Category: eBlue Newsletter

Golf with Bucky Cox, fellow Bulldogs at the Windy City Golf Outing, June 19; Volunteer with fellow alumni, friends at the 2008 Des Moines Arts Festival; Have fun, fun, fun with fellow alumni at the Hollywood Bowl and Brian Wilson Sept. 13; and Short-term medical coverage available for alumni, new grads.

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.

A handful of Drake theatre students are putting their craftsmanship and free time to good use by helping a fellow theatre company after a fire.

Recent CBPA graduates were selected for four out of five positions in the new Leadership Development Rotation Program started by Principal Financial Group.

Drake University graduate Kayla Hatt has received the second Karbeling Memorial Leadership Award for her leadership and outstanding contributions to Drake and the pharmacy profession.

Benjamin B. Ullem, a senior partner at the Des Moines law firm of Whitfield & Eddy PLC, has been appointed to a one-year term as dean of Drake University Law School.

Middle school teachers and their students will benefit from the James McMahon Institute's summer workshop offered by Drake University's School of Education. The workshop aims to give teachers new strategies and information to help students become successful and independent.

Eleven Drake University magazine majors participated in the recent annual trip to New York to learn about the magazine industry and get career advice from alumni and professionals working in the area.

Three ceremonies for Drake graduates planned; Prof. Dean Wright honored by Iowa Legislature; Morrow describes Weaver Medal as his greatest professional achievement; Drake and Des Moines National Poetry Festival partner to bring award-winning poet; Drake president announces new environmental initiative; Drake University Chamber Choir touring England; and Bucksbaum Lecture draws crowd of 1,900.

Kathryn Seckman, a senior at Drake University, has been selected to receive a Fulbright Grant for the 2008-09 academic year to study the role of women in politics in Morocco.