Aimee Beckmann-Collier, professor of conducting and director of choral studies at Drake University, is the recipient of the 2014 Weston H. Noble Lifetime Achievement Award from the North Central Division of the American Choral Directors Association (NC-ACDA).
Category: Faculty and Staff Accomplishments
Professor Mahmoud Hamad co-edits book on Middle East elections, democratization
Mahmoud Hamad, assistant professor of politics, recently published, “Elections and Democratization in the Middle East: The Tenacious Search for Freedom, Justice, and Dignity,” a book that explores the background and impact of elections in the Middle East.
Lori Blachford chosen as National Magazine Awards judge
Lori Blachford, associate professor of journalism and Peggy Fisher and Larry Stelter Chair of Magazine Journalism at Drake University, has been chosen as a judge for the American Society of Magazine Editors’ (ASME) National Magazine Awards.
Lori Richman named secretary of the board of directors for the Colon Cancer Foundation of Iowa
Lori Richman, administrative assistant for student services in the Drake University Law School, has been named secretary of the board of directors for the Colon Cancer Foundation of Iowa. Richman has worked at Drake for 15 years.
Sleister and Honts earn NASA ISGC grant for synthetic biology project
Heidi Sleister, associate professor of genetics, and Jerry Honts, associate professor of cell and molecular biology, recently received a NASA Iowa Space Grant Consortium (ISGC) Curriculum Development Grant in the amount of $5,000.
Kristi Fuller elected president-elect for IASFAA
Kristi Fuller, assistant director of continuing student programs in the Office of Student Financial Planning at Drake University, was recently elected president-elect of the Iowa Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (IASFAA).
Gentry earns NASA EPSCoR funding for pharmacotherapy project
Brian Gentry, assistant professor of pharmacology, received a grant for his project titled, “Pharmacological Enhancement of Anti-Viral Chemotherapy for the Treatment of Herpes Virus Infections.”
Courard-Hauri earns funding for STEM curriculum development
David Courard-Hauri, associate professor of environmental science and program chair, received funding for his project titled, “STEM Curriculum Development: Sophomore-Level Case Study Analysis.”
Drake Law professor to discuss Obama’s trade policy at Yale Law School
Peter K. Yu, Kern Family Chair in Intellectual Property Law and the director of the Intellectual Property Law Center at Drake Law School, will join leading academics and global activists in a public conference on "Trade and Transparency in the Internet Age" at Yale Law School.
Drake professor Tom Swartwood on NBC’s TODAY Show
Tom Swartwood, assistant professor of practice in entrepreneurship at Drake University was featured on NBC’s TODAY Show as part of the “healthy, wealthy and wise” series.