A new ranking by The Economist of all U.S. four-year, non-vocational colleges and universities places Drake University 17th in the nation for value.
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Director of US Defense Contract Audit Agency to give annual accounting lecture
Anita F. Bales, director of the United States Defense Contract Audit Agency, will deliver "The DCAA: Auditing in the Public Interest" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, in Sheslow Auditorium.
This bulldog is cleared for takeoff
Jonathan Greene, BN’15, was hired as an F-16 fighter pilot. His squadron’s mascot? A bulldog.
Des Moines surgeon to open two-year series on death and dying
A local surgeon’s incisive lecture will kick off a two-year exploration of humanity’s complex relationship with death and dying.
Drake University ranks third in U.S. News and World Report 2016 rankings
For the seventh consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Drake University third for overall quality among Midwest master’s institutions.
Drake junior is youngest person to ever earn top actuarial designation
At age 20, Roy Ju is the youngest FSA in the history of the Society of Actuaries.
Sammons donates $1 million to Drake University Actuarial Program
Sammons Enterprises, Inc., parent company of Des Moines-based Sammons Financial Group, has donated $1 million to Drake University for the Sammons Endowed Professorship in Actuarial Science, a program that supports a new or existing professor of actuarial science and will be used to retain or attract outstanding faculty members.
Drake University receives renewed Center for Actuarial Excellence designation
Drake University has retained its status as a Center for Actuarial Excellence. The designation is held by only 16 colleges and universities in the United States, and 26 in the world.
Drake hatchery nurtures start-up success in second year
Ten Drake University students are hard at work this summer developing five new businesses with mentorship and financial support from alumnus John Lorentzen, BN'77, AS'77, and his Lorentzen Student Hatchery.