Category: eBlue Newsletter

Drake alumni, friends and fans in the Washington, D.C. area are invited to get together informally to cheer the Drake men's basketball team on Jan. 6.

Drake's Office of Alumni and Parent Programs is all about bringing people together.

Drake women's basketball Head Coach Amy Stephens recently announced that four high school standouts will join the Bulldog program for the 2008-09 academic year. Rachael Hackbarth from Colgate, Wis.; Brittnye McSparron from Appley Valley, Minn.; Alex Montgomery from Cannon Falls, Minn.; and Amber Wollschlager from Milbank, S.D. signed national letters of intent.

The transformation of Drake University's Olin Hall is turning heads on and off campus. The $4 million project caught the attention of the Illinois Chapter of the Association of Licensed Architects, which presented a 2007 Merit Design Award to the architectural firm of Chicago-based Holabird & Root.

A soy-based diet in pregnant and nursing rats has been shown to cause changes in the reproductive anatomy and spatial learning skills of their male offspring, according to Drake research presented last month at the national conference of the Society for Neuroscience.

Award-winning writer and renowned leadership consultant Barry Posner visited with students, faculty and staff at Drake University Nov. 29-30, discussing leadership programs and curriculum on campus and bringing new ideas to improve them.

Seniors Leonard Houston and Klayton Korver combined for 45 points as Drake held off Duquesne, 77-73, to capture the championship of the Iowa Realty Invitational Saturday night.

Please contact Marilea Chase at 515-271-1814 or marilea.chase@drake.edu.

Chicago-area alumni will enjoy "Cuisine, Comedy and Camaraderie" as Drake's annual Windy City signature event on Saturday, Dec. 8.

By popular demand, the Chicago Bulldog Bash returns to winter with an alumni gathering from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10