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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.

STEP right up and feast your eyes on a stunning all-day circus sideshow at Drake Day at the Iowa State Fair, Saturday, Aug. 11.

Kum & Go, one of the nation's leading convenience store chains, has announced that Drake University is the winner of the 2007 Krause Challenge investment competition.

FRIDAY, JULY 6 Summer Observatory presentation on “Amateurs: Small Scopes Making Big Discoveries,” 9 p.m., Drake Municipal Observatory, Waveland Park. WEDNESDAY, JULY 11 School of Education distributes free children’s books at the Drake Neighborhood Farmers’ Market, 4 to 7 p.m., First Christian Church, Des Moines. THURSDAY, JULY 12 Chicago: Drake University Chicago Area Young Alumni...

Drake University President David Maxwell has joined approximately 315 college presidents and chancellors nationwide in pledging to take concrete steps to make their campuses "climate neutral" as soon as possible to help combat global warming.

On Aug. 2-3, Drake University will host the Iowa Governor's Conference on Public Health, also known as Barn Raising VI, which will focus on "Celebrating Healthy Communities."

More than 180 volunteers -- approximately half of them Drake alumni -- practiced the fine art of refreshment at the Des Moines Arts Festival June 29-31.

A group of internationally renowned scholars and experts convened at Drake University recently to discuss legal issues that stand in the way of advancing renewable energy technology in the United States.