Daniel Finney, JO’97, is the Metro Voice columnist for The Des Moines Register. Read his first person account on how his career path started with an interaction with a professor in the halls of Meredith. I always wanted to be a columnist. Well, that’s not strictly accurate. I wanted to be a mail carrier in...
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CPHS Drake Notes, Spring 2015
The following class notes regarding graduates of the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences will be published in the spring issue of Drake Blue magazine. Achievements Dorothy (Baiely) Masters, LA’50, and Wayne Masters, PH’50, Sioux City, Iowa, celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary. Peter Johnson, PH’56, Wyoming, Ill. hung up his microphone after 58 years as a...
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Brooks Competition Participants Take on The Interview
On the surface, it was a tangle of international intrigue, corporate hacking, and Hollywood politics. Underneath, the situation played out in charts and graphs, spreadsheets and data analysis, and cold hard cash.
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Murphy Cup Brings Millennial Readers to Better Homes and Gardens
Among the potted plants, the decorating tips, the slow cooker recipes, and the DIY crafts, is there a place for Millennials in the world of Better Homes and Gardens?
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CPHS faculty, staff, and alumni awarded at Pharmacy and Health Sciences Day
Faculty, alumni, and community leaders were honored during Drake University Pharmacy and Health Sciences Day on Thursday, February 26. The annual event is organized by students in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS), bringing together current students, alumni, faculty, staff and industry leaders to celebrate the 2015 CPHS award winners. 2015 CPHS Mentor of...
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Student Carson Klug published in IPA Journal
Carson Klug, a 2016 Pharm.D. candidate, was published in the current issue of the Iowa Pharmacy Association Journal. Klug talked about student involvement in policy development in the Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and how others can fit into their organizations. Read Klug’s article titled “Policy Development is Important for the Profession...
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34th Bucksbaum Lecture: NPR’s Nina Totenberg discusses all things Supreme Court
All Things Supreme Court would be a fitting description for National Public Radio legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg's lecture at Drake University on March 12.
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Drake celebrates January, February new hires and anniversaries
January Anniversaries Linda Anderzhon, Alumni and Development Heidi Ball, Head Start Donna Blunck, Finance and Administration Kelsey Bolton, Psychology Doris Brunnette, Vocational Rehabilitation Rosa Castro, Maintenance/Custodial Amy Daughenbaugh, Student Financial Planning Ricky Fox, Athletics Alice Fynnardt, Biology Mark Harrington, Maintenance/Grounds Sara Heijerman, Student Services Center Carla Herling, DTS Matthew Holub, OIT Laura Juarez, Head Start...
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Top Educator
Merrill Middle School students had been told to dress in nice clothes and prepare for an important occasion. The crowd of pre-teens squirmed in the gymnasium bleacher seats, waiting and speculating and whispering. Perhaps a visit from Justin Bieber? Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer? When Principal Alex Hanna entered the gym with Des Moines Public Schools...
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Law School Celebrates 150 Years
Recognizing the unique relationship between Drake Law and the Iowa Legislature, the Iowa Senate and House approved a resolution on Feb. 18 congratulating the Law School on its 150th anniversary and declaring the day as Drake Law School Day. While the proclamation itself might carry little legal weight, lawmakers, friends, and alumni echoed the sentiment...