The IMT Des Moines Marathon announced today that it is partnering with Drake University to add the school's campus and venerable Drake Stadium, home of the Drake Relays, to the course of the Full Marathon.
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Note from the editor
Blue is coming to a mailbox near you. Greetings and salutations from your favorite alma mater, Drake University! The mild winter here in Iowa has us thinking spring already and to Bulldog faithful that means two very important things – the Drake Relays and class reunions. Also, keep watching your mailbox in early April for...
Business college, journalism school add new majors
Students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications and the College of Business and Public Administration have a slew of new offerings for majors and concentrations.
This Month@Drake
TUESDAY, MARCH 7 SAI recital, 8 p.m.; the Jordan Stage, Sheslow Auditorium, Old Main WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8 Drake women’s tennis vs. Central College, 4 p.m., Drake Tennis Center Mornings@Drake series presents Shirley Poertner, president of Poertner Consulting Group, who will deliver a talk titled “Crucial Conversation”; 7 a.m. in the upper level of Olmsted Center....
Former Coastal Corp. exec re-joins Drake Board of Trustees
A retired senior vice president with Coastal Corp. has rejoined the Drake University Board of Trustees as a trustee emeritus.
Class of ’74 remembers Karbeling with leadership fund
During Pharmacy Day, the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences also recognized the late Jerry Karbeling, PH'74, who died in 2005. Karbeling owned and operated Big Creek Pharmacy located in Polk City, Iowa.
Exhibit documents pain of childhood abuse through adolescent art
Through the most wrenching pain shines the light of hope. That is the theme of "Trauma Reflected in Art," an art show of works and essays created by students at the Iowa Juvenile Home in Toledo, Iowa.
Drake to honor three outstanding educators
Three outstanding educators will be honored Thursday, Feb. 16, by the Drake University School of Education at the school's Annual Alumni Awards Dinner in Parents Hall at Olmsted Center.
Ethics expert extols virtues of principled lawyers
The term "ethical lawyer" is not - repeat not - an oxymoron, insists Michael Josephson, a former lawyer, law professor and founder of CHARACTER COUNTS!, a system of teaching ethics employed at schools and workplaces across the country.
Alumni activities abound in 2006
Bulldog Bashes are confirmed or in the works in cities nationwide for this May/June. Check out the full list on the alumni page of upcoming events, https://wwww.drake.edu/alumni/events.html, or call the Drake Alumni Office at (515) 271-2500 with questions.