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Drake's nationally recognized magazine program will grow even stronger thanks to a $1.5 million gift to establish a faculty chair in magazine journalism from Drake alumna Peggy Fisher and her husband, Larry Stelter.

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Lindsay Whorton Drake University senior Lindsay Whorton, a former Drake standout basketball player with a perfect academic record, is one of 32 Americans selected as a Rhodes Scholar for 2009. She is Drake’s first Rhodes Scholar in 82 years. Whorton, who will graduate in December with majors in English and secondary education, was a guard...

Lindsay Whorton, a former standout on the Drake women's basketball team, is winning rave reviews as a student teacher in West Des Moines.

FRIDAY, JAN. 23, 2009 Greater Chicago Alumni Event, 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: $25 per person ($10 per person for Young Alumni from the classes of 2004-2008) RSVP: Call 800-44-DRAKE, x3147. SATURDAY, JAN. 24,...

Drake alumnus Mark Doty honored with National Book Award for poetry; Three alumni honored at National Philanthropy Day; and Plan to attend men's basketball game watch party Dec. 9.

Erin Frazee won't be traveling lightly when she journeys to Belize in January as one of Drake's first pharmacy students to do a clinical rotation at the Hillside Health Care International Clinic.

Cary Fowler, executive director of Global Crop Diversity Trust, planted a seed about the importance of preserving the world's crops with nearly 30 Drake law students during his recent Drake visit.

Deana Horras-Colbert, AS'92, recently received Iowa's 2008 Excellence in Education Award for her work with the alternative program and students at English Valleys High School.

Key Iowa journalists gathered at Drake for a National Press Club forum to discuss challenges for the industry including rethinking the business model and gaining new tools to keep quality journalism alive.