Category: Alumni

Drake officials announced the hiring of former Bulldog women’s basketball standout Linda Sayavongchanh as the new assistant women’s basketball coach.

The student-operated Drake Broadcasting System was honored for excellence in their live coverage of the 100th Drake Relays with two bronze Telly Awards.

Mallory McDevitt recently created a documentary based on her and friends' congenital heart defects that will become part of informational materials at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

Phillip Chen is showcasing a series of prints on an 80-foot wall at Three Shadows Photography Art Centre in Beijing -- China’s premier venue for contemporary photography.

The Drake men's track and field program has been honored by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association as a 2009 Division I All-Academic Track and Field team.

Drake scored in the top 10 in eight categories among medium-sized universities and colleges in the Chronicle of Higher Education's 2009 "Great Colleges to Work For" survey.

Mark your calendars for Drake Day at the Iowa State Fair, Let's DU Lunch and the Hollywood Bowl Concert and Picnic, among other events.

Stephen Rapp, LW'74, prosecutor of the United Nations Special Court for Sierra Leone, has been confirmed by the Senate for a key U.S. State Department post.

This summer, Drake's College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences lost two prominent alumni -- Larry M. Simonsmeier, PH'67, and Alfred F. Viktor, PH'49.

Drake University First Lady Madeleine Maxwell has been named to "Women of Influence: Class of 2009" by the Des Moines Business Record.