Category: Alumni

Alumnus honored for AIDS health care advocacy; Alumnus wins $41,000 on 'Deal or No Deal'; Plan to take Drake Readership Survey, enter prize drawing.

Board of Trustees gains new chair and new members; Weaver Medal recipient Lon Larson sheds light on living an enjoyable life; Innovative summer camp to return to Drake this summer.

Drake’s mission is to provide an exceptional learning environment that prepares students for meaningful personal lives, professional accomplishments, and responsible global citizenship. The Drake experience is distinguished by collaborative learning among students, faculty, and staff and by the integration of the liberal arts and sciences with professional preparation.

A group of Drake seniors hope to raise environmental awareness in the Des Moines community with the creation of a wildlife mural along Gray's Lake Park’s Kruidenier Trail.

Nearly 100 Drake students teamed together to volunteer time to read to elementary students and help them get organized.

Drake recently celebrated the state-of-the-art Donald F. Davidson Pharmacy Practice Laboratory and its generous donors at a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Author and alumnus Bill Bryson lifts spirits by sharing his wit and wisdom; Alumnus selected as Obama's next assistant secretary of state for Africa; Drake to honor five outstanding alumni May 16; Drake alumnus plays out rivalry with University of Iowa alumnus on "Lost"; Alumni organize fundraising walk to raise awareness about suicide prevention.

Joe Lenz named dean of College of Arts and Sciences; Drake's Lon Larson to receive Weaver Medal of Honor; and Mahon.

A stone from the Mauthausen Concentration Camp -- where Nazis forced prisoners to extract rocks from a quarry with their bare hands -- is on display as Drake musicians rehearse a Holocaust memorial oratorio to be performed on April 19.

Roger K. Brooks, retired CEO and chairman of AmerUs Group, recently received a Community Leadership Award.