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.
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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.
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2015-07-082015-07-08by Aaron JacoIn ArtSci NewsCAS NewsOfficial News ReleasesZimpleman College of Business
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.
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Information sessions for Drake MPA cohort in Quad Cities
Drake University will hold information sessions in Davenport this summer for Quad Cities-area students interested in pursuing a Master of Public Administration degree.
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2015-06-302019-06-26by Ashton HockmanIn AlumnieBlue NewsletterUncategorizedZimpleman College of Business
Big Ideas for Small Downtowns
Drake students and faculty take an interdisciplinary approach to revitalization in the small towns of Perry and Manning, Iowa.
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Graduate students and faculty recognized at CBPA awards ceremony
Drake’s College of Business and Public Administration held its Graduate Student of the Year awards ceremony at West End Architectural Salvage on May 7, 2015. The college recognized four graduate students and one faculty member at the event.
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2015-05-072015-05-07by Aaron JacoIn ArtSci NewsCAS NewsOfficial News ReleasesSchool of EducationZimpleman College of Business
Homesteaders partners with Drake students to reduce environmental footprint
Homesteaders Life Company, in consultation with students at Drake University, announced today that Homesteaders will begin phasing out plastic water bottle use at their West Des Moines office in favor of a more environmentally-sound, cost-effective alternative.
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Jim Wallace, BN’77, honored at Actuarial Science Alumni Evening
About 50 Drake University alumni, faculty members, and students of Drake's actuarial science program gathered yesterday for an evening of networking and celebration. The annual Actuarial Science Alumni Evening was held in Levitt Hall of Drake's Old Main.
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CBPA recognizes outstanding students and faculty at awards ceremony
Drake University’s College of Business and Public Administration honored students, faculty, and community leaders for their contributions to Drake and the business community at the college’s annual awards ceremony on Wednesday, April 8.
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Pi Alpha Alpha to honor members at awards ceremony
Drake University’s chapter of Pi Alpha Alpha, a global honor society for Public Affairs and Administration, inducted new members and recognized a few with special honors at an awards ceremony Monday, April 13 in Parents Hall.