Category: Official News Releases

Ugandan-born Jimmy Senteza, Drake associate professor of finance, has spent two years organizing a travel seminar for Drake students. It involves a 23-day journey to Uganda; they leave Des Moines on Tuesday, May 15.

As gas prices continue to skyrocket, Drake Law School will host a symposium in partnership with the Association of Patent Law Firms that will convene internationally renowned scholars and experts on the increasingly relevant topic of renewable energy and alternative fuels.

Lauren Smith, who just completed her term as Drake student body president for 2006-07, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to fund a 13-month English teaching assistantship in South Korea.

Applications are due for a free political reporting seminar to be presented June 4-6.

Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Marsha K. Ternus will return to her alma mater to give the commencement address at Drake Law School’s 126th commencement ceremony at 7 p.m. Friday, May 11.

Approximately 650 seniors will be honored at Drake’s 126th Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday. Drake will present James Autry, renowned author and retired Meredith Corp. executive, with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.

Drake’s 126th Commencement Ceremony for Graduate and Doctoral Degree Recipients will recognize approximately 560 graduate students.

The $37 million mixed-use housing and retail complex that Drake University and Hubbell Realty Company are developing at 30th Street and Carpenter Avenue will be called Drake West Village.

World-renowned opera singer Simon Estes will share life experiences and insights at the 13th annual Ray Pugh Institute of New Hope on Sunday, May 20.

"A Taste of Drake," the official magazine of the Drake University Honors Student Council, launched recently. Find the magazine online at www.drake.edu/honors.