Rho Chi, Drake’s honorary academic society, and Phi Lambda Sigma leadership society received national awards during the society’s national meetings, conducted during the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Annual Meeting and Exhibition, held in Los Angeles, March 1-4. Rho Chi was awarded the 2013 Chapter Achievement Award and tied for the 2013 Most Improved Chapter. The...
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Drake partners with Science Center of Iowa for screening of “The City Dark”
As part of the Drake University Engaged Citizen Experience Film Series, a screening of the critically acclaimed documentary The City Dark will be held on Thursday, April 11 at the Science Center of Iowa, 401 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway. This event, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 6:30...
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Drake music students donate instruments and scholarship to elementary school in need
On Friday, April 5, Drake University music students will perform a special concert for Hunt Elementary School in Sioux City, Iowa. Following the concert, the elementary school will receive a set of unique Orff instruments and a $1000 scholarship to send their music teacher, Emily Cox, to study Orff-Schulwerk this coming summer. The instruments require...
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Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship at Drake presents “Social Movements & Political Moments”
The Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship presents “Social Movements & Political Moments: Occupy Wall Street’s Impact on Long-term Movements for Social Change” at Drake University. Jackie Smith, a professor of sociology at the University of Pittsburgh and editor of the Journal of World-Systems Research, will deliver the lecture, which is free and open...
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Political Dysfunction this year’s topic for Drake’s Constitutional Law Symposium
The Drake University Constitutional Law Center will again host the Constitutional Law Symposium, with the support of Belin McCormick Law Firm, P.C. This year’s symposium features some of the political world’s most prominent authors and speakers. The topic, “The U.S. Constitution and Political Dysfunction: Is There a Connection?” could not come at a better time....
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Drake to host events for Global and National Public Health Week
Drake University celebrates Global and National Public Health Week (GNPHW) April 1-7. Sponsored by the Global and Comparative Public Health program and the Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship, GNPHW is part of a national initiative to raise awareness about public health and the key health issues facing our nation today. This year’s theme,...
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Drake’s Agricultural Law Center is first to host Cuban law professor
Drake University Law School welcomes Professor Maritza McCormack from the University of Havana Law School to campus this week. McCormack is the first Cuban law professor to ever receive permission from the U.S. government to travel to the U.S. since the federal embargo against Cuba began in 1962. McCormack will spend the week at Drake...
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Public forum at Drake University to address national debate on school discipline
Drake University presents, “Identifying School Discipline: When Should Student Misconduct be Treated as a Delinquency?,” a multi-disciplinary panel discussion to be held on Monday, April 1 from 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. in the Drake Legal Clinic, 2400 University Avenue. This forum is free and open to the public. The forum will address the growing...
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Drake law students named national champions at ABA Client Counseling Competition
Nathan J. Borland and Katheryn Pearson Thorson, both third year law students at Drake University, were named national champions at the American Bar Association (ABA) Client Counseling Competition at Baylor University this past weekend. As national champions, Borland and Thorson have been invited to represent the United States in the International Client Consultation Competition at...
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NYC jazz greats Jerry Dodgion and Rob Scheps in concert at Drake University
New York City jazz legends Jerry Dodgion and Rob Scheps will perform at Drake University with an acclaimed rhythm section from Kansas City. At the age of 80, this will be Dodgion’s Des Moines debut. The concert will be held on Tuesday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the Drake University Turner Jazz Center, 2505...