The inaugural recipients of the newly established Richard Morrow Transformational Leadership Award were presented during the annual Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Day held Nov. 9, in Sheslow Auditorium. The award, honoring Richard Morrow, GR’83, Ellis and Nelle Levitt Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology, recognizes a student and a faculty member whose transformational...
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Thanks for Phishing with ITS
Thank you to the 524 members of the campus community who took the time to participate in the 2017 ITS phishing quiz. We hope you learned more about how to spot potentially malicious emails and secure your digital life. Thanks too to all those who stopped by the ITS table in Olmsted and spun the...
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Drake CPHS issues faculty awards
The College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences issued awards to faculty for outstanding teaching, mentorship, scholarship, and professional involvement and leadership during Drake’s annual student-organized Pharmacy and Health Sciences Day, Nov. 9, in Sheslow Auditorium. Award recipients reflect the core values of the college: collaboration, innovation, professionalism, student/learner centered, collegiality, and entrepreneurial leadership. Nominations for awards are sought from...
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Last Day for ITS Phishing Quiz
Today’s the final day to enter the ITS Phishing Quiz. Drake students, faculty, and staff can learn about how to identify phishing emails and fraudulent websites. Everyone who completes the quiz will be entered to win one of six prize packages. Visit www.drake.edu/its/phish today.
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Drake CPHS honors five alumni
Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences honored five outstanding alumni during its annual Pharmacy and Health Sciences Day, held Thursday, Nov. 9 in Sheslow Auditorium. Drake alumni Cornetta Levi PH’07 and Natalie Schmitz PH’14 received the college’s Young Alumni Achievement Awards, issued each year to alumni who graduated within the past 10...
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Blackboard Migration Planned from December 23-27, 2017
Rest assured that during this migration we are not heading south for the winter… Blackboard will be migrating to a different kind of environment without much change to our users. In order to complete the migration, Blackboard will be unavailable between December 23 and 27. Please be sure to plan accordingly for this migration timeline....
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OneDrive Mac Update
In preparation for upcoming campus launch of Microsoft OneDrive, ITS staff pushed the OneDrive client to Drake-owned Mac computers earlier this afternoon. There is no need to do anything with this software at this time, ITS staff just wanted to be transparent about this change. We are working with departments across campus to roll out...
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Meet a new CPHS Bulldog: Dr. Shankar Munusamy
Shankar Munusamy, Associate Professor of Pharmacology Dr. Munusamy holds a BS in Pharmacy from M.G.R. Medical University in Chennai, Tamilnadu, India, a MS in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research in Mohali, Punjab, India, and a PhD in Pharmacology from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He completed...
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Annual Pharmacy & Health Sciences Day – “Take a Walk in my Shoes: The Patient Experience”
Current and prospective CPHS students will examine the patient’s perspective at Pharmacy & Health Sciences Day, Thursday, Nov. 9. Take a Walk in My Shoes: The Patient Experience will feature keynote speaker Daniel P. Finney, Drake University alumnus, who has documented his battles with obesity and mental health as the Des Moines Register’s Metro Voice....
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Campus Printing Update
ITS would like to thank everyone for their patience as we continue working with our vendors to find a permanent solution for the issues we’ve been having with printing to Lexmark printers. We understand this issue is causing significant frustration, and we are doing all we can to resolve the problem as quickly as possible....