More than one hundred student teachers, mentor teachers, supervisors, faculty, and supportive friends and family attended the 2011 Drake School of Education Mentor Reception held last month in Levitt Hall.
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Personal branding brunch
More than 65 attendees at the Drake Women's Connection of Chicago brunch learned about the importance of marketing themselves, thanks to a presentation from Barbara Minner Ford, JO'74, principal at Griffin Strategic Advisors, and Mary Edrington, assistant professor of marketing at Drake University.
SJMC aces assessment
Drake University's School of Journalism and Mass Communication received plenty of praise from the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC), which recently voted unanimously to reaccredit the school's undergraduate program.
The Drake Fund breaks record
The Drake Fund pays for the immediate needs of the University — things like electric bills, library books, scholarships and faculty salaries. Pepper likens The Drake Fund to providing a family with the necessities of living.
Bicycling Bulldogs
RAGBRAI kicks off the first annual College Spirit Day on Friday, July 29, during the Grinnell to Coralville ride, and Drake University is proudly taking part. Drake has teamed up with RAGBRAI and other Iowa institutions for a celebration of school spirit.
Actuarial science alumni reunite
Nearly 50 Drake actuarial science alumni gathered for the Actuarial Science Alumni Evening in early May.
Agritourism and the law
An article on agritourism written by Beth Dooley, LW'11, has been selected for inclusion in the 2011 edition of the Entertainment, Publishing and the Arts Handbook.
Primatology in practice
Two Drake students’ work at Drake makes them valuable assets to professional scientists conducting research in Rwanda this summer.
Setting the pace
Jon DeGrave competed at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, earning honorable mention All-American honors. He was the first Drake men's track and field athlete to qualify for the championships since 2000.
Rx Vietnam
A team of Drake researchers explored pharmaceutical availability in Vietnam. There, the Drake contingent connected with representatives from the Hanoi University of Pharmacy and the country's ministry of health.