Category: Alumni

Drake West Village’s grand opening featured a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Drake West Village, the $37 million mixed-use housing and retail complex that Drake University and Hubbell Realty Company developed at 31st Street and Carpenter Avenue, officially opened today with a ribbon-cutting celebration. Hubbell Realty Company president and CEO Rick Tollakson announced at the ceremony that the...

Come home to tailgate Drake alumni and friends are invited to celebrate Homecoming with the pre-game tailgate picnic on Saturday, Sept. 27, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the North Plaza of Drake Stadium. Then cheer on the mighty Bulldogs under new Head Coach Chris Creighton as they tackle the San Diego Toreros. Spike,...

Drake alumnus Ronald Olson's Los Angeles law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP recently took first place in the American Lawyer magazine's national elite law firm rankings.

Instead of joining a law firm after graduation, two agricultural law graduates are moving to South Dakota to spur economic development on the Crow Creek Reservation in the nation's poorest county.

Three Drake University student-produced publications THiNK, 515 and Drake magazine recently reeled in honors in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication's 2008 Student Magazine Contest.

Three Drake professors and a fourth-year pharmacy student recently received awards from the Iowa Pharmacy Association (IPA).

Five participants of the Teacher Quality Project (TQP) graduated from Drake University this May and, in the fall, will return to the classroom as teachers, not students.

Major construction project to enhance Drake's green space; Enjoy Drake Day at the Iowa State Fair Aug. 9; Drake head football coach to kick off lunch series; Higher Learning Commission extends Drake's accreditation; Chief Justice Roberts to give Opperman Lecture; and Former ambassador to give Bucksbaum Lecture Oct. 5.

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.

Drake head football coach to kick off lunch series Drake University Head Football Coach Chris Creighton will kick off Drake’s fall “Let’s DU Lunch” series on Wednesday Sept. 10. This year’s series, which is free and open to the public, will be held at a new location: inPlay, a family entertainment venue and conference center...