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FRIDAY, MAY 11 Pharmacy Hooding Ceremony: 4 p.m., doors open at 3 p.m., Drake Knapp Center. President’s Reception for all graduates and their families, 4:30 to 6 p.m., Parents Hall, Olmsted Center. 50-Year Club Reception and Dinner: 6 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. dinner, The Des Moines Club, 34th floor of the Ruan Center, 666 Grand...

Paul Webering, AS'06, is directing the first Iowa Corridor Hike to Help Refugees, which will raise funds to provide family-sized tents for refugees in Afghanistan and Darfur.

Jimmy Senteza, Drake associate professor of finance, knows first-hand the growing pains felt by a developing economy. As a child in Uganda, he witnessed pitfalls of past regimes and has watched the current government’s gradual progress to improve people’s living standards over the last 20-plus years.

This year’s Drake Relays were just the first lap in a five-week sprint that could very well be the busiest stretch in Drake’s 98 years of hosting track meets.

Mark your calendars now for Drake's second African-American Alumni Reunion, coming to campus Sept. 28-30.

John Burney, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed to the new position of associate provost for curriculum, faculty development and assessment, Provost Ronald Troyer announced recently.

Chip Miller, professor of marketing, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture at the University of San Carlos in Cebu, Philippines, from November 2007 to April 2008.

Former Drake standout kicker Billy Cundiff signed a one-year contract with the Atlanta Falcons Friday.

Pharmacy students, staff and faculty have rallied behind popular professor Lon Larson, PH'71, professor of pharmacy administration, with an outpouring of support since he was diagnosed last fall with a rare, aggressive type of cancer.

Student teams from Drake earned three first-place awards at the recent Midwest Model European Union Simulation in Indianapolis. Accompanied by Eleanor Zeff, associate professor of politics and international relations, 13 Drake students participated in the event, which involved three days of discussions and negotiations with more than 150 students from 11 Midwest universities.