Category: Alumni

Drake theatre arts alumni gather 'round Doc; Share your favorite Drake photos and memories; Drake logo license plates available; Drake graduate honored by Baseball Hall of Fame; Alumnus, former trustee Kenneth A. Macke dies; Alumna showcases artwork; Two alumni nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards; and Alumnus explores racial integration in wealthy neighborhoods in the United States.

Great Ape Trust of Iowa and Drake University are collaborating to bring primate studies to the University's curriculum and to create research opportunities for students and faculty.

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.

Picture yourself at Drake during the Iowa State Fair Alumni and friends are invited to celebrate Drake Day at the Iowa State Fair on Saturday, Aug. 9. Look for Spike the Bulldog looming 25 feet in the air above Drake’s tent on Rock Island Avenue at the Fairgrounds. Help yourself to a free disposable camera...

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.  

Choir members share first-hand accounts of European tour; Prof. Bohorquez takes oath of citizenship after 23 years in America; Innovative learning and life skills summer camp comes to Drake; Drake welcomes prospective students for Iowa Private College Week; Local gallery offers handcrafted Drake merchandise.

Since becoming a full-time professor at Drake several years ago, Allen Zagoren has jump-started a program for MPA students seeking meaningful research experiences. One by one, Zagoren has guided students through independent study projects focusing on research from health care policy to public administration to Medicare.

Darcie Vandegrift, assistant professor of sociology at Drake University, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to teach and conduct research in Venezuela during the 2008-09 academic year.

Drake University Law School has been selected as a 2008 recipient of the American Bar Association's Gambrell Professionalism Award.