While enjoying the pink and orange sunset over Camelback Mountain in Scottsdale, Arizona, Drake University alumni and friends celebrated their Drake connections and the progress of distinctlyDrake. The gathering at the Phoenician Resort, which took place March 18, is one of several distinctlyDrake events that will happen across the country over the next few years....
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$47 million in student aid celebrated at scholarship donor luncheon
As the 2010-11 school year draws to an end, many high school seniors are undoubtedly seated with their parents around kitchen tables, poring over acceptance letters and financial aid packages from colleges and universities. Drake sophomore Caitlin Podemski certainly remembers her college search. The music and psychology major from Rockford, Ill., weighed Drake’s reputation for...
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Master of Public Administration class trip travels from Russia to Rome
The Comparative Management and Policy Analysis in A Global Context course, which this year focused on food policy as it relates to social justice, hunger and sustainability, recently took graduate students and alumni through six European countries over 18 days.
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Relays planner: Be part of the tradition
Monday, April 25 32nd Annual Beautiful Bulldog Contest 10:45 a.m.–1 p.m. Nollen Plaza, Downtown Des Moines Sponsored by Bankers Trust and Prairie Meadows Tuesday, April 26 Grand Blue Mile 5:30 p.m. Downtown Des Moines Sponsored by Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and Drake Relays Wednesday, April 27 Downtown Street Painting 1-4 p.m. Court Avenue...
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Model athletes: ESPN The Magazine to feature Drake football players
Closely cropped, this could be a halftime scenario: Ten football players in uniform huddle up — smashed paper cups and towels strewn about the floor. They lean forward, listening for directions on how to better position themselves. The athletes are intensely focused; a whiteboard in the room is scribbled with plays. The players are huddled...
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Drake Constitutional Law Center sponsors symposium, lecture
Legal experts from across the U.S. will gather at Drake to explore constitutional issues.
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Drake Constitutional Law Center sponsors symposium, lecture
The Constitutional Law Center at Drake University Law School will hold a symposium on the interpretation of the U.S. Constitution and a public lecture on individual rights.
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Drake honors scholarship donors during luncheon
Thanks to the generosity of donors, 98 percent of Drake students receive at least some financial aid.
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Constututional Law Center sponsors lectures, symposium
The Constitutional Law Center at Drake University Law School will hold two public lectures about individual rights and a symposium titled "Debating The Living Constitution" this spring. All three events are open to the public.
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Four Drake Law graduates open firm in Des Moines
The Drake Legal Clinic did not just give four Drake Law students a great legal education, it also gave them the opportunity to meet one another and begin a journey that culminated in the opening of Kemp Eason Sease & Dyer, a general practice firm.