The Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship will host a free lecture this month titled “Getting Ahead with Almost Nothing: What Immigrant Communities Can Teach Us About Achieving the American Dream.”
Category: Official News Releases
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James Cloyd and Natalie Schmitz to lecture at Drake University Science Colloquium Series
Drake University will host free lectures this week by a University of Minnesota professor whose team recently had an anti-seizure drug approved by the FDA and by one of his graduate students, a Drake pharmacy alumna.
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The Ray Center receives $20K grant from Variety – the Children’s Charity
The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center at Drake University has received a $20,000 grant from Variety – the Children’s Charity to fund CHARACTER COUNTS! programming for early childhood centers.
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Sarah Ramsey hired as director of Drake University Executive Education Center
The Executive Education Center at Drake University hired its first full-time director, Sarah Ramsey.
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Keys to Excellence Piano Series launches fourth season on Oct. 24
Drake University’s Keys to Excellence Piano Series will open its fourth season with a performance by Lori Sims, professor of piano at Western Michigan University.
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Boldon named the Franklin ‘Pitch’ Johnson Director of the Drake Relays
Drake University director of athletics Sandy Hatfield Clubb has announced the hiring of Blake Boldon as the 12th Franklin ‘Pitch’ Johnson Director of the Drake Relays presented by Hy-Vee.
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The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education ranks Drake 135 in nation
The inaugural Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education ranking of U.S. colleges placed Drake University at 135 in a list that includes more than 1,000 schools nationwide.
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Greenfield teenager Hank Bohling receives Aaron Eilert’s Community Service Award
The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center at Drake University has named teenager Hank Bohling of Greenfield, Iowa the recipient of the 2016 Aaron Eilert’s Community Service Award.
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Drake University Department of Theatre Arts presents “Doubt: a parable”
Drake University Department of Theatre Arts is opening their 2016-2017 season on Oct. 6 with the controversial, religious drama, Doubt: a parable by John Patrick Shanley.
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Drake Chamber Choir, four high school choirs to perform Faure’s “Requiem”
The Drake University Chamber Choir, choirs from four Des Moines area high schools, and a professional orchestra will perform Gabriel Faure’s well-known Requiem at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9.