize during spring break. The “Teaching and Learning in Belize” trip allowed both pre- and in-service teachers to work with culturally dissimilar children over the course of three...
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Adult Literacy Center Receives Grant from Prairie Meadows
The Drake University Adult Literacy Center (DUALC) was awarded a Community Betterment Grant from Prairie Meadows. Jayne Smith and Christina Sibouih of Drake’s Office of Sponsored Programs join Anne Murr, Adult Literacy Center Director, and Marcia Martin, ALC Advisory Council member to receive the $7500 grant. The grant money will be used to promote literacy efforts. The...
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Drake music students donate instruments and scholarship to elementary school in need
On Friday, April 5, Drake University music students will perform a special concert for Hunt Elementary School in Sioux City, Iowa. Following the concert, the elementary school will receive a set of unique Orff instruments and a $1000 scholarship to send their music teacher, Emily Cox, to study Orff-Schulwerk this coming summer. The instruments require...
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Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship at Drake presents “Social Movements & Political Moments”
The Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship presents “Social Movements & Political Moments: Occupy Wall Street’s Impact on Long-term Movements for Social Change” at Drake University. Jackie Smith, a professor of sociology at the University of Pittsburgh and editor of the Journal of World-Systems Research, will deliver the lecture, which is free and open...