Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS) alumna Natalie Schmitz, PH/MPA ’14, worked with a team of researchers intending to improve the lives of people with severe brain or spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis, and cerebral palsy as part of her Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Minnesota. Involuntary muscle contractions and spasticity...
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Database Maintenance Saturday December 21 from 6 to 11 a.m
Database maintenance will be from 6 to 11 a.m. this coming Saturday, December 21. This will affect your ability to log into all Drake systems including email, myDrake, MyDUSIS, Blackboard, and Banner. For a full schedule of upcoming maintenance dates, please see www.drake.edu/its/maintenanceschedule/.
Welty named fellow in the American Epilepsy Society
Tim Welty, professor of pharmacy practice and director of research, innovation, and global initiatives for Drake’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS), was recently named a fellow of the American Epilepsy Society (AES). AES is one of the oldest neurological professional organizations in the country that aims to promote interdisciplinary communications, scientific investigation, and...
Reminder: ITS monthly maintenance tonight
Systems supported by ITS may be unavailable due to monthly 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 2019 please see www.drake.edu/its/maintenanceschedule/
Banner and MyDUSIS Planned Outage from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7
ITS is making updates to Banner. As a result, access to systems including Banner 9, Banner/DUSIS INB, MyDUSIS, Workflow, ODBC, eTranscripts, Online Balloting, and DSAP will be completely unavailable between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Saturday Dec. 7. This upgrade is being made to apply security and functionality upgrades and patches. We appreciate your...
Phone Outage Resolved
At 9:45 AM ITS was made aware of A VOIP phones outage. This is affecting voice over IP phones across campus. The outage was noticed immediately and ITS worked to restored access quickly. Phone access has been restored and if you are experience phone issues please reach out to the Support Center @ 515-271-3001. Thank you.
Reminder: ITS monthly maintenance tonight
Systems supported by ITS may be unavailable due to monthly 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 2019 please see www.drake.edu/its/maintenanceschedule/
Switch to eduroam wireless network, before DUFacStaff is retired on Dec. 31
This fall, ITS launched eduroam (education roaming), a new wireless network at Drake. Faculty, staff, and students can access the eduroam wireless network at any eduroam-participating institution worldwide. By connecting to eduroam on campus, using your Drake email and password, you will be able to use the eduroam network whenever you travel to an eduroam-participating...
Let ITS know about your eduroam experience
Just about two months ago, we made the switch from the DUStudent wireless network to eduroam. How’s eduroam working for you? Are you having any wireless network coverage issues on eduroam? Connection problems in your room? Or your classroom? Let us know. Report any issues connecting to eduroam by submitting a Wireless Network Issue report in our...
Access changes coming to Drake computers to improve security
In a September OnCampus article, I introduced an upcoming change designed to improve the security of Drake-owned computers. This change will remove always-on administrator access to help prevent web, email, and file-based attacks. When changes that require administrator access are needed, the Make Me Admin tool can be used to receive temporary administrator access for...


