Des Moines Metro Opera (DMMO) and Drake University will be working in harmony this summer. Orchestral musicians from DMMO—a major American summer opera festival and one of Iowa’s largest performing arts organizations—will live and rehearse on Drake’s campus as they prepare for the 2023 Mainstage Season at Blank Performing Arts Center in Indianola. The collaboration...
The following message announcing Dean Jerry Anderson’s decision to step down as dean of the Drake Law School and return to his faculty appointment was sent from Provost Sue Mattison to Drake University faculty and staff on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Dear Colleagues, I am writing to share with you that, after seven years in...
Drake University will award 1,175 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees at its 2023 commencement ceremonies to be held Friday, May 12, and Saturday, May 13, in The Knapp Center located at 2525 Forest Ave. in Des Moines. Drake University President Marty Martin will preside over the commencement ceremonies. One of the highlights of the undergraduate...
Drake Law School ranked among top 100 law schools in the U.S. Drake University Law School was ranked among the top law schools in the nation in the newly released U.S. News & World Report 2023–2024 Best Law School rankings. The latest ranking at #88 marks the first time Drake Law has broken into the...
Drake University has hired Joel A. Johnson, a Chicago native with more than 20 years of experience in college admissions and recruitment, as its new dean of admission effective July 6. Johnson will manage and direct Drake’s Office of Admission, which is responsible for enrolling the University’s nearly 3,000 undergraduate and 1,800 graduate students. His...
Patch to serve as this year’s Drake Relays mascot and the Most Beautiful Bulldog Thousands of people joyfully gathered Monday evening at the Knapp Center on Drake University’s campus to celebrate the crowning of Patch as the winner of the 44th Annual Beautiful Bulldog Contest®. Ramsey Subaru served as the presenting sponsor of this year’s...
As students and faculty enter the final month of the academic year, Drake University is excited to recognize the latest major contributions to The Ones: Drake’s Campaign for the Brave & Bold. To date, the campaign has raised more than $180 million of its $225 million goal. Since the public launch of The Ones campaign...
A Drake University student, dean, professor, and program were named winners of this year’s President’s and Engaged Campus Awards by the Iowa and Minnesota Campus Compact. The honorees were selected for their outstanding commitment to community engagement and civic responsibility. This year, 86 awardees were chosen from 55 colleges and universities across the two-state network....
eCampus.com’s full-service online bookstore platform will improve the student experience through access to low-cost course materials coupled with a customer-focused campus retail experience. Drake University has selected eCampus.com to deliver a reimagined campus store experience and online bookstore platform beginning Summer 2023. This new partnership prioritizes convenient and affordable access to course materials through a...
Highly acclaimed pianist Nadia Weintraub will present the final concert of the 2022–2023 season for the Drake University Keys to Excellence Piano Series on Monday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium. Admission is free. The program for the performance is: The Piano in Poetry, Romance, and Dance Clara Schumann Romance in A minor, Op.21,...