James Giles, coordinator of the piano program and director of music performance graduate studies at the Bienen School of Music of Northwestern University, will present the next concert in Drake University’s Keys to Excellence Piano Series on Monday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium. Admission is free and open to the public. The...
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Writers & Critics Series features 3 flash fiction authors on April 10
The Susan Glaspell Writers and Critics Series will present a flash fiction reading with writers Grant Faulkner, Kim Magowan, and Michelle Ross on Wednesday, April 10, 7-8 p.m. in the Cowles Library Reading Room at Drake University. The event is free and open to the public. The three authors will read selections of their “flash...
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Drake CPHS class of 2019 top private school for ASHP Phase I Residency Match rate
Drake University PharmD graduates continue to impress. On March 15, these stellar graduates received their ASHP Residency Phase I Match results. Out of 54 participants, 44 matched. Drake’s 81.48 percent match rate far exceeds the national average of 63.21 percent, placing the University first among private schools and number five in the nation out of...
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Eugene and Susan Lutz to receive 2019 Weaver Medal of Honor
National pharmacy leaders, Eugene (Gene), PH’66, and Susan, PH’68, Lutz of Altoona, Iowa have been selected to receive the 2019 Lawrence C. and Delores M. Weaver Medal of Honor, the highest honor given by Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS). The Lutzes will receive the award and deliver the 2019 Weaver Medal...
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Drake University announces winners of the 2019 Alumni Awards
DES MOINES, Iowa – (March 13, 2019) – Drake University today announced the 2019 recipients of its annual Alumni Awards. Recipients of this year’s awards include the first woman chief justice of the Iowa Supreme Court, a former general counsel for the prestigious Southern Christian Leadership Council, a retired CEO of an S&P 500 company,...
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Actuarial Science students win 2019 Travelers Actuarial Case Competition
Pictured from left to right: Andrew Folkerts, John Ricard, Devin Smith, Abby Groendal, Mercedes Hendricks, and Jacob Sabella. Six actuarial science students from Drake University recently won the 2019 Travelers Actuarial Case Competition. This marks Drake’s fourth win in this competition since first participating in 2011. Hosted at the Travelers Insurance offices in St. Paul, Minn.,...
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Drake University earns 2019–2020 Military Friendly school designation
Drake University has been designated a military friendly school by Viqtory. This is the second consecutive year the University has earned this designation. Viqtory annually measures how well an institution’s military recruiting program performs, including academic policies and compliance, admissions and orientation, culture and commitment, financial aid and assistance, graduation and career, and military student support and...