The day before Zach Johnson, BN '98, teed off at the 36th Ryder Cup in Straffan, Ireland on Friday, the PGA of America announced a $100,000 donation to Drake University on his behalf. The donation will help fund the program "Golf: For Business & Life.
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Events
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 Drake women’s soccer vs. Western Illinois, 7:30 p.m., Drake Stadium THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 Nickel and Dimed” by Joan Holden, directed by Deena Conley, 8 p.m., Studio 55, Harmon Fine Arts Center. Tickets $5 for adults, $3 for students and seniors, $1 with Drake ID. For tickets call 515-271-3841. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 Drake...
Student Bar Association raises the national bar for success
The Student Bar Association at Drake University recently won a national award from the American Bar Association/Law Student Division, placing second in the Best SBA Category of the ABA's annual awards.
Get bang for your buck at Drake
Drake advanced to seventh in the "Great Schools, Great Prices" rankings and gained sole possession of fourth place in the overall rankings of 142 Midwest universities - master's category published by U.S. News and World Report magazine in the 2007
Bucksbaum Lecture gets Ben and Jerry’s flavor
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, the masterminds behind Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., are coming to Drake University, ice cream in hand.
Alumni activities abound
Thanks to all of our great alumni volunteers throughout Central Iowa who helped with the Des Moines Arts Festival in late June. Thanks to your help, we raised more than $3,100 for local alumni programs and our Central Iowa Alumni Chapter.
Move over Cyclones, Drake invades Ames: CBPA to offer MPA at Mary Greeley
Drake will offer its Master of Public Administration program at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, beginning with the 2006 fall semester.
Head Start honored by reading group
Reading Is Fundamental Inc., the nation's oldest and largest children's and family literacy nonprofit group, selected Drake University Head Start as a recipient of RIF Program Excellence Honors 2006, an award sponsored by MetLife Foundation.
Drake junior’s folk music essay rocks writing contest
Dan Connelly, a junior English and secondary teaching major at Drake University, recently won 33 1/3's "Under 21 Writing Contest," which landed him $250 and publication in the latest installment of a literary book series.
From the editor
Greetings and salutations from the sweat belt (better known as Des Moines, the home of your beloved alma mater, Drake University). Despite the withering summer temperatures squatting over the Midwest this summer, we remained busy Bulldogs on campus and around the nation. Construction is the theme of our summer edition, from a planned student housing...