ITS is making updates to the VDI environment. As a result, access to vdi.drake.edu and all virtual apps and desktops available through either Citrix Workspace or a web browser will be unavailable between 8 and 10 p.m. on Thursday, August 12. ITS is performing this maintenance to ensure that VDI will continue to perform as...
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Griffiths’ Leaves Lasting Impact as Jackson Becomes OT Department Chair
Yolanda Griffiths, professor of occupational therapy, completed her role as program director and department chair of Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences’ (CPHS) occupational therapy department on June 30, 2021. Griffiths was instrumental in further developing the occupational therapy program in CPHS after it began enrolling its inaugural class in 2015. She will continue making an impact on students as a professor in the department. Griffiths joined Drake in 2017 after serving in leadership...
New Employee Dashboard out today
Starting today from the Employee Dashboard (linked from myDrake) you’ll be able to submit or approve time or leave reports, view your tax information, review past jobs, access pay information, and more. A few items to remember as you work with the new the Employee Dashboard: Faculty and staff must use Duo Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)...
CPHS Students Awarded NASA Research Scholarships
The NASA Iowa Space Grant Consortium (ISGC) awarded three research scholarships to students in Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS). First-year student pharmacist Anna Braun, second-year student pharmacist Ali Goldensoph, and junior health sciences student Anna Parr were three of 18 students in Iowa to receive these competitive scholarships for the 2021-22 academic year. Each scholarship carries an award of $5,000 to be split between...
Drake Website Outage Resolved
At 3:15 p.m. ITS learned of an outage affecting www.drake.edu. At 3:45 p.m., ITS staff resolved the outage. If you continue to experience any issues accessing the Drake website, please contact the support center at 515-271-3001 or visit service.drake.edu/its for assistance.
Reminder: ITS routine maintenance tonight
Systems supported by ITS may be unavailable due to routine maintenance beginning at approximately 9:00 p.m. tonight until 1:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. For a full schedule of maintenance dates for 2021 please see www.drake.edu/its/maintenanceschedule/.
Support Center Phones Outage Resolved
Thank you for your patience. The ITS support center phones are working again, though ITS is still consulting with our vendor to determine what went wrong. If you continue to experience issues calling the support center at 515-271-3001, please visit service.drake.edu/its to report your issue. To receive outage notifications by text, opt in by texting...
Update on Support Center Phones Outage
ITS is still working to resolve the support center phones outage. We will keep you posted of progress and will let you know when this outage has been resolved. In the meantime, we recommend using the IT service portal at service.drake.edu/its to report any tech issues. Thank you for your continued patience. To receive outage...
Support Center Phones Outage
At 9 a.m., ITS realized there was an issue with the Support Center phones. This is causing all phone calls to the support center to be dropped. ITS is diligently working towards a resolution, in the meantime, please report any tech issues using the IT service portal at service.drake.edu/its. We will provide updates and will...
Maki appointed to the Iowa Board of Pharmacy
Governor Kim Reynolds has appointed Erik Maki, associate professor and clinical sciences department chair in the Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS), to a three-year term on the Iowa Board of Pharmacy, effective May 1, 2021. An Iowa native, Maki received his PharmD in 2003 from the University of Iowa and completed an ASHP accredited specialty residency in pharmacotherapy at Texas Tech University. Maki joined the faculty of CPHS in 2005...