Category: Alumni

The Des Moines Menace, including five Drake student-athletes, will play the St. Louis Lions.

Dolph Pulliam, who knew Michael Jackson and his brothers while growing up in Gary, Ind., interviewed the Jacksons in 1971 when they performed at the Iowa State Fair. This year's fair may feature a butter sculpture of Jackson doing his moonwalk dance.

The student-athletes maintained a 3.0 cumulative grade-point average and placed among the top eight finishers in an event during either the MVC Indoor or MVC Outdoor Championships.

More than 1,400 undergraduate and graduate students celebrated their commencement rites of passage at Drake University's graduation ceremonies last month.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10 — Chicago Bulldog Bash Downtown Chicago Bulldog Bash, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Sopo Lounge, 3418 North Southport Ave., Chicago, 773-880-0100 For more information, contact Ashley Nichols at ashley.nichols@drake.edu or 515-271-1947. THURSDAY, JUNE 11 — Chicago Suburbs Bulldog Bash Chicago Suburbs Bulldog Bash, 5:30-7:30 p.m. John Barleycorn, 1100 American Lane, Schaumberg, Ill. 847-619-5540 For more...

RaySociety joins the Bulldog Parade; Summer enrichment program to teach 21st Century skills to kids, teens; Two profs honored with Drake's highest awards; and Professor receives Fulbright grant for research in Egypt.

Five alumni, the Maxwells honored at Alumni Award Dinner; Alumni gather for 50 Year Club Reunion weekend; Alumnus named CEO of Pella Corp.; Cowles Library launches new online heritage collection of yearbook; and Business society honors alumnus for public service.

In an effort to mirror global business today, Drake students will face after graduation, the College of Business and Public Administration recently developed the International Business Internship Program. Two students, Rachael Brenner and Jacob Heller, will kick off the program with internships with Kemin Industries and Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., respectively.

Drake senior Karli-Jo Storm recently was selected to receive a Fulbright Grant for the 2009-10 academic year. She will teach English to students in Azerbaijan, a small Eurasian country located between Russia and Iran.

Lon Larson, the Ellis and Nelle Levitt professor of pharmacy administration, died last month, after a three-year battle with a rare, aggressive type of cancer called mantle cell lymphoma. He was 60.