Drake Pharmacy Students decorated a tree in the annual Festival of Trees and Lights, benefiting the Blank Children’s Hospital Child Life and Advocacy & Outreach programs. The Drake tree was decorated by Alyssa Gould, Janelle Behnke, and Kelsey Lawfer, all P3 students. During the Gala event on Tuesday, November 26, the Drake tree was selected by Bankers Life,...
Year: 2013
Health profile: Pharmacy is in new Drake dean’s DNA
Wendy Duncan, the new dean of the Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, comes from a family of pharmacists. Click here to read about Dean Duncan’s feature in the Des Moines Register. Or read here: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20131202/LIFE02/312020021/Health-profile-Pharmacy-is-in-new-Drake-dean-s-DNA?Frontpage
Gun club can exist next to school
Jerry Anderson, professor of law at the Drake University Law School, provides legal insight in a story about a new Waukee school district campus being built beside a gun club.
Survey of Chichaqua Bottoms aims to help endangered species
A story on Keith Summerville and a team of Drake students who will survey mammals in the Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt early next year in an effort to preserve endangered species in the ecologically rich area.
Cyber Monday shoppers: Plan to be patient on Web’s busiest retail day
Natalie Adkins, associate professor of marketing, comments on Cyber Monday shopping.
Thanksgiving scrambles workers’ schedules
Natalie Adkins, associate professor of marketing, comments on holiday shopping and the strategy behind stores opening for longer hours.
Health profile: Pharmacy is in new Drake dean’s DNA
Wendy Duncan, dean of the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, is featured in a Health Profile in the Des Moines Register.
Ad students complete three agency tours during JMC 129
Advertising students participate in three visits to ad agencies in the curriculum of the Account Management course, JMC 129. In addition to Saturday Manufacturing, students also met agency personnel at Meyocks Group and Flynn-Wright this semester. According to Dorothy Pisarski, Associate Professor, these visits allow students to hear professionals describe their work, client relationships, management...
Success continues for Drake Law moot court teams
Two teams from Drake Law School recently competed in the regional rounds of the 64th Annual National Moot Court Competition. The team of Mara Jones, Kyle Mendenhall and Louis Sloven won the regional and advance to the National Finals in New York City in February.
Public relations professors win honors
The Central Iowa Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America presented two of Drake’s assistant professors of public relations with 2013 Awards of Excellence, the highest individual honors bestowed by the organization. Kelly Bruhn, Ph.D., APR, was named Outstanding Chapter Member, and David Remund, Ph.D., APR, was named Outstanding PR Professional.