Category: eBlue Newsletter

With a century of America’s Athletic Classic under its belt, Drake will celebrate its rich Relays history with myriad events, including a public gala honoring the 20 Relays Athletes of the Century and the All Greek All Blue Reunion. In addition, the first 100 fans to purchase a 2009 Relays All-Session Package for $85 will...

Drake recent graduate Alexa Horwart and senior Amy Benes recently were selected to receive Fulbright Grants for the 2009-10 academic year to teach English to students in Indonesia and South Korea, respectively.

An exhibit of art and essays created by troubled adolescents from the Iowa Juvenile Home in Toledo, Iowa, has a permanent home in Drake's School of Education, thanks to the generous support of several donors.

Just three days after winning the award for best oralist in the annual Iowa Supreme Court Competition on Saturday, Drake law student Erin Grundy again found herself standing before the seven justices of the state's highest court.

The Iowa Board of Regents has awarded a $60,000 grant from the Grow Iowa Values Fund to Pramod Mahajan, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences at Drake, for a new laboratory for training and research in pharmacogenomics.

Roger K. Brooks, retired CEO and chairman of AmerUs Group, recently received a Community Leadership Award.

A stone from the Mauthausen Concentration Camp -- where Nazis forced prisoners to extract rocks from a quarry with their bare hands -- is on display as Drake musicians rehearse a Holocaust memorial oratorio to be performed on April 19.

The National Advisory Council of the College of Arts and Sciences is hosting a new career development opportunity for students by facilitating mock interviews this week.

Thomas McNab of St. Charles, Mo., recently received a $1,000 award from the Allstate Insurance Co. with the support of the Allstate Foundation.

Drake professor Robert Soltis recently was named the first recipient of the C. Boyd Granberg Professional Leadership Award for his service to professional pharmacy organizations.