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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.

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.

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...

Drake pharmacy students are gaining a state-of-the-art compounding laboratory where they'll learn how to prepare medications that are not commercially available, thanks to a $500,000 gift from Drake alumnus Larry Mayhew and his wife, Sandy.

Heather King has been named the new director of Drake's Anderson Gallery. King received her bachelor's degree in art history and studio art from the University of Iowa in 2004. She previously worked as project manager at the State Historical Museum and as a museum technician at the University of Iowa Museum of Art.

The Network of Enlightened Women (NEW) recently named Drake University senior Danielle Sturgis "Enlightened Woman of the Year" at its first national conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Thousands of Drake alumni, friends and fans are set to storm the Iowa State Fairgrounds on Saturday, Aug. 12, in celebration of Drake Day @ The Iowa State Fair.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 12 Drake Day @ The Iowa State Fair, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Iowa State Fairgrounds. TUESDAY, AUGUST 15 Drake women’s soccer vs. Grand Valley State, 6 p.m., Cownie Park. THURSDAY, AUGUST 17 Drake men’s soccer vs. Notre Dame, 7 p.m., Cownie Park. FRIDAY, AUGUST 18 Drake women’s soccer vs. Kansas, 6 p.m.,...

This fall, Lauren Mattern will study at the school of her dreams, in pursuit of her dream career - and it won't cost her a dime.

With water up to their knees and sweat rolling down their faces, Drake seniors Elizabeth Hill and Hank Vogel carefully open the water trap to check the endangered ornate box turtle they caught.