Category: Alumni

Drake University's Center for Global Citizenship is launching a public lecture series titled "Debating America's Role in the World" in which experts on foreign affairs will discuss a variety of topics including terrorism, the Iraq war and the Middle East, hunger, pandemics, energy and climate change.

Although the research sites are located south of Indianapolis, Ind., Drake students are participating in a 10 year study of sustainable forestry in Indiana hardwood ecosystems right here on campus, to help improve the way lumber is harvested.

Drake graduate Drew Gulley, AS'05, recently created a Web site designed to engage Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Drake alumni through dialogue and quality programming, while fostering support for Drake and its current LGBT students.

In preparation for one of the largest first-year classes in Drake's history, the university is taking major steps to ensure every student an exceptional learning and living environment.

At 5:30 in the morning, Rachel Geilenfeld was trying hard to remain dry. The tickets for Sunday's nationally televised Republican presidential debate at Drake University were free, but the price paid by the 23-year-old Mitt Romney volunteer was to be buffeted by rain and wind sneaking into an open-air tent.

Reservations are now being accepted for the annual Drake Athletic Department Corn Feed and Bulldog Auction, which will be held Monday, Aug. 27, at the Drake Knapp Center.

Alumni at South Carolina wedding. When Emily Weaver, assistant director of Alumni and Parent Programs, attended a wedding in South Carolina this summer, she encountered five Drake alumni among the guests. From left: Deborah Helsen, AS’04; Doug Winslow (Weaver’s uncle), JO’73; Weaver; Tom Sharp, BN’73; John Greenfield, BN’73; and Jerry Heston, LA’74.

Approximately 50 alumni and other guests networked and socialized at Mystic Celt Bar and Grill in Chicago at an event especially for younger grads on July 12.

Kirsten Holmstedt, JO’85, is the author of a new book that tells the true-life war stories of 12 women in the military.

The Drake men's basketball team recently scored the No. 2 spot on The Des Moines Register's "Iowa's Best," a list of the top 20 sports teams in Iowa's history.