Category: eBlue Newsletter

The Missouri Valley Conference has announced that Drake senior Dalibor Pavic (Adelaide, Australia) has been selected as the State Farm/MVC Men's Tennis Player of the Week.

Students in Drake's College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences will gain leadership and entrepreneurial skills through a two-prong program funded through a new three-year pledge and partnership with Wal-Mart.

Drake senior women's basketball player Lindsay Whorton from Independence, Mo. is among the nation's top-30 senior female college basketball players named as an official candidate for the 2007-08 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award.

In a business world where more than two thirds of projects end in failure, Timothy Johnson's Project Management class is teaching students to develop the skills they need to be successful.

With the renovation of Drake Stadium, the weathered wooden bleachers were replaced with new aluminum seating. Some of the old redwood planks have been recycled through woodworking projects by two Iowans.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 10 •    Chicago Bulldog Bash, 6:30 p.m., Mad River Bar & Grille, 2909 N. Sheffield Ave. TUESDAY, JANUARY 15 •    Central Iowa young alumni gathering, 5:30 p.m., Grand Piano Bistro, 506 East Grand Ave.. Des Moines. FRIDAY, JANUARY 18 •    Phoenix area alumni reception, 6 p.m., dinner 7:15 p.m., Heard Museum, 2301 N....

Drake University's Anderson Gallery will feature "Woven Traditions: Central and West African Textiles," an exhibition of 40 traditional African textiles from the collection of Drake faculty members Lenore Metrick-Chen and Phillip Chen.

From giving interviews to helping set up shots for newscasts to participating in the Iowa caucuses, students, faculty and alumni grabbed a slice of history for Drake University on Jan. 3.

The Drake men's basketball team held off Evansville, 71-68, to earn its 11th straight victory and improve its record to 12-1 overall -- the best start ever in school history.

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