Author: Carl Olsen (Carl Olsen)

The gift will support The Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship and the objectives of the University's Internationalization Strategic Plan. This plan calls for Drake to recruit more international students, faculty and staff, expand faculty exchanges, internationalize the curriculum and increase access to study-abroad programs.

The former Drake football player and Iowa native ended a successful season with All-pro recognition.

Drake University presented alumni Lisa Behlmann Cannon and Zach Johnson with the highest honor Drake bestows on its former student-athletes -- the Double D Award -- on Jan. 25.

The January fundraiser helped pay for the team's May trip to the Global Kilimanjaro Bowl, which is slated to be the first American-style collegiate football game on African soil.

The Drake University School of Education will recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of exceptional alumni at the Believers and Achievers Banquet on Tuesday, March 1.

Drake public relations seniors will prepare a strategic PR campaign for Anawim Housing, a non-profit specializing in low-income housing management and development, for their capstone project.

Drake students evacuated while studying abroad in Egypt receive national attention after returning to the U.S., blogging about their experiences.

A high-stakes film tax credit trial will take place at Drake University as the First-Year Trial Practicum, where law students view an actual state or federal trial as if in an educational laboratory.

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Drake Associate Professor of English Carol Spaulding-Kruse celebrated the release of the book she co-authored during a naturalization ceremony for nearly 100 children.