Category: Alumni

Blake Campbell named director of alumni, parent programs; Plan to attend Des Moines Winter Bulldog Bash; Game watch party set for men's basketball game Feb. 18; Five outstanding alumni honored with Alumni Awards; and Join alumni for the Relays Half Marathon.

Instead of setting her sights on a relaxing winter break, Kashmira Chawla, a junior in Drake's College of Arts and Sciences, recently fulfilled her vision of volunteering in India for a non-profit organization dedicated to eye health.

Drake Student-Athletes Contribute To Toys For Tots Campaign; Drake’s Amy Stephens Honored By Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference; Four Bulldogs Named To 2008 NSCAA/adidas All-Midwest Region Team

Alumna and dermatologist gift to enhance science at Drake; Remembering Missy Lange…; Join alumni for the Relays Half Marathon; and Drake's Spring Internship and Career Fair set for Feb. 5.

Drake Law School Mediation Team places second in international tournament; Music fraternity wins national award; Drake's Fred Arroyo named one of top 10 new Latino authors; Drake student receives national music award; and Law student who survived 9/11 talks to middle school students about courage.

Senior Jordan Mirocha will travel to Chile on Jan. 10 to participate in the 2009 Research Experience for Undergraduates Program in Astronomy at the mountaintop Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in La Serena.

FRIDAY, JAN. 23 Greater Chicago Alumni Event at the Drake Hotel (Gold Coast Room), 140 E. Walton Place, 6-9 p.m. Join us for hors d’ouevres and an update on the University from President Maxwell. Cost is $25 per person ($10 per person for Young Alumni from the classes of 2004-2008) RSVP: Call 800-44-DRAKE, x3147 WEDNESDAY,...

Before graduating last December, recent graduate Lucas Beenken, BN'08, had already served in Iraq for a year and successfully ran his own campaign and was elected county supervisor for Iowa's Wright County.

Drake students devote a day to focus on "Taking the Lead in Preventing Disease" on Tuesday, Feb. 17. The annual Pharmacy and Health Sciences Day is organized by students in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

Phoebe Haddon, an expert on racial and gender bias, will deliver Drake Law School's Constitutional Law Distinguished Lecture.