Category: DU in the News

Drake students Jenny Koska and Robb Krehbiel are working with the Winnebago tribe in Nebraska on integrating environmental education with a 100-acre prairie restoration project, thanks to a $66,700 grant.

Drake University journalism students are lending new voices to the echoes of a long-cherished love. They have volunteered to read and record love letters written during World War II onto a compact disc for a legally blind woman in Des Moines.

In two months, Norman North graduate Scott Whitaker will join his Drake University football teammates at the summit of Kilimanjaro, where they plan to hoist their university and national flags. Whitaker never imagined he would be able to use football to travel around the world to help those less fortunate than him.

Drake multimedia journalism instructor Chris Snider offers analysis on how newspaper paywalls might impact social media editors' ability to share their papers' best content.

The Bulldogs will become the first American football team to play on the continent of Africa when they face the Mexican All-Star team CONADEIP at the Global Kilimanjaro Bowl May 21 in Tanzania.

Drake student Ethan Secor was recently awarded a $7,500 Goldwater Foundation scholarship. The foundation's goal is to encourage future researchers. More than 1,000 students nationwide were nominated this year and Secor is one of 275 recipients.

Kathleen Richardson, director of Drake University's School of Journalism and Mass Communication, is quoted in an article about the proposed new structure for Iowa's Economic Development organizations. "This is an open-meeting, open-records suit waiting to happen," she said.

Robert Rigg, a Drake University law professor, said state laws prohibit releasing medical information without a patient's consent, and a federal law prohibits disclosing medical information to anyone.

Three-time U.S. Olympic gold medalist Jeremy Wariner and two-time U.S. Olympic pole-vaulter Derek Miles will return to Drake Stadium for the 102nd Drake Relays, April 28-30. Both are past Drake Relays champions.

Drake University student Erika Sevigny, a junior who is pursuing a degree in business administration with a major in marketing and advertising account management, was named as the recipient of a $500 scholarship from the Iowa chapter of the American Marketing Association.