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Congratulations to this year’s alumni award winners: Jonathan Azu, BN’99, Young Alumni Achievement Award Vinaya Sharma, BN’93, Young Alumni Loyalty Award Charla Lawhon, JO’78, Alumni Achievement Award William “Bill” Buchanan, BN’57, Alumni Loyalty Award Betty Grandquist, LA’74, Distinguished Service Award The Drake National Alumni Association will honor these five alumni for their accomplishments and contributions to...

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Deadline to reserve a Drake Singing Valentine. For reservations, call 515-271-3024 or visit www.drake.edu/valentines. Drake University Science Colloquium Series: “Psychotropic Medication Use in Fragile X Syndrome Analysis of Side Effects,” noon to 1 p.m., Olin Hall, room 206. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Drake International Film Festival: “L’auberge espagnole,” (The Spanish Apartment), 2 p.m.,...

When Todd Evans, professor of electronic media, developed the syllabus for his Podcasting and Blogging course that premiered this fall, he didn't predict the virtual explosion of online video media -- like Google's $1.65 billion acquisition of YouTube, for starters -- that has since transpired.

Lawrence K. Fish, JO'66, attributes his alma mater with instilling in him a strong sense of conviction that helped launch his enormously successful career in business. Fish is chairman and CEO of Citizens Financial Group, the nation's eighth largest commercial bank-holding company.

Earlier this semester, 10 Drake students from the department of art and design participated in a weeklong workshop, "Organic Bending," instructed by internationally acclaimed artist Shih-Chieh "CJ" Huang. The intensive, hands-on workshop took place Oct. 27 through Nov. 2 in Drake's Studio Arts Hall.

The Harlan, Iowa, native played four seasons with the Dallas Cowboys and earned the reputation as one of the NFL's top kickoff men with his high, hanging kickoffs that helped the Cowboys hold opponents to a league-low 17.5-yard kickoff return average in 2004.

This past October, Kansas City alumni gathered with the Maxwells to celebrate Drake's 125th birthday.

Drake has further cemented its budding partnership with the Southwest University of Political Science and Law in Chongqing, China, with a new agreement that will make it possible for Southwest University students to earn a Master of Financial Management or a Master of Accounting from Drake's College of Business and Public Administration.

Iowa leaders in business, government and health care shared their views on Iowa's future during the Innovation and Leadership Conference at Drake on Friday, Nov. 17. Some 50 area professionals and academics participated as panel members and moderators, and 170 community members attended as participants.

Bob Ehrhart, former director of Drake Relays, was named recipient of the Howard Schmertz Lifetime Achievement Award during the Awards Breakfast held Dec. 2 in conjunction with the 2006 USA Track and Field Annual Meeting in Indianapolis.