Category: School of Education

Drake University School of Education announced today that the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has acknowledged that its Master of Science in Leadership Development program has renewal its alignment with SHRM’s HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates. Throughout the world, 375 programs in 280 educational institutions have been acknowledged by SHRM as being in alignment with its...

For six weeks, Erin Dobey, a junior in the undergraduate program, has been mentoring students at Hubbell Elementary. Erin worked with three, fifth graders at Hubbell Elementary. Each year, the students do a research project on a topic of interest to those students. This group chose to do gun safety. There are a small number of...

The Experiential Learning and Engaged Citizen Showcase was held Tuesday evening, April 15, 2015. at the Olmsted Center on Drake University’s campus. This event allows the service learning community, which includes Drake students and community partners, to come together and hear about the projects that students and partners have done or are currently doing. Adult...

Drake University School of Education cordially invites you to the first in a series of leadership workshops sponsored by the Masters of Science in Leadership Development (MSLD) Program on May 12.  The workshop entitled “Connection Detectives: The Impact of Bias in the Workplace” will help you experience the impact of bias in the workplace in...

The Educational Leadership Department in the School of Education has announced that they will conduct a second annual symposium entitled “Standards-Based Grading in Special Education.”  The symposium will feature Dr. Lee Ann Jung, an Associate Professor and Director of International School Partnerships for the College of Education at the University of Kentucky. The symposium will...

“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”...

School of Education senior, Nicole Germann, was one of two Drake sorority members inducted into the first Greek Life Hall of Fame. The award was made April 7 at the All Greek Gala Awards Ceremony. Ms. German was selected because of outstanding  academic and service contributions during her four years at Drake University.  One of the...