It’s finals week. Have a safe, relaxing, and healthy winter break.
Water off Tuesday night in SJMC offices
Due to demolition of the building to the north, the water in the 25th Street offices, studio, and lab will be off overnight Tuesday, December 13, 10 p.m. – 5 a.m. Wednesday, December 14. If you are in the building at that time, you will not be able to use toilets, sinks, or the drinking fountain. Please plan accordingly.
SJMC Office reminder
Remember that December 19 – January 22 SJMC faculty and staff will be working remotely when not on holiday break (Dec. 23 – Jan. 2). Please communicate online and/or set up virtual meetings as needed. Note: This does NOT impact J-term classes. If you are taking a J-term class, your class will meet as scheduled.
Adobe update
Drake is changing the way students access Adobe products after J-Term. As of January 23, students will no longer be able to sign into Adobe on lab computers using their Drake email and Drake password (SSO sign-in). Instead, each student must create their own free Adobe ID and sign in with that.
Existing Adobe libraries in SSO accounts will no longer be accessible with this new protocol, so students, faculty, and staff with assets in their SSO Adobe accounts must transfer those assets to their personal Adobe ID accounts. Find details in this linked article from Clayton Mitchell. This will simplify the way the University accesses the Adobe products we use and should alleviate SSO log-in problems.
Bulldog Balance Space
PMAC opportunities available
Welcome Weekend 2023 planning is underway. Roles include FYS PMACs (working with a group of students), Event Planner PMACs (planning Choose Your Own Adventure events and facilitating Welcome Weekend activities), and Social Media PMAC (a unique role within the Event Planner PMACs that will run the new Instagram page to showcase our awesome PMACs and all the fun activities of Welcome Weekend).
To learn more about these roles, please attend a 30-minute information session Friday, February 3 in Olmsted. Sign up here: PAB: PMAC Information Session’22/’23 (signupgenius.com) In addition, you can follow the @drake.pmacs Instagram account for more information about the positions. Applications are due February 12 at 11:59 PM. Please email pab@drake.edu with any questions prior to that.
Statehouse clerk applications due Dec. 16
If you’re interested in clerking at the Iowa Statehouse for the 2023 session and have not yet secured your position with a chamber or a legislator, please fill out the following applications before Friday, December 16, 2022. These are brief applications and are needed to help circulate your information to help you secure a position. Professor McCoy is continuing to work with Iowa Statehouse staff to assist in recruiting students for JMC110 Capitol Experience and matching them with clerk positions.
Application Links:
Additional internship opportunities:
- The Iowa House Republicans and Speaker Grassley are hiring a new role of communications specialist. This person would get experience staffing press interviews, drafting social media, press releases, newsletters, etc. Find more details here: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/careers?filter=house
- The Iowa House Clerk is looking for an intern to work about 30 hours per week. This position will pay $14+ per hour depending on experience. This is a bi-partisan position that will work the switchboard during business hours and assist with other tasks such as indexing bills.
- United Way’s advocacy office is looking for an intern. Several other multi-client lobbyists are also looking for help with attendance at subcommittee meetings and with bill tracking. These are paid positions.
Please reach out to Professor McCoy with questions.
SJMC scholarship applications available
Numerous scholarships and awards are available to continuing SJMC students. Applications for the 2023-2024 academic are now open and available here. Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. February 1, 2023.
SJMC Alumni Spotlight: Two alumnae appear in “Cinderella”
SJMC alumnae Stacie Bendixen (2009) and Maddie Topliff (2021) are appearing in “Cinderella” at the Des Moines Playhouse, running through Dec. 18. It’s the second show the two have joined together. They also were in the cast of “Bye Bye Birdie” at the Urbandale Community Theatre in summer 2022.
Stacie is an assistant vice president and social impact and sustainability specialist at Wells Fargo. Maddie is a communications specialist for Kum & Go. She has been accepted into the International Lyric Academy’s program in Vicenza, Italy, for a one-week program in summer 2023.
SJMC trivia
Malynn Pavey correctly identified Dean Catherine Staub as the SJMC staff member with the most Drake degrees. Malynn, please stop by the SJMC offices at 1213 25th Street during business hours to pick up your SJMC prize. Thank you to all our participants. Please look for more trivia questions during the spring 2023 semester.
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