Lynn Kassel, associate professor of clinical sciences in Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, has been named the 2021-2022 Ronald Troyer Research Fellow. The Fellowship was established by the Drake University Board of Trustees in 2010 to honor former provost and professor of sociology Ron Troyer and to recognize Drake faculty scholarly accomplishments. The Fellowship carries a $5,000 stipend to cover one year of research-related...
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Maki Receives Levitt Distinguished Community Service Award
Erik Maki, associate professor and clinical sciences department chair, was honored with the 2020-2021 Drake University Madelyn M. Levitt Distinguished Community Service Award. The Madelyn M. Levitt Distinguished Community Service Award recognizes a faculty or staff member with a demonstrated personal commitment to volunteerism and community service as well as professional and personal values and behavior that typify...
CPHS 2021 Commencement Ceremonies
The College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS) held an in-person, socially-distant commencement ceremony for professional program students on Friday, May 14th, 2021. The undergraduate health sciences students were part of one of the four University ceremonies held on Saturday, May 15th. Receiving their degrees and doctoral hoods during the Hooding and Commencement Ceremony were 43 Occupational Therapy Doctoral (OTD) students and 94 Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) students. The three graduates from the inaugural Master of Athletic Training Class received their degrees as...
Campus Wireless Network Outage Resolved-Except in Meredith Hall
Thank you for your patience. ITS has now resolved the campus wireless outage, except in Meredith Hall. If you continue to experience issues in other areas of campus, please contact the support center at 515-271-3001 or visit service.drake.edu/its to report your issue. ITS staff is continuing to work with our vendor to restore wireless access...
Banner Admin Pages Outage
At 12:50 p.m, ITS became aware of an outage accessing Banner Admin pages. This outage is not affecting MyDUSIS or self service Banner usage, just Banner users accessing Admin pages. 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...
Campus Wireless Network Outage
At 11:10 a.m., ITS was made aware of an outage affecting campus wireless networks. 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 receive outage notifications by text, opt in by texting DrakeITS2020 to phone number...
Reminder: ITS routine database maintenance on Saturday
Database maintenance will be from 6 to 9 a.m. this coming Saturday, June 19. This will affect your ability to log into all Drake systems including email, myDrake, MyDUSIS, Blackboard, and Banner. For a full schedule of maintenance dates for 2021 please see www.drake.edu/its/maintenanceschedule/.
Support Center Phones Outage – Resolved
ITS was made aware that the support center phone lines being unavailable at 515-271-3001. ITS has resolved the issues. Phone services are now resolved and users should be able to connect with our student support techs. To receive outage notifications by text, opt in by texting DrakeITS2020 to phone number 226787. You first need to...
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/.
Blackboard Learn Planned Outage from Saturday, June 12 at 11:30 p.m. to Sunday, June 13 at 3:30 a.m.
Blackboard is making updates to the Blackboard Learn Database, the data center behind all Blackboard courses. As a result, access to Blackboard Learn will be unavailable from Saturday, June 12, 2021 at 11:30 p.m. until Sunday, June 13, 2021 at 3:30 a.m. This maintenance is being performed to update the system to modern database specifications....




