The Striving for Eternal Life (SFEL) Choir will visit Drake University at 7 p.m. Sept. 12 to share their uplifting reggae gospel sound along with their stories of hardship as refugee students from Burundi. The choir is led by Drake student Vincent Niyokwizera.
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Observatory fall lecture series spotlights the sky
The Drake Municipal Observatory series, presented every Friday through October 28, consists of non-technical, illustrated presentations by Drake Astronomy lecturers. All lectures begin at 8 p.m. All fall lectures center on sky-themed topics.
Fall Prevention at Four Mile
Students in the Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences working under preceptor Dr. Nora Stelter administered screenings for the Polk County Health Department and Polk County Senior Services "Fall" Prevention Day.
Learn over the lunch hour with the DUSCI math and science lecture series
The fall 2011 Drake University Science Colloquium Series features seven Drake professors discussing their research.
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich reschedules speech at Drake for Sept. 8
Reich will present "The Next Economy and America's Future" at 7 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium in Old Main, 2507 University Ave. The speech, which will include a question-and-answer session, is free and open to the public.
Get to Know: Mandi McReynolds
Drake's new Service Learning Coordinator, Mandi McReynolds, is featured in a Q&A as a young professional invested in tomorrow's leaders.
Fall Let’s DU Lunch series begins with talk by Templeton Rye Spirits founder
Drake University's fall 2011 Let's DU Lunch speaker series will kick off on Wednesday, September 7, with a presentation by Scott Bush, founder and president of Templeton Rye Spirits.
Local Muslims relate how 9/11 has altered their lives
While a student at Drake University, Faizan Syed would be asked by professors and students about Islam but was not always comfortable acting as the voice of authority. Ultimately, it led to his current position as executive director of the St. Louis chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
The myth of closure
A new book by Nancy Berns, Drake associate professor of sociology, argues that this popular concept doesn't exist "” and that chasing it might hurt us.
Here to there and back again: Area superintendent returns to Iowa after living abroad
Drake alumnus Steve Hanson may be Iowa-born and raised, but it was his time in South America that helped give him a fresh appreciation of the diversity of his new hometown in West Liberty. Hanson, who became superintendent of the West Liberty Community School District in April, lived in Brazil for 15 years.