Category: eBlue Newsletter

In her final year as national chair of the ambitious $190 million Campaign for Drake, Maddie Levitt told Drake President David Maxwell that the University wasn't keeping her busy enough, so she had taken a three-day-a-week position in fundraising at Iowa State University.

Longtime Drake trustee and benefactor Lyle D. Middleton, LA' 61, LW'64, died at his Des Moines home on Dec. 1 after more than a 10-year challenge with Parkinson's disease.

Drake alumni and friends are invited to join members of the Drake men's and women's golf teams for 18 holes of golf and dinner on Saturday, Feb. 16.

Drake University teaches many students -- including employees from major Des Moines companies -- Hubbell Realty Co., Principal Financial Group and Meredith Corp.

Nearly 50 Drake alumni and friends gathered in November in the Burbank, Calif., home of Jean Rosone, FA'76, to reconnect and reminisce with Dr. William "Doc" Coleman, professor emeritus of theatre arts.

The Drake Alumni Office is seeking alumni worldwide to help organize annual Bulldog Bashes in their cities.

The World Food Prize Foundation has presented Drake University student Stephen Lauer with the annual John Chrystal Award for his outstanding biology research and work as a 2006 World Food Prize Borlaug-Ruan intern.

When James Autry and Clifton Taulbert first met, both men were impressed with their similarities, despite their backgrounds' experiencing racism from different perspectives.

Young alumni in central Iowa are invited to a fun, informal happy hour gathering at the Grand Piano Bistro on Jan. 15.

More than 300 Drake alumni, parents and other friends cheered the Bulldogs on to an exciting 80-59 victory over the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Nov. 24.