Category: DU in the News

The Drake University football team will participate in the first American collegiate football game ever held in Africa, perform community service in and around the city of Moshi and summit Mount Kilimanjaro. The trip centers on the Global Kilimanjaro Bowl, the first American collegiate football game ever held in Africa, but it has service, academic and endurance components in addition to the game.

Drake University announced this week that it received two gifts totaling $4.5 million from alumni, boosting its distinctlyDrake fundraising campaign to more than $80 million.

Athletic Director Sandy Hatfield Clubb worked with coaches, students and alumni to start a youth girls' basketball program in Haiti.

Drake Trustee Emeritus Bill Knapp received Iowa's highest citizen honor in a State Capitol ceremony filled with dignitaries such as Drake President David Maxwell. "Everything Bill has done," Maxwell said, "derives from his passionate and selfless commitment to the health and welfare of others."

Drake alumnus Randall C. Thysse was recently named the head of the FBI's Counterintelligence Division for New York City. He received his MBA from Drake University and began his career in Iowa.

Drake University professor Dennis Goldford comments on clauses in the Constitution that are at the heart of tea party arguments as to the extent of federal powers. The story was published prior to a public reading of the U.S. Constitution from the floor of the House of Representatives.

Drake University alumnus John Means aka "Dr. Gonzo," FA '77, a Mason City, Ill. comedian, is profiled prior to a comedy performance. Means stayed in Des Moines another year after graduation, playing with his band, Dr. Gonzo's Bonzo Band, and telling jokes.

Robert Rigg, director of the criminal defense program at the Drake University Law School, is quoted as an expert regarding motions to suppress breath and blood tests in cases involving allegations of drunken driving.

Requesting applications for an award honoring Drake alumnus and former basketball player Gene Schultz. The award goes to an individual in Ottumwa whose volunteer service to the community best exemplifies Gene's own commitment.

Drake University students will sing at the Service of Dedication for Iowa Gov.-elect Terry Branstad on Jan. 13. Branstad, a Drake Law School alumnus, is set to be sworn-in as governor Jan. 14.