Category: eBlue Newsletter

Jimmy Borendame, an assistant coach the last five seasons at Virginia Tech, including this past year serving as associate head coach, has been named head men's tennis coach at Drake.

After dreaming of her next visit to Venezuela since age 17, Darcie Vandegrift returned to the country as a Fulbright Scholar for the 2008-09 academic year at University of the Andes.

Maya Angelou, an award-winning writer, poet, journalist and activist hailed by many as one of great voices of contemporary literature, will present the next Bucksbaum Lecture on Oct. 8.

Drake hosted more than 3,000 fans and alumni who stopped by the University's tent at the Iowa State Fair to get free disposable cameras and snap souvenir photos in several "virtual" Drake scenes.

Nick Rouse, BN'02, recently opened a gym that specializes in unconventional workouts, including flipping tires and shaking heavy fire hoses.

Brian Brown recently was inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame at New Iberia Senior High School, where he was a basketball and track standout.

A group of Des Moines high schoolers visited Drake to explore a possible future at the University and a career in pharmacy through Drake's "Discover Drake, Explore Pharmacy" program.

Opportunities for professional development will now be more accessible for pharmacy students, thanks to a new travel fund established as part of the college's White Coat sponsorship program.

A new Certificate in Business Management program at Drake University offers managers an opportunity to update and upgrade their education in six weeks.

Members of the Drake men's soccer team and the women's soccer and volleyball teams took time out from their preseason camp to package meals for the hungry around the world.