At 4:10 p.m., ITS was made aware of blueSpace (a.k.a. Xythos) becoming unavailable. This is affecting access to personal and shared files stored in blueSpace. ITS is diligently working towards a resolution. We will provide updates and will let you know when this outage has been resolved. Thank you for your patience.
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Outage of Off Campus Authentication Services Resolved
Thank you for your patience. At approximately 4:30 PM on July 24, ITS resolved issues with authenticating to services from off campus. If you continue to experience issues, please contact the Support Center at 515-271-3001 or visit service.drake.edu/its to report your issue.
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Blackboard Outage Planned for Saturday, July 29 from 5:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
ITS will be making an update to Blackboard on Saturday morning, July 29. As a result, access to Blackboard will be unavailable between 5:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. This upgrade is being made to resolve ongoing issues with discussion boards and wikis. We appreciate your patience while we perform this necessary work. If you continue...
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Outage of Password Manager and select websites Resolved
Thank you for your patience. ITS has now resolved the troubles validating identity with SMS (TXT messages) in the Password Manager. If you continue to experience issues, please contact the Support Center at 515-271-3001 or visit service.drake.edu/its to report your issue.
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blueView and blueSpace Planned Outage from 6:00-7:00 a.m. 7/16
ITS is making updates to the network that will cause access to blueView and blueSpace to be unavailable for 15-30 minutes on Sunday, July 16. Outages for each of these systems will happen sometime during the maintenance window of 6:00-7:00 a.m. No other systems should be affected. We appreciate your patience while we perform this...
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Morrison Collection to Open This Summer
A special collection of Drake Athletics history is moving into the University Archives in Cowles Library. The Paul F. Morrison Collection showcases decades of Bulldog achievement and spirit. Paul “Mr. Drake” Morrison says we make history every day but do a poor job recording it. That conviction, combined with his lifelong love affair with Drake,...
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19-year-old Drake student stars in groundbreaking Netflix-style TV opera
Music major Rowen Sabala stars in “Vireo,” which will reach nearly 34 million homes and also be available for free online.
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Gov. Terry Branstad, LW’74, confirmed as U.S. ambassador to China
Drake Law School alumnus Terry Branstad, LW’74, the longest-serving governor in our nation’s history, has officially been confirmed as United States Ambassador to China.
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Four Drake students named Fulbright Finalists for 2017–2018
Four Drake University students have been selected as finalists for prestigious 2017–2018 Fulbright Scholarships. This year’s Fulbright recipients join a lengthy list of Bulldogs to have been offered the scholarship at Drake, which is often recognized as one of the nation's top producer of Fulbright scholars.
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Students share research at Midwest Political Science Association conference
Two Drake University students presented papers during the undergraduate poster session of the annual conference of the Midwest Political Science Association.