Category: Official News Releases

Benjamin B. Ullem, a senior partner at the Des Moines law firm of Whitfield & Eddy PLC, has been appointed to a one-year term as dean, effective June 9.

Drake senior men’s tennis player Dalibor Pavic (Adelaide, Australia) has been named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Central Regional Senior Player of the Year.

Five members of Drake's track and softball teams will be participating in conference and national competitions on commencement weekend.

The Drake women's softball team will play DePaul at noon in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament in Evanston, Ill.

Approximately 130 law students will don their caps and gowns and be honored at the Drake University Law School Commencement Ceremony at 7 p.m.

The Bulldogs beat Missouri State, 7-2, earning the league's automatic qualifying berth in the NCAA Tournament.

The Drake men's tennis team was defeated by 18th-ranked LSU in the NCAA Tournament Friday, May 9.

Peter K. Yu, the Kern Family Chair in Intellectual Property Law at Drake University, recently accepted the Wenlan Scholar Chair Professorship at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in Wuhan, China.

C. Boyd Granberg, former dean of the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, will be honored at a 5:30 p.m. reception.

Drake students Seth Housman, Kejal Patel, Kevin Weber and Jennifer Lose finished third in the national competition sponsored by the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy at its annual meeting in San Francisco.