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Drake University partners with eCampus.com to launch reimagined campus store and online bookstore focused on student success

Drake University partners with eCampus.com to launch reimagined campus store and online bookstore focused on student success

eCampus.com’s full-service online bookstore platform will improve the student experience through access to low-cost course materials coupled with a customer-focused campus retail experience. Drake University has selected eCampus.com to deliver a reimagined campus store experience and online bookstore platform beginning Summer 2023.  This new partnership prioritizes convenient and affordable access to course materials through a...

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CPHS Student Pharmacists and Alumni Have Phase I Residency Match Day Success 

CPHS Student Pharmacists and Alumni Have Phase I Residency Match Day Success 

Fourth-year student pharmacists in Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS) who are interested in completing residencies learned of their postgraduate year one (PGY1) pharmacy residency training “matches” on March 15, 2023. Twenty-three of thirty (77%) CPHS student pharmacists pursuing residencies matched in Phase I of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)...

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Keys to Excellence features Israeli-American pianist Nadia Weintraub

Keys to Excellence features Israeli-American pianist Nadia Weintraub

Highly acclaimed pianist Nadia Weintraub will present the final concert of the 2022–2023 season for the Drake University Keys to Excellence Piano Series on Monday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium. Admission is free. The program for the performance is: The Piano in Poetry, Romance, and Dance Clara Schumann Romance in A minor, Op.21,...

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Drake University announces winners of 2023 Alumni Awards

Drake University announces winners of 2023 Alumni Awards

These awards recognize outstanding alumni for their accomplishments and contributions to the Drake community The Drake University National Alumni Association Board of Directors announced today the 2023 recipients of its annual Alumni Awards. Recipients of this year’s awards include accomplished senior executives, an Iowa basketball legend, a community advocate and entrepreneur, a development expert, a...

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Third-year student pharmacists Shannon Dicken and Peyton Braun presented with the 2023 Granberg Awards by dean and professor Renae Chesnut during Health Professions Day.

Braun and Dicken Receive 2023 Granberg Award 

Peyton Braun and Shannon Dickon, third-year student pharmacists in Drake University’s College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences (CPHS), were selected as the 2023-24 recipients of the C. Boyd Granberg Student Excellence Scholarship Award. In honor of the award’s namesake, this honor recognizes rising fourth-year student pharmacists who have demonstrated leadership in advancing the profession and...

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Drake Women's Basketball teammates Courtney Becker, Katie Dinnebier, Sarah Beth Gueldner, Ava Hawthorne, Ashley Iiams, Taylor McAuley, Anna Miller

Drake Women’s Basketball Players Prepare for Future Healthcare Careers 

The College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is well represented on the Drake Women’s Basketball Team, as seven (7) of the 12 players on the team chose health sciences or pharmacy as their future career paths. Courtney Becker, Katie Dinnebier, Sarah Beth Gueldner, Ava Hawthorne, Ashley Iiams, Taylor McAuley, and Anna Miller must balance the...

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Mandela Washington Fellowship returns to Drake University in summer 2023

Mandela Washington Fellowship returns to Drake University in summer 2023

Drake University is proud to announce its selection as an Institute Partner for the 2023 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. Beginning in mid-June, Drake will host 25 of Africa’s bright, emerging business leaders for a six-week Leadership Institute, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. This is the seventh year Drake has been...

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Drs. Decker and Reinoso Join Drake OTD Program 

Drs. Decker and Reinoso Join Drake OTD Program 

The Drake University Occupational Therapy Doctorate (OTD) Program in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences adds to its faculty with the additions of Dr. Thomas Decker, OTD, OTR/L, and Dr. Gustavo Reinoso, Ph.D., OTR/L.  Drs. Decker and Reinoso join Drake from the Department of Occupational Therapy at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) Dr. Pallavi Patel...

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Drake University announces contestants, sponsor for the 44th annual Beautiful Bulldog Contest®

Drake University announces contestants, sponsor for the 44th annual Beautiful Bulldog Contest®

Ramsey Subaru to sponsor Beautiful Bulldog Contest Drake University has announced the 30 pup-testants that will compete in the 44th Annual Beautiful Bulldog Contest, an annual competition that kicks off a week-long Drake Relays celebration. This year’s Beautiful Bulldog Contest will take place on Monday, April 24, at the Knapp Center from 5–7 p.m. The...

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Dr. Alisa Drapeaux shows real human anatomy in 3D form on an Anatomage Table to a student.

CPHS Obtains Interactive 3D Anatomage Table 

Students in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at Drake University have access to new interactive 3D virtual technology for learning human anatomy and physiology. Drake is one of the few institutions in Iowa to now have an Anatomage Table, the most technologically advanced 3D anatomy visualization and virtual dissection tool for anatomy and...