Barry Smith, BN'74, recently won an IPPY gold medal for his fiction book titled "Only Milo."
Category: Alumni
Drake honors outstanding teacher and mentor of the year
Rachel Paine Caufield and Carol Spaulding-Kruse recently received Drake's Madelyn Levitt Awards.
Drake Relays celebrates classic elements, track and field records
Drake celebrated a new Beautiful Bulldog; more than 1,600 runners of all ages and abilities turning out for the inaugural Grand Blue Mile; and an astounding 18 track and field records set.
Improvisational TASK party brings Drake artists together
The event brought students, faculty and staff together to express and challenge their artistic creativity.
Drake celebrates $2 million gift for endowed Relays directorship
Franklin "Pitch" Johnson Jr. and his wife, Catherine, recently established the Franklin P. Johnson Director of the Drake Relays.
CBPA presents Meredith’s Lacy with Community Leadership Award
Steve Lacy received the Community Leadership Award for his impact on the University and Des Moines business community.
Alumnus’ gift transforms Aliber room into Graduate and Professional Education Center
The room was designed with state-of-the-art technology to meet the needs of adult learners in evening classes, all-day seminars and workshops.
SOE provides flash drives for education student’s classroom
Students are using the flash drives for projects and to work on homework assignments outside of class.
Professor, students team up to study endangered turtles
Professor Keith Summerville and his student are researching the lifestyle habits and population structure of a population of endangered box turtles.
ALUMNI EVENTS
THURSDAY, MAY 6 — Actuarial Science Alumni Evening Actuarial science alumni and Drake faculty, staff and students will gather for an evening celebrating Larry Zimpleman, chairman and CEO of Principal Financial Group, who will receive the inaugural Stuart Klugman Alumni Award. Klugman, who served as Professor of Actuarial Science from 1988 to 2009, will also...