Category: Alumni

Expectations will be at an all-time high surrounding the Drake women's basketball team during the upcoming 2006-07 campaign as the Missouri Valley Conference announced on Oct. 30 that the Bulldogs have been tabbed as the preseason favorite to capture the 2007 MVC crown

For the Drake University football team, homecoming has a special meaning in 2006. After spending a year away from Drake Stadium during a massive $15-million renovation, the Bulldogs returned with gusto this fall.

Drake recently was honored as one of the top five Iowa employers for excellence in worksite health promotion. The Wellness Council of Iowa awarded Drake its Well Workplace Award at a Sept. 19 luncheon ceremony during the 16th Annual Conference on Worksite

The "Let's DU Lunch" Series for October will focus on "An Rx for Improved Health Outcomes," presented by Jon-Scott Johnson, risk manager for the city of Ames, Iowa, and Patty Kumbera, PH'89, founder and CEO of Outcomes Pharmaceutical Health Care.

Welcome to the Homecoming Edition of your favorite alma mater’s monthly electronic “Hola” to alumni, eBlue, from Drake University in beautiful Des Moines, Iowa. As Rod Stewart sings, “It’s late September and (you) really should be back at school.” Homecoming is upon us this week with enough activities to keep Drake friends, fans and alumni...

The $15 million investment in the renovation of Drake Stadium by Drake University and the Greater Des Moines community has produced a quick dividend.

Drake's Lane Plaza has received an Honor Award from the Iowa chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. The Herbert Lewis Kruse Blunck firm designed the project, which created a cobblestone courtyard that forms the entrance to Meredith Hall.

Robert Stensrud, an associate professor of education at Drake, will receive the Governor's Award from the Iowa Commission of Persons with Disabilities in a ceremony on Friday, Oct. 6.

Drake University began offering its Master of Public Administration program at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, beginning with the 2006 fall semester.

The day before Zach Johnson, BN '98, teed off at the 36th Ryder Cup in Straffan, Ireland on Friday, the PGA of America announced a $100,000 donation to Drake University on his behalf. The donation will help fund the program "Golf: For Business & Life.