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The Drake University National Alumni Association Board has selected seven accomplished alumni as recipients of the annual National Alumni Awards. The winning group features graduates who've gone on to excel as an Emmy award-winning actor, a Secret Service agent and more.

MPA graduate Randall Thysse now heads the FBI's New York Counterintelligence Division, which investigates traditional spy cases along with counterproliferation cases.

Drake public relations seniors will prepare a strategic PR campaign for Anawim Housing, a non-profit specializing in low-income housing management and development, for their capstone project.

Drake students evacuated while studying abroad in Egypt receive national attention after returning to the U.S., blogging about their experiences.

Drake invites alumni and friends to network and learn throughout the spring 2011 "Let's DU Lunch" speaker series.

Drake Associate Professor of English Carol Spaulding-Kruse celebrated the release of the book she co-authored during a naturalization ceremony for nearly 100 children.

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The former Drake football player and Iowa native ended a successful season with All-pro recognition.

The gift will support The Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship and the objectives of the University's Internationalization Strategic Plan. This plan calls for Drake to recruit more international students, faculty and staff, expand faculty exchanges, internationalize the curriculum and increase access to study-abroad programs.

The January fundraiser helped pay for the team's May trip to the Global Kilimanjaro Bowl, which is slated to be the first American-style collegiate football game on African soil.