The College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at Drake is co-sponsoring the 7th Annual Diabetes Update, a continuing education conference for pharmacists interested in learning more about diabetes, pre-diabetes and management of patients who have or are at risk for developing the disease.
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SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION NEWS
As a junior in high school at Jakarta International School in Jakarta, Indonesia, Piotr Jakubowski devised a calculated list of the top four ad agencies he dreamed of working for someday. Now a junior creative advertising and marketing double major at Drake, he’s well on his way to crossing the second of those agencies off his to-do list.
Huckabee to speak at Drake-IowaPolitics.com lunch April 13
Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will speak at the next Drake University-IowaPolitics.com Luncheon on Friday, April 13.
Maxwell appointed to Noel-Levitz advisory group
Drake University President David Maxwell has been appointed to the inaugural Educational Leadership Advisory Group for Noel-Levitz, one of the nation’s leading higher education consulting firms.
LAW SCHOOL NEWS
Stephen Rapp, LW'74, The Prosecutor of the United Nations Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), will return to Drake Law School Thursday, April 12.
More SJMC students net top internships
Three junior magazine majors will spend their summers interning at top New York magazines.
Iowa speedway specialist carries lecture series across the finish line
Craig Armstrong, vice president and general manager of Iowa Speedway, will conclude Drake’s spring 2007 "Let’s DU Lunch" lecture series with a talk beginning at noon Wednesday, April 4, at the Polk County Convention Complex, 501 Grand Ave.
ATHLETICS NEWS
Director of Athletics Sandy Hatfield Clubb announced recently the naming of Keno Davis as the school’s 24th head men’s basketball coach. Keno succeeds his father, Tom Davis, who has retired as head coach but will remain at Drake as a special assistant to the athletic director.
Costas to give Bucksbaum Lecture at Drake April 19
Bob Costas, an accomplished broadcaster and author of “Fair Ball: A Fan's Case for Baseball," will deliver this spring’s Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19.
Entries for Drake Relays 8K, half-marathon races available
Entries are being accepted for the 39th annual Drake Relays On-the-Road 8-kilometer and half-marathon races, which start at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 28.