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Drake senior Karli-Jo Storm recently was selected to receive a Fulbright Grant for the 2009-10 academic year. She will teach English to students in Azerbaijan, a small Eurasian country located between Russia and Iran.

In an effort to mirror global business today, Drake students will face after graduation, the College of Business and Public Administration recently developed the International Business Internship Program. Two students, Rachael Brenner and Jacob Heller, will kick off the program with internships with Kemin Industries and Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., respectively.

Lon Larson, the Ellis and Nelle Levitt professor of pharmacy administration, died last month, after a three-year battle with a rare, aggressive type of cancer called mantle cell lymphoma. He was 60.

Drake recently celebrated the state-of-the-art Donald F. Davidson Pharmacy Practice Laboratory and its generous donors at a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The Joan and Lyle Middleton Center for Children's Rights at Drake Law School received the Advocate Award for organizations with fewer than 100 employees at the 2009 Live United Recognition Event.

Drake's School of Education recently won the 2009 Innovator Award from The Iowa Distance Learning Association.

Drake journalism students are gaining national attention with a sweep of awards, including honors from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) and the Society of Professional Journalists.

Nearly 2,000 alumni and friends of Drake gathered at the All Blue All Greek Reunion during Relays weekend. Experience the reunion in an audio slideshow online.  “The reunion was a great collaboration with our alumni and the University,” said Blake Campbell, director of Alumni and Parent Programs.  “With more than 1,600 Greek alumni coming back...

The Bulldogs garnered Player of the Year and Coach of the Year accolades for a third consecutive campaign as senior Maor Zirkin (Kibutz Hazor, Israel) and head coach Chase Hodges were honored by their peers.

FRIDAY, MAY 15 — 50 Year Club Reunion (Classes of 1959, 1949 and 1939) Reception, photo, dinner and program, Embassy Club in Des Moines. SATURDAY, MAY 16 50 Year Club at Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony, 10 a.m., Drake Knapp Center. Keynote speakers: Drake President David Maxwell and Jill Swenson, winner of the Oreon E. Scott Award...