Category: Official News Releases

Drake is partnering with the city of Des Moines and the Court Avenue District to host the festive Downtown Street Painting event on Wednesday, April 27.

Presidential candidate Fred Karger will hold two free, public events on the Drake University campus on Tuesday, April 26.

Lucy Brown! of Johnston won the competition and will serve as the official mascot of the 102nd Drake Relays this week.

Due to the forecast of rain for Monday, Drake's Beautiful Bulldog Contest will be held in the Fieldhouse on campus instead of downtown at Nollen Plaza.

In alliance with the humanitarian organization Invisible Children, Drake students will observe a day of silence in observation of Northern Uganda's 25 years of war.

Fans will have an opportunity to help raise funds for volunteer projects the Bulldogs will be tackling in Africa.

Drake staff, alumni, jazz students and faculty gathered this past weekend to dedicate the Patty and Fred Turner Center, the University's new home for jazz education.

Carol Spaulding-Kruse and Jennifer Perrine will explore "Imagination as Inquiry" on Friday during the final presentation of the spring Humanities Colloquium Series.

Victoria Payseur addressed Des Moines and campus media today regarding an alleged misappropriation of funds with a statement clarifying the University's response.

The renovation of Harvey Ingham 104 will provide an exceptional learning environment for hundreds of students from the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and the College of Arts and Sciences each semester, as well as students from Drake's other undergraduate schools who enroll in general education courses which meet in the hall.