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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4 “Let’s DU Lunch” featuring Des Moines Airport General Manager Craig Smith and Marketing Director Roy Criss, 11:30 a.m., AllPlay, 615 Third St., Des Moines. Cost: $17. For reservations, contact Betty See at betty.see@drake.edu. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11 Greater Kansas City Young Alumni Event at the Boulevard Brewery (Tasting Room), 2501 Southwest Blvd., Kansas City,...

Former Drake star Pulliam to be inducted into Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame; Initial list of top Drake Relays athletes of century announced; and College Soccer News recognizes Drake men's soccer team.

Drake Student-Athletes Contribute To Toys For Tots Campaign; Drake’s Amy Stephens Honored By Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference; Four Bulldogs Named To 2008 NSCAA/adidas All-Midwest Region Team

Alumna and dermatologist gift to enhance science at Drake; Remembering Missy Lange…; Join alumni for the Relays Half Marathon; and Drake's Spring Internship and Career Fair set for Feb. 5.

Drake’s mission is to provide an exceptional learning environment that prepares students for meaningful personal lives, professional accomplishments, and responsible global citizenship. The Drake experience is distinguished by collaborative learning among students, faculty, and staff and by the integration of the liberal arts and sciences with professional preparation.  

Drake Law School Mediation Team places second in international tournament; Music fraternity wins national award; Drake's Fred Arroyo named one of top 10 new Latino authors; Drake student receives national music award; and Law student who survived 9/11 talks to middle school students about courage.

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.

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.

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.