Morgan Bump, third-year student pharmacist, was awarded the inaugural Loretta M. and Thomas M. Pursel Sr. Family Pharmacy Scholarship. This scholarship recognizes a third- or fourth-year student pharmacist within Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS) who meets one of the following criteria: 1) exhibits leadership experience within a national pharmacy organization, 2) is a military veteran or current member of the military/guard, and/or 3) is a single parent. Bump has exhibited leadership in...
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Student Printing Outage
At 12:20 p.m., ITS was made aware of a student printing outage. This outage is only related to student printing, and faculty and staff are not affected. ITS is diligently working towards a resolution. We will provide updates and will let you know when this outage has been resolved. Thank you for your patience. To...
Panopto Outage Resolved
Thank you for your patience. ITS has now resolved the Panopto outage. If you continue to experience issues, please contact the support center at 515-271-3001 or visit service.drake.edu/its to report your issue. To receive outage notifications by text, opt in by texting DrakeITS2021 to phone number 226787. You first need to be signed up to...
Panopto Outage
At 1:10pm, ITS was made aware of a Panopto outage. This is affecting Blackboard Ultra courses configured to use Panopto for content creation and distribution. ITS is diligently working with Panopto towards a resolution. We will provide updates and will let you know when this outage has been resolved. Thank you for your patience. To...
Campus-Wide Service Outage Resolved
At 1:55 p.m., ITS learned of an outage affecting access to all web sites and services, on-and off-campus. At 2:03 p.m., ITS staff resolved the issue. If you continue to experience any issues, please contact the support center at 515-271-3001 or visit service.drake.edu/its for assistance.
Citrix Workspace (VDI) Planned Outage from 8 to 10 p.m. on Thursday, August 12
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...
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.




