National Adoption Month will culminate by uniting dozens of children with new families at the seventh annual Adoption Saturday, to be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Polk County Courthouse, 500 Mulberry St.
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Drake Theatre to present ‘Company’ Nov. 8-11
From Nov. 8-11, Drake University Theatre will present Tony Award-winning musical "Company," with book by George Furth and music and lyrics by Steven Sondheim.
Drake plans Entrepreneurial Day for students Friday
Drake University will host the 2007 entrepreneurial conference "Traits of Success" for Drake and area high school students on Friday, Oct. 26.
Everage honored for her achievements in education
Wanda Everage, vice provost for student affairs and academic excellence at Drake University, has been recognized for distinguished achievements by Iowa State University.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4 • College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Day, 10 a.m. • School of Education advisory council meeting, 2-5 p.m., School of Education. • Executive in Residence Lecture – Award-winning screenwriter and Drake graduate John August will discuss journalism and screenwriting at 7 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium, Old Main. Admission is free. Call 271-2295. • “A Little...
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES NEWS
Drake alumni are starting a new tradition of providing students with white lab coats to which mark the beginning of the students' professional career and Doctor of Pharmacy program.
Everage named Virgil S. Lagomarcino Laureate by Iowa State
Wanda Everage, LA’72, has been named Virgil S. Lagomarcino Laureate by the Iowa State University College of Human Sciences for outstanding work in the field of education.
An opportunity to support a fellow grad
Angela Day Johnson’s BN’01, senior subcontracts manager with Rockwell Collins residing in Marengo, Iowa, informed Drake that her four-year-old daughter, Rian, was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia in February 2007.
Drake joins national initiative to offer improved consumer resources
Drake University is participating in the University & College Accountability Network (U-CAN), a national Web-based project among over 550 member colleges and universities, that will share data to make it easy for prospective students and parents judge the quality of schools.
Superintendent of Des Moines Schools to speak at Drake lunch
Nancy Sebring, superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools, will speak at Drake University’s “Let’s DU Lunch” series on Wednesday, Oct. 3, at the Polk County Convention Complex.