These awards recognize outstanding alumni for their accomplishments and contributions to the Drake community The Drake University National Alumni Association Board of Directors announced today the 2024 recipients of its annual Alumni Awards. Recipients of this year’s awards include accomplished Drake staff and faculty members, a career educator, a dedicated public servant, an up-and-coming CEO,...
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CPHS Alumni Achievement Awards Announced
The College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences’ annual Alumni Achievement Awards were presented at Health Professions Day on February 22, 2024. This year’s outstanding alumni included Young Alumni Achievement Award recipients Adati Tarfa and Emily Larson and Alumni Achievement Award recipients Gloria Bernstein and Lynn Stover. Gloria Bernstein Gloria Bernstein earned a Bachelor of Science...
Drake University Law School Announces the Outstanding Recipients of the 2024 Alumni Awards
Drake University Law School is proud to announce this year’s alumni award honorees. Hon. Romonda D. Belcher, LW’95, is Alumna of the Year; Nawi Ukabiala, LW’11, is Recent Alumnus of the Year; and Dr. Deborah Turner, LW’07, will be recognized posthumously with the Alumni Distinguished Public Service Award. We will honor award winners at the...
Celebrating Drake Law School Alumni African American Judges in Iowa
Hon. Luther T. Glanton Jr. Luther T. Glanton Jr. was Iowa’s first African American Judge. He was appointed to fill a mid-term vacancy on the Des Moines Municipal Court in 1958 and won election to that seat the following year. In 1973, Judge Glanton was appointed as an associate district judge and then as a...
Alumni Giving Creates the Matt and Laurie Doré Endowed Fund
Through the support of a group of Drake Law alumni, with lead gifts from Brian Kennedy (LW’91) and Elizabeth (Liz) Van Arkel (LW’12), Drake Law is proud to celebrate the creation of the Matt and Laurie Doré Endowed Fund to support the moot court program. Upon the retirement of long-time faculty members Matt and Laurie...
CPHS Student Pharmacists and Alumni Have Phase I Residency Match Day Success
Fourth-year student pharmacists in Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS) who are interested in completing residencies learned of their postgraduate year one (PGY1) pharmacy residency training “matches” on March 15, 2023. Twenty-three of thirty (77%) CPHS student pharmacists pursuing residencies matched in Phase I of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)...
Drake University announces winners of 2023 Alumni Awards
These awards recognize outstanding alumni for their accomplishments and contributions to the Drake community The Drake University National Alumni Association Board of Directors announced today the 2023 recipients of its annual Alumni Awards. Recipients of this year’s awards include accomplished senior executives, an Iowa basketball legend, a community advocate and entrepreneur, a development expert, a...
CPHS Alumni Achievement Awards Announced
The College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences‘ annual Alumni Achievement Awards were presented at Health Professions Day (formerly Pharmacy and Health Sciences Day) on February 23, 2023. This year’s outstanding alumni included Young Alumni Achievement Award recipients Emmeline Paintsil (PH’18, ED’21), and Sydney Marshman (OT’19), and Alumni Achievement Award Recipients CoraLynn Trewet (PH’03) and Todd...
Drake alumni establish endowed professorships in physics and biology
The Drake University College of Arts & Sciences announces two new endowed professorships: the Mark J. Jarrett Professorship in Physics and the Marshall and Judith Flapan Professor of Biology. These $1 million named, endowed funds are major gifts and the first endowed professorships of The Ones: Drake’s Campaign for the Brave & Bold. They represent...
Drake University Law School Announces the Outstanding Recipients of the 2023 Law Alumni Awards
Drake University Law School is proud to announce this year’s alumni award honorees. Roland D. Peddicord, BN’61, LW’62, is Alumnus of the Year; Joan E. McKown, LW’83, is Alumna of the Year; Richelle M. Mahaffey, LW’16, is Recent Alumna of the Year; and John P. Sarcone, LW’75, receives the Alumni Distinguished Public Service Award. We...