Author: Carl Olsen (Carl Olsen)

Drake’s mission is to provide an exceptional learning environment that prepares students for meaningful personal lives, professional accomplishments, and responsible global citizenship. The Drake experience is distinguished by collaborative learning among students, faculty, and staff and by the integration of the liberal arts and sciences with professional preparation.  

Rankings show improvements in bar passage rate, student/faculty ratio; College of Pharmacy ties for fifth among private institutions in new rankings; Drake SIFE team win honors in regional tournament; Drake to honor Richard Morrow with Weaver medal; StormReady: Drake is prepared to safeguard people, property from severe weather; Drake students change lives with alternative spring break.

Sally Beisser, associate professor of education, has been selected to participate in this summer's Oxford Round Table in Oxford, England.

Although the Drake Relays broadcast isn't an official class offered at Drake, students are using the opportunity to put their knowledge and skills learned in the classroom to use. And that's exactly what Drake Broadcasting System has been doing for 20 years now with this year's broadcast marking the 20th anniversary of the student-run production.

Drake students recently participated in Drake's Next Top Entrepreneur Competition, a challenge allowing them the opportunity to showcase their creativity skills and health-care related innovations.