Tony Sunga, an assistant at the University of Wyoming for the past three years and a 1988 Drake graduate, has been named head volleyball coach at Drake University.
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Old school photo of the month: 1957 Skip Day Band
Cowles Library invites alumni to electronically browse past issues of Quax and other archives by visiting the Drake Heritage Collection online.
Drake’s world record pie fight draws national attention
Nearly 700 students packed a section of the Olmsted Center parking lot for a 2 a.m. pie fight, a stunt intended to show school spirit and kick-off the Drake Relays celebration with some good, not-so-clean fun.
Drake sophomore is only Iowa college student selected for historic Freedom Ride
Ryan L. Price, a sophomore at Drake University, is the sole Iowa college student selected to participate in the 2011 Student Freedom Ride, from May 6 – 16. The students will retrace a 1961 bus trip through the Deep South that historians credit as a turning point of the Civil Rights Movement. Price, of Apple...
America’s Athletic Classic
NOTE: Events are designated as Student (STU), Community (COMM), Alumni (ALUM) and Athletic (ATH). Some events require pre-registration or RSVP. Events are subject to change. *See competition schedule for specific athletic event times. Friday, April 29 Drake Relays* (ATH) 8 a.m.–4:25 p.m. Drake Stadium Ticket information All Pharmacy Reunion (ALUM) Registration 3–7 p.m. RSVP Reunion...
Drake Football Coach Chris Creighton honored with Giant Step Award
Drake Head Football Coach Chris Creighton has received a 2011 Giant Step Award from the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS) for his leadership in organizing the Global Kilimanjaro Bowl, which will take place May 21 in Arusha, Tanzania. The Kili Bowl will pit the Drake Bulldogs against a Mexican all-star team in the...
Drake Law hosts Supreme Court Celebration; symposium on “Debating the Living Constitution”
The symposium topic this year was whether the Constitution should be interpreted as a living document or whether it should be strictly interpreted as it was originally written. William Robinson III, president elect of the American Bar Association presented the keynote lecture at the Supreme Court Celebration.
Drake jazz alumni called to the stage for an encore performance
The month of April has been featured in jazz standards such as Count Basie’s “I’ll Remember April” and Charlie Parker’s “April in Paris.” This April, Drake’s first-ever All Jazz Reunion will provide a new standard for alumni who kept a backbeat or improvised a solo during their time at the University. The two-day reunion will...
distinctlyDrake heads West
While enjoying the pink and orange sunset over Camelback Mountain in Scottsdale, Arizona, Drake University alumni and friends celebrated their Drake connections and the progress of distinctlyDrake. The gathering at the Phoenician Resort, which took place March 18, is one of several distinctlyDrake events that will happen across the country over the next few years....
$47 million in student aid celebrated at scholarship donor luncheon
As the 2010-11 school year draws to an end, many high school seniors are undoubtedly seated with their parents around kitchen tables, poring over acceptance letters and financial aid packages from colleges and universities. Drake sophomore Caitlin Podemski certainly remembers her college search. The music and psychology major from Rockford, Ill., weighed Drake’s reputation for...