Category: Official News Releases

Matt Gabrielson, a five-time MVC champion at Drake, competes tonight in the finals of the men's 5,000-meter run.

The Drake Observatory program will continue at 9 p.m. Friday, July 11, with a session focusing on the dark side of the universe.

SuperCamp programs for middle and high school students will be held for the first time at Drake University.

Highlights of the Drake Choir's recent tour of Italy and Austria include singing in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, as well as visiting a Nazi concentration camp in Austria.

Free root beer floats, face painting and ID kits for children will be offered at the next market.

Polk County District Judge Odell McGhee II, a 1977 graduate of Drake Law School, is the first African American to be elected president of the organization.

Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey and Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie are among the speakers at the free public forum starting at 1:30 p.m. in Levitt Hall.

Through the heavy rains in early June, Drake sustained water damage in eight campus buildings during the recent 2008 Iowa floods.

Jim Goodman, 46, adjunct professor of entrepreneurship and marketing research at Drake, died Sunday competing in the amateur men's race of the Hy-Vee Triathalon.

Spike, Drake's 25-foot-tall mascot, greets visitors as they enter the campus during Iowa Private College Week.