Category: Official News Releases

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

Real estate experts Jay Zagoren and Rob Best will explore current problems facing the real estate market and how firms are responding and planning for the future.

The program is funded in part by the McKesson Corp. and Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Co., and will provide four students with an internship in the summer of 2009.

Drake will celebrate the 11th anniversary of the international V-Day campaign with performances of Eve Ensler's award-winning play.

Duke University Professor of Sociology Bai Gao will present a lecture titled "The U.S., China and the Global Economic Crisis: Partnership for a Solution."

The 38th annual exhibit features works in drawing to graphic design to sculpture, among others.

J. Barry Griswell is president of the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines and former president and CEO of The Principal Financial Group.

David Radcliff will share stories, photos and analysis from 20 years of dealing with issues of poverty and justice in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Following a screening of Drake professor Jody Swilky's film, "A Little Salsa on the Prairie," local residents of Perry, Iowa, will participate in a panel discussion about the impact of Latino immigration on the community.

The university received a $20,000 grant to help fund internships that will promote entrepreneurial leadership in community pharmacy practice and improve the quality of patient care.