Two Drake University Law School students are forming a nonprofit organization to help spur economic development at the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Reservation in Buffalo County, S.D. -- the poorest county in the United States.
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Iowa legislative leaders to discuss 2008 session
Drake will host a forum in which top leaders from Iowa's House and Senate will discuss the 2008 session and election year.
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International film series to conclude with German film
Drake's spring International Film Series will conclude with a screening of "The Lives of Others," a German film with English subtitles.
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Drake offers live telecast of Relays
Drake 's student-run Relays telecast will be broadcast live on TV and on the Drake Athletics Web site during the 99th running of the Drake Relays.
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Drake series to feature Des Moines National Poetry Festival poet
The Drake University Writers and Critics Series will present an evening with the 2008 Des Moines National Poetry Festival Poet Li-Young Lee at 8 p.m.
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Two Drake ensembles to perform jazz concerts
Both of Drake University's jazz ensembles will perform free concerts in April in Sheslow Auditorium.
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Carter Smith Receives PEO Scholarship
Linda Murphy, a member of PEO, presents Tisha with her scholarship as Dean McMahill watches. Tisha Carter Smith, a third year education major, was the recipient of a scholarship from the organization PEO. The financial support was very much appreciated by Tisha who is balancing her studies at Drake with her family life in Minnesota....
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Adult Literacy Center Receives Grant from Nationwide Foundation
The Nationwide Foundation recently awarded the Drake University Adult Literacy Center with a $5,000 grant. The money will be used to support programming aimed at helping struggling adult readers in the Des Moines area. “The Adult Literacy Cents is funded solely by community contributions. Adults who are improving their reading skills at the Center and...
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Legislators honor Drake basketball programs at State Capitol
With a giant stuffed bulldog on his arm, Rep. Wayne Ford, D-Des Moines, introduced the Drake men's basketball team with an enthusiastic speech yesterday in the House Chambers at the State Capitol.
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Drake begins search for new men’s basketball coach
Drake has a search under way to hire a new men's basketball coach to succeed Keno Davis who has accepted a job as head coach at Providence College.