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Leaders of Grand View College, Drake University and Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) today signed a new admissions partnership agreement that’s designed to help more students earn a four-year degree and encourage them to live and work in Central Iowa.

Leonard Houston and Josh Young combined for 39 of Drake's 44 second-half points, helping the 15th ranked Bulldogs rally from an 11-point deficit to a 73-70 victory at Illinois State Tuesday, extending Drake's winning streak to 20 games.

Drake extended its school-record winning streak to 20 games

This summer Drake University will host two 10-day residential academic summer programs operated by SuperCamp,a leader in learning and life skills summer camps.

Six Drake students recently represented Italy and Hungary in the State University of New York (SUNY) Model European Union Simulation at Izmir University in Izmir, Turkey. The students were Alison Bowlin, Meghan Fleming, Christopher Huszar, Anna Kunst, Adam Stone and Randall Weigand.

Drake alumnus Bruce Foster will bring his expertise in financial services back to campus to kick off the spring 2008 Executive in Residence series in Drake's School of Management and Communication on Wednesday, Feb. 27.

Former Dean of Drake University's School of Education Jamie Ferrare will give the keynote address at the school's annual Alumni Awards and Senior Recognition Dinner on Thursday, Feb. 28.

Drake University's moot court team of Siva Kasinathan and Katharine Willey won second place in the brief writing contest for petitioner at the 2008 national tournament of the American Collegiate Moot Court Association.

After its closing in the early '90s, the Drake chapter of the Lambda Kappa Sigma pharmacy fraternity, was reinstated recently, thanks to Drake students.

Thanks to the recent renovation of Cole Hall -- home of the Admission Office -- prospective students are forming their first impressions of Drake in a beautifully decorated and updated building filled with natural light.

When Drake University's Associate Professor of Journalism Ronda Menke sought out Des Moines businesswoman J. Ann Selzer to teach at Drake, she knew she was picking a winner.