Category: Official News Releases

CONTACT: Lisa Lacher, (515) 271-3119, lisa.lacher@drake.edu The Drake Neighborhood Farmers’ Market opened its 10th year with a celebration that included speakers from Drake University, the Drake Neighborhood Association and First Christian Church, as well as a concert by the Java Jews and free birthday cake on Wednesday, June 7. Market-goers bought fresh vegetables, jams, honey,...

CONTACT:  Lisa Lacher, (515) 271-3119, lisa.lacher@drake.edu Students at Westridge Elementary in West Des Moines had 700 extra reasons to smile as Drake University faculty and students carted containers of books into the school’s library on Wednesday, May 31. The Children’s Choices program donated the books – valued at $20,000 – to Westridge and Perkins Elementary...

Drake University's Billie and Robert D. Ray Lifelong Learning Society will hold its annual meeting at 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 7, in Sheslow Auditorium in Old Main, 2507 University Ave.

The summer series of Friday evening public presentations at the Drake Municipal Observatory will begin at 8 p.m., Friday, June 9.

Sandy Hatfield Clubb, senior associate director of athletics and senior women’s administrator at Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz., has been named the 16th athletic director at Drake University.

Drake University's Center for Global Citizenship has received a $113,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

The Drake Neighborhood Farmers' Market will celebrate the opening of its 10th season Wednesday.

The Drake Neighborhood Association's Annual Historic Home Tour on June 3 and 4 will start this year at the Opperman Center, 2700 University Ave.

Three recent Drake University graduates have been offered Fulbright grants.

It's a doggone disappointment, that's for sure.