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Drake’s ASHP Residency Match Rate #1 in Midwest, #3 in Nation

Drake’s ASHP Residency Match Rate #1 in Midwest, #3 in Nation

The Drake University PharmD Class of 2021 graduates continue a tradition of success in the ASHP Residency Match. Out of 53 participants in 2021, 43 PharmD graduates matched with a residency. Drake’s overall 81.13 percent match rate far exceeds the national average of 64.95 percent, placing the University 1st among all Midwest private programs and 3rd among all pharmacy programs in the Midwest. Nationally, we are placed 3rd among private programs and 12th among all 142...

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ITS Alert

Phishing Scams Circulating Campus

ITS has received numerous reports over the past week of multiple phishing scam variants circulating around campus. Most of them reference job opportunities or impersonate ITS staff and include links that compromise the security of your Drake account, often including language to scare you into clicking the risky link. Do not click the links or reply to...

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ITS Alert

Blackboard Intermittent Outage Resolved

Thank you for your patience. Our has now resolved the intermittent Blackboard outage. Blackboard resolved this outage by completing an update of the system. If you continue to experience issues, please contact the support center at 515-271-3001 or visit service.drake.edu/itsto report your issue. To receive outage notifications by text, opt in by texting DrakeITS2020 to...

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ITS Alert

Additional Update on Intermittent Blackboard Issues

ITS staff was just notified that Blackboard’s Engineering team has determined the cause of the intermittent access issues. In order to resolve this problem, they will be updating Blackboard this evening at 7 p.m. If you encounter issues accessing Blackboard prior to the 7 p.m. maintenance, please continue to try clearing your browser cache or...

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ITS Alert

Update on Intermittent Blackboard Issues

The Blackboard engineering team is continuing to investigate this issue and provide updates to ITS staff. In the meantime, if you encounter issues accessing Blackboard, please continue to try clearing your browser cache or trying a different browser, as many users have found that it resolves the issue. If you are still unable to access...

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ITS Alert

Intermittent Blackboard Issues Reported

At 9:45 p.m. ITS learned of an outage affecting access to Blackboard Learn. ITS staff have reached out to Blackboard to investigate. In the meantime, if you encounter an error message when accessing Blackboard, please try clearing your browser cache or trying a different browser, as many users have found that it resolves the issue....

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ITS Alert

Multiple campus system outage now resolved

Thank you for your patience. ITS has now resolved the outage affecting campus printing, Citrix, webXtender, Pyramid, EMS, and Bulldog Bucks. If you continue to experience issues with any of these systems, 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...

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ITS Alert

Update on campus system outage-more systems affected

In addition to Campus printing, Citrix, webXtender, and Pyramid, we’ve also determined that EMS and Bulldog Bucks are also affected by this outage. ITS staff is working diligently to resolve this issue and we hope to have access back up soon. Thank you for your patience. To receive outage notifications by text, opt in by...