Category: eBlue Newsletter

Although the research sites are located south of Indianapolis, Ind., Drake students are participating in a 10 year study of sustainable forestry in Indiana hardwood ecosystems right here on campus, to help improve the way lumber is harvested.

Drake graduate Drew Gulley, AS'05, recently created a Web site designed to engage Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Drake alumni through dialogue and quality programming, while fostering support for Drake and its current LGBT students.

Drake University alumnus Larry Fish, chairman of the America unit of the Royal Bank of Scotland, will lead off this fall's Executive in Residence series in Drake's School of Management and Communication. He will give a public lecture titled "The Service Economy – Does Anyone Remember How to Deliver Service?" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, in Sheslow Auditorium.

Reservations are now being accepted for the annual Drake Athletic Department Corn Feed and Bulldog Auction, which will be held Monday, Aug. 27, at the Drake Knapp Center.

Alumni at South Carolina wedding. When Emily Weaver, assistant director of Alumni and Parent Programs, attended a wedding in South Carolina this summer, she encountered five Drake alumni among the guests. From left: Deborah Helsen, AS’04; Doug Winslow (Weaver’s uncle), JO’73; Weaver; Tom Sharp, BN’73; John Greenfield, BN’73; and Jerry Heston, LA’74.

Approximately 50 alumni and other guests networked and socialized at Mystic Celt Bar and Grill in Chicago at an event especially for younger grads on July 12.

Kirsten Holmstedt, JO’85, is the author of a new book that tells the true-life war stories of 12 women in the military.

The Drake men's basketball team recently scored the No. 2 spot on The Des Moines Register's "Iowa's Best," a list of the top 20 sports teams in Iowa's history.

Fatima Suleman would like students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in Durban, South Africa, to get out of their comfort zone and try studying abroad at Drake University.

Tickets are still available for a great night at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles with Drake alumni and friends on Sunday, Sept. 16.