Category: Alumni

At the Drake Double D Award dinner held Feb. 17, Drake Athletics recognized four outstanding alumni for achievements in their chosen fields of endeavor and/or community service since leaving Drake.

First-year student Robert J. Johnson has been asked to speak on a panel at a forum titled "Promote Permanent Families: Reform Foster Care Now," which will be held March 12 in Washington, D.C.

Fifty contestants sporting whiskers, wrinkles and wagging tails will compete in the 28th annual Beautiful Bulldog Contest to kick off Drake Relays Festival Week on Monday, April 23, at Nollen Plaza in downtown Des Moines. The winning bulldog will serve as Drake’s mascot for the 98th running of the Drake Relays April 26-28.

Six former Drake standouts have been selected to the Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Basketball All-Centennial team, which was determined by an online fan vote (www.mvc100.org), in-arena ballots at the recent MVC tournament in St. Louis and a centennial committee.

On March 2-3, Drake will toast its women’s basketball alumni, with particular honors to the 1981-82 team that advanced to the Elite 8.

“DRAKELINE WEEKLY” returns to Des Moines-area cable viewers of The College Channel 16 for a 12-program season that launched Thursday, Feb. 1.

Robert Shumaker, lead scientist and director of orangutan research at Great Ape Trust of Iowa and Drake University fellow, will open Drake’s spring Let’s DU Lunch speaker series Wednesday, Feb. 14.

Upcoming alumni events are planned for Naples, Fla., the Twin Cities, Denver and St. Louis.

The Drake National Alumni Association will honor five alumni for their accomplishments and contributions to Drake and society at the Annual Alumni Awards Dinner on Saturday, May 12, in Parents Hall, Olmsted Center.

Drake was named the Sweepstakes Winner runner-up at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District VI annual conference in Kansas City, Jan. 21-23.