Learn more about working abroad Discover a new culture, teach English, and get paid. No prior teaching or language skills are required. Drake International is offering information sessions on opportunities for May graduates who are interested in living and working at partner institutions in China or Kosovo. See drake.edu/workingworldwide for details. Working Worldwide Information Sessions Monday, Dec....
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SJMC Monday Memo | Nov. 26, 2018
Pulitzer-winning Drake alum to speak tonight Tom Hallman Jr., JO’77, a Pulitzer Prize-winning feature writer for the Portland Oregonian, will be on campus this week (Nov. 26-28) as the 2018-2019 E. T. Meredith Visiting Professional. Hallman will visit classes and deliver a public lecture tonight (Monday, Nov. 26, at 7 p.m. in the Cowles Library...
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SJMC Monday Memo | Nov. 19, 2018
We are thankful for you The faculty and staff of the Drake SJMC wish all of our students, their parents, alumni and friends a happy and peaceful Thanksgiving. It has sometimes been a difficult semester at Drake, but I am eternally grateful for our smart and compassionate students; our engaged alums, and our devoted faculty...
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SJMC Monday Memo | Nov. 12, 2018
A letter from the dean A series of incidents over the past few weeks have attempted to make members of our Drake community feel attacked or unwelcome. All of us in SJMC must stand up and make it clear that while we celebrate and encourage freedom of expression, bigotry of any sort has no place...
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Pulitzer-winning Drake SJMC alum to speak Nov. 26
Tom Hallman Jr., a 1977 Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication alum and a Pulitzer Prize-winning feature writer for the Portland Oregonian, will speak on Monday, Nov. 26, at 7 p.m. in the Cowles Library Reading Room, 2725 University Ave. During “An Evening of Storytelling,” Hallman will share his stories, discuss the art of...
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Drake student journalism work wins national honors
Drake Magazine has received the top award in college journalism, winning a national Pacemaker honor at the recent Associated Collegiate Press and College Media Association convention in Louisville, Ky. Urban Plains, the multimedia website produced by Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication seniors, also won Associated Collegiate Press awards: Second place, multimedia feature: Urban Plains, Katherine...
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SJMC Monday Memo | Nov. 5, 2018
Drake Magazine, Urban Plains win national honors Drake Magazine has received the top award in college journalism, winning a national Pacemaker honor at the recent Associated Collegiate Press and College Media Association convention in Louisville, Ky. Urban Plains, the multimedia website produced by Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication seniors, also won Associated Collegiate Press...
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Drake students finalists for PR News student, intern of year
Drake seniors Katrina Sletten and Ellen Converse have been named finalists for the national PR News People Awards. Sletten is a finalist for PR Student of the Year and Converse is nominated for Intern of the Year. The winners will be named at the annual PR People Awards Luncheon on Dec. 4 at the National...
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SJMC to host speaker from U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Eric Schmalz, the community manager for the History Unfolded project at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, will speak on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m. in Sussman Theater of Drake’s Olmsted Center, 2875 University Ave. Schmalz’s talk is entitled, “The Gauntlet Has Been Thrown: Newspapers, Op-Eds and American Responses to Anti-Semitism.” It will address the role the...
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SJMC Monday Memo | Oct. 29, 2018
Cool jobs, snacks and . . . Griff! Celebrate all things Drake SJMC this week with snacks in the back lobby of Meredith Hall! This year’s JMC Days also coincides with Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship Week, sponsored by the Innovation Studio and Entrepreneurship at Drake. Some of the events on tap this week: Cool Jobs Expo, tonight,...