Author: Carl Olsen (Carl Olsen)

After 26 years of service to Drake, retired magazine professor Patricia Prijatel is well known for building and shepherding the magazine program, as well as being an extraordinary mentor.

Visiting distinguished professor of law and former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack will present an address about health care, titled "Archimedes Had a Point," on Wednesday, Jan. 23. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 4 p.m. in room 213 of Cartwright Hall, 2621 Carpenter Ave.

Most students rely on their friends and family for moral support while they work toward their degrees. When Richard McWilliams graduated from Drake with his Specialist Degree in Educational Leadership last August, part of the credit for his success went to his wife, Nita.

When she wrote and illustrated the bedtime story "Isabelle Winkle Touches the Moon," Drake alumna Katie Beckman, AS'02, didn't know where the story would end up and what impact it might have.

The $15 million investment in the renovation of Drake Stadium by Drake University and the Greater Des Moines community continues to produce dividends.

Drake senior women's basketball player Lindsay Whorton from Independence, Mo. is among the nation's top-30 senior female college basketball players named as an official candidate for the 2007-08 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award.

With the renovation of Drake Stadium, the weathered wooden bleachers were replaced with new aluminum seating. Some of the old redwood planks have been recycled through woodworking projects by two Iowans.

Drake University's Anderson Gallery will feature "Woven Traditions: Central and West African Textiles," an exhibition of 40 traditional African textiles from the collection of Drake faculty members Lenore Metrick-Chen and Phillip Chen.

The Drake men's basketball team held off Evansville, 71-68, to earn its 11th straight victory and improve its record to 12-1 overall -- the best start ever in school history.

Drake University's 25th head football coach Chris Creighton began recruiting his new staff even before he got to the news conference announcing his position.