Category: Alumni

In a crowded elementary classroom, elementary school teachers build palm-sized boats from corkboard, aluminum foil, tongue depressors and rubber bands.

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Recreate the Drake spirit in the Los Angeles area and find out which fellow Bulldogs are prowling your neck of the woods.

Jerry Anderson, the Richard M. and Anita Calkins professor of law at Drake University, received the 2006 Leland S. Forrest Award for outstanding teaching in the Drake Law School.

Drake recently announced $5.25 million worth of gifts that will sponsor a pair of endowed faculty chairs and provide scholarship opportunities at the Drake Law School.

Drake's RaySociety plans a plethora of interesting courses and entertaining social events for fall. Upcoming classes range from a course on understanding volcanic eruptions to a discussion of the UFO enigma.

John F. Gelson, a 1981 Drake University Law School graduate, doesn't change clothes in a phone booth or leap tall buildings in a single bound, but he's twice earned the title of super.

The top two finalists for the Drake athletic director position visited Drake's campus starting Monday, May 8, Drake President David Maxwell announced.

Eleanor E. Zeff, associate professor of political science, is the 2005-2006 winner of the Madelyn M. Levitt Mentor of the Year Award - the highest honor given to mentors at Drake.

Leanne Freeman-Miller, associate professor of voice, is the 2006 winner of the Madelyn Levitt Teacher of the Year award - the high honor awarded to teachers at Drake. The award recognizes the Drake faculty member who best demonstrates excellence in teaching