Category: eBlue Newsletter

Instead of setting her sights on a relaxing winter break, Kashmira Chawla, a junior in Drake's College of Arts and Sciences, recently fulfilled her vision of volunteering in India for a non-profit organization dedicated to eye health.

Darla Eastman, Sally Haack and Lori Schirmer recently became board certified and joined eight pharmacy faculty members who have achieved board certification.

Senior Jordan Mirocha will travel to Chile on Jan. 10 to participate in the 2009 Research Experience for Undergraduates Program in Astronomy at the mountaintop Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in La Serena.

Michael J. Renner, who previously served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, will become Drake University's next provost on June 1, 2009.

FRIDAY, JAN. 23 Greater Chicago Alumni Event at the Drake Hotel (Gold Coast Room), 140 E. Walton Place, 6-9 p.m. Join us for hors d’ouevres and an update on the University from President Maxwell. Cost is $25 per person ($10 per person for Young Alumni from the classes of 2004-2008) RSVP: Call 800-44-DRAKE, x3147 WEDNESDAY,...

Before graduating last December, recent graduate Lucas Beenken, BN'08, had already served in Iraq for a year and successfully ran his own campaign and was elected county supervisor for Iowa's Wright County.

Drake students devote a day to focus on "Taking the Lead in Preventing Disease" on Tuesday, Feb. 17. The annual Pharmacy and Health Sciences Day is organized by students in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

Phoebe Haddon, an expert on racial and gender bias, will deliver Drake Law School's Constitutional Law Distinguished Lecture.

Senior magazine students recently launched a new issue 515 magazine featuring Des Moines residents who are laughing their way to good health, energizing the city's cultural scene and tackling out-of-the-ordinary careers.

More students at Phillips Traditional Elementary School will have the opportunity to learn from Drake students and athletes, thanks to a $15,000 grant from the Qwest Foundation.