Alumni and friends of Drake are invited to help celebrate six alumni at a reception, champagne toast and awards ceremony.
Category: Alumni
Pharmacy students sport new kangaroo costume at student-organized health fair
More than 100 students participated in the health fair and offered free screenings and information to local community members.
ALUMNI EVENTS
SATURDAY, MARCH 6 “Something Blue” screening event, 7-10 p.m. The Wit Hotel, 201 N. State St., Chicago Cocktail reception, hosted beer and wine bar and light hors d’oeuvres, $60 per person (limited seating for 120 attendees). Join the Drake Chicago Advisory Board along with other alumni and friends for a screening of secret clips of...
Library series spotlights responsible citizenship for students, faculty, area residents
Citizens Arise! includes lectures by renowned historians, two national traveling exhibits and a student debate.
Hundreds of Drake volunteers prepare meals for Haiti earthquake victims
More than 300 volunteers and student-athletes celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day by packaging meals for Haiti.
Alumna creates new musical sounds for alien culture in ‘Avatar’ film
Wanda Bryant, FA'75, helped create a unique musical language for the Na'vi people, an alien population invented for the film.
Drake women’s soccer garners NSCAA Sportsmanship Award
The team was recognized by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America for its sportsmanship with a Team Ethics Bronze Award.
Library series to feature Abraham Lincoln expert, student debate
The Citizens Arise! series will feature a lecture by Orville Vernon Burton and a high school debate competition.
Faculty, alumni fondly recall James Mitchell’s contributions to Drake
The recent death of James Mitchell who played on the soap opera "All My Children," has prompted Drake faculty and alumni to reflect on Mitchell's ties to Drake.
Eddie Easley remembered as ‘the consummate Drake professor’
Eddie Easley taught at Drake for 26 years and was the first African-American to be hired by the University in a tenure-track position.