Author: Carl Olsen (Carl Olsen)

All RaySociety members and prospective members are invited to attend the meeting and the reception that follows.

The University held four graduation ceremonies last weekend for Drake graduates.

2009 Drake University Law School Commencement Address by U.S. District Judge Mark W. Bennett of the Northern District of Iowa Your Life’s Blueprint: From Pericles To Facebook What a wonderful evening this is — the pinnacle of the three most daunting years of your life — reflecting your enormous hard work and diligent study. Each...

Laurie Kratky Doré, the Ellis and Nelle Levitt distinguished professor of law, has been awarded the University's highest honor for teaching.

Jennifer Harvey, assistant professor of religion and ethics, recently received Drake's most prestigious award for mentors.

Cassaundra Koenen missed the Undergraduate Commencement Saturday morning after her father suffered a heart attack in the stands before the ceremony started.

Undergraduate Commencement 2009 Address by President David E. Maxwell As all of today’s graduates know (if you read emails from the president), at the end of spring break I sent you message inviting you to suggest topics to me for my remarks at Commencement, and I want to begin by thanking the dozens and dozens...

Drake senior Karli-Jo Storm recently was selected to receive a Fulbright Grant for the 2009-10 academic year.

Gary Johnson received a major award at a recent regional conference.

“I’ve always had a fondness for Henry Adams’ quote: ‘A teacher affects eternity — he can never tell where his influence stops.’  I always thought this quote was made for Lon. He has affected eternity — he has been a teacher in so many different ways — a teacher to his students, to his colleagues,...